When transitioning from Windows to Linux, it's essential to select the proper distribution that best suits your needs. There is a plethora of Linux flavors to choose from, and experimenting with them in VMs or a dual-boot configuration is your best bet. Since Ubuntu is a popular operating system, and part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V, you should give it a try.

Back in 2010, my parents got me a PlayStation Portable—more commonly known as the PSP — for my eleventh birthday. To date, it remains one of the best gifts I've received. I spent hours every day playing GTA Liberty City, Chinatown Wars, FIFA, God of War, and a ton of other games on the console. It was a massive upgrade from the Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP I had earlier — in terms of graphics, screen size, and the overall experience. As I grew older, though, I built a custom PC and moved to PC gaming, which meant that my PSP was now lying unused in the closet. It stayed like that for over a decade, until I recently unearthed it while moving out of my current house.

This might be a bigger deal than the robotaxis. Tesla said it completed its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery from factory to customer. A video posted on X shows the vehicle — a Tesla Model Y — leaving the company’s Austin Gigafactory, driving on the highway, passing through suburban sprawl and residential neighborhoods, before arriving at a customer’s apartment building. Tesla CEO Elon Musk had promised the first fully autonomous delivery would take place on June 28th. But on Friday, he announced that the milestone had been achieved a day early.“There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous!” Musk wrote on X. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.”View LinkThat last part isn’t accurate. Waymo has been operating fully driverless vehicles with passengers on the highway for over a year. The vehicles, which are driving on freeways in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, are only available to employees of the company, with the goal of opening them up to the public at a later date.But Tesla’s achievement is still notable, especially when you consider the rocky rollout of the company’s robotaxi service. The robotaxis launched with safety monitors in the passenger seat with access to a kill switch, and within a few days, the vehicles were recorded committing several safety lapses, including driving over the double-yellow line into the opposite lane of traffic and hard braking in the middle of the road for no apparent reason.By proving it can operate fully autonomous vehicles on highways without a safety monitor present in the vehicle, Tesla is able to demonstrate that its Full Self-Driving system is getting closer to Musk’s promise of “unsupervised” driving. The robotaxis aren’t quite there yet, still requiring safety monitors and remote supervisors. That leaves Tesla in limbo between confidence that its technology can handle the driving without anyone in the vehicle, but less confident when there’s a human being riding inside. Update, June 28th: Added Tesla’s 30-minute “long version” of the trip.

As a visual thinker, I love a good diagram, especially mind maps and flowcharts. They allowed me to gain an overview of all the details, draw connections, summarize information, and identify problems. However, diagramming tools (or using a design app as a diagramming tool) can feel like navigating a messy whiteboard. I end up spending too long placing and aligning elements to nail the aesthetic, rather than focusing on the content of the diagram.

Age verification is perhaps the hottest battleground for online speech, and the Supreme Court just settled a pivotal question: does using it to gate adult content violate the First Amendment in the US? For roughly the past 20 years the answer has been "yes" - now, as of Friday, it's an unambiguous "no."Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is relatively straightforward as Supreme Court rulings go. To summarize, its conclusion is that:States have a valid interest in keeping kids away from pornographyMaking people prove their ages is a valid strategy to enforce thatInternet age verification only "incidentally" affects how adults can access protected speechThe risks aren't meaningfully different from showing your ID at a liquor storeYes, the Supreme Court threw out age verification rules repeatedly in the early 2000s, but the internet of 2025 is so different the old reasoning no longer applies.Around this string of logic, you'll find a huge number of objections and unknowns. Many of these were laid out before the decision: the Electronic Frontier Foundation has an overview of the issues, and 404 Media goes deeper on the potential …Read the full story at The Verge.

I have been using Proton VPN for a couple of years now due to Proton’s privacy-focused and encrypted zero-knowledge architecture. Like other VPN clients, it includes optional features that can optimize security and improve connectivity performance. Not all the features are enabled by default, but there are some great ones that I wish I had started using sooner. All the following features are available with a subscription to one of the available tiers. Also, since Proton VPN is cross-platform, you can use it on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS.

If you’ve ventured into the world of NAS operating systems, you may already be familiar with the Unraid vs. TrueNAS Scale debates. Both distros have their followers, and for good reason. Unraid combines a simple UI with a plethora of apps and file systems, though it can cost a pretty penny to set up. Meanwhile, TrueNAS Scale offers top-tier performance alongside terrific support for ZFS and (more importantly) doesn’t charge for a paid license – but its interface has a rather steep learning curve.

Handheld gaming is about the only time I get the chance to work through my ever-growing library of games, whether it's on the Legion Go, Switch, or Switch 2, or even on my phone with a clamp-style controller. It's not the portability, although that helps, but most of them have some pause and resume function, so I can get a few minutes when I have time and get back to whatever needs doing.

Failed 3D prints are a natural part of the process, often due to clogged nozzles, bed adhesion issues, or slicing errors. Instead of tossing them out, I've started finding ways to repurpose these leftovers into handy tools for my home and workspace. It's become a satisfying habit that not only saves plastic from the landfill but also adds function where I least expected it. Here are some real-life examples of how I've transformed broken or unfinished prints into something useful.

The Nintendo Direct presentation for Donkey Kong Bananza showcased more about the game that Nintendo Switch 2 owners can expect to see on July 17th, 2025. Those who have been waiting for another reason to justify purchasing a Switch 2 won't have to wait much longer for a single-player adventure that will have them smashing their way to gold bananas with Donkey Kong. But in addition to a brand-new adventure for Nintendo's favorite gorilla with a tie, Donkey Kong Bananza has a few interesting features on the Switch 2 that are drawing attention. The game will have a co-op feature that lets players bring a friend to control the young Pauline on Donkey Kong's escapades. But this is part of something that is much more intriguing for Switch 2 owners, and could mean something even greater for future games for the console.

Graphics cards have become increasingly bulky in recent years, with high-end models typically occupying three or more PCI Express (PCIe) slots on the back of your case. This is mainly because modern GPUs draw more power and require beefier cooling solutions to keep operating temperatures in check. I used to love these chunky GPUs with triple-fan coolers because they gave me peace of mind about long-term performance and thermal headroom for overclocking.

I can't tell you the number of hours I've wasted rebooting PCs. When you're constantly swapping hardware, trying out new software, and sitting on the bleeding edge of software support, you're bound to run into issues, particularly with Windows. It's an operating system that's extremely powerful, but also bulky and complex, as well as notoriously fickle when it comes to recovery. I've wasted hours upon hours holding down the power button and hoping something changes the next time I go to boot the PC.