In the April episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking the Unraid 7.3 beta with internal NVMe boot, a huge 45 HomeLab partnership for the first official Unraid server, backup strategies and why most of us are doing them wrong, a Supreme Court ruling that could have broken the internet, compromised routers and supply chain security scares, Intel's new 32GB Arc GPUs for under $1,000, smart TVs shoving ads into HDMI switching, Meta's AI agent going rogue, and a Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft with his mind.We kick things off with Unraid 7.3 Beta, which finally lets you boot from NVMe or SSD instead of a USB flash drive, plus dedicated boot pool support and TPM 2.0-based license keys.

Then the big announcement: a partnership with 45 HomeLab to create the first ever official Unraid server, purpose-built for media streaming, ZFS, VMs, and local AI, shipping with a lifetime license and ECC RAM this spring. The community chat dives deep into backup strategies, why parity is not a backup, the 3-2-1 rule, and why you should test your backups before you actually need them. Ed reveals he runs no parity on his main server, instead doing nightly rsync delta backups to a second parity-protected box.

Episode Takeaways

◦ Unraid 7.3 Beta brings internal NVMe/SSD boot, dedicated boot pools, and TPM 2.0 license keys. Enable TPM2, not Secure Boot

◦ Official Unraid server with 45 HomeLab coming this spring. Lifetime license, ECC RAM, pre-orders soon

◦ Parity is not a backup. Use the 3-2-1 rule and don't forget Docker volumes and AppData

◦ Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Cox v Sony: ISPs are not copyright gatekeepers

◦ FBI reports 369,000 compromised routers since 2020. ASUS routers hit by Cadnap malware. LiteLLM also compromised

◦ Intel Arc B70 (32GB) coming under $1,000. B65 also 32GB at around $700. Great for local AI

◦ Chuwei caught reprogramming BIOS to make older Ryzen CPUs report as newer chips. Full recall underway

◦ Hisense showing non-skippable ads when switching HDMI inputs. Vizio now requires a Walmart account

◦ Meta AI agent posted wrong info on an internal forum without permission and exposed confidential data

◦ NVIDIA DLSS 5 demo needed two 5090s. Community calling it an Instagram filter for games

◦ Cloudflare CEO says bot traffic will exceed human traffic by 2027

◦ Neuralink patient playing World of Warcraft entirely by thought

Chapters

0:00 Welcome and housekeeping

1:17 Unraid 7.3 Beta: internal NVMe boot and TPM 2.0 keys

3:53 45 HomeLab partnership: the first official Unraid server

6:18 Uncast updates: AI photo tool and Ollama for Intel GPUs

9:21 Community chat: backup strategies and the 3-2-1 rule

28:52 Supreme Court rules 9-0 in Cox v Sony

31:04 FBI compromised routers and LiteLLM security breach

34:41 Stefano's conspiracy: government backdoors in routers

39:03 Intel Arc B70 and B65: 32GB GPUs under $1,000

42:54 Chuwei caught faking laptop CPUs

47:06 Hisense HDMI ads and Vizio's Walmart account requirement

54:31 Meta AI agent goes rogue internally

56:58 Microsoft forces OneDrive on ClipChamp

1:03:08 Dead internet theory and AI content flooding YouTube

1:05:25 NVIDIA DLSS 5 roasted by the community

1:09:52 French Navy officer leaks carrier location via Strava

1:11:00 Neuralink patient plays WoW by thought

1:12:13 Closing thoughts and happy Easter

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In this month's digest, Stefano walks through everything that shipped in March, including the ‪@45HomeLab‬

Unraid Signature Series announcement, Unraid 7.3 Beta updates, and what nearly 3,000 of you told us in the 2026 customer survey.

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In the March episode of Ed & Stefano Unleashed, we're talking Unraid storage layouts done right, the Huntarr security disaster, vibe coding and whether AI-generated code can be trusted, NVIDIA's latest driver chaos, the Windows 12 subscription rumour, smart TVs secretly turning your home into a botnet, and the ongoing hardware shortage hitting RAM and hard drives alike.

We kick things off with the new Unraid product portal, teases an upcoming local AI Uncast video, and reveals his new RTX 5090, which idles at just 7 watts. The community storage deep dive covers when to use XFS vs ZFS, why you should never format array drives as individual ZFS pools, and the one trap that can silently wipe data when adding an old drive.

Then the Huntarr security incident gets a full breakdown, including how a simple curl command exposed every API key in your entire *arr stack, and how to use AI agents to audit open source code before running it on your server.

⁠New Stirling PDF Video⁠

Episode Takeaways
◦ Unraid product portal live at product.unraid.net for bugs and feature requests
◦ RTX 5090 idles at 7W. Enable NVIDIA persistence mode to drop from P0 to P8
◦ XFS for your array, ZFS for irreplaceable data. Never format array drives as individual ZFS pools
◦ Huntarr stored all *arr API keys unencrypted. Regenerate everything if you ran it
◦ NVIDIA driver 595.71 stops fans spinning. P2000/P4000 users need the production v580 branch
◦ Steam survey: Windows 11 down 10%, Windows 10 up. Linux gaming is coming
◦ Windows 12 rumoured to be subscription-based and AI-focused (disputed live on air)
◦ Microsoft banned "microslop" on their Discord, then shut the whole server down
◦ Smart TV apps silently enrolling your home IP in AI proxy networks
◦ Hard drives and RAM both surging in price. DDR4 128GB kits fetching £500+ in the UK

Chapters
0:00 Welcome and housekeeping
2:04 New Unraid product portal
2:29 Local AI Uncast teaser
3:33 RTX 5090 idle power and NVIDIA persistence mode
5:58 Stirling PDF mention
6:09 Community storage deep dive: XFS, ZFS, and Unraid arrays
20:06 Huntarr security incident: your entire *arr stack was exposed
24:38 Vibe coding, AI-assisted development, and code review
29:17 NVIDIA driver 595.71 kills GPU fans
32:14 Legacy NVIDIA cards on Unraid: use the production branch
34:58 NVIDIA hiring Linux gaming engineers: Proton and Vulkan
36:40 Steam survey: Windows 10 up, Windows 11 down, Linux on the rise
45:24 Windows 12: subscription-based, modular, and AI-focused
45:59 The rumour gets disputed live on air
49:41 Battlestate Games fined for storing Russian user data outside Russia
52:30 App-forced insurance rant
56:10 Microsoft bans "microslop" on Discord
58:02 Copilot summarises confidential emails users never sent
1:00:19 Smart TV apps as an AI proxy botnet
1:04:09 Western Digital out of stock, hard drive prices surging
1:07:00 RAM prices: sell your DDR4 now if you have spare
1:10:46 New EUV chip technology could increase yields 50% by 2030

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