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GuliKit is now offering the Elves 2 wireless gamepad. It's an surprisingly high-end controller with an affordable $30 price tag, though it's most notable for its Switch 2 wake-from-sleep functionality, which other third-party gamepads currently lack.

The new Corsair AI Workstation 300 is an AI-optimized ultra-compact workstation that is incredibly small but powerful. This is basically enterprise-class performance packed into a tiny 4.4-liter form factor.

With Gen 4 NVMe SSDs having been on the market for a few years by now, a lot of them are a very affordable purchase, and even more so when there are deals happening. Right now, you can get a 2TB NVMe SSD for your computer for just $115, a little more than what a 1TB unit would otherwise cost you.

Buying a phone can sometimes be more stressful for Linux users than other people. Does the phone respect your free software values? Does it let you customize it in all the ways we want? If you’re wrestling with these questions, you’ve come to the right place.

Battlestar Galactica stands out from other sci-fi shows of the era as much darker, especially when compared to the original show of the same name. Despite that, it also stands out as one of the most compelling sci-fi series of all time. Here are some of the best episodes.

Ollama is a command-line application for running generative AI models locally on your own computer. A new update is rolling out with some impressive improvements, alongside Ollama’s own desktop application for easier use.

Windows 10 is on the verge of its death. Mainstream support will end in October 2025, and some people will be able to enjoy a brief extended support period that will only give you updates up until 2026. By then, though, it will get harder—and NVIDIA will make it a lot harder.

Python is a popular general-purpose language, but it's increasingly favored for statistics, data analysis, and data science. If you have a basic knowledge of statistics, how can you apply that to Python? Here's how to get started sifting through data with Python faster than you ever could by hand.

Mini-games can be so much more than mere distractions within a larger package. The best games integrate mini-games neatly into the main event, making them feel just as compelling as the story or core gameplay loop.

Paramount+ has been slinging out the hits this year with releases like Dexter: Original Sin, Happy Face, and MobLand, to name a few. Lucky for us, they continue to add quality content to their mountain of entertainment.

Proton has just announced the release of Proton Authenticator. This free, open-source two-factor authentication (2FA) app should give you more flexibility along with strong encryption, with a similar feature set as Authy.

The Hyper HyperDrive Flex 8-Port USB-C hub is a well-designed hub with fast speeds and textured plastics that is comfortable to hold, an investment you’ll be happy to keep in your desk or everyday carry—but it isn't without its foibles.

Headphone jacks were removed from most smartphones and they're disappearing from other devices fast. However, that doesn't mean you have to stop using your wired headphones, especially if you invested in good ones.

I'm about two years into my switch from Android to iPhone—and I'm not having a good time. While I love my Mac, my iPad, and all my other Apple stuff, I just can't get comfortable with Apple's best-selling product.

Many of your apps have features you're not even aware of. Dropbox, for one, had a neat password manager. We say had, though, because it's now getting killed off.

Nearly every Microsoft Excel workbook I own—especially those I share with others—contains a hidden backend worksheet. It's essentially the engine room of my workbook and helps me keep my spreadsheets organized and functional. Here's why you should have one too.

If your back hurts in the morning, then you probably remember how you knew a call or text message was coming thanks to a distinctive morse-code-like interference on whatever speakers were nearby. Usually your desktop PC speakers.

If you looked at the Chrome inspection tool without any knowledge of how it works, all you'd see is a bunch of confusing code and panels. You'd probably think it makes more sense to a programmer, and you're right to a degree. But I'm here to tell you how this tool can benefit you, even if you've never written a line of code in your life.

While we all miss the headphone jack, these days Bluetooth and USB headphones are commonplace, so it's not that big a deal. However, it might not occur to you that some devices that have a headphone jack, can also work with USB headphones.

Anime is a medium, not a genre! That said, within the medium of anime there have arisen several rather unique genres that take on a particular flavor within the medium.