If you’ve been a part of the home lab community for a while, you’ve probably tried to mix and match different hardware and software combinations for your DIY projects. After all, the beauty of experimentation servers is that you can integrate practically any computing device with your nodes. And I don’t just mean mini-PCs, CPUs, or other hardcore PC components, either.

After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley's viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump's administration responded by flooding the state with federal immigration agents and freezing funding for childcare services. (A judge ruled that the federal government must continue funding childcare subsidies, at least temporarily.) Now Shirley is back loitering outside daycares again, this time in California.Over the weekend the 23-year-old posted a photo of himself with the caption "Hello California I've arrived." Like with his last video, which featured a "source" later identified by The Int …Read the full story at The Verge.

There have been whispers of a new Xbox console on the horizon. While Microsoft hasn't explicitly stated that a new Xbox is on the way, we've heard whispers that the company is planning something with its gaming hardware. Yes, despite letting go of its exclusives and going for a cross-platform strategy, Microsoft isn't going to duck out of hardware anytime soon.

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: "Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the remedies decisions in its case against Google's unlawful monopolization of internet search and search advertising." Just a few weeks ago, Google itself filed a notice to appeal and requested a pause on the remedies ordered by DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta last year. Those remedies included requiring Google to share search data with its rivals and barring Google from making exclusive d …Read the full story at The Verge.

Development on the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Borderlands 4 is on "pause," according to a statement from a Take-Two spokesperson given to Variety. "We made the difficult decision to pause development on that SKU," Take-Two spokesperson Alan Lewis said in the statement published by Variety. "Our focus continues to be delivering quality post-launch content for players on the ongoing improvements to optimize the game. We're continuing to collaborate closely with our friends at Nintendo. We have 'PGA Tour 2K25' coming out and 'WWE 2K26' [for Switch 2], and we're incredibly excited about bringing more of our titles to that platform in the fut …Read the full story at The Verge.

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos (L) and Warner Bros. Discovery Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights | Getty Images Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos was launched into the middle of a congressional culture war on Tuesday as he testified before a Senate subcommittee about the company's attempt to buy a large part of Warner Bros Discovery.The hearing before the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee highlighted an array of traditional merger concerns on both sides of the aisle: that the deal could potentially raise costs for consumers, limit their theater experiences, or shrink the market for entertainment jobs. But a large chunk of the session also focused on Netflix's allegedly "woke" programming, including content that features transgender characters.Netflix …Read the full story at The Verge.

Some of the best gaming laptops come from Lenovo, like the Legion Pro 7, which we love every time it hits our desks. This time around, it's the bigger brother in the Legion 9i going through its paces, and it's every bit the behemoth that the 18-inch display would indicate. Powered by the fastest laptop components like Arrow Lake HX CPUs and Nvidia's RTX 50-series GPUs, this carbon-fiber bedecked clamshell is ready to race.

Ever since LLMs became a public-facing tech, I haven't spent a dollar on it. I would mess around with the free models, but quickly discover that the LLM tended to just make stuff up on the spot. If I wanted to pay for a product that pulled answers from thin air, I’d buy a Magic 8-Ball; at least it has the decency to tell me to 'ask again later' instead of making up a fact.

The possibility of Apple releasing its own TV is a rumor that won't go away.

Laptops not having enough ports is all too common nowadays, especially with brands doing their best to chase slimmer devices. A great way to overcome this is to grab a USB hub or docking station to add more ports.

Microsoft confirmed last year that it's working on a next-gen Xbox console in partnership with AMD. Now, AMD is hinting that the next Xbox console, which will use custom AMD chips, could be launching in 2027."Development of Microsoft's next-gen Xbox, featuring an AMD semi-custom SoC, is progressing well to support a launch in 2027," said AMD CEO Lisa Su on an earnings call today. The brief comment doesn't confirm Microsoft will launch a new Xbox in 2027, but it does reveal that AMD is ready to support a launch then if Microsoft is also ready.Microsoft entered a "strategic multi-year partnership" with AMD last year that includes the pair …Read the full story at The Verge.

I’ve been testing LLMs and covering AI tools since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, so I’ve seen the hype cycles, the actual breakthroughs, and the tools that deliver on the promises they make. A quick scan of my coverage at XDA makes it pretty clear that Perplexity was one of my go-to recommendations. In fact, I even ditched my usual browsers for its AI-powered browser, Comet.