Given the promising AMD Strix Halo benchmark results on Linux 6.17 following the recent merge window and early regression fixes landing in the kernel, I was curious to see how Linux 6.17 was fairing on more powerful AMD EPYC server hardware. Here is a brief look at some of the... Read more »

One of the new hardware drivers expected to appear in the Linux 6.18 kernel later this year is the "us144mkii" USB sound driver for supporting the TASCAM US-144MKII USB audio interface...... Read more »

AMD's GPUOpen HIPRT 3.0.9ba63f3 released today as the first update since HIPRT 2.5 shipped near the beginning of the year. HIPRT is AMD's ray-tracing library built around their HIP Interface for making it easier to enable ray-tracing workloads for HIP-based software like Blender...... Read more »

Merged yesterday to the Chromium open-source codebase for the Google Chrome web browser is Wayland color management support! Linux users running on Wayland will now be able to enjoy high dynamic range (HDR) video playback within Google's web browser...... Read more »

While Ubuntu 25.04 has been shipping since April and following software support already upstreamed into the Linux kernel and related virtualization components, Ubuntu maker Canonical today put out a blog post to announce their AMD SEV-SNP host support found in Ubuntu 25.04. This complements the guest-side support present since Ubuntu... Read more »

Tinygrad 0.11 is out as the newest version of this deep learning framework maintained by Tiny Corp...... Read more »

As part of Intel's ongoing Project Battlematrix efforts that include SR-IOV support for Arc Pro cards as well as multi-device (multi-GPU) support for allowing up to eight Intel Arc Pro graphics cards in a single system, today Intel engineers posted their preliminary Linux driver patches for pinned device memory functionality... Read more »

One of the set of tests I have been meaning to carry out for a number of months has been comparing the Mesa Rusticl performance to different dedicated hardware drivers. Rusticl is the Rust-based OpenCL 3.0 driver within Mesa that works across Gallium3D drivers and over the past many months... Read more »

Bhyve is the BSD hypervisor / virtual machine manager (VMM) developed by FreeBSD that supports a range of operating systems and across CPU vendors. With time Bhyve has also been ported to other BSDs and even Illumos and macOS. The Linux kernel is now in the process of adding guest... Read more »

While the Linux v6.17 merge window only wrapped up earlier this month, Apple Silicon DeviceTree "DT" updates have already begun queuing for the Linux 6.18 merge window that will happen in October...... Read more »

Intel's newest contribution to the upstream LLVM compiler stack is XeVM as their Multi-Level Intermediate Representation "MLIR" dialect catering to modern Intel graphics processors...... Read more »

Patches were posted on Monday for Kernel Stack Watch, a new lightweight debugging tool for detecting kernel stack corruption in real-time on Linux...... Read more »

Google engineer Roman Gushchin has proposed the ability for the Linux kernel to customize the out-of-memory "OOM" behavior using BPF programs...... Read more »

We still don't have much confirmed information on AMD's GFX1250 that has come to light in recent months due to being developed for their AMDGPU shader compiler back-end within LLVM. AMD GFX1250 surfaced in LLVM activity and the past few months has been seeing more additions made. A notable change... Read more »

Time to power down for good.... Read more »

One of the best mobile DACs I've reviewed, the iFi GO bar Kensei is a masterclass in build quality, and quality features, with audiophile-grade pricing... Read more »

Have audiophile aspirations and a "beer wallet?" Fiio's KA11 delivers without breaking the bank if you have a solid pair of headphones or IEMs.... Read more »

A wealth of features, a speedy pan and tilt motor, and smart security features make the Tapo TC73 the best on the market right now.... Read more »

Aqara gets a lot right with their Smart Video Doorbell G4, including pricing and features. However, if your porch is tight, its aspect ratio may leave you a bit in the blind.... Read more »

Smart privacy features, Wi-Fi 6, f/2.0 lens, and wallet-friendly pricing make the Aqara Camera E1 tough to beat.... Read more »

This mobile Bluetooth DAC has it all! Beautiful design, highly functional features, and excellent sound quality make this my top pick right now.... Read more »

Who says your indoor security camera needs to be all business to be effective? The Aqara Camera Hub G3 is long on features and fun!... Read more »

This smooth DAC from iFi is a solid performer for those wanting to level up their desktop audio experience.... Read more »

Paying just $60 for this high-quality DAC means you can spend your money where it counts most, high-quality headphones.... Read more »

What you get for $100 with the Qudelix-5K is quite impressive, but that's just the beginning. Wait until you crack open the app! It's PEQ heaven.... Read more »

Combining a great indoor PT camera, Zigbee hub, and a huge list of accessories to connect to makes the Aqara Camera Hub G2H Pro a HomeKit standout!... Read more »

The former design lead at Apple has teamed up with Sam Altman’s artificial intelligence company.... Read more »

Nebula's newest projector has already replaced my 4K television — but it comes with a price.... Read more »

AI is now being harnessed by countless companies. But not enough staff are being trained in how to use it properly.... Read more »

