Cura is a free and popular 3D slicing software that is compatible with the majority of the FDM 3D printers. Beyond the default features of the software, you can explore additional advanced features by installing plugins to enhance your 3D printing workflow. These plugins are available on the Cura Marketplace, and you can search for and install them easily. There are many available, and each of them has a specific functionality. There are those for controlling the 3D printer remotely, fine-tuning first layer settings, analyzing, fixing broken and non-manifold models, and many others. Below are the five most useful ones you should be using.

The excitement everyone had for the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct left just as quickly as it arrived, when the price of the console was revealed shortly after the livestream ended. But it wasn't just the price of the console players had an issue with. In fact, we might've all gotten over the price of the console by now, if not for the price of the games.

I make a living by publishing content online, so you can only imagine how much time I spend in front of a screen daily. While most of my work happens during the day, and I generally wind up by evening, there are days when things can get stretched to late nights. Whenever that happens, I prefer working with the lights turned off. However, I recently learned that it's not good practice, as the contrast between the dark room and the bright screen can cause stress on the eyes. At the same time, I also don't like keeping the bright lights in my room turned on late at night. So, to strike the right balance, I decided to pick up a light bar for my monitor.

You know, if someone is going to pay thousands of dollars for a graphics card, I would expect that the utmost care was put into ensuring that they, you know, are built properly. Alas, the Nvidia RTX 5090 has been hit by problem after problem, including missing ROPs on the board, melting third-party power cables (which prompted people to recommend using the stock power cable), and then melting stock power cables. Now, after a month of use, someone has reported that one of the capacitors has exploded, alongside the dreaded coil whine.

We're big proponents of self-hosting services you can't live without because you never know when a company will disappear, and keeping your data on a device you control is a huge privacy boost. Whether that's saving backups of your devices, running a media server, or a mesh VPN service, keeping it in-house on your own network-attached storage (NAS) means you're in control.

Elon Musk’s popularity with the American public is waning, according to the latest polling average from Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin. The billionaire CEO of multiple companies wears many hats, but the most visible one of late has been as the face of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an organization that has been tearing through the US government administrative state. Silver Bulletin’s average shows that 53.5 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of Musk, and only 39.6 percent of Americans see him favorably. His unpopularity is way up since the beginning of 2024 when only 38 percent of people disliked him, according to the site’s tracker. Silver writes that his process for tracking Musk’s ratings is similar to how he tracks President Trump’s, but with “slightly more conservative settings as Musk is polled less often than Trump.” According to Silver Bulletin, negative views of the billionaire have been especially trending upwards in the wake of his heavy support — in part by paying voters — for Trump’s second Presidential campaign and, not long after, the beginning of his work at DOGE. That work has seen widespread federal agency layoffs as DOGE’s operatives access, or attempt to gain access, to sensitive areas of the government, including IRS records, the US Treasury’s payments system, and the US Social Security Administration.However accurate Silver Bulletin’s average is, the site is not alone in noting Musk’s unpopularity. Outlets like Fox News, Politico, and Axios have all recently pointed to polls showing a growing distaste for the billionaire. That may have already had electoral consequences for Republicans in Wisconsin, where Musk’s attempt to bolster a conservative Supreme Court candidate this month — using the same voter-paying tactics he used during Trump’s campaign — appear to have backfired. More than half of voters in the state disapproved of his involvement, and about a third said it made them less likely to vote for the conservative justice, according to pollster information published by The Washington Post. In the end, Democrat-backed candidate Susan Crawford won by 10 points, preserving Wisconsin’s highest court’s 4-3 liberal majority.

With another Patch Tuesday behind us, we're now in the middle of bug reporting season. People have had enough time to install the new update and use it for a little while, and it's around this time that people notice that their computers act a little strange. Unfortunately, if you're someone who likes using Windows Hello, the new update may make it harder for you to sign in using an infrared sensor scan.

Let’s face it: remote desktop software can be a headache. Whether it’s for work, tech support, or accessing your home computer, the experience is often affected by slow connections, complicated setups, and security concerns (looking at you, TeamViewer). I have been on the hunt for the perfect remote desktop solution for what feels like forever. Like many, I have tried different platforms like AnyDesk, Splashtop, GoToMyPC, and more, each with its own set of limitations and frustrations.

What better lab assistant than a robot? They don't get tired, they can do dangerous stuff that humans can't, and they can follow you around without getting bored. If you need someone with you at all times, but you don't want to subject a real human being to that sort of torture, why not make your own Raspberry Pi robot to do it for you? That's what one project aims to achieve by combining the SBC with a camera so you can always have a loyal robot by your side.

You know what hurts more than bad games? Canceled games. A broken release can be patched, and a lackluster sequel can sometimes be forgiven. However, when a promising title never makes it out of the door? That’s a wound that never heals. The gaming world has seen some great games, and some even greater ones that were never made in the first place.

Sony has raised the price of most of its PlayStation 5 console hardware in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand by 10-15 percent, blaming “a challenging economic environment.” With rising US import costs thanks to tariffs likely a contributing factor, an equivalent price rise in the US is probably on the way.Sony manufactures the majority of its PlayStation 5 hardware in China, now subject to 145 percent tariffs on imports into the US, and game consoles aren’t included in the pause on some tech tariffs announced Friday. A price increase in other markets may be a way of limiting how sharply prices will need to rise in the US, which is a key market for Sony.The Digital Edition of the PS5 is the main target for price increases, rising in all four markets, while the standard version — which includes a disc drive — is only going up in Australia and New Zealand, and not by as much. Across all four markets, the PlayStation 5 Pro is remaining the same price. Sony is also slightly decreasing the price of its add-on disc drive accessory.Sony’s blog post announcing the change blamed it on “high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates,” though made no mention of Trump’s tariffs or increased import costs into the US, where prices are remaining the same — for now. Analyst Serkan Toto told CNBC that he “would be very surprised if Sony was able to keep the PlayStation prices in the US stable,” calling now “the ‘right’ time” for the company to raise prices.This is the second time Sony has hiked up the price of a PS5 in most of these markets, after doing the same in August 2022. That time Sony similarly blamed “high global inflation rates, as well as adverse currency trends,” but specifically noted that it wouldn’t raise prices in the US. There’s no such confirmation this time around.Nintendo still hasn’t opened American and Canadian preorders for its Switch 2 console, amid fears it too will soon announce a price increase.Here are the new PS5 prices:Europe:PS5 Digital Edition – €499.99 (€449.99 before)UK:PS5 Digital Edition – £429.99 (£389.99 before)Australia:PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – AUD $829.95 (AUD $799.95 before)PS5 Digital Edition – AUD $749.95 (AUD $649.95 before)New Zealand:PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – NZD $949.95 (NZD $899.95 before)PS5 Digital Edition – NZD $859.95 (NZD $769.96 before)Here are the new Disc Drive for PS5 prices:Europe – €79.99 (€119.99 before)UK – £69.99 (£99.99 before)Australia – AUD $124.95 (AUD $159.95 before)New Zealand – NZD $139.95 (NZD $169.95 before)

Over the past five years, the budget for even a modestly equipped gaming PC that can keep up with today's AAA titles has gone completely bananas. The expectation in the marketplace that we spend $1,000 or more on a GPU, $500 and above on CPUs, and another $1,000 on everything else has shattered the image of a gaming PC as accessible to the average consumer. It's caused me to seriously reevaluate what I'm spending on PC components and what I'm getting for the price. Personally, I've had a recent revelation when it comes to motherboards.