I've always liked visual mindmapping as it lets you have a bird's eye view of all the details of any project. There are a bunch of tools out there just for that, and many people seem to reach for Miro or something similar. But for me, it's too bloated and also too business-oriented. I prefer sketching out my ideas as they come, and Obsidian Canvas is perfect for that.

23andMe co-founder and former CEO Anne Wojcicki is set to buy back the company after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year. On Friday, 23andMe and TTAM Research Institute, a nonprofit public benefit corporation run by Wojcicki, announced in a press release that TTAM would be buying “substantially all of the Company’s assets” for $305 million. As of last month, New York-based biotech company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was set to buy 23andMe for $256 million. But the new purchase agreement with TTAM is “the result of a final round of bidding that occurred earlier today between TTAM and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,” according to the release. Wojcicki made the “unsolicited offer” earlier this month, according to The Wall Street Journal.23andMe is well-known for its at-home genome testing kits, and at one point the company was worth about $6 billion, according to CNBC. But it so far has been unable to turn a profit and dealt with a massive data breach in 2023. The company paid $30 million to settle a lawsuit over the breach last year. When 23andMe filed for bankruptcy in March, Wojcicki resigned as CEO.TTAM will comply with 23andMe’s “privacy policies and applicable law” and has made “binding commitments to adopt additional consumer protections and privacy safeguards,” including establishing a consumer privacy advisory board within 90 days of the close of the deal. The release says the transaction is still subject to court approval but is expected to close “in the coming weeks.”

Your PC might have plenty of SSD as well as HDD storage, but external drives still fulfill important functions. I have a 2TB Adata external hard drive that I use to store much more than just archival data. If you're a fan of external hard drives, you should know how not to handle them to ensure they don't die prematurely. From physically handling the drive and unplugging it incorrectly to ignoring signs of failure, you might be unknowingly damaging your external hard drive.

Smell that? That's the sweet, sweet scent of victory, my friend. After a year of fighting against Sony's region locks, Helldivers 2 players are celebrating a big win after the gaming giant has seemingly removed them. And if what's being said is to be believed, pretty much all of Sony's published PC titles have been released from their shackles once more.

I've been building out a lot of my home network for the past few months, deploying OPNsense on my Ugreen NAS, investing in a managed switch, and generally just taking control of as much of my network as possible. That's included the deployment of a Pi-hole, for the obvious tracking and advertisement benefits, but also the ability to deploy local resolution for domains that I would use to access my self-hosted services externally. With that said, I've now opted for two Pi-holes instead of one, and if you have the spare resources, I highly recommend it.

I'm just gonna say it; the robots of the modern era aren't fun. Back in the 80s and 90s, we were promised full-blown, humanoid robots that could walk, talk, look at us, and perhaps save us from a problem or two. Instead, we've got chatbots generating endless images of Mickey Mouse and posting them to Facebook. Yawn.

Since its initial messy launch back in 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 has become an incredible RPG, thanks to large updates and the addition of Phantom Liberty, and an overhaul of the progression system. Now, that complete package is now available on the Nintendo Switch 2, and while having another place to play this generational RPG is great, the Switch 2 probably shouldn't be your first choice. That said, it works quite well on the new console, especially in handheld mode, and new features like gryo aiming and mouse controls make this a fully-featured console port.

AI researchers have recently been asking themselves a version of the question, "Is that really Zuck?"As first reported by Bloomberg, the Meta CEO has been personally asking top AI talent to join his new "superintelligence" AI lab and reboot Llama. His recruiting process typically goes like this: a cold outreach via email or WhatsApp that cites the recruit's work history and requests a 15-minute chat. Dozens of researchers have gotten these kinds of messages at Google alone. For those who do agree to hear his pitch (amazingly, not all of them do), Zuckerberg highlights the latitude they'll have to make risky bets, the scale of Meta's products, and the money he's prepared to invest in the infrastructure to support them. He makes clear that this new team will be empowered and sit with him at Meta's headquarters, where I'm told the desks have already been rearranged for the incoming team.Most of the headlines so far have focused on the eye-popping compensation packages Zuckerberg is offering, some of which are well into the eight-figure range. As I've covered before, hiring the best AI researcher is like hiring a star basketball player: there are very few of them, and you have t …Read the full story at The Verge.

We live fully digital lives. We store our confidential details in the cloud, and search for everything online. However, staying private and secure online feels like a constant battle. Companies track our every move, and data breaches occur frequently. Digital privacy is a constant concern. But you don't have to surrender your digital life. Numerous online security tools offer on-demand protection and enhance privacy. I actively use six of these tools to safeguard my digital privacy and security. I don't even need to install them on my system. I access them directly on the internet.

Typing for long hours with intermittent breaks is the ethos of my job description, but do it for a few years, and a few realizations start to dawn. For one, the short breaks aren't quite enough to relieve the physical strain on your back, wrists, and eyes. It didn't take me long to prioritize ergonomics in my desk setup so I could put in longer hours. However, I've noticed several peers treating desk comfort as an afterthought to basic functionality. I chose to give it equal importance as my obsession with mechanical keyboards and their comfortable typing experience set me up for several side quests, like matching custom cables, keycaps, and wrist rests.

With so many different PC cases available, choosing the right one can be challenging. If you're on a budget, it can be even more difficult, but it doesn't have to be, especially if you have a solid recommendation that fits most of your needs. That's where the Lian Li SUP 01 case comes in, delivering a fantastic design that's both functional and great to look at.

There is no studio I trust more with storytelling than Naughty Dog, but that trust doesn't come blind. The Last of Us games, especially Part II, are on my Mount Rushmore of the greatest games ever made, and always will be, for the powerful lesson it imparted to me. Their new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, looks all set to launch them into a bold new era. However, to do that, the game will have to break free from the patterns that defined the studio's past hits.