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Whisky is no longer actively maintained. The popular Wine frontend, which served as a free alternative to CrossOver, made it easier to run Windows games and applications on macOS. The reason for Whiskey’s demise is pretty simple—“Whiskey harms Wine on Mac.” That’s whatWisky developer Issac Marovitz says, anyway. Whisky is a “parasitic” app that siphons sales away from CrossOver, the frontend that it’s based on. Powerful companies like Valve contribute to Wine development on Linux, but CrossOver is the primary source of funds for the macOS side of Wine—a free competitor like Whisky might be bad for macOS gaming....

Notepad’s basic functionality hasn’t stopped it from being used for quick notes, editing configuration files, and everything in between. The most daring of you might have even used it to store passwords at one point or another (please don’t do this). Still, Microsoft has been on a mission to make Notepad not as barebones and a bit more feature-rich, especially now that WordPad is gone for good. Now, Microsoft has added spellcheck to it....

Geany, a lightweight integrated development environment, this week got its first stable release since October 2023. Version 2.1 brings together a slew of pull requests making the programming and development experience with Geany better. Some of the new features in the 2.1 release of GTK-basedGeanyinclude the ability to search Messages and Compiler output and to search keybindings (keyboard shortcuts) in the Preferences dialog. Also, now when you open a file with Geany, it will always use the native file selection dialog....

The all-new Ring Battery Doorbell is now available. It retains the Ring Video Doorbell 2’s $100 price tag, but it gains an expanded “head-to-toe” field of view, color night video, an extended battery life, and a more convenient charging process. A head-to-toe FOV is theRing Battery Doorbell’smost notable upgrade. Ring Battery Doorbell is ditching the old Video Doorbell’s short, narrow, 90-degree field of view for a 150-by-150 FOV with a 1:1 square aspect ratio....

The ongoingshortage of semiconductorshas caused ripple effects throughout the technology world, affecting the availability of phones, tablets, cars, and many other electronics. The situation has improved slightly in recent months, and Samsung has announced plans to expand chip manufacturing. Samsung might be best known for selling fully-assembled products like smartphones and refrigerators, but the company also owns some of the bestsemiconductor foundriesin the world – where the advanced chips that power computers, phones, tablets, and many other devices are assembled....

HP Omen 4K Gaming Monitor With Adjustable Height The HP OMEN Transcend 31.5-inch QD-OLED monitor provides amazing 4K UHD resolution and an extremely fast 240Hz refresh rate for smooth visuals. It has a 0.03 millisecond response time and G-SYNC compatibility, guaranteeing a highly engaging, tear-free gaming experience. Thanks to QD-OLED technology, it also gives bright, lively colors and very deep blacks. The HP Omen Transcend 31.5-inch QD-OLED 4K Gaming Monitor is priced at$899....

Summary TheSonos Aceheadphones join a deluge of other premium Bluetooth options from Bose, Sony, and Apple. For most people, unconcerned about the price, these might be the best travel headphones on the market, but they also unfortunately don’t give current Sonos owners much tie-in to their home speakers. Sonos Ace Maximize your immersion with lossless streaming, spatial audio with dynamic head tracking, and world-class Active Noise Cancellation. Hear what’s going around you with Aware mode....

Getting canceled doesn’t always mean the credits have rolled for the last time. Thanks to fan campaigns, streaming revivals, and tantalizing loose threads, these excellent shows all came back from the dead, sometimes more than once. I won’t say every title on the list came back stronger than before—most of them seem to have peaked before their cancelation—but they still go to show that a cancelation needn’t be the end of the line....

Quick Links Get your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie while you may, because the biggest shopping event of the year is here. With all of the Black Friday festivities in full swing, we’re giving you wall-to-wall coverage of all the best tech deals, which you can find in our Black Friday Deals roundup (coming tomorrow), as well as in our free, which we’re sending your way today, tomorrow, and Cyber Monday....

Read update Don’t forget to gear up before heading out on that month-long vacation or quick business trip. These devices are the best tech travel companions, from noise-canceling headphones and Bluetooth trackers to plug adapters and travel routers. UPDATE: 11-06-2025 We’ve updated our roundup with a fresh batch of great tech travel gadgets. Take a look! TP-Link AC750 Wireless Travel Router What to Look For With Tech Travel Gadgets When shopping around for necessary gadgets to take on your next trip, there are a few things you’ll want to consider....

Summary The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge has been announced. It is thin, it is expensive, and the reaction online has been far from overwhelmingly positive. But if you thought it was a gimmick that nobody asked for, I’m not so sure. Thin phones are here to stay. The S25 Edge Has More Compromises Than Strengths It’s fair to say that the announcement of the Galaxy S25 Edge was greeted with a certain amount of skepticism....

When it comes to gaming, PC owners have historically dunked on Mac users. However, Apple’s recent developments show that the company is making strides in the gaming department. Tumultuous as Apple’s relationship has been with gaming, it seems the company is once again making a push in this field. It’s pretty unlikely that the gaming community will be wowed, but for new and old Apple users, it’s still a power-up....

Summary We’re closing in on the PS5’s fourth anniversary. Rumor has it that a “Pro” version of the console will arrive in time for the holiday season, but I couldn’t care less. My PS4 Pro still fulfills all of my gaming needs. I’m Still Working Through All the Great PS4 Games At launch, the PS5 was practically impossible to find. Retailers began locking their PS5 inventory behindexpensive subscriptions, effectively acting as scalpers....