Valve might replace some internal Steam customer support with AI
… Valve is reportedly working on an AI chatbot that the company plans to use internally to address some Steam customer support issues and to oversee anti-cheat measures. …
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I still don't trust Nvidia's driver release notes after months of performance issues
… Sometimes, DLSS support showed up in a new game, while other times, you got a few extra frames in a AAA release. …
I switched my whole house to a single VLAN and stopped pretending I needed segmentation
… It can protect many users from untrusted endpoints and can reduce the blast radius. The segmentation solves the wrong problem for home networks, where devices constantly need to interact with each other. So, I collapsed the network into a single trusted VLAN. …
Android Auto bug forcing some Pixel users to unlock their phones before connecting
… You can find the Google support thread about the problem here . In other Android Auto-related news, Galaxy S26 users are encountering issues with the in-car infotainment system showing only a black screen, or in some cases, apps refusing to load.
AMD's fTPM is still causing random stutters, but the fix could cost you money
… It also means you're technically running outside of Microsoft's supported configuration for Windows 11, which may cause some small issues elsewhere. …
OpenAI's new GPT-5.4-Cyber can reverse engineer binaries, and it wants thousands of defenders using it
… Trusted Access for Cyber sign-ups open; apply to join TAC for GPT-5.4-Cyber and related defensive tools. …
Every month Windows gets an emergency patch, and I'm running out of reasons to stay
… Microsoft issues emergency patches to fix such update issues, and this has become a pattern. …
Synology felt like an appliance until I built a custom NAS with TrueNAS and realized what I was missing
… With a turnkey NAS, you're at the liberty of the vendor to continue supporting the model you purchased and own. Any support needs to go through the brand, and there are usually very limited avenues available for upgrading the enclosure as a whole. …
I optimized Proxmox's defaults and cut my home lab energy costs without sacrificing speed
… Plus, you also get to use the full range of extensions and instruction sets supported by the host processor on your dev virtual machine. …
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
… Trusted devices like laptops and phones on one. …