Faced with the limitations and potential costs of “free” tiers from Vercel and Cloudflare Pages, one developer moved his Next.js SaaS app to a $7.70/month VPS. Using Coolify for deployments, he now gets 12GB RAM, 6 vCores, and unlimited traffic for less than a fancy coffee.
Cisco’s massive partner program overhaul, Cisco 360, officially went live. It replaces nearly 25 years of legacy structures with new designations and incentives aimed at pushing partners toward AI and complex solutions. Partners are optimistic but have some early critiques.
A new AI supercomputing platform called STELLAR-AI is being developed to tackle the massive simulation bottlenecks in fusion energy research. By connecting computing power directly to experimental devices, it aims to transform research from a stop-start process into a continuous, adaptive workflow.
According to Digital Trends, Joobie is an emotionally intelligent AI companion designed by Hugbibi. It uses multimodal sensors to detect a user’s state and develops a unique personality over time. The device is scheduled for an official launch in the first half of 2026 after debuting at CES 2026.
According to XDA-Developers, Windows Search has been fundamentally broken since the Windows 10 era, with slow, jumpy results that often open the wrong app or fail to find files. Microsoft continues to prioritize adding features like Copilot and web content over fixing the core search experience. Mea
Microsoft is investigating reports that its January 2026 security update for Windows 11 is causing some PCs to fail to boot with a “UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME” error. This is the third major issue stemming from this month’s problematic Patch Tuesday updates, forcing the company to consider yet another
ASRock has announced its next-generation NUC BOX mini PCs, featuring Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” and AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 “Strix” processors. The tiny systems, slated for 2026, support up to 128GB of RAM and offer a dense array of high-speed ports.
AMD’s open-source Linux graphics drivers are leveling up. The new Mesa 26.0 release brings a dedicated transfer queue for faster data movement and crucial new performance counters for the upcoming RDNA4 architecture.
The Emmabuntüs collective has released Emmabuntüs DE 6, a Debian-based Linux distribution with a strong focus on accessibility and helping newcomers. It comes loaded with helpful tools and documentation, aiming to extend the life of old computers while supporting charity.
In a significant move for the RISC-V ecosystem, engineers from Qualcomm have submitted mainline Linux kernel patches to enable RAS support for the StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite. This brings serious server-style hardware error reporting to a board that can cost as little as $19.90.
