I switched from Claude Code to Codex for a week, and the trade-offs surprised me
…I'm not a fan of giving AI a vague prompt and just...building what it thinks I want to build. I'd rather spend some extra time upfront explaining my preferences…
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4 underrated Android Auto Gemini voice commands I can’t drive without
…By leaning into Gemini’s deep integration with the Google ecosystem, I have moved beyond simple "Navigate to" commands. Whether I’m checking my morning schedule in Calendar, capturing quick thoughts in…
I turned my Windows 11 handheld into a retro gaming beast with this app
…My favorite part of EmuDeck is that it pre-configures every emulator's in-game controls, aspect ratio settings, and other settings, so you can spend more time gaming and less time…
I ran this bulky LLM on an SBC cluster, and it's the most unhinged setup I've ever built
…Besides computing, his interests include spending hours in long RPGs, yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account Ever since I jumped headfirst…
The engineer behind NotebookLM's best features showed me his exact setup, and it changes everything
…other AI chatbot? Michael acknowledged the overlap, but for him the difference comes down to what happens after you get the sources. In Gemini, you get your answer and move on. In…
The gaming mode on your router is a marketing lie — here’s what actually lowers your ping
Jasmine Mannan May 19, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
13 years later, the GTX Titan is still the most important GPU Nvidia ever made
…The Titan bridged gaming and compute, seeding CUDA, creators, and Nvidia's AI pivot. Every tech enthusiast in the world has grown up discussing the best GPUs of their time. For some…
GPU prices shelved my upgrade plans, so I pushed my 5-year-old GPU to its limits
…I also didn't want to go through a hit-and-trial to find an optimal undervolt and spend time stress-testing it. However, with the prospect of no GPU upgrades looming…
Windows laptops just received a much-needed kick in the pants, and it has nothing to do with Microsoft
…budget-conscious machines that have a bit of horsepower, but still not enough to be worth spending serious money on. Laptops in the $200-$600 range are some of the best-selling…
High-VRAM GPUs aren't the future of local AI — unified memory and Mixture of Experts models are
…However, hope isn't lost for those models, as the interesting work in local AI has moved to a different kind of machine entirely: unified-memory systems running mixture of experts (MoE…