My self-hosting journey began with a simple goal: to reclaim my data and build a high-performance environment that worked exactly the way I wanted. In the beginning, I was fascinated by every new Docker container. I was convinced that the more I customized and automated, the more efficient I would become.

The A57 has also been upgraded with a slightly thinner display bezel. Samsung has announced its two newest midrange phones, the Galaxy A57 and A37. Both phones benefit from a jump to IP68 water-resistance and some improved AI features, but the bigger upgrades are reserved for the A57, which is now thinner, lighter, and has a slimmer bezel around the display. The downside? They both also cost $50 more than last year's equivalents.The $549.99 Galaxy A57 is Samsung's direct rival to the $499 Google Pixel 10A and $599 iPhone 17E. To help it compete, Samsung has slimmed the phone to just 6.9mm thick, noticeably thinner than either alternative, while dropping the weight to 179g. That's been achieved without giving …Read the full story at The Verge.

I didn’t think I’d ever care about Ethernet again. For the longest time, gigabit felt like it was enough. It was fast, stable, and the kind of tech you stop thinking about because it just works. But over the past year, I started noticing small things like downloads that should’ve been faster, file transfers dragging, and my network choking the moment everything ran at once.

The best Super Mario games are ones I find myself coming back to again and again. I'm not sure I want to count how many copies of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World I own across various Nintendo platforms, but it's worth it because of just how satisfying it is to replay those classic levels, like revisiting a favorite album. They're simple enough that you can jump in easily, but with a level of depth that means I'm always discovering new things. And over the last few years I've added Super Mario Bros. Wonder to that list, a game that is absolutely bursting with new ideas and that exudes playfulness. It's a great way to unwind - and if …Read the full story at The Verge.

Cloudflare Workers is a serverless platform that lets you run JavaScript at the edge, handling requests close to users without managing servers. It powers fast APIs, routing logic, and lightweight apps with minimal setup. What’s less obvious is that the runtime behind it, workerd, is open source. That means you can replicate a similar setup on your own machine or server without relying on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. I tried exactly that: self-hosting a Workers-like environment using workerd, and it turned out to be far simpler than expected, both in terms of setup and actually getting something useful running locally.

On paper, backing up your files sounds simple when you’ve got a Network-Attached Storage. You create a dataset on your local server and fill it to the brim with all your essential documents and folders. But this rabbit hole goes a lot deeper than you think. Considering how tedious manual backups can be, scheduling everything using Kopia becomes a neat QoL tweak.

Anthropic has launched an "auto mode" for Claude Code, a new tool that lets AI make permissions-level decisions on users' behalf. The company says the feature offers vibe coders a safer alternative between constant handholding or giving the model dangerous levels of autonomy. Claude Code is capable of acting independently on users' behalf, a useful but risky feature as it can also do things users don't want, like deleting files, sending out sensitive data, and executing malicious code or hidden instructions. Auto mode is designed to prevent this, flagging and blocking potentially risky actions before they run and offering the agent a chan …Read the full story at The Verge.

Attendees wait in line outside the Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. | Graeme Slona/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge readers who are political junkies, and Washington insiders hooked on technology. If this email has been forwarded to you but you're not a subscriber, sign up here so you can get that pure, uncut Regulator every Wednesday, straight from the source (aka me). I was taking Friday off in Maine when two major pieces of tech news dropped: first, the White House released its framework for a comprehensive national AI bill with the intent of passing it through Congress. (Hayden Field, our AI reporter, has a thorough analysis of it here.) Second (and clearly more important), Polymarket opened th …Read the full story at The Verge.

Less than a week into his tenure as Disney's newly-appointed CEO, Josh D'Amaro is already dealing with two separate crises that have cast a shadow over the company's future plans. OpenAI is shutting down its Sora image-generation program just months after Disney announced a $1 billion dollar collaboration to bake the tech into Disney Plus. And Fortnite maker Epic is laying off 1,000 employees at a time when we've heard basically nothing about the game studio's $1.5 billion investment deal with Disney to build a metaverse.Disney could still integrate generative AI into its streaming service, and we might end up seeing some version of the co …Read the full story at The Verge.

