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  • NVIDIA Hotfix Targets Halo And Path Of Exile 2 As Battlefield 6 Crashes Persist
    NVIDIA is pushing out a new hotfix driver (version 610.82) to address separate issues in Halo: Campaign Evolved, which is now playable via early access ahead of the game's broader July 28, 2026 release when preordering the premium edition, and Path of Exile 2, also available to play in early... Read more »
  • Huge Cosmic Discovery Challenges What Defines A Moon
    For ages, astronomers have categorized the skies into tidy buckets: stars, planets, and moons. However, a new object 71 light-years from us could completely disrupt that thinking. A team of astronomers led by Kevin Hoy of Chile’s Universidad Diego Portales and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has detected the first... Read more »
  • Samsung Galaxy Glasses Challenge Meta With Gemini And 9 Hour Battery
    Samsung has stepped onto Meta’s turf with its new line of smartglasses (or Intelligent Eyewear in company parlance) at Galaxy Unpacked, indicating that the brand views hands-free AI, not just smartphones, as the next major frontier in personal computing. Developed in partnership with fashion houses Gentle Monster and Warby Parker,... Read more »
  • MSI Unveils Epic $7,000 Dragon-Themed Laptop To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
    MSI is celebrating four decades in the PC hardware industry with a flagship collector’s piece, the Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Draco Epic (Model A2WJ-1246US). Priced at $6,999.99 (€7,799 in Europe), this limited-edition desktop replacement is the complete opposite of a budget laptop, and that is also reflected in the... Read more »
  • EU Slaps Google With $1 Billion Fine In First Major DMA Enforcement
    The European Commission has delivered its heaviest blow yet under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), issuing two non-compliance decisions against Google. The twin fines total €890 million (around $1.02 billion in U.S. currency), the biggest ever related to a DMA violation, and target two core pillars of Google's lucrative business.... Read more »
  • Lenovo LOQ 17 Gaming Laptop Levels Up With New 12GB RTX 5070 GPU
    Lenovo is refreshing at least two laptop models with NVIDIA's recently upgraded GeForce RTX 5070 mobile GPU kitted with 12GB of GDDR7. While there has not been a formal announcement by Lenovo, the bolstered GPU appears on the spec sheet for the LOQ 17 with a 17.3-inch 1080p display, and... Read more »
  • Microsoft Just Released Blinx The Time Sweeper And 3 Other OG Xbox Games On PC
    Back in the day when Microsoft first released the Xbox, it wasn't shy about explaining the device. It was a custom Pentium III-based PC with NVIDIA GeForce 3 graphics and a severely stripped-down version of Windows 2000. We all wondered why Microsoft didn't simply release that version of Windows for... Read more »

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  • Best NAS for Plex in 2026: What I’d Actually Buy
    For about a decade, the answer to “what NAS should I buy for Plex” was simple: get an Intel Synology and let Quick Sync do the work. That answer died in 2025, when Synology moved its Plus lineup to AMD processors with no integrated GPU and took hardware transcoding with... Read more »
  • UGREEN vs. Synology: Which NAS Should You Buy in 2026?
    When I first reviewed the UGREEN DXP4800 Plus, I ran into real problems and I was very vocal about them. I’ve kept using and updating that device ever since, tracking how UGOS has evolved, and today two UGREEN units run in my own backup pipeline alongside the Synology devices I’ve... Read more »
  • Best UniFi NAS in 2026: Every UNAS Model Compared
    UniFi runs my entire network, and I’ve been running UniFi’s NAS line since the original UNAS Pro launched. Right now I’m running the UNAS Pro 8 in parallel with a TrueNAS box, plus a Synology and a UGREEN unit I use for off-site backups. The UNAS is what I keep... Read more »
  • Best UGREEN NAS in 2026: Every NASync Model Compared
    UGREEN went from “the charging cable company” to one of the most interesting NAS brands in about two years, and I’ve had NASync units in my own setup for most of that time. Two of them handle my actual backups: a DXP4800 Plus that turns on at 2 a.m. every... Read more »
  • How to Install Pi-hole (Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu, Proxmox, Docker)
    Pi-hole runs on almost anything, which is good news and bad news. The good news is that you can install it on a Raspberry Pi, an Ubuntu server, a Proxmox LXC, in Docker, or on a NAS. The bad news is that the variety of installation methods makes it hard... Read more »
  • My First Look at the UniFi Dream Machine Beast: The Features That Actually Matter
    The UniFi Dream Machine Beast (UDMB) is Ubiquiti’s newest and most capable gateway in the Dream Machine lineup, priced at $1,499, and I just got my hands on it for a first look. It sits above the Dream Machine Pro Max ($599, which I’ve been running for close to two... Read more »
  • Find Your Synology NAS on the Network (3 Ways)
    I’ve used Synology NAS devices for over seven years, across models including the DS1019+, DS1821+, and DS923+. One of the most common places people get stuck early on is simply finding the device on their network. There are three ways to do it, and which one works depends on your... Read more »

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  • How to Install BookOrbit on Your Synology NAS
    BookOrbit is a self-hosted, open-source library and reading platform for ebooks, audiobooks, and comics. It offers built-in multi-format readers, automated metadata management, Kobo and KOReader sync, multi-user support with SSO, private OPDS catalogs, and rich reading analytics, all with simple Docker deployment and no subscription. In this step by step... Read more »
  • mariushosting UGREEN NAS Facebook Group At Over 22K Members
    Created at the beginning of April 2024, the UGREEN NAS EXPERTS Facebook Group now sits at a whopping 22K members as of July 21, 2026. This beautiful number sparks joy in my heart because it means 22.000 people, NAS owners and tech enthusiasts from around the world, have come together... Read more »
  • How to Install Trawl on Your UGREEN NAS
    Trawl is an open-source, self-hosted adaptive web scraping engine that bypasses Cloudflare and other protections using an intelligent four-tier system. It starts with lightweight HTTP requests and escalates only as needed to cached browser sessions, live solves (4–15s), or residential proxies, delivering sub-500ms responses on repeat visits. It features native... Read more »
  • How to Install Trawl on Your Synology NAS
    Trawl is an open-source, self-hosted adaptive web scraping engine that bypasses Cloudflare and other protections using an intelligent four-tier system. It starts with lightweight HTTP requests and escalates only as needed to cached browser sessions, live solves (4–15s), or residential proxies, delivering sub-500ms responses on repeat visits. It features native... Read more »
  • Synology & UGREEN NAS WordPress 7.0.2 Released
    On July 18, 2026, WordPress 7.0.2 was released to the public. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org and not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 7.0.2 on your Synology NAS, you have to follow my step by step guide on how to... Read more »
  • How to Install CTRoadmap on Your UGREEN NAS
    CTRoadmap is a local-first, Docker-based web application for creating and maintaining an interactive infrastructure atlas. It lets homelab and self-hosted users visually map servers, nodes, services, storage, containers, scripts, configs, URLs, and relationships on a canvas, while maintaining rich documentation in a human-readable JSON file. Key aspects include a flexible... Read more »