Setting up a new Windows 11 PC can be exciting, but it's also a bit of a chore. Even though Windows has supported "backups" for a few years at this point, this mostly boils down to backing up some PC settings and Microsoft Store apps, and then you have to rely on paid solutions like OneDrive or an external USB drive to move larger chunks of data over. Plus, you have to install all your apps again, too.

OpenAI and Oracle signed a deal “to purchase $300 billion in computing power over roughly five years,” one of the largest cloud computing deals ever, reports the Wall Street Journal.In July, the two companies revealed their partnership to build data centers worth 4.5 gigawatts of power as part of the broader Stargate project they announced with Softbank and President Trump, without explaining how much OpenAI planned to pay for the datacenters. OpenAI’s contract will begin in 2027, according to the report. OpenAI, which reportedly expects $12.7 billion in revenue this year, is also likely behind another $10 billion contract with the semiconductor giant Broadcom to design its own AI chip.While reporting quarterly earnings on Tuesday, Oracle CEO Safra Catz announced that three unnamed companies had signed “four multi-billion-dollar contracts” in Q1, part of a trend that she said is increasing Oracle’s cloud infrastructure revenue by 77 percent this year. Overall, the company said that in Q1 it added more than $317 billion in future contract revenue, a massive dollar amount that sent share prices soaring and Chairman Larry Ellison to the top spot of the world’s richest person list. 

Everyone talks about self-hosted and getting started with Docker. But there's one key aspect of self-hosting that a lot of users miss out on — properly backing up their containers. Let's just say, I discovered that firsthand when the SSD volume on my NAS crashed and brought down my entire smart home with it. Clearly, hoping for the best is not the best strategy. Now, there are, of course, a wide variety of ways to back up Docker containers. But I wanted something tried and tested, simple to configure, and, more importantly, something I wouldn't have to mess around with much once configured. In typical open-source, there's a tool for the job, and I came across Repliqate. Repliqate uses an extremely simple Docker Compose-based approach combined with Docker labels to automate container backups, and it's quickly become my go-to solution to ensure that my Docker containers are effectively backed up. Here's how you can get started with Repliqate.

For many people, a PC might just be a tool to get things done, but for many others, it's one of their most prized possessions. Naturally, then, esthetics play an important role when choosing PC components. There's nothing wrong with wanting good-looking components in your PC, but looks should never be the primary driver in your purchase decision. Once you've ticked off performance, features, and reliability on your list, it's perfectly fine to use esthetics as the final filter.

Guns and explosions might be what our parents have always considered video games to be, but there's so much more to this platform we all love. In fact, where going in guns ablazing is a different kind of power fantasy we all love from time to time, there's an entirely different kind of power fantasy that is just as rewarding — stealth.

The new glasses would go beyond Amazon’s Echo Frames. Amazon, like Meta, Google, Samsung, and Snap, is working on a new pair of augmented-reality (AR) glasses, according to a report from The Information. The AR glasses, codenamed Jayhawk, could reportedly come with a full-color display in one eye, along with built-in microphones, speakers, and a camera.The report comes just before Meta is expected to reveal its “Hypernova” smart glasses at its Connect event. Meta’s glasses are rumored to be a step above its Ray-Ban smart glasses, offering a small display for mini apps and alerts on the right lens, according to Bloomberg. Meta is also working on a pair of AR glasses known as Orion.Amazon launched its third-gen Echo Frame smart glasses in 2023, but their features fall flat when compared to Meta’s Ray-Bans. Though Amazon may launch its first AR glasses in late 2026 or early 2027, The Information reports that Amazon could release a pair made for delivery drivers even earlier.Amazon initially plans on making 100,000 units of the glasses for delivery drivers, called “Amelia” internally, The Information reports. They will reportedly have a bulkier design when compared to the consumer version, along with a display designed to provide instructions to drivers about where to deliver packages. Reuters reported on the glasses last year, saying they would offer drivers “turn-by-turn navigation on a small embedded screen.”

Network-attached storage, as its name suggests, is essentially a storage space for all your data. It is a cloud alternative that resides in your home and is under your control. But what actually turns it into a smart, usable machine are the tools and apps you install on it. For my productivity suite, I use a ton of apps every day that make my experience so much better, and my life that much easier. Thanks to them, I have not only cut down on a lot of my subscriptions, but my digital life also now feels a lot more put together.

Compared to expensive PCs and server hardware, Single-Board Computers are an inexpensive means to tinker with DIY projects. However, most of the popular SBC series, including the all-powerful Raspberry Pi series, aren’t as budget-friendly as they used to be a while ago. Although microcontrollers are an entirely different product than SBCs, there’s a surprising amount of overlap between the projects you can build with them – especially when it comes to circuitry-related ideas.

