Is your backup power enough for worst-case winter storms? 4 steps to prepare your home

A record-strength El Niño could bring more storms and longer outages. Here’s how to figure out what your home needs and ...

I just built my first game in Twine – no code or AI required

Twine is a free, open-source dev tool for designing interactive fiction and text-based games. Turns out it's perfect for ...

Alpine Linux and OpenSSH patch flaw that’s as bad as it can get

How bad is it? As bad as it can get. Alpine Linux explained in its security advisory that if an attacker can reach a ...

Stop putting your phone in rice – I can confirm this Dryout bag works better

UAG’s Dryout pouch uses a silica gel lining to suck moisture out of your phone. It's better than rice, but it can’t fix a ...

Sony WH-1000XM6 vs. Sonos Ace Ultra: With only a $10 difference, which is better?

The original Sonos Ace headphones were solid, but Sonos stepped things up with the Sonos Ace Ultra. These headphones offer ...

Thinking Machines’ new model takes the lead in western open-weight AI

Thinking Machines Lab, a small AI startup from ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has released its latest model, Inkling 2 Small — ...

Android is getting my favorite iOS tracking feature – what to expect

Android’s breadth of compatibility with third-party manufacturers is its most significant advantage over Apple. Regarding ...

Apple will monitor your public iCloud links now, starting with iOS 27.3

Under Apple's new policy, the company will scan publicly shared iCloud links for harmful content - and possibly ban violators ...

I tried HP’s RTX Spark laptop and burned through 50 million AI tokens – and it cost me $0

I ran a free, open-weights AI model locally on HP’s $7,000 OmniBook Ultra and turned 20 years of my articles into a ...

I tried replacing Claude Code with a local AI stack that’s completely free – how it went

I used Qwen, Ollama, and OpenCode to build a screenshot renamer and tackle a more ambitious PDF organizer, all to see if free ...

Best Buy’s early Black Friday sale is live: Up to 70% off TVs, Apple devices, more

Black Friday sales at Best Buy are already here, with the tech retailer’s first Black Friday sale kicking off today. You can find steep markdowns on everything from high-end Micro RGB TVs and MacBooks ...

Sick of social media? MIT’s platform lets you build your own decentralized networks

AI features and privacy policies are making social platforms less fun. Decentralized alternatives give users some power back.