Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? With just a bit of extra effort, you can transform an old gaming PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, build your own security cam, and more.

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In an age of endless subscription fees, it can be liberating to cut down on your monthly expenses. With a little work, a ...

Playing on your PC or Steam Deck might sound like the most natural and efficient way to enjoy the best Steam games. But if you happen to have a Raspberry Pi lying around, you might wonder whether it ...

Brainboxes didn’t just bolt a Pi into a metal box — the company built a factory-grade edge controller that’s designed for ...

Build a local AI assistant and companion using a Raspberry Pi 5 mini PC. Install Ollama, Whisper, and Piper, so you get fast local voice chat. BMO ...

Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to eavesdroppers and stalkers. Today, security researchers at Belgium’s KU ...

After a friend bought a nannycam that required the use of a cloud service to make the device useful, [Martin Caarels] thought to himself — as he puts it — ”I can probably do this with a Raspberry Pi!” ...

With the powerful off-the-shelf hardware available to us common hardware hobbyist folk, how hard can it be to make a smartphone from scratch? Hence [V Electronics]’s Spirit smartphone project, with ...

A home phone could be the only thing keeping you connected to the world when there's a massive mobile outage. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in ...