ErsatzTV is a project that flips the usual media server experience on its head. Instead of navigating through endless menus of shows and movies, it creates linear channels out of your collection. That means you can sit back, flip through your own personal lineup, and watch whatever comes on next, just like the TV experience many of us grew up with. It’s a refreshing change for those who want to enjoy their media without constant decisions.

You can't go wrong with the Keychron Q1 Pro. It's a fantastic keyboard that gets everything straight out of the box. Of course, if you want to customize it, that's also an option. The only problem is that this mechanical keyboard is pretty expensive, costing a whopping $210, putting it out of reach for most people that want to grab a new keyboard. With that said, the Keychron Q1 Pro is now seeing a stellar discount that drops it down to $168. This is one of the lowest prices that we've seen for this keyboard, so be sure to pick one up if you've been on the lookout.

President Donald Trump has cast his shadow over the latest forecast on US greenhouse gas emissions. Reductions in planet-heating pollution are already expected to slow over the next decade, setting the US and the world back in efforts to stop climate change.Here’s what could have been. Taking previous climate policies into account, research firm Rhodium Group forecast last year that US greenhouse gas emissions would fall by up to 56 percent by 2035. Alas, fortunes have changed. Following “the most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory” during the first seven months of the Trump administration, according to a new Rhodium Group report published today, we can expect a significantly slower pace of progress — a 26–35 percent reduction in emissions over the next decade compared to pollution levels in 2005. That falls far short of the action needed to stop global temperatures from risingThat falls far short of the action needed to stop global temperatures from rising, a problem that is already leading to more extreme weather and other climate-related disasters across the US. The gloomier outlook reflects obstacles the Trump administration has created for wind and solar energy in the US on top of sweeping efforts to wipe federal environmental protections off the books. It’s been a whiplash change since 2024. Former President Joe Biden set a goal of slashing US greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent this decade as part of the nation’s commitment to the global Paris climate agreement. The Inflation Reduction Act Biden signed into law in 2022 was projected to get the US most of the way to that goal, with generous tax incentives for carbon pollution-free energy and electric vehicles projected to shrink emissions about 40 percent by 2030. The Environmental Protection Agency under Biden also introduced policies to strengthen limits on pollution from power plants and transportation. Trump has done the opposite. With the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump is phasing out tax credits for electric vehicles and solar and wind projects. He’s been particularly combative with wind energy developers, going as far as to order a nearly complete project off the coast of Rhode Island to halt construction over purported national security concerns. The EPA, meanwhile, no longer wants to regulate greenhouse gas emissions at all. In July, it proposed rescinding the landmark 2009 finding that allows the agency to regulate gases under the Clean Air Act because they endanger public health. The EPA says that if they finalize the rule change, which faces legal challenges, it would “repeal all resulting greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines, thereby reinstating consumer choice.” Trump, after receiving tens of millions of dollars in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, tapped a former oil and gas company executive, Chris Wright, to lead the Department of Energy. This week, Wright called efforts to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions — which researchers have found needs to happen by the middle of this century to stop global average temperatures from rising much higher than they already are — a “colossal train wreck” and a “monstrous human impoverishment program.” The US, however, has managed to maintain economic growth while limiting greenhouse gas emissions. US greenhouse gas pollution was 17 percent lower in 2022 than they were in 2005, according to the EPA. Rhodium Group’s emissions forecast includes a range of outcomes based on whether Trump’s proposed policies come to fruition, as well as other economic factors, including oil and gas prices and costs for clean energy technologies. Even without subsidies, renewable energy is still cost competitive with gas, Rhodium Group notes. Wind and solar and related energy storage projects make up a staggering 95 percent of new electricity generation capacity queued up to connect to power grids in the US. With electricity demand suddenly on the rise because of data centers, AI, and electric vehicles, utilities are racing to add as much capacity as they can. In short, renewables aren’t going away in this forecast and will continue to cut down US greenhouse gas emissions.But that’s likely to happen at a slower pace as the Trump administration works to push the scales in favor of more fossil fuels to meet that growing electricity demand. US greenhouse gas emissions have shrunk by an average of 1.1 percent annually since 2005, according to Rhodium Group. In the firm’s most pessimistic scenario, that could fall in half to a pace of just a 0.4 percent reduction each year through 2040.

On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation "sandbox" that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modifications to or waivers from any "obstructive regulations" to the testing and deployment of products or services that use or contain "in whole or in part" at least one AI system. In return, companies would be required to disclose plans to mitigate consumer safety and financial risks. The waivers would last for two years at a time, up to 10 years, harkening back to the failed morator …Read the full story at The Verge.