Since the Raspberry Pi 5 was released, people have tried turning it into a gaming machine. We've seen portable consoles, emulators, and even arcade cabinets that use the mighty SBC as its beating heart. Now, the PS3 emulator RPCS3 is ready to roll on the Raspberry Pi, albeit you'll need to put up with a lot to enjoy your time with it.

Built to fulfill your experimentation fantasies, home labs are the perfect testing environments to bring your cool projects to life. Whether you’re a newcomer who’s trying to navigate the treacherous waters of distro hopping or a hardened veteran looking to tinker with advanced network settings, home labs provide the added advantage of letting you start over from scratch in case things go wrong.

Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) is a feature introduced in Windows 10 in May 2020 and has continued into Windows 11. It's often touted as a feature that you should turn on or turn off depending on who you're speaking with, and you may find that some games have problems when it's enabled. However, it's a net-positive feature for most people, even if there are some teething issues at present.

The age-old question of "how much RAM should be in my gaming system" has had the same answer for years now. 16GB was the de facto amount of memory that was considered more than enough for gaming. But times have changed. 16GB is no longer enough, and the proof is in the pudding. The memory usage of most games has gone up significantly, and if you're running 16GB, you might actually run into issues with newer titles. As a result, 32GB is now the sweet spot for gaming machines, and here's why.

Building a new PC is always a joy, no matter what budget you have or what stage of life you're in. Buying every component, grabbing the best deals, installing everything yourself, and finally turning the PC on — the entire journey never disappoints.

I have been a Windows user for as long as I can remember. It all started with a cheap PC, but in recent years, I’ve been using AMD Ryzen-powered PCs from Lenovo and HP. I’ve had no complaints whatsoever with any of my Windows PCs. However, earlier this year, I broke the Windows laptop I used daily and started looking for a new one. I was almost certain I’d get another Windows device, but the geek in me wanted to try something new. That’s how I ended up with an M3 MacBook Air. It’s a great device — very light and powerful — but after using it for over four months, I’ve concluded that it’s just not for me.

Image: Yelp Yelp is introducing some new AI features that aim to help users discover new establishments and narrow down customer reviews. The AI-powered “Review Insights,” announced today as part of Yelp’s end-of-year product release, quickly summarize how customers feel about certain aspects of a business, such as food quality, service, ambiance, and wait times.Review insights are aggregated sentiment scores that provide a quick overview of topics using facial icons — positive, neutral, and critical — displayed above a business’s reviews. Yelp users can click specific topics to read related reviews that focus on those aspects of the business, such as what customers are saying about the food or service.Yelp says the feature is available on iOS for restaurant, food, and nightlife businesses, and will be expanded to services categories “next year.” Review insights builds on the AI-powered review summaries feature that Yelp introduced in January.“When searching for a local restaurant, you might have a specific aspect in mind that matters most to you — be it the vibe of the space, how long it takes to get a table, or the quality of the food,” said Yelp’s Chief Product Officer Craig Saldanha in the announcement blog. “Even when a review doesn’t explicitly mention one of the topics, the LLM understands the context in the review to identify and surface the relevant topic and sentiment.” Image: Yelp Heads up — Yelp will autoplay and unmute the full-screen user videos on the iOS app homepage. The home feed search bar on iOS now features a trending drop-down that highlights the most popular terms other local users are looking for, which will be coming to Android “early next year.” The iOS app home page has also been expanded to include new reviews, photos, and full-screen video spotlights uploaded by other users that surface recent experiences. Yelp says it’s rolling out an AI-powered update that “better tailors the home feed to your preferences” in the coming weeks.

The power supply unit (PSU) is vital for all desktop PCs. This component handles the conversion of power from alternate current (AC) to direct current (DC). Your PC parts can't work with AC and require a stable, reliable DC supply that a power supply provides. Everything connects to the power supply, albeit some parts indirectly through the motherboard. Should your PSU encounter issues, buy a PSU from an unreputable brand, or overload it with more powerful parts, you risk causing irreparable damage. Thankfully, power supplies are designed so they shouldn't go out with a bang. Here are some signs the PSU could be on its way out.

Benchmarking is a crucial part of the PC building process, as it allows you to quantify the performance of your newly built PC. Benchmarking the components will tell you how well they perform heavy loads, and whether they overheat or show any abnormalities when pushed to their limits.

If you're in the market for a new tablet, you really can't go wrong with the iPad Air. Not only does it have a sleek design, but it's also plenty powerful as well, thanks to Apple's custom M-series chips. This is one of the best tablets that you can get right now. In fact, this particular model is our top choice for 2024.

This is the mouse you want to get if you're looking for the best. The Logitech MX Master 3S delivers when it comes to comfort and accuracy. Furthermore, it offers lots of customizable options, and it can be had at one of its best prices of the year. While it's normally priced at $100, this minor yet important discount drops it to just $86. Although the discount might not seem steep, this is one of the best prices we've seen for this mouse, so get it now while you can.

If you're a sysadmin, homelabber, or just a general tinkerer with all things computers, bootable USB sticks will be familiar to you. They're used for everything from recovery CDs to installers and diagnostic tools, and have been a mainstay of how we get software initially loaded onto computers for years. But you might not know that you no longer need one USB stick per image, and it's long been possible to setup a great, multi-ISO USB stick with plenty of your most used tools and images ready to go at a moments notice. We think its a great investment of time for anyone using these tools, with a relatively low upfront cost, and here (in no particular order) are our seven top reasons why.