In my eyes, one of the greatest benefits of AI is that it automates the tedious chore of jotting down meeting notes. Before AI note-takers, instead of focusing on what was being discussed, I often found myself scrambling to write everything down, only to realize later that I’d missed half the context.

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025, many people are buying Nintendo's latest console. While bundles for the Switch 2 include games like Mario Kart World to keep everyone busy when they open the box, there are other items that new owners are going to want to have. Most home consoles have an array of accessories that make aspects of playing games a little better. This can include extra storage space, parts for controllers, and other hardware that make the experience better than what it was originally. And with the Nintendo Switch 2 being a portable device as much as a home system, Nintendo fans are going to need to accessorize.

Network-Attached Storage distros include a barrage of features to enhance the utility of your backup and data archival server. On the file system front, you’ve got the Copy-on-Write and checksum facilities offered by ZFS and Btrfs. For folks with spare storage drives in their home lab, you can put together a reliable RAID cluster, and with enough memory in your NAS, you can even leverage RAM caching to push your HDD (and even SSD) speeds to the next level.

Building a PC is fun, but if you just want to buy something to get yourself up and running, then a pre-built PC is the way to go. Naturally, there are plenty of great options to go with, but if you've been looking for a powerful gaming PC that also looks pretty sleek, then this Alienware is a good place to start.

Like most users, I used to instinctively reach out for my mouse to perform almost everything on my PC: launching apps, arranging app windows, shutting down the PC, and more. I mean, it's what we've all grown used to. But then I thought of minimizing the use of the mouse and relying more on the keyboard to make my workflow more efficient and become more productive on Windows.

As a solo creator, juggling tasks, ideas, inspiration, and execution can feel like entire projects of their own, and they often live scattered across different apps and tabs. So I’ve been on a journey to find apps that pair well with Figma to keep my project chaos in line, and I’ve found a perfect combo in Google Keep.

The scourge of counterfeit hard drives is showing no signs of stopping. After reports of hard drives used for Chia cryptocurrency mining being sold as new came out, Seagate recently seized around 700 counterfeit hard drives in Malaysia. Counterfeiters are using intricate methods to pass off used desktop drives from Seagate, WD, and Toshiba as high-capacity surveillance drives. With fake drives permeating all sales channels, here's what you can do to protect yourself.

We liked this motherboard when we reviewed it, praising its sleek design, great features, and overclocking support. However, with this recent discount from Woot that drops it down to $150, it becomes an absolute no-brainer to pick up if you're looking to build a new Ryzen-powered AM5 PC.

While there is no shortage of Adobe Acrobat alternatives out there, I kept coming back to the popular solution for obvious reasons. After trying out several rivals, I stumbled upon Smallpdf, and it immediately ticked all the boxes for me. From its user-friendly interface to a comprehensive suite of tools, Smallpdf offers everything you need in a clean, affordable package.

Splitgate 2 is relaunching its beta, and this time the team at 1047 Games wants to get it right. The first launch in June 2025 was a stumble: the game arrived with technical issues, awkward balancing, and mechanics that drifted away from what made the original Splitgate stand out. Player counts dropped fast, and the studio made the choice to hold off on fully releasing the game until they worked on it more. This past weekend, August 29–30, marked the first public playtest. So, here’s how it went.

After years of unofficial copies of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC floating around on the internet, the software giant has released the code under an open-source license. 6502 BASIC was one of Microsoft’s first pieces of software, adapted in 1976 by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates and early employee Ric Weiland to run on the 6502 CPU that powered the Apple II, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Commodore 8-bit series.Microsoft’s open-source release of 6502 BASIC is a throwback to the initial days of coding, as the software helped standardize programming language implementations and allowed some of the first developers to use a Commodore machine and learn programming by typing 10 PRINT “HELLO” and 20 GOTO 10.“In 1977, Commodore licensed it for a flat fee of $25,000, a deal that placed Microsoft BASIC at the heart of Commodore’s PET computers and, later, the VIC-20 and Commodore 64,” explains Microsoft in a blog post announcing Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC open source news.While 6502 BASIC and Microsoft’s other early software projects helped with the development of MS-DOS and established the company’s software licensing business model, interest in this early code and the MOS 6502 CPU is still very much alive nearly 50 years later. Preservationists and hobbyists have been experimenting with FPGA-based re-creations and emulator projects, and the 6502 BASIC code has also appeared in museum archives.“Over the years, dedicated preservationists have reconstructed build environments and verified that the historical source can still produce byte-exact ROMs,” says Microsoft. “This open-source release builds on that work, now with a clear, modern license. It follows Microsoft’s earlier release of GW-BASIC, which descended from the same lineage and shipped in the original IBM PC’s ROM.“If you’re interested in experimenting with the assembly language source code of Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC, the complete source code is now available on GitHub.

Well, it's that time of year when we get to admire all the nice hardware companies are showcasing as part of the IFA event. Fortunately, Samsung wasn't about to disappoint its fans, as it arrived at the event with two of its newest Galaxy devices in tow: the Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 series and the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE. As such, regardless of whether you're a fan of tablets, phones, or both, Samsung has something for you to check out.