Disney+ will be bringing Channel 4 content to its streaming platform in early 2027
The collaboration aims to expand Channel 4's content on Disney+, while enhancing the British broadcaster's audience reach
ITV joined forces with Disney+ in 2025 for a similar partnership
The Walt Disney Company has announced a new Disney+ content agreement that will bring Channel 4 into its roster of broadcasting partners in early 2027.
The partnership, which a press release claimed is a "first-of-its-kind collaboration", will see a number of Channel 4 titles become available on-demand each year on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland at the same time as airing on Channel 4. That means Disney+ subscribers can expect upcoming shows, including drama series Maya, comedy show Stepping Up, and popular reality series Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, to be available to stream, alongside Channel 4's main live TV channel.
But given you can already stream Channel 4 content for free on its own All 4 service, what's the purpose of the partnership? For both parties, it’s all about expanding their audiences — and it could have ramifications for the proposed 'YouTube tax' changes to the BBC licensing fee.
For Disney+, it gets to expand its library of on-demand content for existing subscribers, combining quality public service programming with a premium streaming experience. At the same time, the partnership is designed to enhance Channel 4’s audience reach, giving Disney+ subscribers who don’t use public service broadcasting platforms a taste of what Channel 4 has to offer.
"Local broadcaster partnerships are very important as we build our content libraries and serve fans around the world," said Adam Smith, chairman of direct-to-consumer at Disney Entertainment. "Channel 4 has created shows with strong appeal to audiences in the UK and Ireland, and we’re excited to bring some of those favourites to Disney+", he added.
Priya Dogra, Channel 4’s chief executive, is also naturally excited by the partnership, saying. "We’re thrilled to be working with Disney+ to give audiences even more ways to discover and enjoy Channel 4’s brilliant shows," she said.
When the collaboration launches early next year, programming will be listed in a Channel 4-branded section of the Disney+ app, distinguishing it from other content on the platform. In addition to new and upcoming shows, subscribers will also have access to some of Channel 4’s existing popular titles, including Big Mood, Tip Toe, and 24 Hours in A&E — all at no extra cost.
Disney+ has secured similar collaborations with broadcasters across the EMEA region, including ARD and ZDF in Germany and RAI in Italy, but this isn’t the first time a UK broadcaster has linked up with the streaming platform to increase audience reach.
In July 2025, the streaming giant partnered with ITV to bring select Disney+ titles to the free ad-supported ITVX streaming platform. The ‘Taste of Disney+’ section allowed viewers to access a small handful of Disney+ shows for free without having to sign up for a subscription. At the same time, Disney+ launched the ‘Taste of ITVX’ collection on its own service, bringing a number of popular ITVX titles to the platform and expanding the free platform’s audience reach. However, as it stands, the deal between Disney and Channel 4 won't see Disney+ content shown on Channel 4, like it did with ITV.
What does this mean for the rumored 'YouTube tax'?
After all, it could allow more people to access a live public broadcast channel while being able to avoid paying the licence fee, as it would be harder to police who is watching what inside a third-party app. It also becomes tougher to argue that British public television and streaming services are two different beasts.
But critics already argue this so-called 'YouTube tax' is merely a bailout for the BBC's funding shortfalls. Because many UK households intentionally ditched traditional broadcasters for streaming, this proposal would force consumers to effectively pay twice. With networks like Channel 4 and ITV proving they can independently negotiate major commercial deals, the justification for a broader streaming tax will, for many, become even weaker.
As for when exactly Disney+ subscribers can expect Channel 4 content to be integrated into the platform, it doesn’t have an exact launch date yet. But the broadcaster says "further details on launch timings and content available will be confirmed in due course".
HPE is deploying its Spaceborne Computer to the Moon
The system will be hosted on the Astrolab Flex Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) lunar rover
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the enterprise-focused component of the old Hewlett-Packard, and operates out of Texas
HPE has emerged as a key partner in the deployment of the Astrolab FLIP lunar rover, with its Spaceborne Computer program joining other projects within NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
The fourth generation Spaceborne Computer will be deployed on the FLIP lunar rover to the lunar south pole, as part of a year-long mission, and arrive on the Moon via the Voyager Technologies Griffin-1 lander.
The mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and once on the Moon, the Spaceborne Computer 4 will be challenged with AI and high power computing (HPC) tasks, assisting with the rover’s mission and potentially becoming the fastest supercomputer on the Moon.
Orbital compute
As a provider of orbital compute systems for the ISS, HPE has built a series of increasingly powerful supercomputers.
The Spaceborne Computer 4 is the latest generation of its high-performance computing (HPC) systems, with the series kicking off with Spaceborne Computer 1, which joined the ISS in 2017. After various iterations to prove reliable operation in microgravity, edge computing, and AI processing of scientific data, the fourth generation system will rely on a low-powered CPU and 1TB of mirrored storage across a pair of Kiovia SSDs.
The exact specification of the Spaceborne Computer 4 is under wraps, apparently due to concerns over hardware failure. What we do know is that the Spaceborne Computer 3, which launched on January 30, 2024 for deployment on the ISS, had unprecedented computer and memory power for an orbital mission, along with 130TB of storage.
As the Spaceborne Computer 4 has less storage, measures just 5 x 10 inches, and is around 1 inch in depth, its slighter capacity makes slightly more sense due to the weight restrictions for cislunar travel.
The FLIP side
Hewlett Packard Enterprise – formed in 2015 with the break-up of the original Hewlett-Packard Company into separate entities – is a key part of the lunar mission, with the Spaceborne Computer 4 set for deployment as part of Astrolab’s Flex Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP), a lunar rover.
