Why make do with a static photo frame when you can own one that changes automatically? While there are plenty of digital photo frames out there that can bring your snaps to life, nothing feels better than making your own. One person on Reddit has shown just how cool a DIY photo frame can be, displaying the power of combining a Raspberry Pi, a color eInk display, and Google Photos into one amazing project.

Have you grabbed a Windows on Arm device yet? If you have, you'll know that it's taking a little while for developers to adopt the Arm architecture. However, there has been plenty of forward movement, such as Adobe's pledge for Arm devices. Windows on Arm is finally hitting its stride, and to join in the celebrations, the developer of Start11 has made their app work on Arm devices natively.

Did you know that Google has been embroiled in a legal battle since 2020? You'd be forgiven if you didn't, as it hasn't been at the forefront of the news for a while now. However, the case has finally wrapped up with a pretty big result; the US Department of Justice has found Google guilty of breaching antitrust laws.

How good are your AI-sleuthing abilities? Do you think you can identify an AI-generated image from a real one? If so, the president of Microsoft has put together a little test to see if you can tell the difference. And while some images are dead giveaways, you may be surprised at how realistic an AI-generated image can get - or how weird a real-life image can be.

With the Intel debacle continuing, it's easy to get wrapped up in all of the news surrounding it. However, just as always, little cool things happened between the big bits. So, if you've only had your eyes on Intel's stock over the last few days and haven't been keeping up with the news over the last week, here are the best picks.

If you want to keep an eye on how your USB devices are interacting with your PC, you could do worse than get a USB sniffer. These keep tabs on what data is going through your USB ports, which is handy for developing tools or just making sure your devices are behaving themselves. Until now, USB sniffers were pretty niche, but someone has cracked the code and found a way to turn a Raspberry Pi Pico into your very own detector.

If the Steam charts are anything to go by, the GeForce RTX 3060 is a very popular choice among gamers. In fact, we crowned an RTX 3060 as the best overall GPU for under $300, which really says something given the competition. However, good things must come to an end, as an insider has claimed that Nvidia is preparing to cease production of the beloved graphics card.

It's easy to get excited about all the new portable devices, but there's always the lingering fear of what they're like to repair. Sure, that shiny new tablet or laptop looks good now, but when something goes kaput in the near future, can you fix it yourself? If you can't, can your local repair store do it? Or do you have to give up and ship it to the manufacturer? If reparability is important to you, you'll be pleased to know that the new Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 both scored highly on iFixit.

Can you imagine what the mobile phone market would have looked like if Windows Phone was still a thing? With Apple Intelligence and Google Gemini battling it out in the mobile market, Windows' Copilot+ service could have offered a third option in an AI-saturated market. Unfortunately, all we can do is imagine what Windows Phone in 2024 would have looked like, much like how someone on X posted a full range of mockups showing us the device we never got.

Remember when you could use a Local account on Windows without a problem? Microsoft added a way to sign into your PC with a Microsoft account, which began the company's crusade to get people off of using Local accounts. Now, the company has doubled down on its stance by removing a guide informing users on how to convert a Microsoft account into a Local one.

People really, really want Wordpad back. When Microsoft released Windows 11 24H2, it added a few new features and removed some old ones, including getting rid of the free word processor that has been around for years. Notepad has already superseded Wordpad, and there are plenty of other free word processors out there you can use instead, but people aren't happy with letting Wordpad go just yet. Someone has found a way to bring Wordpad back onto Windows 11 24H2, and you can do the same if you want this member of the Windows old guard back.

Finally, after all of these years, people are taking Windows on Arm seriously. It's been a long time coming, but more and more companies are releasing apps that utilize an Arm infrastructure. We saw Chrome finally get good on an Arm machine, and Adobe ensuring its apps work on the hardware. Now, Slack has joined the party with an Arm-compatible version of its client, and you can give it a spin right now.

Microsoft has been busy adding a ton of AI-powered features to its Edge browser lately. We recently saw Microsoft adding AI-generated themes to Edge to give users a truly unique background for their browsing, and now, another AI-powered feature has appeared within Edge's code. While nothing has been outright confirmed yet, there is evidence of work being done on a website suggestion feature that'd use AI to guide your browsing.

Usually, when Microsoft adds a new feature to the Windows 11 Beta or Dev branch, it's automatically enabled so people can test it out and find bugs to report. However, sometimes Microsoft hides some features, presumably because it's not quite finished yet. If you have the Windows 11Beta branch installed and you feel like doing a little digging, you can now enable a hidden File Explorer revamp that isn't visible by default.

With the Fallout TV series in full swing, we've seen a ton of people get back into the iconic post-apocalyptic video game series. Given how far SBCs and 3D printing have come since the release of Fallout 4, we've seen a resurgence of cool homemade projects based around the franchise. Now, someone has shown off their PipWatch, a passion project you can make yourself.

AI has touched seemingly every facet of our daily lives, but you may not think of the dating scene when you imagine LLMs revolutionizing how we live. However, the founder of the dating website Bumble wants to change that. While AI is currently having a detrimental effect on the dating scene, Bumble hopes that one day they can use chatbots to pair up potential partners better.

Did you miss out on the news this week? If you did, there were some really good parts for Apple fans as the company announced several products during its Let Loose event. But even if you're not interested in new iPads, we still saw a ton of cool Raspberry Pi projects. So, here are all the cool news stories we saw this week.

Where will you be on May 13th at 10 am PT? If you've got some time spare, you may want to check out what OpenAI is up to. The company has announced that it's prepping some updates on its projects via a live stream on its website. While we're unsure as to what the company will announce, we now know what won't be. The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has made a "de-announcement" of several potential ChatGPT features, so now we know what not to expect on Monday.

You may not be able to cross a fortune teller's palm with silver like you could in the olden days, but that doesn't mean you can't just make your own. In fact, with the rise of generative AI, you can now have silicon try to predict your future and warn you of any obstacles you may face. Turns out, that's exactly what someone has done by turning their Raspberry Pi into a fortune teller.

Have you ever come across a scene and wish you knew how to put it into prose? Now, with the power of AI, you no longer have to struggle. Two people have invented the Poetry Camera, an ingenious device that analyses what you snap and prints out an AI-generated poem about what it sees, Polaroid-style. Best of all, because the entire thing runs off a Raspberry Pi board, you can make your own.

If you're a gamer with a Mac, you'll know the struggles of seeing Windows get all the hottest new games while macOS is left on the wayside. However, you're in luck; Parallels Desktop is here to save the day. The app lets you run a virtualization of Windows so you can play your favorite games, and it has just received a new update that makes the app better than ever before.

If you haven't gotten into portable gaming yet, there are plenty of avenues you can take. The all-powerful Steam Deck no longer dominates the market; now, the competition is providing its own models, ranging from budget devices to high-end powerhouses. The MSI Claw is the newest entry in the portable gaming PC market, and you can snag your own starting at $699.

Apple and Epic Games haven't been on the best terms since 2020, after the latter lashed out over a 30% commission whenever someone purchases something in an app from the App Store. Since then, the two have been trading blows over how things should be for App Store developers. Now, Apple has made a move after removing Epic Games' apps from the app store in a move that is being deemed anti-DMA.

Who says getting into tech needs to be expensive? If you want to try your hand at making a little robot rover, today's your lucky day. Someone has designed a rover that runs on a Raspberry Pi Pico, and you can get started with it for as little as $16.

You may have built a PC before, but have you ever built a laptop before? If you haven't, Frameworks has a new product that may be of interest to you. The company has revealed its B-stock Factory Seconds Framework Laptop 13, and you can secure one for $499.