My experience building a Synology DS425+ system for family photos, computer backups, and a local media library, from 18 GB of memory to plans for 22 TB drives and offsite protection.

After moving to San Antonio, my T-Mobile 5G Home Internet averaged just 8.36 Mbps down. A roughly $50 indoor external antenna raised that average to 184.78 Mbps and cut ping by about half. The upload result was less impressive, and cellular performance always varies, but the test reinforced a useful lesson: before adding another monthly bill, measure whether the connection you already have can be improved.

Learn how Salesforce pioneered SaaS and how Adobe transformed it into a revenue powerhouse. Explore deep pricing strategies to build a successful SaaS model.

The false canopy is a clever aviation camouflage tactic designed to disorient enemy pilots by painting a cockpit-like illusion on the underside of a jet. First popularized by the Royal Canadian Air Force, it remains a fascinating example of visual deception in modern warfare.

Solo Bitcoin mining is a high-risk, high-reward endeavor with incredibly low odds of finding a block—akin to winning the lottery. While it can offer full rewards and ideological purity, it’s rarely profitable without luck and substantial hash power.

A thought-provoking look at the possibility of an AI takeover, comparing the realistic dangers outlined in current scenarios with fictional warnings from WarGames, The Terminator, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Discover how the U.S. Navy is revolutionizing warfare through OCDSS, a powerful AI-driven software that simulates and optimizes drone swarms across air, sea, and underwater missions.

Most digital transformations fail. Various studies from academics, consultants, and analysts indicate that the rate of digital transformations failing to meet their original objectives ranges from 70% to 95%, with an average at 87.5%. 

My son Joshua is a student at Texas A&M and is also in the NROTC program. He is in Norfolk, VA for his summer cruise on a fast attack submarine. He visited the Navy Exchange and snapped this picture for me. Is it on display because it is so old they did not want to use a current plaque or is it because it is so prestigious?

In a series of forums we held recently with chief executives of large companies around the world, we uncovered a preoccupation with obsolescence and renewal.

June 23rd marks International Women in Engineering Day. Did you know that since 1982, women have earned almost 10 million more college degrees than men?

When Thierry Breton took over as CEO of the French IT services company Atos, in 2008, he knew that a massive and immediate digital transformation was necessary.

After quite bit of research, I decided to invest in a crypto mining machine. The concept of collaborative computing has alsways been a source of fascination for me, beginning with the SETI program many years ago.

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Workplace are all down. Mobile providers are inundated with support calls becuse almost everything everyone does with their phones is not acessesible. DNS errors are to blame.

“It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is. It doesn’t make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is. If it disagrees with the experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.” Richard Fynman

Texas Grid Operators are expected to extend a one-week request for conservation on the part of utility consumers. Unexpected heat, both temperature and duration, have pressed the electrical grid to its limits.

I have always been interested in computer hardware and processing capability. Especially the concept of collaborative computing to solve problems.