Microsoft adds new features to Teams every month, and this month won't be an exception. One of the long-requested features that Teams users are expected to get this month is the ability to react to messages and posts with multiple emojis. In addition, the software giant is working on another feature, but unlike emoji, it's meant to address a more pressing problem in Teams: time management.

Google's AI-powered research assistant tool, NotebookLM, is what made me believe that AI might truly be a game-changer for productivity. What got me obsessed with the tool wasn't just the fact that it relies solely on the documents and sources you feed or share with it. Instead, it was one specific feature that went viral on social media: Audio Overviews. If you've used NotebookLM before, there's a very slim possibility you haven't used the feature at least once before.

Just one day after Elon Musk’s public departure from his role as a White House employee, the Trump Administration pulled its nomination of Musk ally Jared Isaacman to become the new NASA Administrator. First reported earlier on Saturday by Semafor, citing anonymous sources, the move has been confirmed by White House spokesperson Liz Huston. The New York Times reports, based on three unnamed sources, that Trump “told associates he intended to yank Mr. Isaacman’s nomination after learning that he had donated to prominent Democrats,” including Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Isaacman, the billionaire founder and CEO of a payments company, Shift4, has purchased several spaceflights from Musk’s SpaceX. He flew on the Inspiration4 mission in 2021, and again last year on Polaris Dawn, completing the first commercial spacewalk. As noted by Space.com, the White House also released an in-depth version of its NASA budget request for 2026 on Friday, proposing to cut its funding by nearly one-quarter, from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion, with funding for science programs dropping by 47 percent. In a statement released Friday, The Planetary Society called the budget justification “an extinction-level event for the space agency’s most productive, successful, and broadly supported activity: science,” that “wastes billions in prior taxpayer investment and slams the brakes on future exploration.”Now, without Isaacman in place, Ars Technica quotes an unnamed former senior NASA leader who said the request is “just a going-out-of-business mode.” In a statement emailed to media outlets including NBC, Huston wrote, “It’s essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.” Despite being unable to confirm to the Senate whether Musk had been a part of his job interview, he had appeared set for an approval vote to replace former Florida Senator Bill Nelson. According to the NYT, Isaacman was informed of the decision on Friday and declined to comment when reached by phone.

At its now-annual Tudum event, Netflix revealed new trailers for some of its more anticipated feature films.That includes the very first teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s live-action take on Frankenstein, which stars Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz. It starts streaming in November, and is the latest project for del Toro on Netflix, following a stop motion Pinocchio and his anthology series Cabinet of Curiosities.Also at the show was Wake Up Dead Man, the third entry in the Knives Out murder-mystery series, and a follow-up to 2022’s Glass Onion. Director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig return, and they’re once again joined by an all-star cast. That includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.Along with the very brief teaser trailer, Netflix confirmed when Wake Up Dead Man will be streaming: December 12th.Going in a completely different direction was latest trailer for Happy Gilmore 2, the follow-up to the Adam Sandler comedy from way back in 1996. The sequel will be one of Netflix’s big swings for this summer. It streams on July 25th.And if you haven’t seen enough of Squid Game’s third season, we also got one more trailer ahead of its premiere on June 27th, which will mark the end of the series.And to round out the night, here are the first six minutes of the first episode for season 2 of Wednesday, which streams on August 6th.

Personally, I've never really used photo mode in a video game. Okay, sure, I've booted it up in a few games, moved the camera around, fiddled with the filters and all that, but I never stop in front of a beautiful scene and think "Man, I hope this game has a photo mode to capture this moment." Maybe I'm just a grouchy curmudgeon.

Just like the PC ecosystem, the NAS landscape is teeming with cool operating systems, each adding some unique functionality to your storage server. But once you fall down the slippery slope of NAS distros, you’ll come across operating systems that ship with premium licenses. And I don’t just mean distributions that require a paid subscription to unlock all features either; there are a couple of operating systems that won’t work unless you drop some dough on a license.

After months of teasing the arrival of a certain human-reindeer hybrid in the next season of its live-action One Piece adaptation, Netflix has finally revealed its take on Tony Tony Chopper and the actress who will be bringing him to life.Today during this year’s Tudum event showcasing all of Netflix’s upcoming projects, the streamer announced that actress Mikaela Hoover (The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3) has been cast a Tony Tony Chopper, One Piece‘s anthropomorphic reindeer who joins the Staw Hat Pirates on their search for the Grand Line. In addition to Cooper’s voice, a digital capture of her facial performance is being used to create the show’s CGI character.Iñaki Godoy (Monkey D. Luffy), Mackenyu (Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero (Usopp), Taz Skylar (Sanji), Ilia Isorelys Paulino (Alvida), Jeff Ward (Buggy), and Michael Dorman (Gold Roger) are all returning in One Piece‘s second season. But the show is also set to introduce a number of new characters from the comics like Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday, Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0, Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, and Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday.Though Netflix has committed to quite a bit more One Piece, the second season doesn’t have a solid release date just yet. But the streamer plans for new episodes to debut some time in 2026.

Not every USB-C port is built the same. One USB-C port on one laptop may support display output, while a port that looks the same on another device refuses to output anything to your monitor. It can be really frustrating to get a new device, only to discover that the USB-C ports aren't equipped to do the job you want them to do.

I wanted a better way to manage my terminal scripts. My choices boiled down to Nushell or PowerShell, and I opted for Nushell — and the shell has made visualizing my system data easier than ever. With its built-in table formatting and data manipulation capabilities, I can more easily monitor processes consuming excessive resources. The structured data approach also helps when debugging my smart home setup by allowing me to parse and analyze logs and configuration files more effectively.

Stranger Things‘ fifth and final season finally has a premiere date.During its live Tudum event, Netflix announced that Stranger Things‘ fifth season will actually be split into three parts. Volume 1 is set to debut on November 26th, Volume 2 premieres on December 25th, and The Finale drops on New Years Eve. Along with the premiere dates, Netflix also shared a teaser showing off some of what Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Dustin, (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Will (Noah Schnapp), and Max (Sadie Sink) are going to be up against when the show returns.Initially, Netflix suggested that Stranger Things’ final chapter would be split into two pieces rather than three, but the new release plans seem like the company’s way of making sure that viewers stick around rather than inhaling the show in a couple of sittings. Though this is the end of the core Stranger Things series, Netflix still has live-action and animated spin-offs in the works. The streamer still hasn’t revealed any more concrete details about the spinoffs, but it probably won’t be long before that changes.

There's a running joke in the tech world. Whenever a computer takes time to process something or a server crawls to a slow, we joke about the hamster powering the hardware getting tired. But how much does a hamster run in a wheel on any given day? And, more importantly, how do we keep an eye on a hamster's stats through an internet-connected device that keeps us up-to-date on his exercise? You know, the important questions.

Did you know that miniature CRT screens are a thing? If you did, how long were you planning to keep that knowledge from me? Turns out, you can grab 4-inch CRT screens online, and while their small size probably doesn't lend itself well to typical TV-based usage, it's still seems like an incredibly fun way to bring a hint of retro into your modern-day life.