Installing programs on Linux is a fairly simple process. Using a package manager and an installation command ( sudo apt install [program name] for example) in your terminal installs an application, assuming it’s available in your distro’s repositories. As I grew more experienced with the operating system, I stopped installing Linux apps the traditional way,…
Summary I use a local Gemma 4 LLM to triage and summarize my email, cutting morning decision fatigue. Everything runs locally via Ollama and my GPU, so no emails leave my PC—privacy is central. It summarizes and categorizes only; I still write replies myself—local setup takes extra elbow grease. Reading my email hasn’t been a…
Smart TVs don’t exactly come with loads of storage. We’re talking about as little as 8GB or 16GB. And between the OS, system apps, and everything manufacturers preinstall, it’s not a lot. The bigger issue is what happens when you get close to that limit. Everything slows down to a crawl, and even navigating the…
Smart speakers come in all shapes, sizes, and price points—you can even make your own. But before you put one in your home (or another one), there are a few important questions you should ponder. Can you use it with your smart home platform of choice? Match the speaker to the ecosystem By far the…
Parents today ask their children a lot of questions. And usually for the right reasons: They want to be respectful and collaborative. I hear them asking for buy-in on daily decisions (“What would you like for dinner?”), disguising frustration as questions (“How many times do I have to tell you?”), or negotiating when a clear…
Wit Studio, the critically acclaimed anime studio behind Spy x Family, Attack on Titan Seasons 1-3 and Netflix’s ambitious anime remake of The One Piece, is taking on Crunchyroll’s annual Anime Awards show with one of its own. Unlike the Anime Awards, Wit Studio’s upcoming award show rival will celebrate Japanese anime titles “by the…
Two hundred and fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a new commercial from Google asks: What if the Founding Fathers had access to Google Workspace? With the tagline “Group project, but make it 1776,” the ad depicts a largely unseen Thomas Jefferson mid-draft when he gets a nagging text from Ben…
Summary Back in 2011, BlackBerry released both its first and last iPad competitor: the PlayBook tablet. The PlayBook was ahead of its time in many ways, shipping with features not available on competing tablet computers at the time. Ultimately, the PlayBook failed to compete with Apple’s iPad in the tablet market, largely down to a…
There’s no denying that Lost Ark is no longer at the top of its game, as the Korean-based MMORPG sadly continues to drain players every month, despite its popularity overseas. Regardless, Amazon and Smilegate continue to bring some fantastic updates that hopefully will help new and returning players get further along, and keep their existing…
