This is the laptop to get if you've been looking for something with a large screen that also has tons of power. The MSI Summit A16 AI+ really delivers when it comes to the experience, and is a fantastic option for basic use, and even more demanding applications like creative work or gaming. The best part is that the price is now affordable, coming in at just $950. That's well below the original retail price, which usually sits at around $1,300.

I didn't expect a self-hosted tool to feel this fast or modern but Blinko made me realize how uncomfortable I'd become trusting every thought to someone else's servers. Most AI note-taking tools follow the same playbook: upload your notes to the cloud, let their servers process everything, and hope they're handling your data responsibly.

Sometimes, developers get so engrossed with making the best app possible that some of the basics get left behind. I understand it; if you're doing something amazing and you're going full steam ahead, all the small quality-of-life features seem like minor tweaks compared to all the glorious new tools and features you want to add to your app.

Back when I took the plunge and tried my very first immutable operating system, I wasn't sure what the fuss was about. My OS of choice was Fedora Silverblue, and on the surface, I didn't really see the point of immutability. All I really saw was an inability to install things via the console, a layering system people told me not to use because it'd 'defeat the purpose' and that's about it.

The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro is too weird to exist. It takes the excellent 4K projector and karaoke microphones from Anker's Nebula X1 and stuffs them inside a powerful five-speaker Google TV party on wheels. It's so absurd that it feels like a gadget fever dream - and I'm here for it.At the heart of this system is the same liquid-cooled, triple-laser, auto-image-correction-everything projector I reviewed last summer. It's unbelievably quiet for a 3500 ANSI lumen projector that lays claim to the title of being the brightest and most vivid all-in-one portable projector on the market. Now it's also the loudest, with 400W of audio added to the …Read the full story at The Verge.

Home labs are typically characterized by larger-than-life server rigs and cutting-edge PCs that cost an arm and a leg, with the ongoing RAM-apocalypse inflating the hardware prices to unforeseen levels. This notion also extends to network stack, secondary rigs, storage drives, and other accessories that you’ll probably want to add to your experimentation setup.

Before I paired ChatGPT with Perplexity, my research routine felt like it was missing something. For example, to find an image of something I was looking into, I had to take one step and search for it. But now Perplexity surfaces visuals right in the answer, so I never have to leave the conversation. Perplexity helps me pull up fresh sources and visuals. ChatGPT helps keep my workflow consistent because it remembers how I like the output delivered.

In a PC build, space is the ultimate currency. Cramming a gaming PC into a tight ITX case is just as hard as making a mid-tower look professional with cable management. The problem is that case manufacturers design for the average user, leaving a lot of dead space or forcing awkward layouts that don't quite meet my specific needs. Historically, fixing these physical constraints required a drill, a Dremel, and workable sheet metal fabrication skills for case modding. The joy of a professional-looking output was reserved for professional modders with hours of experience and an arsenal of tools.

Running a home lab? Or maybe just a single home server and some storage to break your cloud dependency? While you're deciding which PCIe add-in cards to use, you might have thought about expanding your server or which operating system to run. Proxmox is a firm favorite among many XDA staff, but that's not the only option, and you might have been tempted by Kubernetes's clustering options.

2025 wasn't a great year for Intel. The company laid off a lot of its workers, which included some people who were maintaining Linux drivers within Intel. Unfortunately, once the person who was in charge of tending to a driver was let go, it meant the driver was left in a state of limbo, unless someone came along and 'adopted' it again. Some popular drivers, such as one for the popular temperature tracker CoreTemp, got left in the dust during the layoffs.

While there are plenty of self-hosted dashboards you can try, they each have their strengths and weaknesses. While Glance initially intimidated me due to its configuration requirements, the process of setting up my own page went much smoother than expected.

In an unexpected turn, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has retired from his position, and his successor, Sara Bond, the president of Xbox, has also left Microsoft. According to internal emails, Microsoft CoreAI president Asha Sharma is stepping in to helm the tech giant's gaming division moving forward.