My search for the ideal productivity tool has been extensive. Like many, I started my journey with Notion’s promise of an all-in-one workspace. However, after some time, Notion’s lackluster mobile apps and the complete absence of a reliable offline mode turned out to be dealbreakers. I tried dozens of alternatives as I wanted to pick a solution that looks and works similarly to Notion and adapts to my workflow.

Darth Jar Jar is a real boy, and they're finally getting an in-video game appearance for the first time ever—and it's in Fortnite. Fortnite and Star Warsare collaborating ahead of May 4th, 2025, also known and recognized as Star Wars Day, to celebrate the pop culture marvel with a slew of events, skins, and limited-time events in the acclaimed battle royale.

Some of the most interesting projects stem from giving old hardware a new lease of life. If you came across an unloved Nintendo Wii at a swap shop, what would you do with it? While some might take it home and play some Wii Sports on it, one person decided that they'd turn it into a web server. Best of all, you can actually visit the website the Wii is hosting, so you can read all about how the process works on the Wii itself.

If you've been thinking about downsizing your desktop setup at home or work, a mini PC is going to be a great solution. Not only do you get tons of power in a compact size, but it also comes out to be quite cheap if you know when to pick one up.

Backups help you preserve your data when the main machine encounters a problem, and Windows 11 has multiple tools to help you do that in some form (on-device, external, or cloud). I used Macrium Reflect, a fantastic tool that met most of my needs, but it ended the free tier completely and lacked some trivial backup elements, forcing me to look for options.

Elon Musk says he plans to step back from his work at the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, starting in May. In a Tesla earnings call, Musk said next month he would continue to “spend a day or two” each week on DOGE matters, but would spend the bulk of his time focused on his electric car company. “Starting next month, I’ll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla, and now that the major work of establishing the Department of Government Efficiency is done,” Musk said. Musk’s status as head of DOGE has come increasingly under scrutiny, with Tesla investors begging him to step down from the controversial project and focus more attention on Tesla, which is undergoing a major sales slump. As a special advisor to the Trump administration, Musk was limited to just 130 days under the designation. A rumors had been growing that he would leave the White House as his “influence appears to be waning,” according to The Washington Post.Developing…

Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is officially over. In an update on Tuesday, Google Privacy Sandbox VP Anthony Chavez says the company has decided “to maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome.”For years, critics have argued that Google’s Privacy Sandbox could harm advertisers and violate privacy laws, while the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told users to opt out of the program, saying it “is still tracking your internet use for Google’s behavioral advertising.” Last week, a US judge found that Google “willfully engaged in a series of anticompetitive acts” in the advertising technology industry, and the competition regulator in the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has been investigating its evolving series of proposals to address concerns that they might give Google an unfair advantage.Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative was announced in 2020 with plans to block third-party cookies in Chrome by default, similar to Firefox and Safari. It has made several changes to the initiative over the years, such as proposals like its Topics API to assign interests to users based on their web activity and other tools it said could target ads while still offering some privacy. But following years of delays and scrutiny, Google said last year that it would let users choose whether to opt into a cookie-less Chrome. Now, it appears the initiative has come almost completely to an end.“As we’ve engaged with the ecosystem, including publishers, developers, regulators, and the ads industry, it remains clear that there are divergent perspectives on making changes that could impact the availability of third-party cookies,” Chavez writes, adding that Google “will not be rolling out a new standalone prompt for third-party cookies.”The Movement for an Open Web (MOW), which filed a complaint with the CMA about the initiative in 2020, said Google’s latest update is an “admission” that the Privacy Sandbox is over.“Google’s intention was to remove open and interoperable communications standards to bring digital advertising traffic under their sole control and, with this announcement, that aim is now over,” MOW co-founder James Rosewell said in an emailed statement to The Verge. “They’ve recognised that the regulatory obstacles to their monopolistic project are insurmountable and have given up.”

The current GPU landscape is a rather grim one. While GPU prices are slowly starting to fall for the cards underneath their flagship big brothers, it's still incredibly difficult to find a reasonable price on a new graphics card in 2025. While you could settle for a lower-powered card that's from the newest generation, the alternative is to dodge scalpers altogether, and grab a card from a previous GPU release.

Tesla has shared new images of its first retro drive-in restaurant location in Los Angeles. The company’s CEO Elon Musk dreamt up the idea of a 1950s-themed “Tesla Diner” and Supercharger hub, complete with employees on rollerskates, as far back as 2018. More recently, Musk described it as a “Grease meets Jetsons with Supercharging,” as reported by The New York Times.Last week, The Real Deal reported that Tesla is nearing completion with the diner located on Santa Monica Boulevard. It features two floors, rooftop seating, a bar, two drive-up movie screens, and 30 Supercharger stalls.Tesla got the permit for the diner seven years ago. At the time, California was the de facto home of Tesla and a champion of its electric vehicles, but since then, the company has moved its headquarters to Texas, Musk has gotten into far-right politics with his deep involvement in the Trump Administration, and revenue is tanking as seen in today’s earnings report.

Star Wars Outlaws has been finally given a release date for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. Fans of the intergalactic open-world title will be able to bring the fun to their upcoming Switch 2 consoles this fall as Ubisoft announced that the game would arrive on September 2nd, 2025, after only being given a vague 2025 release date.

The Game Boy may have retired decades ago, but that hasn't stopped people from making new games and cartridges for it. In fact, as the technology behind the portable console gets broken open, more and more indie developers can join in and create games and tools for the Game Boy. Take, for instance, the GBS Windows cartridge, which lets you run a faux version of Windows 3.1 on your Game Boy.

The Raspberry Pi is more than just a tiny computer; you can use it to automate your daily life by scheduling essential tasks, such as backing up your files, monitoring your network, and even controlling smart devices at home. When I first started using the Raspberry Pi, I manually executed most scripts and programs. It worked for a while, but it was easy to forget something important. Once I discovered task scheduling, everything became much more efficient and reliable. Now, I rely on scheduled scripts to handle routine operations without constant supervision. Below, I’ll share several methods for scheduling tasks on a Raspberry Pi. I have tried them, and even though I mainly use cron jobs, you can you can review each one and choose the one that best suits your workflow and experience level.