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Parth Shah Apr 13, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Parth, a seasoned tech writer, wields the keyboard (or pen) with finesse to unravel the intricacies of both Windows and Mac operating systems…
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These old gaming CPUs are costing you frames you didn't know you were losing
…When you factor in the overhead of modern Windows telemetry, the myriad background tasks, and the launcher ecosystem that modern gaming demands all carve into that thread count before you even get…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…Letting a cloud platform receive data from my surveillance cameras sounds terrible from a privacy standpoint, and the same holds true about the reports generated by my smart locks, presence detection modules…
Plex’s $750 Plex Pass Lifetime price hike finally convinced me to switch to Jellyfin
…There is the original Plex experience that I signed up for, the one that gives me a pretty front end for my own media collection, and then there's the larger ecosystem…
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