I previously used Outlook to manage my emails on Windows. However, it has gone downhill with a recent web-based makeover. While there is no shortage of Outlook alternatives on Windows, most of them, such as Spark and Canary, require a paid subscription to unlock all features.

3D printing can be an exciting adventure with opportunities to create customized parts and imaginative prototypes. However, it can also be frustrating when prints fail unexpectedly, wasting time and resources. Many factors can influence print success, from the materials chosen to the environment in which printing takes place. A closer look at potential issues can help you improve print reliability and consistently achieve great results.

Having an online service is par for the course when it comes to your gaming experience, and with Nintendo Switch, getting the Nintendo Switch Online service is vital for the complete package.

There was a time that Windows didn't have decompression and archiving tools built into the OS, with many people resorting to tools like WinRAR and 7-Zip to unpack compressed files. Both apps are among the best file compression tools for Windows. But while I used to be a WinRAR devotee, 7-Zip has taken the crown as the best option, in my opinion.

Smart home company SwitchBot is preparing a new Matter-enabled smart hub called the SwitchBot Hub 3, according to a registration with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) that HomeKitNews spotted. It has a display like the $70 Hub 2, but adds physical controls — including, delightfully, a knob.According to the CSA listing, the Hub 3’s knob works for things like tweaking temperature on your smart thermostat or adjusting media volume — it says it’s compatible with “Apple TV, Spotify, and other streaming platforms for unified audio management.” The other physical controls include what looks like a home button, back button, and a mysterious button with an “S” logo on it. It also has four “editable quick-scene buttons on the home page for one-touch activation of customized modes.” The SwitchBot Hub 3’s display will turn on when it detects motion, including “hand gestures or device movements,” and will show indoor temperature and humidity, third-party weather forecasts, and “real-time status updates for door locks.” It will support SwitchBot’s Bluetooth-connected smart devices, which the Hub 2 bridges to Matter, making them controllable via major smart home platforms from the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. The listing says the Hub 3 supports voice control through both Alexa and Google Assistant. SwitchBot hasn’t officially announced the new hub, and it’s not clear when it might launch.SwitchBot has a large stable of smart home products, including a universal Matter smart home remote and retrofit devices like a curtain-dragging device, tiny button-pressing robot, and stick-on device for turning boring old deadbolt locks smart. In January, the company showed off an inventive modular robotic smart home platform.

AMD's AM4 socket has completely changed motherboard and CPU compatibility. Enduring for a decade, it put to rest the idea that you needed a new socket for every new generation of CPU. Although the socket has seen new CPUs in the past few years, the last generation for AM4 was released in 2020, and it's high time to upgrade.

Discord has grown to be one of the most popular instant messaging and voice chat apps for gamers and beyond. What grew from a means to collate different servers into an intuitive platform has slowly become a bloated mess for some, myself included. Gone are the days when Mumble, TeamSpeak, and Ventrillo ruled the online gaming world, but it's still possible to launch and run servers, and all three are still actively developed. Below, you'll find some reasons why you should consider self-hosting a Mumble server.

Make no bones about it: the GPU market is still a mess, even after the initial launch of RX 9000 cards. Stock has never been worse for those who buy online, and even big box stores can’t keep cards on the shelves for long.

Netflix and other streaming platforms are stepping up efforts to sign YouTubers, which could mean big streaming deals for sports channel Dude Perfect or former NASA engineer Mark Rober, reports The Wall Street Journal.The Journal writes that streaming platforms’ creator-signing ambitions have “shifted into overdrive” in response to the success of MrBeast’s Beast Games. Amazon has made “at least $100 million” in profit from the show and is apparently already working out deals for two more seasons. Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is apparently asking over $150 million per season to renew. Rober and Dude Perfect have each been approached by Netflix, writes the Journal. But Netflix “doesn’t usually allow for sales promotions in shows that it pays to make” — something that has apparently “been a sticking point” in its talks with Rober, who sells robotics kit subscriptions through his channel. That sort of thing is more in line with Amazon’s business, making it a “particularly attractive” option for creators like Rober, the article says.Still, Netflix is no stranger to signing YouTubers. Its 2016 deal with Colleen Ballinger Evans, aka Miranda Sings, res …Read the full story at The Verge.

With Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft has experimented with different ways to connect your PC with Android. We've got Phone Link, and Windows 11 had that phase where it allowed people to install Android apps via the Amazon App Store before losing it again. Well, Microsoft is once again entering the foray of connecting your phone to your PC by allowing you to send commands to your device via the comfort of your desktop PC. There's just one problem, and you may not like it.

The storm clouds have been brewing in the handheld scene for some time. For a while, it seemed like Windows 11 handhelds had it pretty safe with SteamOS's limited availability, even if people tried to get it running on their systems through unsupported means. However, Valve has said time and time again that it's open to allowing third-party devices to run SteamOS, and there were whispers of the company working away to make it a reality. Now, Valve is ready to bring SteamOS to all handhelds with a new update.

If you've seen me write articles about Raspberry Pi projects, you'll know that I have a soft spot for e-ink displays. There's just something about them that looks so clean and elegant that I can't get enough of them. As such, when someone posted an amazing e-ink weather forecast on the Raspberry Pi subreddit, you know I had to check it out.