Windows already compresses games. When to use the free tool.
When you install a 100 GB game on a half-full SSD, the question is not whether you can free space. The question is which tool to use. Windows ships with compact.exe, a…
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Where the $400 Pixel 11 premium actually goes on a spec sheet
Android Authority published a case for spending $400 more on a Pixel 11 instead of settling for the Pixel 10a, written by Dhruv Bhutani, who says A-series phones have been his default…
helldivers 2 lands on ps plus with a warhammer 40k twist
Helldivers 2, the Arrowhead Game Studios cooperative shooter that started in 2024 on PS5 and has since made its way to Xbox Series X|S and PC, just became part of the PlayStation…
How to watch Call of Duty NEXT 2026 and what to actually expect
Call of Duty NEXT (Activision’s annual pre-launch showcase for the upcoming premium Call of Duty release) is going live on August 21 at 9 AM Pacific / 12 PM Eastern. If you…
How a hair thin cable carries most of the internet across oceans
Most of the intercontinental internet runs through cables that are about the thickness of a garden hose. I went looking for an explanation of how that actually works, and came away with…
Skip the Steam Machine: build one from parts you already own
Valve quietly confirmed what the DIY crowd has been saying for a year: you can build a Steam Machine from whatever PC parts you have lying around, as long as SteamOS 3.8…
PayPal alternatives in Europe that actually hold your money
PayPal is the default online payment service for most of the world, but you do not have to keep using it. There are several European alternatives that hold your money, lower your…
Seven viral ChatGPT image prompts, ranked by what holds up
I spent a weekend running the most-shared ChatGPT image prompts against GPT Image 2 (OpenAI’s current flagship image model, released earlier in 2026) and found something the viral posts leave out. About…
A dead iPad, a Raspberry Pi, and a security monitor that pulls weight
I had a stack of old iPads collecting dust. Some had cracked screens, some were too old to install modern apps, and none of them were useful enough to sell. The hardware…
2026 World Cup without cable: where the free streams actually live
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 11 and runs through July 19. Group stage matches run through the 27th, then knockout matches start June 28, quarterfinals and semifinals follow,…