Flat Ethernet cables look great — but there’s a catch
…room to a smart TV, a game console, or a streaming device is not going to cause you network problems. At short distances and gigabit speeds, the signal integrity differences between flat…
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Home Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will
1d agoHome Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
1d agoI connected my dumb appliances to Home Assistant, and it felt like upgrading my whole house
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…the home LAN, so the IP doesn't need to be checked on the router. Speaking of which, Synology even has some official mobile apps on Android and iOS that integrate well…
Don't miss out on this Ryzen 7 mini PC with 24GB RAM as it drops to a price that's easy to afford
…It can also become part of a home lab, the center of your media setup, or be a decent gaming machine thanks to its integrated graphics card with AMD's Radeon 680M…
I run Snapcast on a Raspberry Pi, and it's a Sonos replacement that cost me nothing
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account For multi-room home audio, I’ve had my eyes on…
Don't swap Docker for Proxmox's OCI support yet — the missing pieces matter more than the promise
…If Proxmox continues improving image lifecycle handling, setup-time configuration, and tighter integrations with storage and networking, this could become one of the most compelling aspects of the platform. Home labbers love…
The Hisense U7SG might be the last TV upgrade you need for a while
…On the smart TV side, the U7SG runs 4K Google TV with Gemini integration. It's compatible with Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Apple Home, which means it slots into most existing…
DisplayPort is everywhere except TVs, and it's quietly limiting PC gamers
…Everything has "smart" slapped onto it with impressive features on the marketing sheet. These sets all have wireless capabilities, integrated streaming, vast app collections, and an OS that can be continuously updated…
Stop obsessing over your GPU's core clock — memory clock matters more for local LLM inference
…Related I use this tiny LLM to control my smart home Integrating Ollama with Home Assistant was the best decision I ever made for my smart home You also need to have…
These 5 small tweaks made my self-hosted LLM setup way more productive
…and smart home Connecting local AI directly to my workflow One surprisingly useful tweak was stopping myself from treating AI as just another app or browser tab. I started integrating it deeper…
Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition does something I didn't think Windows laptops could do
…Intel Core Ultra 7 355 GPU Integrated Intel Graphics Weight Starting at 975 g (2.15 lbs) Operating System Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura…