Patrick O'Rourke

The Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+, and S26 are impressive smartphones, but they don’t offer many upgrades over the Galaxy S25 line. This year’s big S26 Ultra feature is an impressive built-in privacy display. My hands-on impressions are on @xdadevelopers. xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy…

For a long time, I only played old-school games on original consoles, but as I've gotten older, I've realized that convenience is better than authenticity. Sometimes emulation can modernize retro titles in key ways, too. xda-developers.com/i-thought-retr…

The same boomers who were afraid to use their credit cards online 20 years ago are uploading sensitive information to ChatGPT and blindly trusting it. It's terrifying.

@XboxKaneda It’s a bit pricey and silly, but I’ve had a lot of fun with it.

@Patrick_ORourke I have a nice little lenovo desktop that I'm turning into my Plex machine in a few weeks. This is a pretty cool addon.

Coax is one of the coolest Plex add-ons I've ever seen. It turns your entire self-hosted media library into a live TV channel in just a few seconds. Naturally, I created an entire channel dedicated to Sailor Moon. xda-developers.com/coax-app-turns…

So far, using a clean macOS install on the MacBook Neo has solved all of the issues I initially experienced with the laptop. Firefox works fine with multiple windows open, and even Lightroom and Photoshop perform more how I expected (slow but usable).

I'm begrudgingly back on Buffer because every other social media aggregation platform seems to suck even more.

Today I learned that you can record video of an Apple TV through QuickTime on your Mac.

The ability to fly between planets is all I ever wanted from Starfield (though I also don't hate the constant fast travelling). I'll definitely give the Free Lanes Update a try when it drops. bethesda.net/en/game/starfi…

I think I'm cool with calling this now — Meta is done with VR. xda-developers.com/meta-shuts-dow…

It’s probably a good idea to update to iOS 26 ☠️. xda-developers.com/darksword-ios-…

Starfield doesn’t always look great to begin with, but DLSS 5 turns it into a weird cartoony mess. xda-developers.com/bethesda-furth…

As the last Firefox user on earth, I'm into having acess to a free built-in VPN. xda-developers.com/mozilla-firefo…

DLSSのこれでめっちゃわろてる

Look, I'm not a PR expert, but I don't know if this is the right approach to getting people not to hate DLSS 5's yassification 🫡. xda-developers.com/nvidias-ceo-sa…

Intel has dropped more refreshed gaming CPUs, but this time they're for laptops. We'll likely start seeing the Core Ultra 9 290HX and Core Ultra 7 270HX in new laptops soon. xda-developers.com/intel-refreshe…

It's great to see that Myrient is sticking around. I've never used the archive myself, but I've heard good things about it over the years. xda-developers.com/myrient-385tb-…

I don’t think I’m ready to make the move to Jellyfin from Plex yet, but I’ve been impressed with Reefy. It has the potential to be a really great client for the self-hosting app. xda-developers.com/reefy-could-be…

I really forgot how painful a clean macOS install is. There's just sooo much bloatware.

Alright, time to try an entirely clean install with the MacBook Neo. Hopefully, that resolves the issues I've been running into.

This is such a great quality-of-life update for the Switch 2. xda-developers.com/nintendo-lates…