Four years ago, I had a choice in front of me: a clean Windows install on my new SSD or clone my old SSD. I had just set up my new gaming PC, and wanted to replace my old SATA SSD with the new Gen4 NVMe drive. I knew cloning the old SSD would be simple enough with Macrium Reflect, and I could pick up exactly where I left off. So, that's what I picked.

The idea of streaming my own video game library on a different device in the house, without being tied to the physical desk-and-chair setup, is hard to resist. That's why I jumped down the game-hosting rabbit hole with the universal first step — Sunshine. I expected a simple setup and a few tweaks before I could get gaming and forget about the hosting software, but I was wrong.

It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono.That's the narrative AI companies are pitching schools on right now, but according to New York Times education technology reporter Natasha Singer, it's also how the tech industry has built its influence in classrooms for the past 15 years.In a new book, Coding Kids, Singer details how tech companies took a central role in promoting computers and coding skills in education, promising computer sci …Read the full story at The Verge.

I used to think building a private cloud meant installing something massive like Nextcloud, configuring a dozen services, and turning a cheap server into another full-time project. I was wrong.

This Acer 31.5-inch 240Hz gaming monitor is a great budget option. The retail price usually sits at $220, but Walmart has delivered a monster discount that knocks $81 off, dropping it to just $139 for a limited time.

Over the past few months, I've uncovered how the default settings Windows 11 decides are usually not in the best interest of users, whether it's about user experience, accessibility, resource allocation, or even power plans. Most of these are very obviously tuned in a way that's not optimal for most users, and for those with multiple drives, this aspect applies to storage as well.

There was a time when every small household problem ended with a trip to the hardware store. A drawer needed dividers, a shelf needed another bracket, or a tool needed a place to live, so I’d add it to the mental shopping list and eventually wander around looking for something close enough. That usually worked, but “close enough” was doing a lot of work. Once I got comfortable designing and printing simple functional parts, I realized how many of those little purchases were compromises I’d grown used to making.

Claude Code is a super helpful tool, but most of us aren’t using it to its full potential. It can do a lot more when you make use of some of its hidden features. For example, I recently added a deny list to Claude Code, which made my life easier by reducing what needs to be approved in auto mode. I also discovered that Claude has a sandbox, which basically lets you allow it to run wild without worrying about losing important data.

A little while ago, Google introduced a new AI tool called Dreambeans. It's an experimental AI tool that helps you start the day right by generating a personalised digest about your interests. At the time, you had to be part of a paid subscriber and join a waitlist to use it, but now the company has opened its doors to everyone in the US; yes, even free users.

A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from relevant conversations and connected apps, like Google Drive or Salesforce, to create it.Once Slackbot creates a Surface, you can share it with colleagues and pin it to channels, allowing other people to view it, interact with it, and leave comments. In one example shared by Slack, a user asks Slackbot for help creating an arcade-themed visualization of AI token usage …Read the full story at The Verge.

Claude Code has already made our lives so much easier. But with the more recent announcement of Claude in Chrome, the tool has now become an absolute go-to for development. I'm saying this because, before this, if you were designing something or trying to point out a design bug, a front-end bug, or pretty much any issue with the UI, you had a couple of options. You could ask Claude to inspect the code and try to figure out what was wrong from there, or you could share screenshots of the issues you were seeing and explain what needed to be fixed.

There's certainly no shortage of network mapping and monitoring tools. There is one lightweight package I recently discovered and finally got around to testing. LAN Orangutan (what a name) quickly became one of my favorite snappy Docker containers to have running within the home lab. It has bags of potential with an early release that already gets almost everything right. It's quick to deploy, keeps things simple, and provides an effective way to map out and monitor networks.