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Samsung joins LG in banning smart TV proxy apps
Samsung is removing apps that secretly turn smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, routing third-party traffic through home networks.
Neon Takes On A24 and Film Studios With Open Source SCP Foundation Movie
Neon just announced an SCP Foundation film under Creative Commons licensing to directly challenge A24's approach of making a big-budget adaptation ...
iPhone 18 Pro Thermals Are Actually Impressive. Everything Else Is Iterative.
The iPhone 18 Pro's best feature is actually what you won't notice: better thermals keep the phone cool under stress. Everything else is iterative ...
Wi-Fi 7 routers worth buying in 2026, and when Wi-Fi 6E still wins
The best Wi-Fi 7 router for your home depends on broadband speed and device count. Here is what MLO actually fixes, and when Wi-Fi 6E is the smarter ...
How much RAM you need in 2026, now that it costs this much
DRAM prices are up 171 percent year over year, so how much RAM you need in 2026 is now a budget question, not a spec sheet question. Here are the ...
Nvidia GPUs, Google TPUs and AWS Trainium all run AI, but only one is rentable
A plain comparison of GPU vs TPU vs Trainium vs custom ASIC in 2026, including the part most explainers skip: three of the four are not for sale.
A 1500VA UPS for your home server is really a 900W UPS
Sizing a UPS for a home server or NAS comes down to watts, not VA, and runtime you will actually use. Here is the maths, plus five units worth buying.
Wi-Fi 8 is not faster than Wi-Fi 7. That is the entire point.
Wi-Fi 8 vs Wi-Fi 7 comes down to reliability, not speed. Same 46 Gbps ceiling, same spectrum, but 25% lower latency and far fewer dropouts when ...
Huawei just moved its Nvidia rival forward by nine months
Huawei's Ascend 960 now lands in Q1 2027, nine months early. Here is how the Ascend 960 vs Nvidia comparison actually reads, and what still caps it.
Xiaomi's New Fold Is Aimed Directly at Samsung's Best Phone
The Xiaomi 18 Fold launched 7 September with a wider cover screen and faster charging than Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold8, and marks Xiaomi's first real ...
The 12-inch photomask is what makes ASML's $400 million machine worth buying
TSMC, Samsung and Intel have agreed to move from 6-inch to 12-inch photomasks, raising high-NA EUV throughput by around 40 percent. A standards change ...
Your LG Smart TV Has Been Scanning Your Home Network, and That Is a Problem
Researchers have found that LG smart TVs are actively scanning home networks to identify third-party devices like phones and laptops, and the ...
The best NAS for home in 2026 costs less than the drives inside it
Best NAS for home 2026, and the enclosure is now the cheap part. Drive prices have overtaken the box, which changes how you spec a two bay build.
The Fairphone 6 Plus Review: Boring on Purpose, and That's the Point
Fairphone's 6 Plus just got called 'an extremely average midrange Android phone' in a major review, and that description is meant as a compliment. The ...
Best Home Server OS 2026: Proxmox vs TrueNAS vs Unraid
Best home server OS 2026: Proxmox, TrueNAS and Unraid do three different jobs. A decision guide by workload, drive sizing, cost and learning curve.
Best Portable SSD 2026: What to Buy While Prices Are Doubling
Best portable SSD 2026 buying guide. NAND prices doubled in six months. Which external SSDs are still worth the money, what to skip, and when prices ...
AMD Helios vs Nvidia Vera Rubin: The Memory Number Decides This One
AMD Helios vs Nvidia Vera Rubin comes down to memory, not FLOPS. AMD claims 31TB of HBM4 per rack against Nvidia
A2A vs MCP: What Each Agent Protocol Actually Does
A2A protocol vs MCP explained: MCP connects an agent to tools and data, A2A connects agents to each other. What each covers and who governs them.
AMD Crosses 30 Percent of x86 Client CPUs for the First Time
AMD vs Intel market share in 2026: AMD reached 30.3 percent of x86 client CPUs in Q2, its first time above 30. Plus the Arm caveat most coverage ...
NAS vs Cloud Storage in 2026: The Real Cost Over Five Years
NAS vs cloud storage in 2026: we ran the five-year maths on hardware, drives, power and subscriptions to find where owning beats renting.
Wi-Fi 7 vs Wi-Fi 6E: Is the Upgrade Worth It in 2026?
Wi-Fi 7 vs Wi-Fi 6E, is it worth it? One speed test on your wired connection settles the question. For most homes the honest answer is not yet, and ...
Snapdragon C Puts Arm Windows Laptops in the Budget Aisle
Snapdragon C debuts in the Acer Aspire Go 15, pushing Arm Windows laptops into the entry tier with up to 8GB RAM, Wi-Fi 6E and dual USB-C ports.
