I’ve been looking for alternatives to Plex and have tried several options, including Jellyfin. Plex has been my go-to app for years, but it has become more expensive, and some features that were once free are now locked behind a paywall. That pushed me to explore other options. Surprisingly, the best alternative turned out to be one I had used a long time ago – Kodi. It’s been around for quite a while, and when I installed it again recently, I was glad to see that it has not only held up well but even surpasses Plex in some areas.

You’ll be able to use a USB mouse with the Nintendo Switch 2 in at least one game, as a Koei Tecmo developer commentary video for the upcoming Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition revealed this week. That’s great news if your wrists, like mine, started preemptively cramping the first time you saw video of someone tipping a Joy-Con 2 controller on its edge for mouse mode.While demonstrating the game’s use of the Joy-Con 2 as a mouse, producer Michi Ryu stops and plugs in a USB mouse. The Switch 2 displays a message that says a mouse has been connected, and he continues to play with both a mouse and his left Joy-Con 2, switching between them seamlessly, the same way you’ll be able to go back and forth between gyro and mouse control in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.As VideoGamesChronicle notes, the original Switch had mouse and keyboard support, though only some games took advantage, like the Nightdive-developed Turok port. (If you own that game and never noticed the “Mouse” option in its input settings, go plug in a USB mouse and keyboard and try it out — you won’t want to go back.)This time around, Nintendo is embracing mouse support more. For instance, the company published a video to its Nintendo Today app earlier this month, showing that when you put a Joy-Con 2 on its edge for mouse mode, an onscreen pointer appears for navigating the system’s menu. So does the Nobunaga’s Ambition video, mean a standard mouse works interchangeably with a Joy-Con 2 controller anywhere where mouse control is supported? I sure hope so, but we don’t know that yet. And Nintendo didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s email asking if that was the case.

Depending on the kind of person you are, you fall into one of two camps — one that believes every BIOS update is indispensable, and the other that believes the BIOS should be updated only when necessary. If you haven't guessed by now, I'm part of the latter group. I even consider myself a tech Luddite who avoids BIOS updates like the plague. Irrespective of how you treat BIOS updates on your PC, there are always myths that you can still get rid of, whether they're about update frequency, necessity, complexity, or risk.

Network-attached storage (NAS) performance is largely governed by the processor, memory, and installed drives. It's possible to give the enclosure a bump to make it better suited to more advanced or heavier workloads. This includes swapping out RAM modules for faster and higher-capacity equivalents, installing faster storage, and using NVMe SSD caching. An NVMe solid-state drive (SSD) is notably quicker than SATA counterparts, be it flash or mechanical. I spent a total of $45 on buying a 500GB SSD for caching, and it was the best decision I made.

If you use a Mac, you’ve likely seen the little Time Machine icon in your menu bar and ignored it until disaster struck. For years, I relied on external drives or my primary server for backups, but I wanted something more flexible, inexpensive, and energy-efficient. That’s when I turned to a Raspberry Pi. With a bit of setup and the right software, I created a network Time Machine backup solution that just works quietly in the background.

You know, companies do a lot to make bank off of retro games. After all, it's pretty easy money; just bundle a bunch of old games people like in a collection or a special retro-themed console and the thing near prints money.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has had incredible success since its launch in April. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 got incredible review scores, strong sales, and has seemingly served as a gateway to turn-based games for people who might not normally play them. Whether this is your first turn-based RPG or in the hundreds for you, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has people hungry for more turn-based RPGs like this. While DLC might be on the way, it will likely be awhile until it's actually released. If you are looking for more turn-based RPGs to play through, we have a selection of games for you that will certainly scratch it. There is no shortage of great turn-based games to recommend, but we stuck with games with unique and interesting combat systems, since the active battle elements from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are what makes it special.

If you're on the hunt for one of the best business laptops, you can stop searching if your budget allows. The HP EliteBook Ultra G1i is the perfect companion to grace your C-suite desktop. Perhaps that's not surprising, as HP has a reputation to maintain, and the EliteBook range replaces our old favorites, the premium Dragonfly models.

I've been using Gmail as my email service of choice pretty much since its inception. I've not had any issues with it per se, and it has worked as expected throughout the years. Of late, though, I've been meaning to try alternatives to Gmail, especially after hearing my colleagues speak about other options. Among the plethora of email clients, two options appealed to me -- Proton Mail and Notion Mail -- primarily because they're free, and I've used other services or apps from the parent company. I was initially skeptical since I'm so used to Gmail's UI, and I'm generally apprehensive of switching to new apps unless something's broken.

File management on Windows 11 is something you probably don't think about that often, and you might be fine just using the built-in File Explorer. However, once you start playing around with alternatives, it quickly becomes apparent that this default experience is nowhere near as good as it could be. I've stated before that File Pilot may just be the best file manager for Windows, but once the beta period is over, that app will cost $50 at minimum. So what if you don't want to spend that kind of cash?

There's a saying that "art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable," but sometimes it can just...disturb. Like, not even bring comfort to the disturbed; just straight up be a problem. And yes, it's for the sake of art and makes you stand back and think about things, but man, sometimes it can go a little far.

Despite the programming landscape teeming with cool code editors, many developers (including yours truly) rely on Visual Studio Code to develop apps, create scripts, and edit config files. After all, it’s lightweight, works on the big three operating systems, supports plenty of languages, and is armed to the teeth with QoL-enhancing features. However, VS Code’s endless customizability is what truly sets it apart from its rivals, and there’s a barrage of extensions you can add to the code editor to boost its functionality even further.