This website is a rabbit hole of pure internet nonsense
Some websites help you get stuff done. Others let you watch a picture of a pug spin around your screen for eternity. The Useless Web is all about discovering more of the latter. The site…
Lawrence Stubbs
Lawrence Stubbs
Pay just $95.99 once to download streaming videos for offline viewing for life
TL;DR: Get lifetime Keeprix access for $95.99 (MSRP $159.99) to download streaming and social videos for offline, ad-free playback. Streaming is convenient—until you want to watch something offline, run into a viewing restriction, or simply don’t want your…
OpenAI’s Astra model has AI researchers spooked. Here’s why
Another day, another major frontier AI release, except this particular OpenAI model is causing more jitters than usual in the AI community. GPT-6 Astra, which OpenAI describes as its most advanced model to date, was…
Game Pass streaming limits are coming: 15 hours a month, but you can pay for more
For all its struggles in the last few years, Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass represents a pretty phenomenal value as a subscription service. And you can take advantage of it even if you don’t have an…
Claude can now click and type in the background while you work
Anthropic just announced via social media post that its AI assistant Claude can now control the user’s computer in the background via Claude Cowork and Claude Code. The user can continue working on the computer…
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe laptops combine color, chatbots, and computing
Lenovo’s IdeaPad Vibe is here to answer the question: What am I going to buy as a cheap, productive PC this holiday? If you can spare $699.99, Lenovo has the answer: Either 14-inch or 15-inch…
Lenovo’s fanless laptop makes AirJet feel real at last
In 2022, I broke the story on Frore Systems and its AirJet Mini and AirJet Pro, two solid-state cooling solutions that could replace traditional fans in laptops. Since then, readers have been grumbling: “Where are…
Nvidia’s RTX Spark PCs launch in October with bold 100fps gaming promises
Windows laptops powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Arm chips hit the market in 2024—their reception has been tepid, to say the least. Initially, incredible battery life was offset by poor gaming performance, and both Intel and…
Lenovo made a ThinkBook that literally stretches sideways
At CES 2026, we saw a Lenovo gaming laptop that slowly unrolled into a widescreen laptop. At IFA, we’re seeing a second: a ThinkBook prototype that Lenovo is calling “Project Swan.” Let’s face it: Lenovo…
Nvidia wants to turn your house of gaming PCs into an AI supercomputer
Nvidia and its partners are ready to roll out new RTX Spark-powered devices in October, shoving the GPU goliath into the CPU spotlight with a beastly first processor that’s augmented by powerful integrated graphics. It’s…