Computers

Who needs Netflix when you have Plex, the media server software that runs locally and lets you stream your own local video files? I’ve been hosting my own Plex server on a Raspberry Pi 5 for a few years now, and it’s mostly run without a hitch. But like taking your car to a mechanic even when nothing’s obviously wrong with it, you should periodically look under Plex’s hood to see if it…

While Windows 11 provides a good enough out of the box experience—atrocious new taskbar aside—it handles so much better after tweaking just a handful of settings to make it feel more like the Windows of yesteryear. No, I’m not talking about making Windows 11 look like Windows 10 through an extensive overhaul (though if you’re a Windows veteran that’s worth doing). I’m talking about…

ExpressVPN just launched a whole bunch of new products, officially expanding the popular VPN service into a full-blown security and privacy suite. The company behind one of our favorite VPNs is entering a new phase in its evolution—from a single-product VPN to an all-encompassing digital protection platform. Now with just one subscription to ExpressVPN, you’ll gain access to not only the VPN…

Intel began as a memory supplier. The PC industry faces its most dire memory crunch in years, if not decades. So it makes sense for Intel to move back into PC memory, right? Sort of. Intel said this week that it is indeed working on a new memory technology, called Z-Angle Memory, or ZAM, with a Softbank-backed startup called Saimemory. It’s not so much a new type of memory, but rather a new way…