Tech updates from around the web

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

This entire operating system fits in 12 MB, and yes, it boots faster than Windows

This small home safety upgrade could prevent a very expensive problem