Laptops can be pretty powerful, featuring impressive hardware that can handle pretty much anything you throw at it. Of course, you don’t always need to grab the latest and greatest to have a good experience, and that even applies to those looking for a solid gaming laptop.
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Your RAM has more than one XMP profile, and here's when to use the others
Enabling XMP or EXPO in the motherboard's BIOS is one of the first things all enthusiasts do after building a new PC. It's an easy way to ensure that you're getting the RAM speed you paid for, and often times doesn't compromise stability. They stand for eXtreme Memory Profile and Extended Profiles for Overclocking, and are different flavors of RAM overclocking validation for Intel and AMD, … [Read More...]
Ditching smart home subscriptions for open-source Home Assistant
I quickly grew tired of having countless smart home subscriptions to create the ultimate tech-laden household. And it's not just the usual suspects, like an alarm system, network switches, or some bulbs requiring cloud support plans. Almost everything you can purchase for the "smart home" can come packing some advanced features that require some sort of recurring fee. Like media subscriptions such … [Read More...]
I migrated my cloud photos to my self-hosted Immich, here's how
Like most people, I've been on the Google Photos bandwagon for years now. Photos of trips, birthdays, receipts, and random food snaps have all been backed up to Google Photos. Initially, it was free and convenient as an add-on perk with my Pixel phone. Over time, I ran into the same problems as everyone else. While the perk disappeared, I was locked in, and my growing library pushed me towards … [Read More...]
I replaced Adobe Premiere with DaVinci Resolve, and I'm not missing out on anything
Leaving my Adobe subscriptions behind felt like a gamble at first. Some tools were easy to replace, especially since there are so many great open-source graphics apps out there. But some were harder to replace – finding a decent alternative for After Effects felt like it took forever. And then there was also Premiere Pro. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read More...]
You have to play these Mario games before the Super Mario Galaxy Movie comes out in 2026
Nintendo announced the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie will be hitting theaters on April 3, 2026. The follow-up is titled The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and was revealed during the Sepember 2025 Nintendo Direct Presentation as part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Super Mario series. To commemorate the occasion, Nintendo is releasing multiple Mario games for the Nintendo … [Read More...]
This week’s best deal is a ‘kids’ Kindle Paperwhite that’s better than the adult version
Our other favorite deals from this week include refurbished Sonos gear and the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 controller.Oct 4, 2025, 5:00 PM UTCSheena Vasani writes about tech news, reviews gadgets, and helps readers save money by highlighting deals and product recommendations for The Verge.Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days may bring some great Kindle deals, but if you can’t wait, you don’t have to. Right now, the … [Read More...]
Vicinae is basically Raycast for Linux, and it's (almost) everything I wanted
Recently, I've written quite a bit about Raycast, and how it's my absolute favorite app on macOS, and now on Windows as well, thanks to the recent beta launch. But outside of macOS, I'm more of a Linux user these days, and I recently expressed my wish that Raycast would come there, too. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read More...]
Microsoft sneakily drops DLC discounts that come with Xbox Game Pass
After Microsoft decided to jack up the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions to up to $30 a month, it has another unwelcome surprise for members. In a statement provided to multiple outlets like Insider Gaming, a spokesperson for Microsoft confirmed it has removed the discounts for DLC that come with a Game Pass subscription, replacing them by offering points for its Rewards program.While … [Read More...]
The best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50: Early sales on tech from Apple, Anker, Ring, JBL, Roku and others
Prime Day sales are a great opportunity to nab an expensive bit of shiny new tech you’ve been eying — it’s also an excellent time to get a discount on smaller electronics and accessories. For this list, we compared what’s on sale right now with the stuff we recommend in our guides. For less than $50 each, we found deals on some of our favorite tech including batteries, iPhone paraphernalia, mice, … [Read More...]
4 Linux kernel tweaks I made that actually improved performance
If you want something that offers stability, flexibility, and performance, you'll want to consider a Linux distribution. A major part of what makes this operating system (OS) such an easy recommendation is the kernel, the core of what makes everything work. The Linux kernel manages everything from scheduling processes to managing memory allocation and device communication. It's so good that you … [Read More...]