While specific details of the HPE Spaceborne Computer 4’s specific role in the mission are unknown, we do know that it will be providing local edge compute. With a time delay for data processing back on earth, having the Spaceborne Computer 4 on hand will make it easier to process telemetry data and other information gathered by the FLIP.
“It’s important to ship back insight to Earth rather than all the raw data whenever possible. So having the edge compute capability to process the raw data locally, save on bandwidth back to Earth,” Astrolab CEO Jaret Matthews told The Register.
Proton has announced its Black Friday VPN deals and they are good, with the best of the bunch the 50% saving on the full Proton Unlimited privacy suite.
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In fact, Proton's offers are the first Black Friday VPN deals we've seen this year to match last year's prices – everyone else's, so far, are more expensive.
Several of the best VPNs have actually increased their price this year or introduced new plans, resulting in their Black Friday offers being far less appealing than usual.
In fact, it's done such a good job of this that, earlier this year, we moved Proton up to to third in our overall VPN rankings.
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This review covers the four-bay ‘Creator NAS’ as Beelink calls it, which is available in two SKUs and uses the Intel Core i5-13500H mobile processor. But Beelink has five ‘Home NAS’ options below that one, using the Intel J5005, N95, N150 and Core 304 processors. And another two higher-end options with AMD Ryzen AI 350 and AI 470 class processors.
The four-bay enclosure is a compact all-metal unibody, measuring 165 x 121 x 185mm and weighing 2.4kg without drives. Beelink says it is 50 per cent smaller in volume than a conventional design, and compared to anything by Synology or QNAP, it’s certainly much smaller.
Inside, an internal blower on the motherboard module pulls cool air in and pushes it out to keep everything cool, and the milled aluminium construction also helps radiate heat. Silicone mounts sit either side of each drive and between the case and the motherboard tray, reducing vibration and noise
The review unit, with its Intel Core i5 13500H, has 12 cores, 16 threads and a 45W TDP. It comes with 32GB of DDR4, a 500GB system SSD and four M.2 slots. Beelink pitches it at creative professionals, and this is a great spec for those who need large amounts of fast storage for video editing or maintaining photo collections.
Earlier Beelink NAS used the FygoOS operating system, and it’s also in this NAS. It is flexible and well-featured, and it makes the ME Pro feel like a platform rather than an appliance. The evolution of this aspect is impressive, and FygoOS delivers many of the higher-end features that some NAS products lack.
However, there is one caveat. This is a Kickstarter launch product; therefore, a pledge is not a purchase, and delivery dates can slip. Buyers need to weigh that, but so far I’m impressed with this NAS on several critical levels. And if the Kickstarter goes well and this hardware ends up in the retail channel, it might be included in our best NAS devices.
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Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Price and availability
How much does it cost? From$819
When is it out? On Kickstarter soon
Where can you get it? Only on Kickstarter initially
The ME Pro range is listed as coming soon on Kickstarter. Beelink is offering a Super Early Bird discount of 30 per cent. Prices are in US dollars, and drives are not included.
The 13500H four-bay costs $819 at Super Early Bird and $1,169 at list. All four-bay prices are below, Super Early Bird first, then list.
Beelink ME Pro Kickstarter pricing
Model
Super Early Bird
List price
J5005
$369
$529
N95
$489
$699
N150
$539
$769
Core 3 304
$769
$1,099
Core i5 13500H
$819
$1,169
Ryzen AI 7 H 350
$1,049
$1,499
Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
$1,379
$1,969
A $10 VIP deposit before launch unlocks a free four-bay upgrade. And if you back the two-bay tier machine, you will receive the four-bay model at the same price.
Given what some of these designs include in processing power and memory, these are mostly excellent deals. Specifically, $819 for the Creator NAS seems like exceptional value.
Value: 4.5 / 5
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Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Specs
ME Pro Creator Edition Specifications
Item
Spec
CPU:
Intel Core i5 13500H (12 cores, 16 threads)
GPU:
Intel Iris Xe (80 EU)
RAM:
32GB DDR4 expandable to 96GB
System Storage:
512GB internal SSD
SATA Storage:
4x 2.5 or 3.5 inch drives (HDD or SSD)
M.2 Storage:
2x M.2 NVMe Gen4 x4, 2x M.2 NVMe Gen3 x2 (one used for OS)
RAID:
Basic, Linear, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10
Ports:
3x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1x Thunderbolt 4, 1x 3.5mm Audio jack
Networking:
1x 10GbE LAN, 1x 2.5GbE
Outputs:
1x HDMI port, up to 4K resolution
OS:
FygoOS
Internal File Systems:
BTRFS, EXT4, ZFS
External File Systems:
EXT4, NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, ExFAT
Maximum Capacity:
4x 30TB HDD + 4x 4TB M.2 NVMe, plus external storage on USB or Thunderbolt
Max TDP:
45W
Dimensions:
165 x 121 x 185 (mm)
Beelink ME Pro Series overview
Model
Cores and threads
Max TDP
AI TOPS
Memory
M.2 slots
System drive
Max storage
Pentium Silver J5005
4C / 4T
10W
NO NPU
8GB DDR4
2
128GB SSD
128TB
Intel N95
4C / 4T
25W
NO NPU
12GB LPDDR5
3
128GB SSD
132TB
Intel N150
4C / 4T
25W
NO NPU
16GB LPDDR5
3
128GB SSD
132TB
Intel Core 3 304
5C / 5T
35W
24 TOPS
16GB DDR5
1
512GB UFS 3.1
124TB
Intel Core i5 13500H
12C / 16T
45W
NO NPU
32GB DDR4
4
500GB SSD
136TB
AMD Ryzen AI 7 H 350
8C / 16T
45W
50 TOPS
32GB DDR5
3
500GB SSD
132TB
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
12C / 24T
45W
86 TOPS
32GB DDR5
3
500GB SSD
132TB
Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Design
Drawer concept
Easy access to some upgrades
Lots of screws
The drawer-style design is a neat idea: it uses almost the same mechanism as the drives, but replicated on the motherboard, which slides out for maintenance and upgrades.
That should make a processor upgrade a far simpler job than in a normal NAS. Beelink has also hinted at AMD and ARM boards in the same chassis. If you own a four-bay, you could buy a different two-bay and swap the platforms, in theory.
The unibody metal case is milled from solid aluminium and makes for a small footprint for a four-bay NAS. It’s also quiet enough that this could sit on a desktop.
Cooling relies on one internal blower rather than a bank of case fans, and when the motherboard module is removed, the dual-sided design is clearly influenced by Beelink’s mini PC designs.
Access to the two M.2 2280 Gen4 slots is super-simple, and they come with their own chunky heatsinks to help remove heat with the help of the fan assembly. There are two other M.2 slots (Gen 3 x2), one of these being occupied by the FygoOS installation, but getting those requires removing the fan.
Since the unused third slot doesn’t run at the same speed as the two easily accessible ones, it probably wouldn’t be a good plan to try to make a RAID array of the three, but that slot might be useful for a caching SSD.
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What I’m less impressed with is that the trays aren't tool-less for either 3.5- or 2.5-inch mechanisms. Each drive needs four screws, and once installed, two more hold it in place from the back of the tray.
The designers' issue here was that if they used a tool-less tray and a more elegant lock, then the NAS would be bigger, and the designers didn’t care for that. They also used four of these tiny screws to hold the motherboard tray in place, and these screws are easy to misplace.
One annoyance is that, to hold the thin steel air filter on the rear of the NAS, ten small magnets are glued into the chassis. They are placed within 4mm of where the screws hold the trays in, which inevitably means that when you go to screw them in, the magnets pull the screw off the screwdriver before you can thread it.
In short, the filter didn’t need that many magnets, and they didn’t need to be where the tray screws are.
The fine irony of all these screws is that the enclosure tolerances are so good that the screws holding the trays in and the motherboard are mostly pointless, certainly with the numbers used.
These points aside, the ME Pro is better built than most NAS enclosures, even if some compromises have been made to keep it so small.
Design: 4 / 5
Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Features
Intel Core 5 13500H CPU
Up to 96GB of memory
AI capabilities are limited
As a laptop processor, the Core 5 13500H was a strong platform sporting 12 cores total (4 Performance-cores with Hyper-Threading and 8 Efficient-cores) and 16 threads. As is the way with Intel 13th Gen technology, the performance-cores boost at a higher level, up to 4.7 GHz; and the efficient-cores boost at lower levels, up to 3.5 GHz.
All cores share an 18 MB Intel Smart Cache, and the chip has a base power TDP of 45W.
Some laptop designs using this chip scaled power up to 115W, but from what I understand, the ME Pro has more than enough performance at its base wattage.
The review hardware came with two 16GB DDR4-3200 modules providing 32GB, but if you can find them, this system could take dual 48GB modules for 96GB in total. It’s a shame Beelink didn’t use LPDDR5 for faster performance and lower power consumption, but the cost was probably prohibitive when these decisions were made.
The GPU is an Intel Iris Xe Graphics with 80 execution units running up to 1.45 GHz, and it shares memory with the rest of the platform.
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The best aspect of this processor, aside from its high core count, is its PCIe lanes: 28 total. In this design, not all 28 lanes are created equal.
Eight primary lanes are Gen5, eight secondary lanes are Gen4, and all sixteen lanes are CPU-attached. The final twelve lanes route through the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) to handle slower or secondary peripherals (like Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, audio controllers, USB extensions, or secondary M.2 storage slots), and these are all Gen3.
That’s a terrific amount of bandwidth, and it enables dual M.2 Gen 4 x4, two more M.2 Gen3, a 10GbE LAN port and a 2.5GbE LAN port, a Thunderbolt 4 port, and three USB 3.2 Gen2 ports. That’s plenty for most people, as you can use the Thunderbolt port as a 40Gbps network connection if needed.
Overall, the architecture choices in this NAS are right for demanding workloads like video editing, photo manipulation, and software development, thanks to its hybrid core layout.
However, only the Ryzen AI models are sold specifically for local language models. The 13500H review unit is not one of them, and Beelink lists no AI performance figure for it. The AI 470 is quoted at up to 86 TOPS, with that number assembled from an NPU with 55 TOPS and a CPU and GPU combined for 32 TOPS.
Therefore, if you intend to run AI models on the NAS, one of the AMD machines would be preferable to this system.
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Features: 4 / 5
Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Software
FygoOS
Docker and virtual machines
Ollama options
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FygoOS is the international face of a Chinese NAS solution that has surfaced in the past year. Its parent is fnOS, also called Feiniu Private Cloud. I believe a small team of NAS enthusiasts built it around Debian Linux, and it is closed source. During its public beta, it was offered as a free option for Chinese home users.
Reviews for this platform only began in early July 2026. Early adopters found a new NAS OS in version 1.2 and the FygoTV app in 0.9. The name hints at open source, but it is a proprietary system built partly on open source parts, with GPL source releases still in progress. It runs on x86 and ARM hardware and offers ZFS, Btrfs and ext4 storage. The changelog shows active development.
