ASUS’s ROG Rapture GT-BN98 Pro, first announced late last month together with the non-Pro version, is poised to be available in the North American market—Canada and the US, to be specific. It’s no clickbait: I’m looking at one right now and have photo proof. Apparently, ASUS has gotten conditional approval, ...

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The SANDISK NAS 800, unveiled late last month as part of Sandisk’s new storage portfolio, is the first PCIe Gen 5 internal solid-state drive (SSD) purpose-built for network-attached storage (NAS) servers. It’s also currently the only one of its kind, as Seagate seems to have phased out its NAS SSDs. ...

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UGREEN, a popular Chinese maker of accessories and, in recent years, network-attached storage (NAS) servers, today announced a significant expansion of its hardware portfolio. In a launch event dubbed “UGREEN Smart Living”, the company unveiled its all-new HomeAgent ecosystem that includes a variety of smart home products, ranging from security ...

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Ubiquiti today introduced a new consumer-grade mesh category, the UniFi Whole Home WiFi. Its first product is the UniFi Home Wi-Fi 7, which consists of bundled packs of the UniFi Express 7 (model UX7) as true MLO-enabled mesh systems. UniFi Home Wi-Fi 7 is available as a 2-pack (UX7-2) or ...

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This post will help you perform an in-place Windows 11 26H2 upgrade on any PC that can run Windows 10, including those that don’t meet Windows 11’s hardware requirements. You can also pick any previous release of the operating system. If you have an Intel-based Mac and want to install ...

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Following up on the previous unveiling, TP-Link today released more details on its upcoming Wi-Fi 8 lineup, along with full rendered photos of some of the hardware and their specific model names. Still, it seems far from clear what will be available and, most importantly, when. TP-Link’s first Archer 8 ...

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Ubiquiti today announced the availability of its UniFi Travel Router Long-Range (model UTR-LR). As the name suggests, it’s an upgrade to the original UTR that came out late last year: it’s a UTR with a significant boost in range. In return, the UTR-LR is slightly thicker and a tad heavier. ...

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If you’ve been holding off on getting a Wi-Fi 7 router because Wi-Fi 8 is on the horizon, the wait is almost over. ASUS today announced its first round of Wi-Fi 8 hardware, featuring not one, not two, but three options: two standalone routers and one ZenWiFi mesh system. In ...

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When it comes to portable SSDs, Samsung has been one of the biggest names, especially since Micron retired its Crucial consumer brand. However, up to now, the company has offered mostly USB 3.2 drives ranging from Gen 1 to Gen 2×2, with the latest being the T9. That’s about to ...

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Ubiquiti today released UniFi Network 10.6, an incremental version for the app that turns a UniFi Cloud Gateway into a router. This release is quite small in terms of improvements and fixes, but it has one feature that makes life much easier for those with a large network—one with many ...

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Sandisk today announced its latest solid-state drives (SSDs), the first since it was split off from Western Digital: the SANDISK NAS 600 SATA SSD and SANDISK NAS 800 NVMe SSD. The two are part of the company’s all-new SANDISK NAS portfolio. While this is exciting news, keep in mind that ...

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As the model name suggests, the RT-BE90U is slightly below the previous RT-BE92U and proved less capable in real-world testing. However, it can still be an excellent alternative, even better in certain cases. Here’s the bottom line: For those living in a small home that needs only a single access ...

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Over the years, many of you have repeatedly asked me for recommendations on a Wi-Fi router (or mesh system) with “excellent Parental Controls.” I generally don’t have the answer because I deliberately don’t use this feature—and I’m a dad of three. In this post, I’ll explain what the Parental Controls ...

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The Nexode Pro 300W Desktop Charger (model X783) is the flagship unit in UGREEN’s newly released Nexode Pro Series. This is a powerful charger packed with tech, housed in a relatively compact yet somewhat flawed design. Here’s the bottom line: If you want a stationary charger for all your devices ...

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How the Wi-Fi bandwidth works has always been a mystery—we can’t put our finger on it. The hyped-up numbers thrown out by networking vendors only make things even more confusing. When buying a router or mesh system, we now face a choice among dual-band, tri-band, and even quad-band options. Each ...

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The Nexode Pro 160W Charger with Retractable Cable (model X776) is one of the two chargers in UGREEN’s newly released Nexode Pro Series. It snaps onto an electrical outlet to charge up to four USB devices at a time, with plenty of interesting tech packed inside a practical design. Here’s ...

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I first thought the ASUS RT-BE82U would somewhat resemble the RT-AX82U, the way the RT-BE86U and RT-BE88U continue their respective design lineages. I thought wrong. The RT-BE8U is more of an upgrade to the RT-BE58U, with slightly higher Wi-Fi specs and all 2.5GbE ports. Here’s the bottom line: For those ...

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The easiest step to improve home security is to install a camera surveillance system. There are many options on the market. However, most are cloud-connected and require a subscription fee—they are bad for your wallet and privacy, not to mention hindering your Internet bandwidth. That said, I’d always opt for ...

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If you have never heard of network-attached storage (NAS), this post is for you. Even if you already know about NAS, you’ll probably learn a thing or two. It’ll explain, in simple terms, the general NAS concept and its significance in data redundancy and safekeeping. For those who want to ...

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