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Quick Links Summary Navigating the future of our online possessions after death is an important issue. Despite legal hurdles, practical realities suggest our digital gaming libraries can live on. Balancing practicality and legality, tools like password managers or Google’s Inactive Account Manager can help ensure our digital gaming legacy survives. Shelves of physical games have been replaced by digital ones for most people. Unlike digital games, physical games have simple ownership rules....

Quick Links Summary Exploring the world of Linux can be like stepping into a vast new universe. With so manydistributions (distros)to choose from, it’s easy to feel a bit lost. I’ll help you navigate through the options and find the right Linux distro for your needs. Understanding Your Needs Before diving into the specifics, let’s talk about you. What do you want out of your Linux experience? Maybe you’re after something simple and user-friendly, or perhaps you’re the type who loves getting into the nitty-gritty of customization....

Apple has been pushing Apple Intelligence integration in apps like Messages, Photos, Mail, and third-party apps, with more to come in the upcoming iOS 26 update. Yet one app that could greatly benefit from Apple Intelligence—and be helpful to many people—remains untouched. The app in question is the Music app, to which Apple has yet to add any Apple Intelligence features to enhance the user experience. Here’s how Apple could incorporate its intelligence models into the app, and why doing so would be beneficial....

Comcast Xfinity is rolling out a variety of new broadband internet and mobile service plans, along with longer price guarantees. A key feature of these plans is unlimited data, which is a huge issue for households with high internet usage. These new options include choices for either a one-year or five-year price lock, so you’ll have stability in your monthly bills at the cost of being unable to switch without a fee....

Summary Apple takes a “less is more” approach with a lot of its software, and the macOS file browser is no exception. But there’s one useful feature you might want to turn on: the path bar. How to Enable the Path Bar and Path Icon To enable the path bar, open a new Finder window and navigate to View > Show Path Bar. A new element will appear at the bottom of the Finder window, which shows the path or directory structure for the current folder you have open....

Summary While YouTube has evolved significantly over the years, it was always missing one basic feature found in most audio and video apps: a sleep timer. Spotify, Audible, and nearly every other media app had one, but YouTube still chose not to include it—until recently. YouTube Is the New Bedtime TV Whether we’d like to admit it or not, most of us are addicted to our phones. Before smartphones, there was cable television, and with it, bedtime TV....

The Nintendo Switch 2 is here along with a surprisingly stacked line-up of launch games. Though many are available on other platforms, there are a few exclusives that stand out and a few special editions that are unique to the Switch 2 to boot. Though not everyone has the same taste in games, we expect there will be at least something on this list that you’ll walk home with (or download later) if you’re picking up a Switch 2 on launch....

Are you tired of everyone recommending a new Linux distro claiming it’sthe best? Are you wondering which one of thesebestdistros is actually aligned with your needs and requirements? Well, let me spotlight five popular Linux distros and what they do, so you may finally make your choice! I firmly believe that there’s noobjectively bestLinux distro, but there certainly is a Linux distro that’ssubjectively bestfor you! The idea behind a Linux distro is to create an optimized Operating System catering to specific use cases....

Quick Links When the time comes to buy a portable external battery, you have to choose between the largest one you may afford or going for a smaller one. I’m here to argue that smaller is better. Don’t get me wrong—big batteries are great. I haveportable batteries big enough to power my house. But I’ve surrounded those batteries with a bunch of small ones. 5You Won’t Want to Carry That Bigger Battery Around The reason is in the name....

Quick Links Even entry-level and mid-range phones havegreat camerasnow, and you probably have hundreds if not thousands of photos taken with your phone over the years. While we all love sharing these photos digitally, why not print them as well? Photos Should Be Seen, Not Left In The Cloud When was the last time you went through the photos stored in your variouscloud accounts? Sometimes you might get an email from a cloud service about “your memories” from years ago, but other than having random oldphotos emailed to you, most of the photos you’ve taken are out of sight, somewhere in a lonely data center....

Quick Links 3D printing has come a long way, and modern machines are cleaner, safer, and more reliable than ever. That said, there are still lots of ways your 3D printer can claim its pound of flesh, some of which I’ve been “lucky” enough to experience myself. 1Burns, So Many Burns FDM orFused Deposition Modelingprintersare the most common, and they work by heating a filament of (usually) plastic to high temperatures and pushing them through a thin nozzle....

Summary When you think of the AI industry, endless rows of programmers and engineers may be what you imagine. But the AI industry is much more than coding. There are plenty of AI-related jobs out there for all kinds of careers, many of which you may not know existed. AI Whisperer You’ve probably heard of cat and dog whisperers, but have you heard of an AI whisperer? AnAI whisperer(also known as a prompt engineer) is skilled at communicating with AI chatbots and determining the quality of their responses....

Quick Links Samsung Galaxy phones have been dominating for over a decade, but the Google Pixel series has started to pick up steam in recent years. While both are based on the Android operating system at their core, they offer wildly different experiences. You will miss some things if you make the switch. Camera Modes There’s a very good chance that you switched to a Pixel phone for the cameras. And yeah, they do take some pretty amazing photos....