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OCT 21, 2026 PC Game Pass on an ARM Handheld: Xodus Nexus on the Odin 3 Xodus Nexus only ships for x86_64 Linux, but on ArmadaOS it runs through FEX. Here's how I got PC Game Pass working on an AYN Odin 3, Game Mode included. Gaming SEP 23, 2026 I Took Every LG TV in My House Off the Network LG's answer to the Gamers Nexus investigation denied the scariest claim and shrugged at the rest. The rest is why my LG TVs no longer get a network connection. Hardware AUG 03, 2026 I'm Disgusted by Sony's Disc Statement, and by the Gamers Defending It Sony's CFO says it will 'cautiously move forward' on killing discs and sees no impact on the business. The people cheering that on are arguing for a store with one door. Gaming JUL 30, 2026 The M5 Pro Retired My Gaming PC Without Me Noticing A few months with a 14-inch M5 Pro: four games benchmarked through GameHub and native Metal, local models up to a 44 GB coder at 128K context, and the heat that comes with it. Hardware JUL 29, 2026 Sony Handed Xbox a 21-Second Return to Gamers' Living Rooms. Will Asha Sharma Capitalize? Sony is ending physical disc production in January 2028, the backlash is drowning its own paid promotions, and the video that humiliated Xbox in 2013 is sitting there waiting. Gaming JUN 11, 2026 I Built a ServiceNow AI Assistant Instead of Licensing One Enterprise platforms sell you an AI assistant by the seat. I built one that lives inside the platform, runs on token-billed LLM calls, and lets me decide what it can do. AI JUN 11, 2026 The macOS Tools I Love Five Mac utilities that make my life easier when Apple doesn't: a clipboard manager I pay for, and four tools I wrote because nothing else fit the need. Software MAY 12, 2026 The UK Just Voted to Hand a Cabinet Minister the Off Switch An amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill gives a single minister the power to block sites, ban VPNs, and ID-check the entire UK adult internet. It cannot stand. Software MAY 07, 2026 How Tailscale Helped Me Ditch My iCloud Storage Subscription A mesh VPN built on WireGuard that takes ten minutes to set up and turns every device you own into one private network. Why I use it for my home lab, and how to get started. Software MAY 06, 2026 A Decent Week at Microsoft Gaming, With Caveats Xbox Mode shipped, console Copilot got killed, Sharma brought in her bench. The first stretch of Microsoft Gaming news in a long time that did not actively make my Linux post stronger. Gaming MAY 04, 2026 Getting Started with Local LLMs on a Mac: OpenCode + LM Studio A practical, opinionated walkthrough for wiring up OpenCode against an LM Studio server on Apple Silicon: installs, model picks for different RAM tiers, and how it actually feels to use day to day. AI MAY 02, 2026 Running LLMs Locally Is Quietly Becoming the Better Option for Home Devs Coding harnesses like OpenCode and pi.dev, paired with LM Studio and a good open model, now cover most of what home developers actually use cloud AI for, and the cost trajectory of frontier APIs is making that more true every quarter. AI APR 30, 2026 Should You Move From Windows to Linux for Gaming? In 2026, the Honest Answer Is Yes Proton has quietly turned Linux into a real gaming platform, and Windows 11 has spent the last two years giving people reasons to leave. With a couple of caveats around anti-cheat, the math has finally flipped. Gaming APR 29, 2026 GameHub on Apple Silicon Just Quietly Cracked Mac Gaming Open GameSir's new Wine-based compatibility layer, now in open beta, takes aim at what a decade of Apple keynote promises couldn't deliver: running real Windows Steam libraries on M-series Macs. Gaming
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