Best Wi-Fi 7 Routers in 2026: What Actually Matters and What to Skip
The best Wi-Fi 7 routers in 2026, plus the specs worth paying for and the ones that are pure marketing. Picks for budget, mid-range and whole-house ...
HBM vs GDDR vs DDR: Which Memory Does What, and Why One Costs 100 Dollars a Stack
HBM vs GDDR vs DDR explained: three memory types, three different jobs. Bandwidth, latency, power and cost compared, plus what actually goes in your ...
NAS vs Cloud Storage in 2026: Which Actually Saves You Money
NAS vs cloud storage in 2026, compared on real costs over five years. See exactly when owning a NAS beats paying for Google One, iCloud or Dropbox.
A Fake VS Code Extension Was Quietly Draining Developer Wallets
A malicious Visual Studio Code extension called Solidity Pro was caught stealing browser wallet credentials and API keys from developers who installed ...
Gadgets, Phones, and Consumer Tech News
Gadget news and reviews covering smartphones, wearables, smart glasses, gaming hardware, earbuds, and the best tech deals. Updated daily.
NAS vs cloud storage: the real 5-year cost
NAS vs cloud storage compared on the real 5-year cost, privacy and hassle, plus the crossover point where owning a NAS finally beats paying cloud ...
The Crowdstrike Fallout Report Is Out and the Findings Are Uncomfortable Reading
The July 2024 CrowdStrike Falcon sensor update that took down an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices globally was not, in any meaningful sense, a.
Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 7: is the upgrade actually worth it in 2026?
Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 7 in 2026, compared on real speed, latency and price. What Multi-Link Operation actually does, and whether the upgrade is worth it ...
Google Pixel 11a May Finally Get the Chip It Deserves
For the past couple of years, Google has had a frustrating habit with its budget Pixel phones: give them the processor from the previous flagship and ...
Best NAS for home users in 2026: the ones actually worth buying
The best NAS for home users in 2026, compared on price, drives and Plex transcoding. Which Synology, UGREEN or budget pick fits your setup, and why.
Oura Ring 5 Review: The Smart Ring That Knows When to Shut Up
The smart wearable market has a noise problem. Every device wants to be your health coach, your sleep analyst, your stress monitor, and your activity.
Best budget 4K monitors in 2026: the ones actually worth buying
The best budget 4K monitors in 2026, tested and compared. Real prices, real specs, and which panel wins for work, gaming, PS5, and Mac.
Tool of the day: NotebookLM turns your own documents into a research assistant that cites its work
NotebookLM grounds its answers in the files you give it and links every claim back to the source. Genuinely useful for study and research, less so as ...
AMD RX 9060 XT: the $299 GPU that actually has enough VRAM
AMD's Radeon RX 9060 XT launched June 5 at $299 with 16GB of VRAM. It outperforms the RTX 4060 Ti by 15-20% and makes the RTX 5060 look overpriced.
Google Pixel 10 Pro at its lowest price yet: is it worth buying in June 2026?
The Google Pixel 10 Pro has hit an all-time low price around £614-649. Here's what you get and whether the timing makes sense.
Sony Xperia 1 VIII review: the only 2026 flagship with a headphone jack and microSD
The Sony Xperia 1 VIII is a £1,399 camera-first Android flagship with a 3.5mm jack, microSD slot, and triple 48MP cameras. Europe from June 19.
RISC-V vs ARM vs x86: the chip architecture war nobody told you about
RISC-V vs ARM vs x86 explained in plain English. We break down who owns each chip architecture, what it costs, and where each one wins in 2026.
The best Prime Day 2026 tech deals still live before it ends tonight
Amazon Prime Day 2026 ends tonight. Here are the tech deals reviewers actually rate, still in stock, with the real prices and who each one is for.
Microsoft's 2026 Surface line is its best in years, and its most expensive
OLED screens, new haptics and a two-stage chip rollout. The catch is a price hike that pushes Surface above equivalent Macs.
Nothing Cancels Its Next Budget Phone as RAM Prices Spiral
Nothing has cancelled the follow-up to its CMF Phone 2 Pro for this year, with co-founder Akis Evangelidis citing soaring RAM prices as the reason.
Prime Day 2026 early deals worth buying before June 23
Amazon Prime Day 2026 runs June 23 to 26, but the early deals are already live. Here are the ones reviewers actually rate, not just the loudest ...
The best budget wireless earbuds in 2026, according to the people who actually test them
We compared the lab results and long-term tests from the most trusted reviewers. Three pairs under 100 pounds keep coming out on top.