During my time with the ME Pro 4, it had several releases; I used version 1.2.0800, and FygoTV was 0.9.7-3.
FygoOS is the beating heart of the ME Pro, and it aims at beginners while leaving room for experts. Beelink says apps install with one click and update the same way. It lists official and community apps for media, backup, productivity and virtualisation.
For what appears to be a relatively new NAS OS, this all seems much more advanced than I’d normally expect, both in application selection and feature set.
As far as I’m aware, FygoOS is the only other hardware-included NAS OS with ZFS file system support other than QNAP QuTS hero. You can get this feature via Unraid, TrueNAS or OpenMediaVault, among other places, but you would be installing them onto this hardware to replace FygoOS.
Included in the selection of apps is a powerful photo and media search tool. It can use AI to rapidly find images using facial recognition and smart categorisation. The private cinema feature matches metadata automatically, and Beelink claims up to 99 per cent accuracy in identifying the content. It also syncs playback between devices and supports real-time hardware transcoding.
However, I was disappointed that, as nice as some of these tools are, Beelink missed a few tricks. One is the HDMI port, which is promoted as supporting up to 4K output. That might be true, but it can’t be driven by the Fygo TV app to play files directly onto a TV. That’s something you can do with a Ugreen or Asustor NAS, but not this.
But there are a few things it can do that are more exclusive. One of the more surprising features of this platform is the collaborative media workspace.
Teams can preview video, photos, audio, documents, fonts and 3D files without downloading them. AI search finds content by meaning, not just file names. You can send a review link, and reviewers add comments, annotations and timestamped notes. Sharing supports access controls, expiry dates, watermarks and branding.
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The only caveat is that the features are tiered, with the best ones requiring a subscription.
The personal tier is included in all ME Pro. The business tier comes with a 30-day free trial on the J5005, N95, N150 and 304 models. The 13500H and both Ryzen AI models get six months free. But, and this is a concern, Beelink has not said what the business tier costs afterwards. I’d hate to use this for six months, find it incredibly useful and then discover that the monthly cost is too high to make it practical.
Being an Intel-based platform, and not ARM, this NAS supports virtualisation and with 32GB of RAM it is relatively easy to have several VT instances running. And, it has Docker, expanding the amount of software that can run on this platform dramatically.
It was interesting to note that while the hardware used here, specifically the Core i5 13500H, doesn’t have an NPU, it is a reasonably powerful processor and it has Iris Xe graphics, which can be used to process AI LLMs.
The standard application set includes Ollama, and I was able to install it and use it to run a local model like Gemma. While it wasn’t the fastest response, it did work quite well, so using this machine for AI isn’t impossible.
Obviously, if you want to use the NAS as an AI assistant, the two models with AMD Ryzen AI processors are a better choice, but even without a dedicated NPU, this hardware can run some AI and support interactive chats without relying on the Cloud.
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Software: 4 / 5
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Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Performance
Overkill for file serving
10GbE and 2.5GbE
Lacks channel bonding
When I started testing this NAS, I soon realised the platform was largely twiddling its thumbs during large file transfers. Using the 2.5GbE LAN port, no SSD cache and four 4TB drives in a RAID 5 pack, the CPU barely hit 9% usage. And that was shipping a file from my desktop PC at around 290MB/s.
Using the 10GbE port increased transfer speeds to nearly 700MB/s, but only added a few percentage points of CPU overhead. With an SSD, this machine can get closer to 1000MB/s, either directly or by allocating the SSD for reading and writing cache.
Four 3.5-inch drives don’t have enough performance to fully saturate the 10GbE link without cache support, so adding an SSD is more of a necessity if you're involved in file serving.
Gen4 x4 M.2 slots are great for internal SSD performance, but there aren’t many practical ways to use that bandwidth from the outside other than the Thunderbolt 4 port.
But unfortunately, the Thunderbolt port on this NAS doesn’t yet support Host mode, even though it is listed as a feature that’s ‘under development’ on the official FygoOS roadmap.
Also, while the networking functions enable Multi-gateway mode, where the LAN ports route according to the shortest path to the target system, there is currently no link aggregation/channel bonding. I don’t think channel bonding a 10GbE and a 2.5GbE line together is a good idea anyway, but FygoOS currently doesn’t have the necessary interfaces for this.
Because FygoOS is built on a Linux base, users looking to combine multiple network interfaces typically have to configure network bonding manually via SSH or underlying Linux networking tools rather than a native settings panel.
On a more positive note, I used a cheap Ugreen USB-A to 2.5GbE LAN port (CM648), and that worked perfectly for what is an incredibly inexpensive option. I know that Ugreen makes a 5GbE version of this adapter, and I suspect that would also be useful in this context.
Ideally, this system would have dual 10GbE and SMB multi-channel mode, but in most other respects, this NAS is overpowered for most roles.
Performance: 4 / 5
Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition: Final verdict
Buy it if you want a compact NAS that you can upgrade later and you like the idea of a modern, flexible OS. Beelink pitches the 13500H model to creative professionals, and it has the core count to back it up.
That said, the four-bay market is crowded. Alternatives include the Ugreen NASync DXP4800 Plus and Pro, the Synology DS925+ and the UniFi UNAS Pro 4. Breaking down the ups and downs of each design would take another article, but to cover the basics, none of them matches the ME Pro 4-Bay Creator Edition.
