Quick Links Summary We all love to share photos with other people, which is why Samsung added a “Shared Album” feature to the Gallery app. This lets you view, add, and edit photos in an album you share with other Samsung users. But what if you want to share a photo album with all the non-Samsung users in your life? Luckily, Samsung thought of that as well and made it so you’re able to create a link to a shared album, which anybody can view in a browser....

Quick Links Summary Type “@everyone” to tag every member of your Facebook group, provided the feature is available to you and that you are an admin. You can use the feature once per day per group, though you should use it sparingly to avoid annoying group members. Facebook now includes a powerful feature forgroup adminsto tag all members at once with a single tag. Though useful, the feature should be used sparingly....

Summary If you’re a book lover like me, you probably have a massive TBR list but still struggle to find your next read. Why not put the decision out of your hands entirely and ask an AI chatbot to choose your next book? I did, and the results were pretty interesting. Can AI Chatbots Help Me Discover My New Favorite Book? My current strategy for finding new books involves browsing recommended reading lists, scanning reviews onGoodreads, and checking out what’s trending onBookTok....

Summary Since writingmy initial thoughts on Garuda Linux, I left and spent years hopping from one Linux distro to another. I’ve now returned to Garuda Linux, my beloved, as a daily driver and was surprised by a few things I saw. Octopi Is a Nice Addition Afterinstallation on my PC, I was surprised to seethe Octopi package managerpinned to the task manager. If it was preinstalled the last time I was daily drivingGaruda, it wasn’t pinned to the task manager like it was by default here....

Quick Links I like to take on a reading challenge every year. By downloading a few reading apps on my iPhone, I find it’s a lot easier to stick to my reading habits and see the challenge through. Here are my favorites. 1Apple Books Apple Booksis an underrated native app that can help you kickstart a healthy reading routine. The app has a vast catalog of ebooks and audiobooks (with in-app playback controls), including many free options....

Quick Links Summary When it comes to our gadgets and devices, the unfortunate reality is things break. There are 102 points of failure in your phone, gaming controller, and smart speaker, and almost any one of them calls for a replacement. TheiFixit Pro Tech Toolkitmakes sure you’re ready for a simple repair instead. iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit Why You Should Care About Right to Repair Every year, wethrow away millions of tons of electronicsthat end up hogging space in landfills and polluting our oceans....

Quick Links If you own an iPhone, you almost certainly use iMessage to message other iPhone users. That gives you group chats, high-quality images, and beautiful blue bubbles. But it doesn’t give you everything; iMessage is missing all kinds of features that you may get with Google Messages instead. Apple is about to add several improvements to iMessage withthe upcoming release of iOS 18, but even with those additions, you’ll still be missing these features that Google Messages has....

Intel revealed a new generation of laptop processors today, aiming to be more competitive with ARM-based Snapdragon PCs and MacBooks, while delivering faster local AI performance. Meet the Intel Core Ultra 200V series. Intel revealed its first Core Ultra processors late last year (and it took a few months to show up in laptops), also known as the “Meteor Lake” chips, which delivered faster performance and improved battery efficiency using the new Intel 4 fabrication process....

Summary Who knew a tiny speaker could be this good? TheJBL Clip 5packs a big punch in a small, convenient, clip-able package. It’s an excellent option for both outdoor and indoor listening, and I’m shocked by the number of improvements that JBL has managed to deliver with this fifth-generation product. JBL Clip 5 The JBL Clip 5 packs a serious musical punch, delivering big JBL Pro Sound with punchy bass. Your friends won’t believe how much great JBL Pro Sound comes out of such a small speaker....

Summary Sorting through the niche and varied world of pre-built Linux computers is a challenge. If you just need to get some work done, one notebook-class laptop making your choice a bit simpler is theKubuntu Focus Ir16 Gen 2. Its name doesn’t lie; giving it a try I found myself pretty focused. Kubuntu Focus Ir16 (Gen2) The Ir16 GEN 2 marries the enterprise-class hardware from Carbon Systems with the meticulous OS integration and Linux-first support from Kubuntu Focus....

Summary Microsoft has introduced Muse, a new AI model aimed at creating video games. Before imagining a world where AI produces big-budget games overnight, it’s important to remember that Muse is a step toward impressive technology, not the technology itself. The Muse AI Is Impressive, But Not In A Usable Sense Microsoft’s Muse AI has shown someimpressive capabilitiesin generating video game content, but it faces serious technical issues that limit its usefulness for professional game developers....

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has recently touted how great the company’s recently introduced technology called Muse is. While this model is a big advancement, it’s nowhere near as good as the company makes it seem. While speaking on theDwarkesh Podcast, Nadella claimed that Microsoft would eventually use this technology to make games. Something like a prompt system equivalent to ChatGPT or Dolly. “It’s just very cool… one thing that we wanted to go after was, using gameplay data, can you actually generate games that are both consistent and then have the ability to generate the diversity of what that game represents," Nadella said on the podcast....

Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, its read-it-later app and browser extension, and Fakespot, the service for checking fake Amazon product reviews. Pocket will shut down on June 16, 2025, but you’ll be able to export your data for a few more months after that. The company said the main reason for closing Pocket is that people’s web browsing habits have changed, and the team working on Pocket will now move to other projects that better match what internet users need today....