Tech updates from around the web

I finally understand why Microsoft made TPM mandatory

I was running a homelab with no backups for two years — this container fixed that the same day

This 10-year-old AMD CPU still crushes modern games at 1080p — and I paid a fraction of what a new one costs

Self-hosted media servers aren't as hard as Plex makes them seem

Copying files to a USB stick is for beginners — pros back up like this

I pin my Android screen before handing it over to strangers, and you should too

Samsung Messages is dying next week, and it's taking one of Android's best features with it

A failed Bell Labs OS called Plan 9 is hiding inside everything you use

My old tablet does exactly one job now, and it's never been more useful

Every USB-C cable looks identical, but this tiny chip tells you which ones actually work

My favorite search engine isn't Google or Bing — it's the one that finally cut the clutter

I ran a channel scan on my router and killed the interference killing my speeds