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Science fiction is, to me, that genre gift that keeps on giving. While it may not be as popular a genre when it comes to box office returns, streaming services are still greenlighting lots of new sci-fi projects. From standouts on Amazon Prime Video…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is as popular among tech enthusiasts as Home Assistant is, for a reason. It's impossible to ignore Home Assistant as the solution to modern smart home and IoT problems. The platform is a free and open-source smart ho…

Laptops and tablets that support onboard cellular data provide a connectivity experience that's faster and more reliable than using a mobile hotspot. When you tether an iPad to a smartphone, you're more likely to run into data caps , slowdow…

Our smartphones have replaced a lot of things over the years, but not all of them are obvious. It’s easy to recognize how they have replaced clocks, calculators, MP3 players, and even standalone cameras for most of us. But beyond these, there are se…

You probably start your day the same way many of us do: reach for your phone and instinctively tap the green circle for Spotify, or the red notes for YouTube Music or Apple Music. The music streaming wars effectively ended years ago for most people,…

I was trying to figure out how to set up my office at my new house a few years ago. I had used a leaning desk in my smaller apartment before I moved. But I had a much larger room to work with when I moved, giving me the luxury of finding a good desk…

Valve recently announced the Steam Machine , and like pretty much everyone else, I was instantly excited. It sounds like the perfect “console killer”. But once the hype settled a bit, I had a very obvious realization: I already use Linux for gaming …

I love my workflow and never intended to do an extreme overhaul. All I needed was to fix a few workflow gaps, but it led me down a rabbit hole of lightweight Linux utilities that were so unassuming that I might have skipped them. I installed one, th…

The Walking Dead may be the ultimate post-apocalyptic franchise: the original show, about survivors trying to unite after a zombie plague destroys civilization, ran for 11 seasons, and that's without counting the numerous spinoffs. A great many…

If you're a Windows user, you either have Windows 11 or have been fighting against updating. Some people don't want to move away from the beloved Windows 10, but Microsoft is pushing that issue, as it cut security updates for Windows 10 last…

If you're excited about your next trip, you probably have been thinking about it for months. Maybe it's the only vacation that you're going on this year. Maybe you're heading to your best friend's wedding and are taking off some …

One of the most underrated advancements in tech is the consolidation of the cable types we use. From your phone to your PC, and secondary devices like game consoles and audio accessories, you need fewer cable types than ever to keep everything conne…

Adapting a book for the big screen is not an easy thing to pull off. Fans of a book can be very particular when it comes to how a film handles the source material. I would know, because I'm one of them. I can't even count the amount of times…

Using cloud-based AI tools can be frustrating. Since I primarily use Obsidian for note-taking, whenever I wanted to ask ChatGPT or NotebookLM about something, I had to copy my notes into a separate window. My personal knowledge base felt locked away…

I finally made the jump from primarily console to PC gaming shortly after building my own in 2020, which was the absolute worst time to start a new hobby due to the then-soaring costs of PC components. from MakeUseOf https://ift.tt/ytdlIba via I…

My family goes overboard on Thanksgiving food every single year, and honestly, we do it on purpose. We're hosting this time around (we swap houses with family each year), and we're making two turkeys because everyone wants a drumstick. Thurs…

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I switched my browser's default search engine from Google to Kagi, a paid service that can cost up to $10 a month. Yes, paying for something Google offers for free felt strange at first, but Google's search results had gotten bad enough that…

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