About a decade ago, in my introduction for the QNAP TVS-463 review, I talked about how my friend said the three basic needs of humans are "food, electricity, and internet". Since it has been over a decade since I asked someone university-age that question, I asked a bunch of university students the same question. Surprisingly, they all got "food, clothing, and shelter" correctly. But exactly how wrong is saying "food, electricity, and internet"...
Amidst my preparations for Japan trip later this year, I realize I enjoy planning in general. One event I have organized many times for different groups is a scavenger hunt. I enjoy thinking of the logistics of these activities. For me, I think about what sort of narrative you are telling when you run through an event like this. You need to consider different constraints participants will have, whether it is time, capability, or feasibility. The...
From PC Mag: Messaging apps like iMessage, Telegram, and WhatsApp have offered live location sharing since 2017, and now Android phones running Google Messages can finally do the same.
It’s unclear why Google took so long to offer real-time location tracking, but the feature is now beginning to...
From PC World: Valve’s Steam Machine might be the most anticipated gaming hardware this year… if it even comes this year. Amid the RAM crisis, the console-ish Linux-powered PC has been delayed, and Valve can only hope to get it out sometime in 2026. But on the software side, SteamOS is preparing to...
From CNET: Monitoring your health has never been easier thanks to wrist- and finger-worn fitness trackers. But analyzing the collected data has largely been left to the user. Until recent years, that is, when some of the tech companies that make these wearables launched their own AI health coaches....
From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR® (Nasdaq: CRSR) is proud to unveil the all-new 3200D mid-tower chassis for PC builders who demand excellent performance. The 3200D replaces the 3000D in the CORSAIR mid-tower lineup and is built for powerful systems with top-tier cooling. It is available in three...
From PC Mag: Your mobile VPN may be broken on Android, and multiple providers have been waiting on a fix from Google for over half a year.
Proton VPN noted the problems in a post on the social media network X, pointing to its requests to Google to fix the error found with phones and tablets running...
From PC World: Mozilla announced via blog post that it’ll be launching Firefox 149 next week, and with this update the company will begin rolling out a number of features it has been talking about for quite some time now.
First up is the browser’s new built-in free “VPN” service, which we’ve been...
From CNET: Finally, a little financial flexibility is coming to Apple's Family Sharing plan. Apple's iOS 26.4 update won't be available to all iPhone users until March 25, but the release notes include a welcome change. Members of a family group will no longer be bound to only one payment option....
From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake introduces the TR200 Series, a compact Micro-ATX lineup designed to deliver high-end hardware compatibility, advanced cooling support, and modern visual customization within a minimalist form factor. The TR200 Series includes the TR200 and TR200 WS Micro...
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