Your computer's motherboard is an engineering marvel, stuffed with interfaces, ports, sensors, and headers to connect many peripherals. The more money you spend, the more features you get, but you'll also end up with plenty of I/O that you might not use. I'm as guilty of this as anyone, but it's not really our fault, as motherboard manufacturers' scope creep to add what they see as value, and some of these headers are for niche use cases that often don't apply.

Not too long ago, I wrote about how I wish Microsoft would borrow the idea of desktop environments from Linux and use it for Windows 11. Desktop environments allow for radically different user experiences, providing a level of customization that Windows users can only dream of. In that article, I did acknowledge that some attempts at this do exist on Windows, with one major example being Seelen UI.

We never got our hands on the MSI Claw A1M, but it's one of those PC gaming handhelds that didn't quite hit the mark when it was first released. Luckily, things have gotten a lot better with this device over time, thanks to new updates, and the heavily discounted price. Right now, you can score the MSI Claw A1M from Best Buy for just $390, which is $260 off its current retail price.

I've been testing out DNS servers lately, and while they've all got standout features, Technitium has captured my attention. It's powerful, easy to set up, and deep when you want to add more functionality, and it uses barely any resources when running. It's also cross-platform, authoritative for your local DNS rebinds, and recursive for finding IP addresses while browsing the internet. And that's just the start.

I started with Google Keep like a lot of people do, but after a while, my notes turned into a mess. At first, color-coding seemed fine, but once I had too many notes, I kept repeating the same colors and scrolling through long lists. The problem with Keep is that it stays very basic, so if you need features like templates or a deeper way to organize, your options are limited. That's when I tried Obsidian, and it completely changed how I keep track of my notes.

It's almost September, which means it's almost October, which means it's almost October 31st, which means it's time to get excited for Halloween. I will roll my eyes the second I see Christmas decorations on the shelves before December, but I will absolutely, definitely start getting ready for scary stuff and creepy creatures the second the Fall hits.

The Arrow Lake range wasn't Intel's finest moment. Things started going south when people discovered that Arrow Lake had an issue that caused it to deteriorate over time. The good news was that the hardware itself wasn't going bad; it was due to the microcode that defined how the system used the processor. So, Intel told us not to worry, as this could be fixed with a quick firmware update. Intel then provided us with the update, but it didn't work. And so, the legacy of Arrow Lake was Intel providing updates, and users hoping their chip wouldn't slowly erode itself away.

Raspberry Pi offers multiple variants, from a tiny microcontroller to an overpowered Pi 5. This versatility makes it a perfect fit for DIY projects because you can use one or multiple Pis to build your project. However, some DIY projects cater to aesthetics and novelty rather than focusing on solving a problem. These projects look enticing at first glance, but are often time-consuming and complex to build. A Raspberry Pi exists to cater to solutions that need a low-power computing device, and some ingenious projects can make a difference in your life.

I only started taking NotebookLM seriously a while ago. I treated it more like a notetaking app that has an AI layer. But the more I used it and started feeding it my thoughts, it clicked. It’s not that NotebookLM makes me more productive now, it just helps me free up mental bandwidth. I don’t have to hold everything in my head or keep circling back to half-baked thoughts over and over.

Do you have a circle of friends who enjoy diving into any co-op titles that appear on Steam? I do, and we've been really going in on Peak recently. Before that, however, we were really tucking into R.E.P.O., which we grabbed when the museum update came around.

Spies. Soldiers. Betrayals. Double-crosses. Triple-crosses. Giant Metal Tanks. PMCs. Armies. Some more betrayals. That's what Metal Gear Solid is all about. Today, it's almost folklore in gaming — a 38-year-old franchise that tells one of the greatest, most convoluted yet unforgettable stories the medium has ever seen.

As one of the cofounders behind Oculus Story Studio, Edward Saatchi knows how hard it can be to sell people on new tech that bills itself as revolutionary. Even though Story Studio snagged an Emmy for one of its three animated features, a general lack of public interest in VR movies led Meta to shutter Oculus Story Studio back in 2017. The VR era has come and gone, but Saatchi is confident that Showrunner, his new pivot to generative AI that just received an influx of cash from Amazon, can succeed.Unlike a lot of other gen AI-centric entertainment outfits focused on deploying the technology in ways that audiences aren't necessarily meant t …Read the full story at The Verge.