I’ve adored the Raspberry Pi family ever since I got my RPi Zero back in the day, but I’m not satisfied with the price-to-performance ratio of the mainline boards in this uber-popular single-board computer lineup. Compared to the dirt-cheap price tags on the Zero series, a trend that fortunately still holds up to this day, the numbered boards started to feel somewhat expensive.

Netflix cofounder and chairman Reed Hastings plans to leave the company after nearly 30 years. The news comes as part of Netflix's Q1 2026 earnings results released on Thursday, which says Hastings "will not stand for re-election to our Board when his current term expires at the Annual Meeting in June."After co-founding Netflix in 1997, Hastings served as CEO from 1999 to 2023, when he stepped down and took on the role of chairman. "My real contribution at Netflix wasn't a single decision; it was a focus on member joy, building a culture that others could inherit and improve, and building a company that could be both beloved by members and …Read the full story at The Verge.

Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That's roughly seven years' worth of government funding ($11.2m) after Trump and Congress cut funds for public media, but only a fraction of NPR's full annual budget of $300 million. NPR may still cut jobs because the money has strings attached.The money is specifically "to support the digital innovation that is essential to meeting the needs and serving the interests of public media audiences wherever they are and whenever they seek information," according to a press release. NPR journalist David Folkenflik writes …Read the full story at The Verge.

Moving my workflow to a local AI setup was the best productivity hack I’ve discovered in years. Relying on cloud APIs often felt like building my house on someone else's land. I was always at the mercy of their subscription fees, privacy policies, and server downtime. By leveraging Docker and self-hosting, I’ve built a private, high-performance ecosystem that runs entirely on my own hardware.

Google’s “Project Aura” will be its first Android XR glasses, expected later this year. | Image: Google, Xreal Google is reportedly partnering with Gucci to make a pair of AI smart glasses stylish enough people might actually want to wear them. According to Reuters, Gucci parent company Kering is planning to launch the glasses sometime in 2027. Google's first pair of Android XR glasses, "Project Aura," are expected to launch this year. They feature essentially the same look as Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, with chunky, black plastic frames. They'll usher in Google's second attempt at smart glasses, after Google Glass infamously failed to catch on over a decade ago. Last year, Google also announced glasses partnerships with Warby Parker and Gentle Monst …Read the full story at The Verge.

YouTube is making some changes that might affect how you share videos from the mobile app. From the app, you can finally share videos from a specific timestamp, which will make it easier to point someone to a part of a video you might want them to see while you're on your phone. However, this change will replace the Clips feature that lets you make a shareable clip from a video.You'll still be able to watch any Clips that you've already made. But moving forward, "the ability to set an end time or include a custom description when sharing will no longer be available," YouTube says. The company notes that while clipping is "important way for …Read the full story at The Verge.

Building a home theater setup that you're happy with is a never-ending task, with new technologies coming out all the time. But we all have to start somewhere, and for me, that's the AV receiver. While psychoacoustics have progressed to a point where virtual surround sound is passable, nothing quite beats the experience of sounds whizzing between physical speakers as they pan past your viewing position.

Like many others, I've made Proxmox the heart of my home lab/NAS setup, and while I end up working in my TrueNAS VM more often than Proxmox itself, it's still important to make sure everything is backed up and working as intended. And whenever something is automated, it's easy to forget to check and make sure it's still working.

Netflix announced on Thursday that it will be launching a redesigned mobile app, which will include a vertical video feed, at the end of April. "This redesign will better reflect our expanding entertainment offering and make it easier for members to engage how and when they want," the company said in its Q1 2026 earnings letter to shareholders.In Thursday's letter, the company said that the lines between "entertainment on TV and mobile devices are blurring," noting that video podcasts "over-index" on mobile. Co-CEO Greg Peters said in January that the company was planning to revamp its mobile UI as a way to "better serve the expansion of o …Read the full story at The Verge.

Whether you're gaming, working, or watching videos on your PC, brightness feels closely tied to the image quality. The brighter your panel can get, the more capable it probably is of delivering a satisfying experience. However, increasing your monitor's brightness indiscriminately can have the opposite effect. You might be ruining your display's image quality by cranking everything up to 11. High brightness alone can't compensate for any panel imperfections you might have. Besides, the less obvious but more severe downside of a monitor that's too bright is low-quality sleep. By straining your eyes more than you need to and disturbing your circadian rhythm, you're negatively impacting your sleep. This is why it's important to find the right brightness level for your room instead of keeping it high all the time.

It's not really a great time to shop for PC hardware right now. Thanks to the massive demand for memory, storage, and GPUs, it's basically impossible for the average consumer to buy a RAM kit, SSD, or graphics card. It's best to make the most out of your existing hardware while the AI-induced crisis extends well into 2028. There's no guarantee that prices will return to pre-2026 levels, but at least you won't have to pay through the nose for a new component. Meanwhile, this could be a great opportunity to pay attention to the other parts of your setup. If you've been ignoring your desk, headphones, or other accessories for years while daydreaming about a new GPU, you could invest in meaningful and practical upgrades to jazz up your all-in-one battlestation and home office.

I started with ChatGPT the way most people did - it was the first AI tool I took seriously, and when Plus came around I figured why not, I was already using it every day. But after only a minute on the paid plan, I kept running into this feeling of “what am I actually paying for here?” The better models were nice, but I wasn't doing anything with them that justified $20 a month. Especially when the free tiers of other tools were getting better at a pretty alarming rate.