Do you feel like sometimes you have no brain? When I put the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the fridge, I certainly feel like I had left my gray matter back on my pillow that day. Fortunately, there are ways to prove that, yes, you do actually have a brain between those ears, and you can prove it to anyone who has any doubts (including yourself on those rough days).

The Galaxy Z Fold 7 ships with One UI 8. Samsung’s One UI 8 update seems to prevent users from unlocking their device’s bootloader to load custom ROMs, as spotted earlier by SammyGuru. Over the weekend, users on the XDA Developers forum noticed that Samsung appears to have disabled the option on devices in regions outside the US, where the option had already been locked for years.By unlocking the bootloader, users can install custom software and make other modifications to their phone. Users discovered the new restriction after digging into the code of the Settings app on One UI 8, which ships with the newly released Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7.As pointed out by SammyGuru and Android Authority, the code contains the line “androidboot.other.locked=1.” When this line is set to “1,” it means the bootloader is locked, like it is here in the US. Before One UI 8, this line had previously been set to “0” to enable bootloader unlocking in regions outside the US. Users spotted the restriction within One UI 8 beta builds for the Galaxy S25 as well.Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

When it comes to picking out an operating system for your handheld console, SteamOS makes some mighty fine arguments for using it. After all, we've seen some tests of SteamOS versus Windows, and Microsoft's operating system doesn't seem to have what it takes to keep up with Valve's offering.

Life has been stressful lately, meaning that I've had even more trouble than usual keeping on top of tasks and household chores. While I already use TickTick for reminders for my work, as well as Asana for my deadlines, my chores have been slipping by the wayside as I deal with notification fatigue and worsening forgetfulness.

Mini PCs offer a ton of versatility, making them great for all types of uses. So, whether you need something cheap to power your home lab, or want a compact gaming setup, the options are readily available. If you're searching for the latter, we think this one from Geekom is going to be a must-buy.

Over the last decade, I've upgraded from a budget to a high-end GPU, a 6-core to an 8-core processor, and 16GB RAM to 32GB RAM. The most impactful upgrades, however, didn't come from any of them. These seemingly routine upgrades were natural progressions in my PC journey, but they ended up delivering a performance jump that I hadn't quite anticipated. Looking back, some of these upgrades rank among the cheapest things I've ever bought for my PC.

I like playing around with different services and linking them together to see what kind of weird concoctions I can piece together, and one of them that I've been playing around with has been Tines. It's an automation platform with a key focus on security, and while there are paid subscriptions, you can do a lot with the free version. However, the Tines Tunnel, which is basically a Cloudflare Tunnel, is locked down behind that subscription barrier. And to get a subscription requires reaching out to Tines for a pricing quote, and it's aimed specifically at companies.

Mini PCs have been gaining a lot of attention over the past few months, but despite their small size, they still don't provide a way for you to take the computing power on the go, since they still require all the extra hardware like monitor, mouse, and keyboard in order to use them.

I'm not sure about you, but I don't really use the Windows 11 search feature. Not because I don't know it's there, but because I can count the number of times it actually found the file I wanted on one hand. I usually go for third-party options, but to Microsoft's credit, it is doing its best to make the feature useful.

Unauthorized merch promoting Donald Trump - from hats and mugs to signs and T-shirts - is everywhere online. Go to a Trump rally or other MAGA political event and you're bound to find people hawking their DIY Trump wares.The Trump Organization apparently isn't too pleased.A lawsuit filed last week claims online sellers on platforms like eBay, Amazon, and Walmart are hawking goods that infringe on the Trump Organization's trademarks. "Defendants design the online marketplace accounts to appear to be selling genuine TRUMP Products while selling inferior imitations of such products," the suit, filed in US District Court in Florida, reads. …Read the full story at The Verge.

There's a moment in Death Stranding when the game lets you just... walk. No enemies, no timers, no chaos. Just you, the weight of your cargo, and a piece of music that feels like it was written for that exact second. It is in that brief moment of connection to the world, to Norman Reedus' Sam, and to something intangible, that you realize this isn't your average action game.

Backing up data is incredibly important. We dedicated an entire week to raising awareness about the importance of data backups, but there's a way to take your backup strategy to the next level. If you're like me and have automated backups configured per device or simply run manual tasks when using them, there's a handy way to use Wake-on-LAN (WOL) and a NAS to automatically boot devices, back them up, and shut them down without human input.