The Raspberry Pi might be compact, but it's highly capable for its size, making it well-suited for a range of home experiments. Whether you want to keep your network safe, manage your devices remotely, or block annoying ads, your Pi can do it all. And the best part? Often, you can set up these projects in just an hour and see results quickly.

Upgrading your graphics card has always been the most straightforward way to improve your gaming performance. However, you can't just snag an RTX 5090 and expect it to perform as advertised because the rest of your hardware, especially your CPU, matters just as much. If there's anything I learned after upgrading from an RTX 3090 to a 4090 in 2022, it's that high-end GPUs need equally fast CPUs to match. What should've been a 70% improvement in frame rates felt like an underwhelming upgrade just because my 5900X was holding it back.

There are plenty of dating apps out there and apps that turn your chaos of work obligations into easily actionable lists. There is also a growing number of apps that help you make new friends. The pitch for Rodeo is a bit different in that it uses AI to help you schedule activities with your existing friends. The company was started by a pair of former Hinge execs who felt it was more difficult than it should be to make plans with friends. Parenting, work, 37 different group chats - all of this can lead to things like maintaining your relationships falling by the wayside. Rodeo can take social media posts for events or restaurants, or ev …Read the full story at The Verge.

If you want to extract maximum performance from your components, overclocking is probably the first thing that comes to mind. In theory, you can increase the clock speeds of most modern CPUs, graphics cards, and RAM. But given the performance dynamics of modern PCs, overclocking isn't always the best idea. In particular, if you're rocking a relatively recent mid- to high-end system, you'll likely find that undervolting the GPU nets much better results than overclocking the CPU.

Docker Desktop offers the convenience of a single GUI-driven app for experimenting, testing, and deploying containers. It’s a no-nonsense tool for quickly spinning up containers on Windows and macOS. I started my self-hosting journey with Docker Desktop, and everything felt almost magical at first.

The modular PC company Framework is adjusting the price of its DDR5 RAM modules once again as the cost of memory continues to surge. In an update on Wednesday, Framework said it will charge $10 per GB for 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB, with "slightly higher" prices for the 48GB and up.Framework first announced a price hike on memory earlier this month, citing "substantially higher costs" from suppliers and distributors. With this most recent increase in place, the 8GB variation jumped from $60 to $80, the 16GB option increased from $120 to $160, and the 32GB variation went from $240 to $320. Meanwhile, the price tag of the 48GB option more than doub …Read the full story at The Verge.

Aside from free shipping, Prime Video is the second-best perk that comes with an Amazon Prime subscription. This year, the streaming service delivered several strong installments to some of its biggest series like Reacher, Fallout, and Invincible - but it also premiered some great new shows and spinoffs to keep things fresh.Here's a list of the best shows and new seasons released on Prime Video in 2025.Reacher (season 3)Reacher is one of my favorite series on Amazon Prime Video, and the latest installment doesn't disappoint. After winding up in Maine, Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) - the former military officer-turned-drifter - gets enta …Read the full story at The Verge.

I've seen many people spend hundreds of dollars on monitors to settle for default settings that don't reflect how they actually use their display. What's the point of obsessing over refresh rate, response time, and color coverage on the spec sheets when you're just running exactly as it came out of the box? At that point, you're just leaving plenty of headroom on the table. Even though the panel itself is responsible for most of your experience, the monitor's OSD helps you get more out of your purchase.

Unlike the day after Thanksgiving, when people are rushing online and to the stores to look for deals, the day after Christmas is usually a time to recover from the festivities and check your budget to see how much all that gifting has cost you. However, if you're in a shopping mood, or if you suddenly realized you forgot somebody important, there are still some deals out there.For example, Nintendo is offering a bunch of its best-known games at deals ranging from 25 to 50 percent off. These include Princess Peach: Showtime ($41.99 down from $59.99), The Legend of Zelda, Echoes of Wisdom (also $41.99 down from $59.99), Super Mario Odyssey …Read the full story at The Verge.

The history of James Bond 007 in video games is filled with massive hits and forgotten duds. While the cinematic legacy of the character is legendary among film buffs, the gaming legacy of the iconic Ian Fleming character has been rocky at best, despite some iconic releases. But IO Interactive is getting into the driver's seat with 007 First Light, looking to give fans of Bond something new and unique. And what they've shown to everyone is a completely different take on James Bond that is looking to build upon the continuing legacy of the franchise.

If you've been saddled with some awful Gmail address you chose in high school (looking at you, LazySexyCool3030), help appears to be on the way. According to a Google account support page in Hindi the company is allowing some people to change their email address. According to the page (via Google Translate):If your Google Account email address ends with gmail.com, you can replace it with one that ends with @gmail.com.This appears to be more like adding a second address to your account than actually changing your email address, however. Email sent to your old address will still arrive in your inbox, and that address will still work to s …Read the full story at The Verge.

A little while ago, I made it my quest to migrate off of Windows 10 and try Linux. It was pretty intimidating, and I didn't quite know where I was going or what I wanted to achieve, but I figured I wouldn't get anywhere if I just sat around doing nothing. So, I forged ahead and tried out a bunch of things.