Plex gets a fresh look on Fire TV — and a new paywall
…Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup , and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial…
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Rainmeter turned my boring Windows desktop into something I actually enjoy looking at every day
…It's a straightforward install, and you don't need to do anything special, disable security features, or change system policies to get it working. I also haven't encountered any problems…
Deepin's security problems just cost it another major Linux distro
…This might also be a good juncture to ask ourselves why we are apparently a long way behind SUSE in terms of having policies and mechanisms for reviewing security-sensitive package changes…
I ran Nvidia's NemoClaw to see if OpenClaw is finally safe, but it still has the same problems
…OpenShell uses kernel-level isolation to prevent agents from reading arbitrary paths on the host or persisting changes across runs. The critical design decision here is that the policy enforcement happens outside…
I ignored storage discipline in Proxmox until a restore actually mattered
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
Microsoft finally let us turn off Smart App Control, and I'm turning it off immediately
…SAC itself, the way it works and makes decisions on what's potentially unsafe, hasn't changed at all. What has changed is that users can now disable SAC whenever they need…
I stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks
…Scripts age, APIs change, storage paths move, and backup routines evolve as the lab changes. A check that was accurate three months ago can become decorative if it never gets reviewed. That…
I replaced Plex with this open-source app, and I haven't looked back
…Remote streaming changes pushed me even closer to evaluating alternatives. Historically, Plex allowed remote access via manual network configuration. But new policies require paid subscriptions for remote streaming across a growing list…
Your router is about to stop getting security updates - here's what to do
…Manufacturers like TP-Link, ASUS and DrayTek stand to lose the most in this policy change, and if you own a router from one of those companies, I'd be keeping a…
Your switch's management VLAN is sitting on the same network as your smart plug, and that's a massive security problem
…A badly configured native VLAN on a trunk port or any other single careless change can lock you out of your own network, and you'll be reaching for the reset button…