Self-hosters need a different VPN than people trying to watch BBC iPlayer. We tested seven against the criteria that actually matter — port forwarding, audited no-logs claims, WireGuard support, and remote-access primitives. Proton VPN takes overall; Tailscale wins for remote self-host access; the right pick depends on whether you're hiding data or sharing it.
Proxmox VE 9.1 dropped in November 2025 on Debian Trixie with kernel 6.17 and OCI image support for LXC. Here's the weekend migration plan from Docker-on-Ubuntu to a 9.1 homelab — hardware, install, ZFS, container import, and the order that won't break things.
iOS 26.4.2 closes a notification-database flaw — CVE-2026-28950 — that let the FBI extract Signal messages even after the app was deleted. Update everything tonight, and yes, this matters for non-Signal users too.
Meta cut more than 1,000 Kenyan contractors after they reported reviewing intimate Ray-Ban Meta footage. A class-action lawsuit followed, and Kenya opened a regulatory probe. Here's what the scandal exposes about every camera-equipped wearable on your face.
Gemini's defaults send your chats to human reviewers and keep them for 18 months. Here's the exact 12-minute walkthrough to turn that off across web, Android, and Workspace — and what Google still keeps anyway.
Reports of relaser-marked GPUs pretending to be RTX 4090 cards are a reminder that used graphics cards need careful inspection. Here is what to check before buying.
The FTC says consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025. Here are the scam patterns to watch and the settings that reduce your risk.
Microsoft and OpenAI have ended the exclusivity around their revenue-sharing and cloud relationship. The practical result: OpenAI can use more clouds, Amazon can come in, and the AI infrastructure race gets messier.
ADT confirmed a Salesforce-instance breach affecting 5.5 million customers after the ShinyHunters extortion group set an April 27 leak deadline. No payment data or alarm systems were touched, but home addresses are out — and the phishing wave is already starting.
OpenAI shipped GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026 — pitched less as a chat upgrade and more as an agent runtime built to take actions, hold long task state, and run multi-step workflows. Here's what's new, what it costs, and whether normal users should upgrade.
Cloudflare launched a Domain Registration API on April 15, 2026, paving the way for hosting providers and AI tools to sell domains at near-wholesale prices. Here's what changed, why .com prices are about to bend downward, and whether you should switch.
