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On September 1, 2026, the cheapest new GeForce RTX 5090 in the United States was a Zotac card at $4,999 on Newegg — per Tom's Hardware, “a card that cost less than half as much ($2,250) exactly one year ago,” and one that launched at $1,999 in NVIDIA's Ja … read more

Correction and update, September 27, 2026. Intel has ended servicing updates for the older half of this ladder: its servicing page dates End of Servicing Updates to December 31, 2021 for the Xeon E5 v3, June 30, 2022 for the E5 v4, December 31, 2023 for first-gen … read more

A year ago, a manufacturer-recertified Seagate Exos 24 TB sat in stock at a large US recert reseller for $298.99. On August 28, 2026, the same SKU on the same product page reads $699.00 — and out of stock. That is the 2026 hard drive shortage in a single listing: the … read more

On October 13, 2026 — the October Patch Tuesday — the last Extended Security Update ever issued for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 ships, and the program closes. Both tracks close at once: Microsoft's ESU lifecycle table lists the same end date, October&n … read more

The 2026 home lab has settled into a recognizable stack. Proxmox is still the most-recommended base in this year's community starter guides, with TrueNAS 26 closing the gap now that it runs full LXC containers. On top of it: Jellyfin — which the 2026 self-hosting roundups … read more

Almost every “best computer for music production” list is a MacBook, a Mac mini and a gaming tower with RGB fans. None of those is a scandal — but none of them is shaped like what a DAW actually stresses. Real-time audio at a low buffer wants the fastest indiv … read more

Last September the Pentagon spent $93.4 billion on grants and contracts in a single month — more than any federal agency has ever spent in one month, in records going back to 2008 — and $50.1 billion of it landed in the final five working days. Of that Sep … read more