How to Collect CDs
Fed up with paying to stream music you’ll never actually own? Give the little silver disc a spin. Here’s how to start a CD collection or get more out of one you already have.
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The Best E-Readers That Aren't a Kindle (2026): Kobo, Boox
Want to untether your reading from Amazon? These Kindle alternatives deserve a spot on your nightstand.
Best Mosquito Repellents for Your Yard: What Works and What Doesn’t (2026)
After years of testing repellents, traps, and sprays, I found a few ways to keep the bugs at bay—and plenty that aren’t worth the effort.
Razer Tartarus V2 Pro review: I loved playing with this, but it needs a patch
The best key switches you could ask for pair with a drift-proof TMR thumbstick, but it needs a few Synapse app updates to earn its highest potential praise.
I played 'March of Giants' with Ubisoft — Pay serious attention to this new MOBA
I visited Ubisoft Montreal for a first look at one of the most promising new MOBAs in a decade. March of Giants is something special.
RemoteThreat Bets Security Teams Need to Test What Happens After Defenses Fail
The offensive cyber operations startup looks to evolve red teaming beyond traditional methods to simulate attackers’ increasingly advanced capabilities.
NVIDIA RTX Gets Shader Delivery After AMD’s 96% Cut [2026]
Microsoft is rolling out Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) to every NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU this month, extending a feature that until now only worked on AMD’s RDNA graphics cards. The DirectX team confirmed the expansion in an October 1, 2026 blog post, writing that it is extending ASD “to additional Windows devices powered by Intel,…
ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Perplexity Deep Research: 15x [2026]
Ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity the same open-ended research question on October 03, 2026, and you will get three different experiences before you see a single word of the answer. One spends up to half an hour reading dozens of sources before writing anything. Another comes back in under four minutes with a shorter, heavily…
AOC vs Samsung vs ASUS Monitors: 5K vs 720Hz Gap [2026]
Gamescom 2026 delivered the busiest stretch of gaming-monitor news in years. Inside a ten-day window, AOC announced the first 5K display with NVIDIA G-SYNC Pulsar, Samsung unveiled its 2027 Odyssey lineup with a triple-refresh-rate flagship, and ASUS rolled out three new esports-grade OLED panels under its ROG Ace branding. Omdia already clocked 41 million gaming…
KillSec Raid: DOJ Charges “Archduke”, 9 Nations Act [2026]
A Dutch national who allegedly went by the handle “Archduke” is now fighting extradition to the United States after a nine-country law enforcement sweep tore through the infrastructure of the KillSec ransomware-as-a-service operation. The suspect, identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as Fouad Eltibrizi, was arrested in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2026,…