The Synology DiskStation DS1525+ network-attached storage (NAS) server, first available in the US on June 25 is arguably the best among Synology’s new and controversial 2025 releases. The contentious storage requirement aside, it’s the only one among its peers that’s truly an upgrade. It has everything of the preceding model, the DS1522+, and then some. … Read more
The Asus ROG STRIX GS-BE18000 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming router was first available at select retailers on May 20, 2025, together with the TUF-BE9400. However, it wasn’t what it was intended to be at launch due to various reasons. And I’d say it’s still fully ready today. Still, with the latest firmware release, it has … Read more
Automated Frequency Coordination, or AFC, is a valuable wireless networking feature that has recently become a reality with the release of the Wi-Fi 7 standard. It enables a Wi-Fi 7 broadcaster (router or access point) to significantly increase the range of its super-fast 6GHz frequency band. However, similar to Wi-Fi 7’s MLO feature, AFC has proven to … Read more
In March 2022, Wi-Fi routers supporting the 5.9GHz portion of the 5GHz frequency officially became available. Since then, this “final frontier” of the spectrum, known in the US as the UNII-4 group, has proved to be of limited use. This post will explain, in simple terms, UNII-4, the reason behind its significance—namely, the existence of … Read more
If you’re looking to improve your Wi-Fi but on a budget, TP-Link is generally a good brand to consider. That is, if you can wade through the increasing myriad hardware variants that are close to identical to one another. This post will help. Below are the top five affordable TP-Link Wi-Fi 7 hardware options—routers and … Read more
This post includes the top five best Wi-Fi 7 mesh systems you can confidently bring home today. All Wi-Fi 7 solutions will work well with existing clients, as long as they are not too old. That said, if you have an aging mesh Wi-Fi system that’s been struggling, I recommend giving one of these Wi-Fi … Read more
Today, Synology announced the availability of its 2025 2-bay Plus DiskStation NAS server, the DS225+, for the US market. Considering the 2024 model year DS224+, the release of this new version is somewhat unexpected. All other previous 2025 Plus servers, including the DS925+, DS425+, DS725+, DS1825+, and DS1525+, are refreshed versions of those released at … Read more
This post will help you upgrade any Windows 10 computer, including those that don’t meet the hardware requirements—without TPM 2.0, lack Secure Boot, or run on an unsupported CPU—to any release of Windows 11, including version 24H2 and the latest version 25H2 (still in Preview stage). There’s no need for a third-party tool or finicky … Read more
To generate text, every AI chatbot processes an input called a “prompt” and produces a plausible output based on that prompt. This is the core function of every LLM. In practice, the prompt often contains information from several sources, including comments from the user, the ongoing chat history (sometimes injected with user “memories” stored in … Read more
Nvidia is recommending a mitigation for customers of one of its GPU product lines that will degrade performance by up to 10 percent in a bid to protect users from exploits that could let hackers sabotage work projects and possibly cause other compromises. The move comes in response to an attack a team of academic … Read more