I make a living by publishing content online, so you can only imagine how much time I spend in front of a screen daily. While most of my work happens during the day, and I generally wind up by evening, there are days when things can get stretched to late nights. Whenever that happens, I prefer working with the lights turned off. However, I recently learned that it's not good practice, as the contrast between the dark room and the bright screen can cause stress on the eyes. At the same time, I also don't like keeping the bright lights in my room turned on late at night. So, to strike the right balance, I decided to pick up a light bar for my monitor.

Over the past five years, the budget for even a modestly equipped gaming PC that can keep up with today's AAA titles has gone completely bananas. The expectation in the marketplace that we spend $1,000 or more on a GPU, $500 and above on CPUs, and another $1,000 on everything else has shattered the image of a gaming PC as accessible to the average consumer. It's caused me to seriously reevaluate what I'm spending on PC components and what I'm getting for the price. Personally, I've had a recent revelation when it comes to motherboards.

What better lab assistant than a robot? They don't get tired, they can do dangerous stuff that humans can't, and they can follow you around without getting bored. If you need someone with you at all times, but you don't want to subject a real human being to that sort of torture, why not make your own Raspberry Pi robot to do it for you? That's what one project aims to achieve by combining the SBC with a camera so you can always have a loyal robot by your side.

Ask any PC enthusiast who's been here for a decade or more about the greatest GPU lineup to ever come out, and you'd probably hear a long monologue about Nvidia's "Pascal" GTX 10 series. These GPUs not only left AMD far behind in 2016, but did something that no other GPU lineup has been able to do ever since. Not only did Pascal boast phenomenal performance-per-watt numbers, but it was also relatively affordable, widely available, and free of major faults and bugs.

With another Patch Tuesday behind us, we're now in the middle of bug reporting season. People have had enough time to install the new update and use it for a little while, and it's around this time that people notice that their computers act a little strange. Unfortunately, if you're someone who likes using Windows Hello, the new update may make it harder for you to sign in using an infrared sensor scan.

Galaxy S24 owners will have to wait a little longer to get Android 15.Samsung has, by all accounts, halted the rollout of its long-awaited One UI 7 update following the discovery of a bug that prevented some Galaxy S24 owners from unlocking their phones. The pause was first reported by leaker and tipster Ice Universe, who said that a “serious bug” had been found. While the complaints seem to have specifically come from South Korean owners of Galaxy S24 series handsets, Samsung has played it safe and paused the rollout across all models worldwide.While some users will have already downloaded the update to One UI 7, using the app CheckFirm we’ve confirmed that the update is no longer listed on Samsung’s servers as the latest firmware version across several Galaxy devices, with older patches appearing instead. Samsung hasn’t confirmed the pause in the rollout, nor plans to issue a fix for users who have already downloaded the One UI 7 update. We’ve reached out to the company for comment.The update, which brings Android 15 and a host of AI updates, began rolling out to Galaxy S24, Z Fold 6, and Z Flip 6 handsets on April 7th, with the US getting the patch on April 10th. It’s been available on Galaxy S25 models, along with updates to the cheaper Galaxy A series, since those phones went on sale in February.The paused rollout follows a lengthy delay in the update’s release to older phones. It arrived seven months after Android 15 was made available to developers, and two months after the S25 series launched running the software.

The excitement everyone had for the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct left just as quickly as it arrived, when the price of the console was revealed shortly after the livestream ended. But it wasn't just the price of the console players had an issue with. In fact, we might've all gotten over the price of the console by now, if not for the price of the games.

I've been using networking gear for decades, but in recent years, I've gravitated towards a more simplistic, "If it works, I'm not messing with it" attitude. Gone are the days of making crossover cables for multiplayer Diablo 2 sessions in the university common roomsand other odd but workable LAN party setups with Ethernet strung everywhere. I just needed stable Internet andgood Wi-Fi coverage, and that's about it.

We're big proponents of self-hosting services you can't live without because you never know when a company will disappear, and keeping your data on a device you control is a huge privacy boost. Whether that's saving backups of your devices, running a media server, or a mesh VPN service, keeping it in-house on your own network-attached storage (NAS) means you're in control.

Sony has raised the price of most of its PlayStation 5 console hardware in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand by 10-15 percent, blaming “a challenging economic environment.” With rising US import costs thanks to tariffs likely a contributing factor, an equivalent price rise in the US is probably on the way.Sony manufactures the majority of its PlayStation 5 hardware in China, now subject to 145 percent tariffs on imports into the US, and game consoles aren’t included in the pause on some tech tariffs announced Friday. A price increase in other markets may be a way of limiting how sharply prices will need to rise in the US, which is a key market for Sony.The Digital Edition of the PS5 is the main target for price increases, rising in all four markets, while the standard version — which includes a disc drive — is only going up in Australia and New Zealand, and not by as much. Across all four markets, the PlayStation 5 Pro is remaining the same price. Sony is also slightly decreasing the price of its add-on disc drive accessory.Sony’s blog post announcing the change blamed it on “high inflation and fluctuating exchange rates,” though made no mention of Trump’s tariffs or increased import costs into the US, where prices are remaining the same — for now. Analyst Serkan Toto told CNBC that he “would be very surprised if Sony was able to keep the PlayStation prices in the US stable,” calling now “the ‘right’ time” for the company to raise prices.This is the second time Sony has hiked up the price of a PS5 in most of these markets, after doing the same in August 2022. That time Sony similarly blamed “high global inflation rates, as well as adverse currency trends,” but specifically noted that it wouldn’t raise prices in the US. There’s no such confirmation this time around.Nintendo still hasn’t opened American and Canadian preorders for its Switch 2 console, amid fears it too will soon announce a price increase.Here are the new PS5 prices:Europe:PS5 Digital Edition – €499.99 (€449.99 before)UK:PS5 Digital Edition – £429.99 (£389.99 before)Australia:PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – AUD $829.95 (AUD $799.95 before)PS5 Digital Edition – AUD $749.95 (AUD $649.95 before)New Zealand:PS5 with Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive – NZD $949.95 (NZD $899.95 before)PS5 Digital Edition – NZD $859.95 (NZD $769.96 before)Here are the new Disc Drive for PS5 prices:Europe – €79.99 (€119.99 before)UK – £69.99 (£99.99 before)Australia – AUD $124.95 (AUD $159.95 before)New Zealand – NZD $139.95 (NZD $169.95 before)

Let’s face it: remote desktop software can be a headache. Whether it’s for work, tech support, or accessing your home computer, the experience is often affected by slow connections, complicated setups, and security concerns (looking at you, TeamViewer). I have been on the hunt for the perfect remote desktop solution for what feels like forever. Like many, I have tried different platforms like AnyDesk, Splashtop, GoToMyPC, and more, each with its own set of limitations and frustrations.

You know, if someone is going to pay thousands of dollars for a graphics card, I would expect that the utmost care was put into ensuring that they, you know, are built properly. Alas, the Nvidia RTX 5090 has been hit by problem after problem, including missing ROPs on the board, melting third-party power cables (which prompted people to recommend using the stock power cable), and then melting stock power cables. Now, after a month of use, someone has reported that one of the capacitors has exploded, alongside the dreaded coil whine.