I have three separate servers at home, and while I was in the process of a migration, I had four servers in operation. All three of them are running Proxmox, though not as a cluster. That fourth server I used was a TrueNAS Scale machine that served as my introduction to home labbing, and that introductory piece now lives as a VM on one of my machines. Throughout it all, one piece of hardware has proved invaluable: my portable monitor.

The PlayStation 5 is the latest and greatest console on the market from Sony right now. But while the console itself is powerful and has a library of great titles to play through, new PlayStation 5 owners will want to get extra accessories for their console to better their overall experience. Although there are a variety of accessories for PlayStation hardware available in many places, not all of them are necessary and will just have you spending extra money. However, there are a few PS5 accessories that everyone will want to pick up when they can, especially if they want to get the most enjoyment from playing games on it.

OLED monitors have been at the top of the gaming display pyramid, but that doesn't mean the technology is perfect yet. All OLED panels suffer from lower brightness levels than LCDs, burn-in is an ever-present concern, and the HDR experience is inconsistent between models. Tandem OLED was unveiled as the next big innovation in OLED technology, and we're now seeing some excellent displays from the likes of LG, MSI, and Asus. I'm excited about this next stage of OLED monitors because tandem OLED looks like a big step toward removing the imperfections of OLEDs.

Sometimes the best piece of gear is the one that you can afford and won't break the bank. If you've been looking for a cheap gaming monitor, we think we've found one with this ASRock gaming monitor that's just $138. It's now seeing a substantial discount on its retail price, and also offers everything you could want from a gaming monitor. But be quick, this is the lowest price we've seen for this monitor.

You’ve just installed Linux, and everything looks shiny and new. The desktop is clean, the system is running, and you’re ready to dive in. But before you start using it day to day, there are a few simple steps you can take that can make the experience nearly perfect. Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, or Debian come ready to use right after installation, but with a little fine-tuning, you can take things from good to great.

The original Doom is one of those video games that helped define a genre. It was one of the pioneers in the first-person shooter category, and is still a noteworthy game to this day due to the genre it helped launch, and the franchise that spawned from its initial success. The Doom franchise is a massive catalog of games with frequent releases, including this year's Doom: The Dark Ages.

Windows 11, the most-used consumer desktop operating system in the world, undoubtedly has its problems. Yet, despite those problems, it's the most refined version of the company's operating system, regardless of the unsavory additions that have seen many users either commit to Windows 10 for as long as possible or even make the jump to Linux instead. There's one specific aspect of Windows that has always bugged me, though, and it's Microsoft's long-standing policy of requiring drivers to be digitally signed before the operating system will load them.

When you sign up to receive Internet service from an ISP, they'll usually provide a router and modem, or a combo unit of the two. While it will certainly get you online, it quietly leaves a few doors ajar for malicious actors, putting your security and privacy at risk. This is exceedingly common with routers provided by ISPs, but you can lock things down fairly easily with a few tweaks.

The first time I used ChatGPT to code, back in early 2023, I was reminded of "The Monkey's Paw," a classic horror story about an accursed talisman that grants wishes, but always by the most malevolent path - the desired outcome arrives after exacting a brutal cost elsewhere first. With the same humorless literalness, ChatGPT would implement the change I'd asked for, while also scrambling dozens of unrelated lines. The output was typically over-engineered, often barnacled with irrelevant fragments of code. There were some usable lines in the mix, but untangling the mess felt like a detour.When I started using AI-assisted tools earlier this …Read the full story at The Verge.

Notion has been my default workspace for years. I like how sleek and flexible it is, and almost everyone I know in tech swears by it. I built my own little systems inside it, from personalized dashboards to practical databases. But the thing with software that’s feature-heavy: it becomes a drag to use and causes more problems than it solves. The downsides started piling up, and I also disliked how dependent Notion is on an internet connection, even for the simple stuff.

Each of the three main console platforms has its own online services and versions of programs that cater to the players who frequently play games on it. But the one that ends up rewarding players the most is Xbox and its rewards program. Whether you find yourself buying many games for your Xbox Series X and PC, or simply enjoy downloading games to try out through Xbox Game Pass, gaming on Xbox can come with some nice perks. Both PlayStation and Nintendo have yet to find the right formula for balancing the time gamers spend on their services and how to keep them coming back for more. Even though I'm a big fan of all three of them, I find that the Xbox platform is the one that gives players the most for the time they put into playing the games they enjoy.

Third-person shooters are a special breed, aren't they? They let you see your hero, your weapons, and your chaos, unfold all at once, and in the process, end up giving us some of the most iconic moments in gaming history. The greatest TPS games have nailed the story, over-the-shoulder gunplay, their narrative, or they have introduced mechanics to the medium that have since become a staple of it.