Woot is running a day-long sale coinciding with the start of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale. Many products across multiple tech categories are discounted, including dozens of video games and accessories. What’s more, you can get an extra 20 percent off through 12:59AM ET on March 26th when you use code SAVETWENTY. Also, if you’re a Prime member who links their Amazon account, you’ll get free shipping.Of the grab bag of products, the Nintendo Switch 2-related discounts stood out the most. For instance, you can get the physical version of Mario Kart World at Woot for $52 ($28 off). If your Switch 2 didn’t already include a digital copy of the exclusive, World is a must-have racing title that’s fun to play alone or with others (my colleague Andrew Webster called it “the perfect launch game” in his review). It includes an open world chock-full of challenges — a series first — or you can race through different course-filled cups, just like in the old days.Mario Kart WorldWhere to Buy: $79.99 $52 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)Additionally, 8BitDo’s fantastic Ultimate 2 and Pro 3 controllers — both compatible with the Switch 2 and other platforms — currently cost $36 and $37.60, respectively. Considering that both gamepads typically cost over $50 each, the savings are steep enough to consider getting more than one gamepad. The Ultimate 2 and Pro 3 have a similar set of features — rumble, motion controls, TMR joysticks, customizable back paddles, an extra shoulder button, and adjustable triggers — but their button and stick layouts cater to different gamers.8BitDo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth ControllerWhere to Buy: $69.99 $36 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)While the Ultimate 2 is arranged like a Switch 2 Pro (which itself is an Xbox-style layout), the Pro 3 is more akin to a PlayStation controller, with sticks close together in the middle. One neat feature of the Pro 3 not found in the Ultimate 2 is the ability to pull off its magnetic buttons and swap their positions, which is handy if you’re switching platforms. Both models also feature a 90-day Woot warranty. Read our Pro 3 review.8BitDo Pro 3 Wireless ControllerWhere to Buy: $69.99 $37.6 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)If you already own Mario Kart World — or don’t own a Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 — there are also plenty of other great deals to choose from, including titles for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S.Here’s a smattering of favorites:The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomWhere to Buy: $59.99 $37.6 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)Pokémon Legends: Z-AWhere to Buy: $59.99 $36 at Woot (Switch, with code SAVETWENTY)Super Mario Bros. WonderWhere to Buy: $59.99 $37.6 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)Metaphor: ReFantazioWhere to Buy: $69.99 $14.4 at Woot (Xbox, with code SAVETWENTY)Silent Hill FWhere to Buy: $69.99 $32 at Woot (PS5, with code SAVETWENTY)Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Switch 2 EditionWhere to Buy: $59.99 $44 at Woot (with code SAVETWENTY)Monster Hunter WildsWhere to Buy: $69.99 $16 at Woot (PS5, with code SAVETWENTY)Armored Core VI Fires of RubiconWhere to Buy: $59.99 $16 at Woot (PS5, with code SAVETWENTY) $59.99 $16 at Woot (Xbox, with code SAVETWENTY)

Everything about video games is getting more expensive, and soon that will include a budget-friendly console. The Nex Playground - a Kinect-like device aimed at families that made headlines by outselling the Xbox over the holidays last year - will cost $299 starting on April 1st, a $50 bump.In a statement on the Nex Playground site, co-founder and CEO David Lee cited a number of familiar reasons for the higher price point:Over the past six months, the cost of key components - especially memory (DDR) and storage (eMMC) - has risen significantly across the industry. These increases are driven in part by the rapid expansion of AI infrastru …Read the full story at The Verge.

When Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that bringing back older GPUs was a "good idea" back at CES this year, it generated some buzz amongst the PC hardware community. Semiconductor manufacturing rarely goes backwards, let alone jumping back 2 generations, but the RTX 3060 has indeed reportedly reentered active production on Samsung's 8nm fab, according to TechPowerUp. Despite being over 5 years old, the RTX 3060 is a lot more capable than you might think, and this attempt to resurrect it isn't surprising if you currently have one in your system. While it does depend on which particular model Nvidia decides to bring back to market, it proves, if nothing else, that older GPUs are still relevant in 2026.