The native File Explorer on Windows went through a lot of changes over the years, and some of them did make file management a lot better on Microsoft's desktop operating system. However, as our Lead Windows Editor, João Carrasqueira, opined, Microsoft has so much to learn from the Files app when it comes to making File Explorer look more modern.

Some of the most legendary and challenging games come from the NES era, where the action and near-impossible obstacles were part of what made gaming so much fun. It was then that fans of action-platformers got a quick and efficient introduction to the Ninja Gaiden series, which dominated consoles in the early 90s. Eventually, the classic series faded away. But the name Ninja Gaiden was revitalized once again with a reboot in 3D, taking the ninja exploits of the original series and giving it a bloody makeover that became a massive hit on the original Xbox, and later spawned multiple sequels. People love the grueling challenge and over-the-top nature of the franchise, with each successive entry taking things further than the last. However, people began to wonder if Ninja Gaiden would ever make a return to its NES roots and try something different once again.

If you're looking for a new laptop with a lot of screen real estate, this 17-inch model is going to be right up your alley. Not only does it have a large screen, but it also has plenty of power too, thanks to its Intel Core Ultra 7 processor. While it's normally priced at $1,100, you can find it for much less thanks to a special discount that knocks $500 off. Grab it now from its best price at just $600 while you can.

GIMP 3.0 finally dropped after years in the making, and honestly, it’s great. I have it installed and use it quite a bit. I was particularly excited to see the fresh GTK revamp and smoother UI tweaks. It certainly made GIMP a stronger alternative to Photoshop.

It’s not always easy to understand the difference between Assistant and Gemini on the wrist. Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It's now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 series, the Pixel Watch, and rolling out to a handful of other smartwatches. This is big. Huge, even. AI is out here disrupting life as we know it. Now, it's making the leap from phones and laptops and onto the body. When the Galaxy Watch 8 launched, several product people told me this was going to make everything so much more convenient. Imagine, they said, having all the power of AI on you. Literally. I'd love a more convenient, efficient life. Hands-free computing is, forgive the pun, genuinely handy. A competent, helpful AI assistant that you could interact …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you own an iMac, you'll know that the simplicity of the design is part of the appeal. However, if you're someone that uses it every day, there's a pretty good chance that you've grown frustrated with the ports that are only on the back of the computer. With that said, this USB-C hub from Anker is designed to bring ports to the front of the iMac, and do it in a cheap and elegant way.

X user ArikaHenry says that selecting the “Spicy” option proceeded to undress the woman in the uploaded image. | Image: ArikaHenry xAI’s new Grok Imagine tool is an AI image and video generator that encourages users to make NSFW content. In contrast to rival generative AI video tools like Google’s Veo and OpenAI’s Sora, which try to block users from generating anything seedy, the Grok chatbot’s Imagine feature provides a “Spicy” generation mode that actively directs it to spit out nudity and sexualized content.Grok Imagine includes text-to-image capabilities that allow users to generate pictures based on descriptions, or an image-to-video tool to make short clips, complete with audio effects like Google’s Veo 3 model. Unlike Veo, however, Grok Imagine won’t generate video from text descriptions directly — users are instead required to either select an existing image from their gallery, or generate something in Grok first for the tool to animate.The image generation is less restrictive. Users can generate a variety of styles, including photorealism, anime, and illustrations, and it features a voice mode that allows prompts to be spoken rather than typed — something that children would love interacting with, according to xAI CEO Elon Musk. Video generation is based on the reference image uploaded by the user, and there are four modes to direct how it will be animated: Custom, Normal, Fun, and Spicy.grok imagine has a “spicy” mode which uh had to cut the video short pic.twitter.com/jk33cbB1G6— Shibetoshi Nakamoto (@BillyM2k) August 4, 2025Musk describes Grok Imagine as “AI Vine,” a platform that he has long expressed interest in resurrecting. X users have already published their Grok Imagine experiments, with some of the “Spicy” options depicting photorealistic women flashing their breasts and genitals, and bikini-clad anime waifus sexily dancing against SpaceX rockets. More than 34 million images have been generated using the tool since Monday, according to Musk. It’s unclear what, if any, content generation restrictions are in place for Grok Imagine, but guardrails have been very easy to bypass on Grok’s previous image generation tools. TechCrunch found in its own testing that Grok Imagine’s image capabilities have some restrictions around generating celebrity photos. We’ve not yet been able to test if the tool’s Spicy mode will undress images of real women that are uploaded as reference materials.Imagine is available for SuperGrok and Premium Plus X subscribers via Grok’s iOS app. The tool has also started to roll out in early access for Grok’s Android app, but users are reporting that it’s currently limited to making images and lacks the video generation feature.

Are you excited for The Witcher 4? If not, there's a good chance it's because you haven't played The Witcher 3 before. The third entry in the series is an excellent title, and while it has a few years on it now, it's still very much worth a play. After all, good worldbuilding and writing stay fresh for a very, very long time.

There's just something about low-poly games, isn't there? Be it the simplicity, the texture warping, or how they leave space for our imaginations to do the rest, but low-poly games really feel like games first and foremost, evoking a feeling we only had back in childhood, playing janky PS1 and PS2 games.

Listen, I'm really easy to distract. All I need is a fun doohickey or an interesting thingamajig, and I'm entranced. If said item runs automatically, it's practically fatal; I could watch it for hours. So, imagine how I felt when I saw a 3D-printable marble run that uses a motor to push marbles from the bottom back to the top. If I ever make this, my productivity is going to tank.

While I enjoy tinkering with Home Assistant to make my smart devices work, I ensure all of them are manageable locally. While axing most cloud-dependent services, the only thing I miss is voice control. Recently, I hooked up a $13 ATOM Echo speaker to Home Assistant, and it has been a game-changer for my smart home. Tumbling down the rabbit hole, I managed to build a private voice assistant that works locally.

While all SSDs are going to be faster than physical, spinning disk media, the experience between different SSDs and the flash they have within varies quite considerably. Flash storage most commonly uses what's called NAND to store data, and within, there are varying types of NAND, all of which have different speeds and efficiencies. QLC, or Quad-Level Cell NAND, is known for being the cheapest type of NAND available in consumer SSDs, and because of its all-around poor performance, it's time we left it behind for good.