Moving four times in six years has taught me a lot. Mainly, changing addresses is utterly exhausting, but also that it's a lot more complicated than just putting your stuff in boxes and transporting them from point A to point B. This is especially true when it comes to moving your money and payments along with you while also trying to stay on a budget. Technically, all you need to keep track of your money during a move (and make sure all your payments come along with you) is a good ol' spreadsheet. But the process can be tedious, so if paying for a fancy app, making a cool Notion dashboard, or even buying a new notebook and some pretty washi tape will make it better for you, go for it. On my last move, I wrote all the things I had to do on color-coded sticky notes and put them on one of the walls of my apartment. Visualizing everything at a glance was a bit stressful at first, but it helped me know what was left to do as moving day came closer. It was also extremely cathartic to yank notes from the wall, crumple them, and throw them away once I completed a task. Coming up with a plan to deal with the financial aspects of your move ahead of time sounds like boring dad advice, b …Read the full story at The Verge.

When Aura Displays reached out about the Triple Boost 14 Pro, I was immediately curious to see what it was about. It's been a while since I've had the chance to test a portable monitor, but I love the idea. A couple of years ago, I reviewed an interesting concept of a dual portable monitor that seemed to be very promising, though it fell short in a few ways. So, I wanted to know how far we've come in that time.

Over the past years, gaming has evolved as a storytelling medium to rival film in its nuance and narrative complexity. That has opened the gate for complex, morally gray characters. Joel and Ellie to Lee Everett, Snake, and James Sunderland, we’ve now been conditioned to expect protagonists who are deeply flawed, emotionally scarred, and often one bad day away from becoming the villain.

If you're planning a move, you may suddenly find yourself with a lot of excess stuff and not enough space for it in your new digs. You may be consolidating two separate households into one, or going from a large home into a small apartment - either way, you're going to be leaving behind a lot of your belongings. It's hard to get rid of things you've lived with for years, but besides the psychological toll it takes, it's also difficult to do on a practical level. You have to figure out how to dispose of your electronics, used clothing, old books, and other items responsibly without adding to the world's excess trash - especially when just dumping them into the garbage isn't an option.Reusing and recycling old and unneeded stuff has become an important aspect of the push to preserve the world's environment. Many states and urban areas have mandated the recycling of tech, metals, paper goods, or other substances, but even if you live in an area where the law doesn't require it, you probably still want to do the right thing.The problem is finding how and where you can get rid of your stuff with the greatest advantage to you and the least amount of damage to the environment. This …Read the full story at The Verge.

The year 2001 was a monumental time for gaming, as that November marked the release of the original Xbox from Microsoft. At that point, the games industry changed forever, as another giant entered the ongoing console war between multiple companies. To many, the first Xbox console went on to have a library of games that would help reshape the landscape of the console market, impacting multiple game genres in ways that would be felt through the decades. Not only was it the console where franchises like Halo began, but it was also the jumping point for online gaming becoming mainstream with features like Xbox Live. And through its five-year lifespan on the market, the Xbox accumulated a great library of amazing, boundary-pushing games.

It can be frustrating to prepare your 3D model, start 3D printing, only to realize that the first few layers of the print are sagging or just plain messy. Sagging of the first layers of the print is one of the common 3D printing problems that hobbyists face during the 3D printing process. Sagging occurs when the filament droops while spanning unsupported areas, especially due to gravity and inadequate cooling that slows down solidification. It’s mainly caused by issues with the first layer. However, just like any other 3D printing issue, this problem is fixable. In this article, we will describe the causes and the steps you need to take to resolve it.

Google has a wildly underrated AI-powered research tool, NotebookLM. I’ve been using it since it launched as an experimental project by Google Labs, and it’s convinced me that AI can truly be a game-changer for productivity.

The Bing Video Creator is rolling out now to Bing mobile app users.Microsoft has added a new AI video generator to its Bing mobile app that’s built on OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video model. The Bing Video Creator announced on Monday provides a free way to generate short clips with Sora, which is normally locked behind ChatGPT subscriptions starting at $20 per month for Plus users.“Bing Video Creator represents our efforts to democratize the power of AI video generation,” Microsoft said in its announcement. “We believe creativity should be effortless and accessible to help you satisfy your answer-seeking process. We’re excited to empower anyone to turn their words into wonder through an AI-generated video.”The Video Creator is now rolling out globally (excluding China and Russia) to the Bing Search apps for Android and iPhone, and Microsoft says desktop and Copilot Search support are also “coming soon.” The video generator can be accessed via the menu at the bottom right corner of the Bing app, or by adding a description of the clip you want to make directly to the Bing search bar.Microsoft says that users can queue up to three video generations at a time and will receive a notification when they’re ready. You can choose between a “Standard” generation speed, which is free for all users, or a “Fast” option that works “in seconds,” according to Microsoft. 10 Fast generations are provided for free, after which users will need to use the Standard speed or redeem 100 Microsoft Rewards points for each Fast generation.Videos are five seconds long, in a 9:16 vertical format, and support for 16:9 format video creation will be added at a later date. Videos will be stored on the Bing app for up to 90 days and can be downloaded or shared with other platforms.The example videos that Microsoft has released are a far cry from the quality showcased by other AI models like Google’s Veo 3. The movements in the otter chef and sweeping hamster demos show unnatural clipping, for example, and the characters themselves look a little cartoony at times. Still, judging by our time experimenting with Sora after it launched in December 2024, these are a better representation of what the video model is capable of than the polished (and presumably cherry-picked) clips that OpenAI released when Sora was being teased.

I first tried Arch Linux to play around with Hyprland, a window manager that caught my eye with its auto-tiling functionality and versatile workspaces. I've not really dabbled much with tiling before, and Arch was an interesting next step for my Linux journey, having primarily used Debian and Red Hat-based distros almost exclusively. Having made the switch to Arch, I've not looked back and found a new home I'm comfortable exploring for many years to come. There are a few things I wish I knew beforehand that would have made me switch sooner.

There are plenty of reasons you should try open-source software, including a lively community of contributors and robust features. But there's also the fact that open-source software can save you money, both in terms of providing useful financial management tools, as well as helping you avoid the costs of other premium software.

Running your own private cloud at home is a great way to shave off subscription fees every month, but even if you're not running a stack of containerized services, you probably still need to be able to access your home network while away from it. While you could set up a traditional VPN, or even dynamic DNS to connect to your home network from a consistent IP address, these aren't the best way anymore.

We saw this same SSD get a rare price drop to $280 about a month ago, and now we're getting an even bigger discount as Amazon knocks it down to its lowest price yet at just $240. This is the best price we've seen so far on this Gen5 M.2 SSD, which is perfect for that desktop or laptop that you've been looking to upgrade.