Raspberry Pi evolved is an integral part of self-hosted projects. It has become a popular recommendation for almost anything you want to build or host. However, like any other device, a Raspberry Pi doesn't fit into every mold, requirement, or scheme. It's a tiny computing device, and most of us overestimate its capabilities. There's also a problem of using the incorrect Raspberry Pi model for a project, due to which the overall setup feels sluggish and underpowered.

One look at printable file repositories like Printables or Thingiverse, and it's immediately evident that there's no dearth of things you could print. Most of these models are ready to hit Print, with minimal adjustment in slicer settings because they're already optimized for commonly used materials like PLA, ABS, and PETG. Some of them offer multiple preconfigured variations, while others are packed with parametric files you can tune to your liking. Lest I forget, enthusiastic hobbyists have also created whole themed model ecosystems like Gridfinity for drawer organization and the hilariously named Underware for under-desk cable management.

Having spent the last couple of months tinkering with LLMs, I have to admit that these local models have boosted my productivity once I began pairing them with FOSS tools. So far, I’ve hooked my Ollama models to Blinko, Paperless-GPT, Karakeep, VS Code (via Continue.dev), and other self-hosted services, and their superior reasoning capabilities make LLMs perfect for tackling monotonous tasks.

PC hardware advice has never, ever been easier to find than it is today. Still, somehow, it's also never been more misleading. Between Reddit threads, YouTube shorts, and salespeople pushing whatever happens to be in stock, a lot of "common knowledge" about building a PC in 2026 is either outdated, exaggerated, or worse, flat-out wrong.

Well, it's that time of the week again. Every Friday, the KDE team brings us a smorgasbord of things everyone has been working on in KDE Plasma. It's all open-source, meaning there are no hidden trade secrets or code obfuscated in proprietary software here, which means the team can collect everything that has progressed in the past week and present them as a nice end-of-week digest.

Every Secure Boot-enabled Windows PC you've used for the last decade has relied on the same set of cryptographic certificates to keep its boot process secure. Those certificates were issued by Microsoft back in 2011, and they're the reason your computer can verify that the software loading before Windows starts is legitimate and hasn't been tampered with. They're baked into your motherboard's firmware, and most people have never had a reason to think about them. That's about to change.

The DJI Romo robot vacuums. | Image: DJI On Valentine's Day, I brought you a story that's since made headlines all around the world: How one man, just trying to steer his DJI robot vacuum with a PlayStation gamepad, discovered an entire network of 7,000 remote-control DJI robots ready to let him peek into other people's homes.To be clear, DJI had already begun addressing some of the related vulnerabilities before the man, Sammy Azdoufal, showed The Verge just how much he could access. But it wasn't clear whether DJI would pay him for his discovery, particularly after how it treated security researcher Kevin Finisterre back in 2017 - or how soon DJI might fully patch the additiona …Read the full story at The Verge.

Switching to a lightweight gaming mouse can be transformative for some, swearing never to go back to what they were using before. While they used to be pretty niche, costing hundreds, the appeal eventually reached big brands, which in turn delivered more affordable solutions.

Okay, I know I've said that I believe 2026 will be the year of gaming on Linux, but I didn't mean we'd be seeing PS5s running it. Still, someone has managed to do something amazing and gotten FOSS working on the newest Sony console. Not only does it seemingly run just fine, but you can also play GTA 5 with raytracing on it just fine.

A blog post from Valve on Friday initially seemed to throw cold water on the idea that the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller would arrive in 2026 at all. But Valve tells The Verge it did not mean to suggest that - and that all three pieces of hardware will indeed ship this year, despite challenges from the ongoing memory shortage. Earlier today, Valve wrote that "we hope to ship in 2026," which sounded like a downgrade from Valve's earlier promises. As recently as last month, the company explicitly said it had not changed its plans to ship all three new hardware products "in the first half of the year," even though that its …Read the full story at The Verge.

I've been using cloud-based coding assistants and local LLMs heavily since they first came out. Partly out of idle curiosity at first, but as the models have improved and the tooling ecosystem has grown, I see valid, powerful use cases everywhere. I still don't feel like it's the earth-shattering revolution that the marketing teams try to portray, but they can handle real work nowadays.

When Elon Musk burst onto the scene in his little Tesla Roadster, it seemed a matter of time before electricity rendered gas-powered sports cars obsolete. It hasn't worked out that way. Automakers have struggled to bring purely electric two-seaters to market. The ones that managed to emerge have been flatly rejected by consumers. Porsche has walked back plans for an all-electric lineup of Boxster and Cayman models, seemingly spooked by technical hurdles and tepid response from its fanatical customers. Lamborghini last week scrapped plans for its first all-electric model, with the CEO saying the brand's customers have almost "zero interest" …Read the full story at The Verge.