Experian’s GM of its GenAI Center of Expertise discusses the ways AI has empowered fraudsters – and how businesses can stem this new wave of cybercrime.... Read more »

Successful deployment of agentic AI requires careful implementation of controls to ensure staff fully trust and engage with autonomous agents.... Read more »

AI is a crucial tool for esports and gaming teams amid rights issues and players' costs.... Read more »

The EU’s Energy Labelling Working Plan and ESPR create new compliance challenges in sustainability reporting. But it’s not all bad.... Read more »

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It’s time to start thinking about how AI increases and mitigates third-party vulnerabilities throughout your company’s supply chain.... Read more »

Quantum hubs in Scotland are unlocking tech potential, as part of the country’s £10bn Critical Technologies Supercluster.... Read more »

More and more small and medium-sized enterprises are discovering that cultivating a reputation for trust is a business advantage.... Read more »

OpenAI is removing the standard ChatGPT voice from 9 September. It will be replaced by Advanced Voice, which is faster and more expressive, but many people consider it cold and lacking "soul".... Read more »

The ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W is designed for cyber athletes and fans of online shooters... Read more »

The game will also feature a PvE mode called Operation Boiling Point... Read more »

The developer has opened pre-orders for two editions of the game... Read more »

On 17 September, another 90-day extension of the ban on TikTok in the US expires, but to leave no doubt about the seriousness of the US threats, the White House has set up an official account there. The account has already posted the first short video of Trump saying: "I... Read more »

A wave of layoffs has begun in the studio... Read more »

The game will be available in three editions... Read more »

It is the story, atmosphere, visuals and audio that evoke the most emotions. The heroine feels more mature. She is ready to fight the demons both inside and outside, and the wrapper of 10th-century Iceland with realistic graphics and binaural 3D sound is nothing short of admirable. The gameplay is... Read more »

Pre-order is open on all platforms... Read more »

The add-on will be entirely dedicated to blacksmithing... Read more »

Details are scarce, but the horror looks cool... Read more »

Kia expects to sell up to 160,000 EV4 compact electric cars a year. Half of them should find buyers in Europe, so production will be started not in Korea, but at the plant in Žilina, Slovakia. The start of mass production is scheduled for the end of August.... Read more »

Opel has revealed the spectacular Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo concept. The car is designed specifically for the Gran Turismo racing simulator, but also hints at the styling of the seventh-generation Corsa, expected by the end of 2026.... Read more »

Wargaming, the renowned developer and publisher of online games behind the iconic World of Tanks and World of Warships, has announced its new project at Gamescom 2025: World of Tanks: HEAT.... Read more »

Cambridge University Press & Assessment has recently announced that over 6000 words, including a few slang words, have been added to its dictionary. So when next you search the Cambridge Dictionary, don't be surprised to find internet slang like "delulu, broligarchy, skibidi, seriously, no cap. The dictionary defines delulu as "believing... Read more »

NVIDIA just released a new driver and a massive update to its NVIDIA App, bringing in lots of settings from the old NVIDIA Control Panel, and adding a ton of new and quality-of-life features. This latest release is currently in beta, but it's set to be released more broadly next... Read more »

Grammarly has released a new set of specialized agents to help students and professionals with their work. These tools streamline the writing process, and are targeted at offering comprehensive guidance from the initial draft to completion. The company revealed that the AI agents are designed to offer specific, targeted tasks... Read more »

Arm Holdings, the company behind the Arm architecture that powers a myriad of devices, has poached a key member of Amazon’s chip design team as the company moves towards making chips of its own. It’s part of a string of additions the company has made in the last few years that... Read more »

Intel is teaming up with EA for its annual Gamer Days promotion, and this time the freebie is a big one: EA's upcoming Battlefield 6. Starting August 25, buyers of select Intel Core CPUs and Arc graphics cards will get the latest DICE shooter at no extra cost alongside a... Read more »

Cupertino is internally testing next-generation Mac Mini models powered by the upcoming M5 and M5 Pro processors, according to an insider report by Apple Insider. Identified by their internal codenames J873g (M5) and J873s (M5 Pro), these new machines could be Apple bringing the fight to AMD Strix Halo mini... Read more »

You have to hand it to ASUS and its Republic of Gamers (ROG) division, it's not afraid to experiment with bold GPU designs. Following the launch of gold-themed Dhahab Edition graphics cards paying homage to the "rapid evolution of the Middle East" and an even pricier Gold Edition GPU, ASUS... Read more »

The northern lights, a.k.a. aurora borealis, are expected to be visible across a wide swath of the northern United States tonight. Thanks to a recent surge in solar activity, skywatchers much further south than usual, from the Pacific Northwest to New England, have the opportunity to witness the ethereal light... Read more »

Intel announced it has signed a definitive securities purchase agreement with SoftBank that will see the majority Arm stakeholder invest $2 billion into Intel's common stock. The move, which can be viewed as a vote of confidence in the midst of Intel's ongoing effort to restructure its business operations, is... Read more »

