Video covered: How We DO and DO NOT Want AI in Our NAS (ft. QNAP) from the NASCompares YouTube channel, published 2026-06-11T14:00:12+00:00. This article expands the booth discussion into a practical guide to where AI on NAS is useful, where it becomes risky, and how QNAP is trying to balance local data ownership with AI-assisted […]

UmbrelOS hits ver.2.0 – How Much Different is it? UmbrelOS has always taken a slightly different route to most traditional NAS and home server operating systems, focusing heavily on simplifying self-hosting rather than exposing every possible configuration option to the user. That approach made it accessible, but it also left a number of gaps for […]

The UGREEN MA100 – A $9999 4-Bay Intelligent Home NAS??? When UGREEN introduced its HomeAgent range of HA100/HA100 PRO controlled smart home devices, most of the attention inevitably landed on the MasterAgent MA100, a 4-bay system carrying a $9,999 Super Early Bird price and a stated MSRP of $19,999. That places it far outside the […]

A First Look Around the Minisforum Stand at Computex 2026 Computex 2026 is now underway in Taipei, and I am at the Minisforum stand looking over what the company has brought to the show floor this year. There are several compact systems on display, including the S5 all-flash NAS, the MS-03 workstation mini PC, and […]

Minisforum MS-03: First Look at the New Workstation Mini PC The Minisforum MS-03 is on show today at the company’s Computex 2026 stand, following its earlier Q1 appearance in prototype form at Minisforum’s Intel Core Ultra Series 3 event in Shanghai. At that earlier showing, the MS-03 was presented as part of Minisforum’s next wave […]