The Ugreen NAS units are cheaper, use DDR5 and include special features like SMB Multichannel and HDMI video playback, which makes them useful.
Synology’s DS925+ uses a much weaker AMD Ryzen V1500B quad-core CPU, only has dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, comes with 4GB of RAM expandable to 32GB, and has two M.2 slots that can only use Synology-branded storage. That machine supports ECC memory, but that and the DSM OS are the only real positives.
The UniFi UNAS Pro 4 is meant for racks, not shelves, and is an ARM SoC system that supports four HDDs, two M.2 NVMe SSDs, and 2x 10Gb SFP+ LAN ports.
It’s cheap, around $600, but the 8GB memory can’t be upgraded, and the ARM architecture doesn’t support Virtual Machines.
What I haven't considered are the Asustor Lockerstor 4 models, QNAP, and TerraMaster options, to name a few. But to generalise, most 4-bay NAS don’t compete on processing power, memory capacity, and build quality.
The fly in this ointment is that until this product exits the Kickstarter campaign and people have them longer term, will they be able to establish a reputation, good or bad.
I haven't had any issues with the machine Beelink sent, and with a few more updates to FygoOS, it could become a useful NAS to own.
But for those who have had bad Kickstarter experiences, wait if you need proven reliability. This is a new product on a crowdfunding platform, and the modular upgrade path is so far a promise. But as a first-generation device, the Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition is certainly heading in the right direction.
Should you buy a Beelink ME Pro Creator Edition?
Value
The Kickstarter deals are excellent for NAS of this spec
4 / 5
Design
Innovative drawer design that allows for system swaps
4/ 5
Features
Powerful Intel CPU, up to 96GB of DDR4, Thunderbolt and three M.2 slots
4 / 5
Software
FygoOS is more sophisticated than expected
4 / 5
Performance
Two drives limits throughput without SSDs
4 / 5
Overall
A tiny powerful NAS that’s ideal for creatives, but it lacks the silicon for AI use
4 / 5
Buy it if...
You have a 10GbE network With one 10GbE LAN and the 2.5GbE Port as a failover backup, you can distribute 1000MB/s of data over a network easily. And, using the USB or Thunderbolt port, you can get even more network bandwidth.
You need lots of RAM for VT Being able to scale to 96GB of memory enables this NAS to handle jobs that would overrun other devices. It’s also DDR4, which might be cheaper to find than DDR5 at this time.
Don't buy it if...
You need AI LLMs While this machine can run an LLM, the lack of an NPU in the processor holds it back, and you can’t add a powerful GPU, as it doesn’t have OCuLink. If you want AI on a NAS, other machines in this range are better suited.
You want Thunderbolt Host Mode With this system having a Thunderbolt port, I was hoping it would have host mode, enabling a suitable laptop to link directly to the NAS with a 40Gbps link. However, that feature is still to be added to FygoOS, and until it is, that remains a pipe dream.
How long has it been since you used a paper diary? 10 years, 15, maybe even 20. Can you remember the year it was or the brand of diary? Was it when you were in school, and you had to write down your homework? Long gone for me. Or was it your first job, and you used a Filofax to keep track of your meetings and action points? Or maybe you still use one to keep a note of everyone’s birthdays.
For me, there’s something strangely nostalgic and surprisingly grounding about flicking through a paper planner. I remember buying a new one each year, around Christmastime or January, if I’d completely failed at staying organized. Being able to discard an older diary and embrace a fresh one felt like a new start, a moment to turn my back on the difficulties of the previous year and embrace the opportunities ahead.
But it’s no surprise that digital diaries and online planning tools have made paper alternatives all but obsolete. Digital apps are available 24/7 on any device and have more features than you can shake a stick at. I think that’s a little bit of a shame, but one app trying to bring together paper and digital planning is Ultimate Planner.
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This is part of a regular series of articles exploring the apps that we couldn't live without. Read them all here.
Okay, Ultimate Planner is still a digital tool (sorry), but it replicates the paper diary experience in ways that I’ve never seen before. With paper diary-inspired layouts, Filofax-esque tabs, and stylus compatibility, it’s as close to a paper diary as you’re ever going to get without actually going to the shops and buying one.
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The complete planning package
Ultimate Planner, according to its creators, is “the most customizable digital planner app" available. And after just five minutes of use, you’ll probably be inclined to agree. With it, you can plan your day, organize tasks and actions, manage goals, and even track habits.
The journey begins by picking a planner type. Your choice customizes the features, tabs, and tools you access. If you choose ‘Ultimate Planner,' as I did, then you’ll be able to use everything the app has to offer without restriction. Just a word of warning: things can get pretty complex and overwhelming if you choose to show every single feature.
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If you have a specific type of planner in mind related to teaching, gratitude, or business, for example, then you can choose one of those instead. Just note that these additional options require a Pro account, which costs $39.99 / £39.99 per year or a $69.99 / £69.99 one-off charge for lifetime access. Unfortunately, there’s no free trial, although you can access the core features with a free account.
Unlimited customization is a core part of the app’s raison d'être. Being able to customize layouts with bespoke sections means you can create a planner that matches your specific workflow. You can even choose from numerous templates to get an aesthetic that feels personal and inspiring. The reality is that with all the feature permutations, Ultimate Planner is far from a one-size-fits-all app.
Unlimited Planner also just keeps going. When one year is done, another year seamlessly rolls around. That means you have access to unlimited pages, notebooks, and planning layouts. With the Pro version, there’s no limit on the number of planners you can create, so why not use it for both work and personal reasons? That’ll certainly make the very most of the subscription cost.
