Android gaming has changed a lot over the years, but some classic Android games have stood the test of time—and are even still available to download from the Play Store! 10Doodle Jump Doodle Jumpis one of my favorite classic Android games because it’s so simple yet addictive; it has that perfect “just one more game” feeling. I’ve spent many hours tilting my phone to bounce the little alien on platforms and avoid the obstacles in this endless vertical scroller....

Even the biggest fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) have to admit that the quality of the films began to dip after Endgame, though not everything up to that point was exactly perfect anyway. Across the entire Marvel filmography, there are movies some would brand as awful. Here’s the thing, though: some of those “awful” movies actually deserve a second chance. Plus, with the long wait between Marvel movies, what else are you going to do with that Disney+ subscription?...

Quick Links For most users, the default macOS settings are just fine. But over time, you might find that your Mac starts to feel slow and show its age. While much of this comes down to the natural aging process of any piece of tech, it doesn’t hurt to give yourself the best chances. So here are a few settings that you might want to investigate if you’re looking to improve performance....

Quick Links Summary To fix a Steam error 16, ensure your internet connection is active, retry your Steam activity after some time, close other apps on your computer, update Steam, check your Steam game’s file integrity, clear Steam cache, fix Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, or remove and reinstall Steam. Steam’s error 16 can appear out of the blue and prevent you from doing whatever it is that you’re doing in the app....

Quick Links Raspberry Pi OS—formerly known as Raspbian—may be the default operating system for your Raspberry Pi, but it’s far from your only option. Whether you’re building a tiny NAS, mini PC, or home server, you’ve got some great choices. 1DietPi Most Linux distributions aimed at running on the Raspberry Pi aim to be lightweight, butDietPitakes things even further. Like many other Pi-focused distros, it’s based on Debian, but DietPi has a strict goal of tightly optimizing CPU and RAM usage to make the most out of your Pi....

Raspberry Pi now sells a PoE+ Injector for $25. This device, which adds Power-over-Ethernet functionality to a non-PoE Ethernet switch, requires the use of a PoE HAT and does not come with a power cable. Power-over-Ethernetis a common standard that effectively turns networking cables into power adapters. Let’s say that you’re installing a networked CCTV system in your home—normally, you’d need to run Ethernet cablesanddedicated power cables (or hard wires) to each of these cameras....

Summary AI-generated images are everywhere now, and the very best of them look so good you’d never know they were made by a machine and not by a human. But, how is this possible? The answer to how AI image generation works is both simple, and very complicated. It’s All About Diffusion At the heart of AI-generated images, is the concept of “diffusion.” This is the basic process that all types of generative AI that make images use today, and it goes something like this:...

Amazon is warning customers that its Appstore will no longer work on Android devices after August 20th, 2025. Fire Tablets and Fire TVs are not impacted by this change, though the move away from Android may be reflected in these first-party devices at some point. Amazon launched its Android Appstore in March 2011. And, believe it or not, this alternative app store was once a genuine Google Play competitor. The Amazon Appstore offered a couple of exclusive games, it ran “free app of the week” campaigns, and it came preinstalled on some smartphones—you know, carrier bloat....

Summary It’s tradition to poke fun at Apple for adopting features from Android, but if there’s one feature Apple stubbornly doesn’t want to adopt, it seems to be Android’s volume mixer. This leads to some very annoying and un-Apple like frustration, so where’s my volume mixer Apple? You Can Be Too Simple and Minimalist Sometimes I truly appreciate that Apple has a philosophy of keeping things simple and user-friendly, but sometimes if you take that too far you end up hurting the user experience....

Summary If you’ve been dabbling in Midjourney, but have hit a wall or aren’t getting the results you want, there are a few simple things you can do to get more out of the software, and learn how flexible it can really be. Use the Web Interface At launch, the only way to use Midjourney was by way of the Discord chat app. You had to input commands to a Discord bot, which meant learning quite a lot of options and syntax....

Summary Massively multiplayer online role-playing games are some of the most popular games ever made and, while they have a lot of fun elements, they can sap your free time. If you enjoy the feeling of progressing in an MMO but have a hard time sticking around till the endgame, the roguelike genre might be the perfect compromise. Many Roguelikes Have RPG Elements If you’re chasing the feeling of building a character or growing more powerful through repetitive gameplay, roguelikes have you covered....

Fairphone just launched Fairbuds, the most repairable earbuds in the world. You can swap out the batteries without any specialized tools, meaning that Fairbuds could last for several years without intensive, expensive, or research-heavy maintenance. TheFairbudscome in a fairly large charging case and have a chunky-ish design. They aren’t as sleek as AirPods, but hey, that’s the cost of repairability. To replace the Fairbuds' batteries, simply pull the gasket from the center of the buds, use a screwdriver to unlock the swiveling hinge, and you’re done....

Mozilla Firefox receives major updates roughly every four weeks, giving the web browser a steady stream of bug fixes, new features, and security enhancements. Firefox 135 has now arrived with better translations, security improvements, and a lot more. First, the Firefox Translations feature can now translate web pages in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean, and Russian is now supported as a target language. This still runs entirely on your own computer, without sending the page or its contents to an external service, but language support is still a bit limited compared to Google Translate....