In what NVIDIA is pitching as its GeForce NOW platform's biggest update yet, the game streaming service is making the jump to Blackwell with the infusion of GeForce RTX 5080-class GPUs in the cloud, enabling AI-powered features like DLSS 4 multi-frame generation to deliver game resolutions of up to 5K... Read more »

Google has agreed to pay $36M (USD) after findings by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that Google had an arrangement with two of Australia's largest telecommunications companies, Telstra and Optus, that stifled competition. The ACCC found that from December 2019 to March 2021, the agreement between Google... Read more »

Update, 8/19/25, 1:12 PM ET: Phison, the company whose controllers are used by a few SSD brands, has issued the following statement: "Phison has recently been made aware of the industry-wide effects of the 'KB5063878' and ‘KB5062660’ updates on Windows 11 that potentially impacted several storage devices, including some supported by... Read more »

If you're really opposed to the existence of hybrid CPUs, you could buy an Intel chip and disable the E-cores, but that really dumpsters your multi-core performance. What if Intel made a CPU like it used to, and like AMD does: with a purely homogenous core architecture, yet also with... Read more »

Data centers continue to be built to meet the growing demands of AI, necessitating investments in facilities that produce the specialized hardware that goes into powering these data centers. In an attempt to cash in on this booming industry, Foxconn and SoftBank have announced a partnership to manufacture equipment designed... Read more »

I’ve been running Proxmox in a full, 2U home server that I built for my Home Lab, but there’s a massive problem that I’ve been running into, and it’s around power consumption. Even using a 65W TDP Ryzen 9700X Processor for my Home Server, my power consumption is in the... Read more »

Today is Amazon’s Prime Day for 2025, and there are a few deals worth considering, so we’ll be looking at some of the best Prime Day Deals of 2025. This list will focus on home lab equipment, meaning NAS devices, networking (routers & switches), hard drives, Mini PCs, and more.... Read more »

For many years, I’ve used UniFi switches in my Home Lab – everything from their Flex models to rack-mount devices. While the UniFi Pro XG 24 PoE was admittedly overkill for my setup, it gave me the opportunity to test a device that’s better suited for large-scale or professional deployments.... Read more »

After configuring a Home Lab, a boring, but important step is to ensure that you have a complete way of monitoring it. This involves servers, uptime, logging, and more. The video below highlights the entire process on how you can monitor your home lab, but the information below can be... Read more »

In this article, we’re going to look at how to set up Docker in Proxmox. One of the most common questions you’ll run into when trying to configure Docker in Proxmox is whether you should use a VM (virtual machine) or LXC (Linux Container). I’ve run Docker using both a... Read more »

In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to find a Synology NAS on a network. When you first purchase your Synology NAS and plug it in, there are a few different ways that you can find it to set it up. This is necessary in order to configure... Read more »

In this tutorial, we will look at how to set up OpenVPN on a Synology NAS. OpenVPN allows you to securely access your NAS (and even your local network) while remote. In general, VPN servers are the most secure way of accessing your Synology NAS when you’re remote. Video on... Read more »

In this article, we’ll look at the best Synology NAS alternatives that you can use in 2025. If you’re trying to determine if you’d like to buy a Synology NAS or go with an alternative, there are two different routes you can take. The first is purchasing a prebuilt NAS... Read more »

In this tutorial, we’re going to look at how to create a 2-node cluster in Proxmox. There is so much functionality that you can gain by configuring a cluster in Proxmox, but in order for it to work properly, there really needs to be three full nodes for quorum. While... Read more »

RomM is a self-hosted application for organizing and playing retro game collections through a clean, responsive web interface, ideal for emulator enthusiasts. It scans and enriches your game library with metadata from IGDB, Screenscraper, and MobyGames, supporting over 400 platforms, and fetches custom artwork from SteamGridDB. You can play games... Read more »

Dockpeek is a lightweight, self-hosted Docker dashboard that allows you to view and access exposed container ports with a clean, click-to-access interface. It supports both local Docker sockets and remote hosts via socket-proxy, making it easy to manage multiple Docker environments from a single place. Additionally, Dockpeek includes built-in image... Read more »

Moocup is a free, open-source visual editor designed for creating stunning screenshots quickly and easily. Users can drop a screenshot into the app, apply a base style, customize it to their liking, and export the final result. Built for simplicity and functionality, Moocup was created to address the need for... Read more »

Gameyfin is a simple, fast, and free open-source application designed to manage your video game library. Inspired by Jellyfin, it automatically scans and indexes your game collection, allowing you to access and download games directly through a web browser. In this step by step guide I will show you how... Read more »

RetroAssembly is a browser-based retro game collection cabinet that lets you relive classic gaming moments from consoles like NES, SNES, Genesis, GameBoy, and Arcade. Accessible via Docker image, it offers a sleek, intuitive interface with spatial navigation for easy browsing using a keyboard or gamepad. Users can upload their own... Read more »