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One place for everything
The Ultimate Planner might look, for all intents and purposes, like a paper planner, but it’s also able to sync seamlessly with one or more of your digital calendars. This is an ideal solution for tracking events and managing tasks right alongside all your other planning notes and tables. Within each synced calendar account, you can choose which specific calendars you wish to display. This is ideal for work accounts, which might contain multiple people’s calendars.
You can also rest assured that your data will be perfectly synced across a range of platforms and devices, including iPad, iPhone, Android, and web. I’ve loved being able to access the planner on my phone on the go and then pick up where I left off when I’m sat at my desk. Having everything in one place, connected to all my devices, keeps me on track and organized.
There are few studios I respect more in the gaming world than Double Fine. Founded by industry legend Tim Schafer way back in July 2000, the mastermind behind adventure game classics like Grim Fandango and Full Throttle has spent the past 26 years making a range of games that have you doing everything from jumping into people’s brains to becoming a rock legend to using Russian dolls to solve puzzles.
Every single thing this developer creates is so unique, and none more so than Psychonauts 2.
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And I love this delightfully unorthodox platformer not just because of its excellent characters and imaginative level design, but also because of the hard journey it went on to see the light of day after six long years of development. Now I consider most video games a miracle, but not all video games have a 23+ hour documentary showing exactly how they were made and all the things people sacrificed to make them so special.
You owe it to yourself to watch it, more so now that Double Fine has parted ways with Microsoft and is yet again stepping into the world as an independent studio with so much left to give. Enough about that for now, though; let us touch on everything that makes Psychonauts 2 such a masterpiece now that I’ve hit the credits for the first time.
Insane in the membrane
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The concept of being able to read the minds of those around you and even jump into their brains to root around sounds thrilling at first, but I bet it doesn’t take long before you stumble across mountains of trauma and terrible opinions.
But what if you could change people by delving deep into their subconscious and pulling on a few strings? That’s exactly what our hero Razputin "Raz" Aquato must do as a newly minted member of the Psychonauts, who also happens to come from a family of eccentric circus performers who are horrendously allergic to water. That explains the gaudy green skin and penchant for 3D platforming.
Psychonauts 2 starts incredibly strong as you’re yeeted into the head of a paranoid dentist harbouring the location of a long-lost psychic supervillain. If you’re afraid of rotting teeth or the idea of someone rooting around in your chompers with sharp objects, this level totally isn’t for you, but goodness me, is it gorgeous.
I’m filled with a feeling of proud disgust as I grasp onto a zipper of teeth using my telekinesis, only to pull it down to reveal a new area, while bouncing across a squishy yet jagged mixture of gums and teeth resembles a video game equivalent of a SpongeBob SquarePants close-up gag.
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It’s gross, needlessly detailed, yet instantly endearing. Thankfully, the remaining levels in Psychonauts 2 are equally as impressive but don’t make you want to lose your lunch. I’ll never forget helping a brain in a jar regain his physical form by reuniting his senses, who almost happen to play in a rock band pulled straight from the psychedelic 1960s, or the Casino Hospital, where sentient syringes are rolling the dice to try and have a baby.
Every level is a platforming masterclass that begins with a central premise before using that foundation to offer up stellar obstacles and puzzles which are always challenging enough to feel rewarding. During my first playthrough, I became obsessed with collectibles, leaving the beaten path behind in favour of hard-to-reach areas or consistently backtracking to make sure nothing was left behind. That’s the sign of a great platformer — each level is an utter joy to traverse the first time round before evolving into a familiar playground awash with secrets.
What color is the sky in your world?
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Beyond how good Psychonauts 2 can feel to play, it’s the writing and characters that occupy this platformer that help it rise to another echelon of greatness. Raz may be a psychic hero, but he’s also a naive little kid with so much left to learn about the world, which makes having to constantly fix the mistakes made by adults around him a smidge awkward.
Throughout its seven-year tenure with Xbox, Double Fine never managed to release another game of this magnitude as it opted for smaller, more experimental titles like Kiln and Keeper. But I’ve no doubt that Schafer is currently hard at work on a new project as creative director or project lead, whether this ends up being a new IP or a sequel to something fans love.
It’s the sort of experience it will need to produce in order to succeed as an independent studio in today’s climate, where even a single failed project can usher in a studio’s sudden demise. Its enduring history and legions of hardcore fans sadly don’t make it immune to this fate.
Platformers of this depth and caliber are hard to come by these days
I’m not saying I want Psychonauts 3 — although that would be lovely — but the medium would be far darker if Double Fine stopped creating games like the idiosyncratic platformer.
It offers so much heart, so much purpose, and showcases what video games are capable of outside of chasing trends and retreading nostalgic old ground. We simply don’t have nearly enough experiences like it in the modern era, so hopefully Double Fine’s current Amnesia Fortnight campaign will produce something just as spectacular.
Platformers of this depth and caliber are hard to come by these days unless you’re being made by Nintendo, so if you’re after an emotionally satisfying adventure that will stay with you for years to come, I can’t recommend Psychonauts 2 enough. Oh, and be sure to give the documentary a watch as well. If we make enough noise, maybe we’ll be crowdfunding the third game sooner than we think.
New research claims meetings are considered successful when all participants experience a balance of speaking and listening
Meetings are defined in the research as a gathering with a goal or structure
Over three decades of meeting science has been reveiwed for the 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
A new in-depth review of the science of meetings shows that listening trumps talking when getting together to discuss matters at work – and perhaps that bosses should talk less.
