We've seen this SSD discounted before, and at $65 it was still a pretty good deal. But with this latest discount, Newegg is taking things to a whole new level. For a limited time, you can score Crucial's P310 1TB SSD for just $55 as it drops to its lowest price yet. While Newegg is offering a sizable discount, you're going to need to use the coupon code "CRUCDSFFTEN45" during checkout in order to get the price down to its lowest.

Gaming on Linux is now viable enough that there's little reason to keep Windows installed unless there's an app or service you absolutely must run on Microsoft's OS. The various Linux distros offer impressive gaming experiences, especially on AMD and Intel hardware. AMD recently launched the Radeon RX 90 series, and I played around with the RX 9070 XT using Fedora and version 6.13.5 of the kernel. AMD's Linux drivers are baked into the kernel itself, so nothing else was required to enjoy the latest and greatest AMD GPUs, aside from FSR support.

A staple in gaming, MOBA games have dominated the landscape, partially on PC, for years. With massive player bases that rival and often surpass other genres, there’s a ton of fun to find in these games.

Samsung’s flagship soundbar, the HW-Q990D, is being rendered useless for some owners after a faulty firmware update that the company rolled out this week. The sheer number of reports on Samsung’s community forums, Reddit, and AVSForum confirm that something has gone very wrong with the premium Dolby Atmos system in recent days. The issue isn’t limited to any specific region, with customers in the United States, Austria, the Philippines, Malaysia, and other countries all sharing in the frustration.Customers say the soundbar has gone unresponsive and that none of the usual factory reset methods are working; affected units are also inaccessible via Samsung’s SmartThings app. The device powers on, but appears to freeze on the TV eARC input — with no sound output to speak of. The culprit seems to be the latest firmware release, which is version 1020.7. Many Q990Ds are set to automatically install new updates, which has led to widespread complaints about the bad software over the last several days. If you’ve got a Samsung soundbar, it might be wise to disable automatic updates for the time being until this situation has cleared up. There are scattered reports of the same bug impacting other Samsung models like the HW-Q800D and HW-S801D, but the bulk of complaints pertain to the Q990D. It’s one of the most well-reviewed soundbars on the market, so this is an unfortunate development.The Verge has reached out to Samsung for comment. Apparently some customers have already been instructed to send in their Q990D hardware for repair. That seems like a worst case scenario, so hopefully Samsung will have an easier, at-home solution once it realizes the scope of this problem. Can the malfunction be resolved with another firmware update in the coming days? Stay tuned.Thanks for the tip, Eric.

For years, 4K gaming has been this elusive dream that budget gamers have been chasing every generation. Many powerful GPUs came and went, but building a gaming PC capable of smooth 4K gaming on a reasonable budget seemed impossible. Till last year, you had to pay at least $800 for the GPU alone (RTX 4070 Ti) to ensure a smooth 60+ average FPS (native) at 4K ultra/very high settings in the latest titles.

Thunderbolt 5 is here, and we're starting to see new drives hit the external storage market. They're pricey, as is always the case with new technology, but you could enjoy speeds up to 6,000 MB/s, making it almost as fast as the best PCie 4.0 internal M.2 SSDs. But why should you be excited about Thunderbolt 5 for storage, and will it completely transform how we use storage on supported systems? I've rounded up some points on why I'm stoked for next-gen external storage.

Microsoft adds powerful features to PowerToys almost every month along with bug fixes and improvements with a new version. And a lot of the time those changes come to people's attention before Microsoft officially adds them to PowerToys. One major highlighting feature in the last PowerToys release (version 0.89) was the transcoding feature, which the company announced well before making it availbale.

Ask any home lab enthusiast about the best way to self-host your favorite services, and you’ll hear the name Docker crop up now and again. While it’s undoubtedly the most popular containerization platform in the home server landscape, you’ve got several other options at your disposal.

From DIY weather and radio stations to a distro-hopping machine, there’s no shortage of fun projects you can build with a Raspberry Pi. That said, many of these ideas require some extra devices, sensors, or HATs for maximum efficiency. Having built dozens of practical, cool, and downright deranged projects over the years, here are some devices I always carry with my Raspberry Pi.

A couple of days ago, we reported that a Windows update had resulted in printers printing gibberish for no apparent reason. These types of bugs are not entirely uncommon on Windows, which makes sense given that it's a monolithic piece of software with years-old code running on over a billion devices. Recently, multiple users also claimed that the operating system is falsely flagging some harmless hardware monitoring applications as malware. While the initial understanding was that this issue was being triggered by a Windows bug, it appears that this is not the case after all.

Ever since gaming PCs have been a thing, Windows has been the operating system of choice. However, Microsoft hasn't had the same success with handhelds. After the Steam Deck, SteamOS proved itself to be a better gaming system than Windows, and people began trying to get Valve's system onto their handhelds. Now, Valve has reportedly declared war on Windows by prepping a public release for SteamOS so you can turn anything you want into a Steam Deck.

After integrating a network-attached storage (NAS) into your work or personal life, the next big step is to secure your data. While there are plenty of ways to keep your data safe on your NAS, encryption may stand out as something that enables maximum security against various kinds of threats. After all, you hold the encryption key, so nobody else can access your data, making encryption a no-brainer — but is it?