Panasonic's new Toughbook 56 is a durable, chunky throwback for mobile workers
…On the specs side, the Toughbook 56 features a 14-inch Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 chip (with up to 16 CPU cores), an 8GB dGPU focused on AI performance, and…
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The ESP32 turned out to be the least intimidating way into a hobby that scared me for years
…Toss in some AI integrations (specifically LLM Vision) and local LLMs hosted on outdated GPUs, and you have a solid AI-powered security camera built from nothing but an inexpensive microcontroller and…
Ripping my Blu-rays was the best upgrade I ever made to my Plex server
Jasmine Mannan Aug 16, 2026, 6:00 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…
Your Wi-Fi 7 router is probably in the worst spot in your home, and it's costing you hundreds in wasted speeds
Jasmine Mannan Jun 16, 2026, 10:01 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Smart plugs are replacing smart appliances, and your decade-old washing machine just became future-proof
Jasmine Mannan Jun 18, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
…He has written news, features, and gadget reviews for national technology media publications. His passion is to help people with their technology problems and gadget purchases. For that, he has worked for…
Google just launched a $99 Gemini smart speaker, and I've never been more glad I stayed on Home Assistant
…and are in turn completely immune to server shutdowns, mandatory firmware updates, or subscription price hikes. You don't have to pay a monthly fee just to keep using the features that…
Your guest network is a security nightmare, and splitting it in two actually fixes it
Jasmine Mannan May 27, 2026, 1:30 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…
My homemade ESP32 attic security camera beats Ring on price, privacy, and control
…yelling at his friends in co-op games, and practicing guitar. Sign in to your XDA account On paper, the AI-based surveillance features on modern security cameras may seem like a…
RAM lasts a decade but servers don't, so Meta built a chip to keep DDR4 alive in DDR5 machines
…before firmware and the OS map it into the physical address space. The problem, though, is that usable CXL memory is a property of the whole platform rather than a feature the…