The 2026 Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior comprises over three decades of meeting science, a growing field among social psychologists. With a growing archive of meeting data available thanks to better written recording and online meeting calls, the review also found that meetings that are going nowhere should be abandoned.
Assembled by a team of researchers who all contributed, the review has uncovered some home truths for meeting leaders and bosses: that just because they think it went well doesn’t mean it actually did.
The meeting doom
Everyone has their experiences of meetings that seem to go nowhere, or endless meander around a point that has already been decided or discarded.
Perhaps the worst type of meeting (aside from redundancy announcements) is the one where employees are subjected to a life-story from the team leader or supervisor, who explains at length how they’re great friends with the owner, and can embellish any answer with an irrelevant, self-congratulatory anecdote.
Whatever the challenges presented by meetings that seem to go nowhere, technology could finally he here to help. Thanks to improved minuting and recording of team huddles and the storage of video conference calls, meeting science has an opportunity to show us how to conduct constructive, productive meetings that are memorable for the right reasons, rather than forgettable.
Ending meeting domination
Among the report's contributors was industrial and organizational psychologist Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, who states, “Often, leaders talk the most, which is also why they often think their meetings are pretty good.”
The director of the Center for Better Work at the University of Hamburg, Germany, adds that meetings need structure so that all attending feel they can contribute. This can be facilitated with a warmup phase. “For more introverted participants and more quiet participants, this warmup phase is really helpful because it helps them make more active contributions inside the meeting.”
Embracing recommendations from this review could improve the image of the team or departmental meeting. Structure, and aims, can help, as cognitive scientist Ava Scott of the University of Copenhagen notes. Lacking structure, she says, “makes a lot of meetings feel very purposeless.”
While that doesn’t necessarily mean the boss will stop talking, they might manage to make it less about them...
Watch World Series 2026 live streams as the Brewers and the Rays face off in a bid to claim the ultimate prize: being crowned champions for the first time. It should make for a fascinating contest, with up to seven games taking place across nine days to decide the Fall Classic.
The Brewers will have home-field advantage in the World Series after recording a franchise-record 103 wins during the regular season, the most in the Majors. They will host the first two games at American Family Field, as well as Games 6 and 7, if required.
The National League champions are making their second World Series appearance, and their first since 1982, when they lost to the St Louis Cardinals in seven games. They reached the Fall Classic by beating the San Diego Padres in the NL Division Series before sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, denying the defending champions the chance to win a third consecutive title. Key players include starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, whose fastball averages around 100.6 mph, and second baseman Brice Turang.
The Tampa Bay Rays are also returning to the World Series, having previously reached the Fall Classic in 2008 and 2020. They lost to the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers, respectively, on those occasions. In 2026, they will host Games 3 and 4, and Game 5 if necessary, at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg, Florida.
Among the Rays' key players are starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen and Freddy Peralta, who was named American League Championship Series MVP after helping Tampa Bay secure its place in the World Series. Peralta previously spent several seasons with Milwaukee before being traded away in January 2026, setting up a meeting with his former team on baseball's biggest stage.
Read on for our guide on where to watch MLB World Series 2026 live streams online, on TV and potentially for free wherever you are.
Can I stream World Series 2026 for free?
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How to watch World Series 2026 live streams in the UK
TNT Sports and streaming partner HBO Max will show every game of World Series 2026 live in the UK.
You can get TNT for £25.99/month (minimum 12-month term), or for £30.99/month on a rolling monthly plan.
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How to watch World Series 2026 live streams in Australia
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The World Series 2026 is being televised on ESPN via Foxtel, with live streaming available via Kayo Sports.
Kayo Sports starts at AU$30 per month after a 7-day free trial. Or you can get your first month for AU$1.
You can also tune into NBA, NHL, NFL, cricket, AFL, rugby, F1 and more.
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How to watch World Series 2026 live streams in Canada
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Sportsnet will have live coverage of World Series 2026 in Canada.
You can stream all games live on Sportsnet Plus, which costs from CA$34.99 a month or CA$269.99 for the year and provides access to a whole host of other sports. Both Standard and Premium plans let you watch MLB games.
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World Series 2026 FAQs
What is the World Series 2026 schedule?
Game 1: Friday, Oct 23 (Rays at Brewers), 8pm ET / 1am (Sat) BST
Game 2: Saturday, Oct 24 (Rays at Brewers), 8pm ET / 1am (Sun) BST
Game 3: Monday, Oct 26 (Brewers at Rays), 7pm ET / 11pm GMT
Game 4: Tuesday, Oct 27 (Brewers at Rays), 7pm ET / 11pm GMT
Game 5: Wednesday, Oct 28* (Brewers at Rays), time TBD
Game 6: Friday, Oct 30* (Rays at Brewers), start time TBD
Game 7: Saturday, Oct 31* (Rays at Brewers), start time TBD
*If necessary
Can I follow World Series 2026 on my mobile?
Of course! Each of the major broadcasters has streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone's browser.
You can also stay up-to-date with all of the key World Series 2026 moments on the MLB's official social media channels on YouTube (@MLB), Instagram (@MLB), TikTok (@MLB) and Facebook (@MLB).
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Anthropic used Claude to analyze 25 open source projects and uncovered nearly 500 security issues
Research found exposed pre-authentication code paths, conflicting security settings, and long-hidden flaws
AI identified attack-surface reductions that removed unnecessary code exposure before vulnerabilities could be exploited
Anthropic recently used Claude to analyze 25 major open source projects written in C, C++, Java, PHP, and Python, in search of security issues. It found almost 500 of them, including security controls turned off by conflicts in settings, sensitive code accessible before authentication, and even a vulnerability that sat in the code for 21 years.
This wasn’t a standard hunt for vulnerabilities. In its report, Anthropic argues that looking for individual vulnerabilities is a Sisyphean task that scales poorly and never guarantees security. Instead, it thinks defenders should turn towards reducing software attack surfaces by restricting unnecessary access to potentially exploitable code.
“A defender who reduces unnecessary attack surface in their code reduces the risk from all of the unknown vulnerabilities in that code at once—including any that are already being quietly exploited,” Anthropic said.
The 25 projects it scanned contained more than five million lines of code. Claude created an inventory of more than 17,000 configuration options, 3,842 of which related to security-relevant controls and features.
Misconfigured security controls
The company’s research focused on three ways code may get unnecessarily exposed: features accessible in the default configuration when they’re not needed, different settings which, when combined, erode security, and unnecessarily complex and sensitive code running before security checks.
The analysis showed all 11 projects, which were designed to serve authenticated users, contained code that was reachable when it shouldn’t have been. These include 93 pre-authentication attack surfaces in default configurations, 37 instances of code executing before authentication, and 61 combinations of different configurations that eroded pre-authentication controls.
In total, the 25 analyzed projects contained 162 configuration combinations that were accepted without their documentation explaining how they were supposed to behave. In some cases, security controls were being disabled. In others, there were various inconsistencies and problems.
One configuration flaw was sitting undetected for more than two decades, Anthropic found. While one setting made clients prove their identity through certificates, another one disabled it entirely (even though it was designed to delay the check, not kill it). Even though these were conflicting options, they were accepted without warning.
OpenSSH exposed thousands of lines of code
Anthropic singled out OpenSSH as its case study for the report. The software, widely used to provide secure remote access, contained a daemon that could reach 4,500 lines of experimental code that implements a post-quantum signature algorithm before checking if it was permitted by the server’s configuration to begin with.
As it turned out, the algorithm was disabled by default, but its parsing code was accessible to unauthenticated clients. Anthropic disclosed its findings to OpenSSH, who came back with a fix in version 10.6, in which some 20% of the code was now unreachable by unauthenticated clients.
The company said it combined these techniques into a reusable Claude skill which will soon be integrated into OSS-Scanner, its free, opt-in security scanning service for open-source projects. The skill will examine default configurations, code that is reachable before security checks, as well as settings configurations that are in conflict with one another.
Anthropic added that the system will validate the findings through a dynamic program tracing, and will test proposed changes against existing behavior. Potentially disruptive changes will be left for humans to review.
“It is perhaps impossible to measure how many unknown vulnerabilities are in any given codebase,” the researchers concluded. “And there is plenty of data that shows attackers can and will find those vulnerabilities with enough time (particularly if equipped with frontier AI models).” Therefore, AI could help developers systematically limit unnecessary exposure, making software that much harder to attack.
DJI might not be as well-known in the power supply space as Anker, Bluetti, EcoFlow, or Jackery, but its range of portable power stations have proved rather impressive in our tests. I find them particularly good for drone operators, since the units feature SDC ports for charging DJI drones. But that's not the only use for these power stations.
The DJI Power 1000 V2, currently $400 (was $600) at Amazon, is a prime example of that, with its 1,024Wh battery capacity, 2,600W output, and a port selection that makes it well-suited for home backup during emergency power outages.
• Best for: Drone operators charging multiple devices on the move, or home-owners wanting emergency backup power for appliances, electronics, and outdoor equipment.
• What we like: The DJI Power 1000 V2 is a portable battery station that can also come along on camping trips, RV adventures, and outdoor challenges.
Today's best portable power station deal
Power 1000 V2 Portable Power Station: was $699 now $399.98 This portable power station features a 1,024Wh LFP battery, 2,600W continuous output, 37-minute charging to 80%, dual 140W USB-C ports, 10ms UPS switching, quiet operation, and five-year warranty coverage for owners.View Deal
Why we recommend it
The DJI Power 1000 V2 combines a 1,024Wh battery with 2,600W of continuous AC output, making it capable of running a wide range of appliances.
DJI claims the battery can recharge from empty to 80% in 37 minutes, while a full charge takes approximately 56 minutes (under suitable conditions). The station uses lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery chemistry for long-term durability, and it is rated for 4,000 charge cycles while retaining at least 80% of its original capacity.
You get two AC outlets, two USB-A ports, and two USB-C ports capable of delivering up to 140W each. There's also SDC and SDC Lite ports for charging DJI drones. Alongside this, the unit has a UPS function with an approximately 10ms switching time to allow compatible equipment to continue receiving power when the mains supply is interrupted. For overnight use, the company quotes noise levels as low as 26dB. DJI offers up to five years of warranty coverage.
Usually priced at $699, the current deal brings the DJI Power 1000 V2 down to $399.98. That's a saving of $299.02, equivalent to approximately 43%.
It's the lowest price I've personally seen for this model and its combination of battery capacity, continuous output, and rapid recharging make it a great deal.
Should you buy it?
✅ Buy the DJI Power 1000 V2 if...
You want a portable source of electricity for camping, RV trips, outdoor work, or occasional power outages. The 2,600W output gives you flexibility and the fast recharge time reduces how long the battery needs to remain connected to mains power. The dual 140W USB-C ports are also useful.
❌ Skip the DJI Power 1000 V2 if...
You need to run large household appliances for extended periods during an outage. Yes, the 2,600W output can handle substantial loads, but the 1,024Wh battery capacity limits how long it can sustain them.
