Claude Opus 4.7 is overkill for most people, until you set it up this way
…Outside of work, you'll often find Nolen diving into a good book, writing their own stories, or playing video games. Sign in to your XDA account Claude has reached the point…
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Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 are locked behind software updates you don't know about
Jasmine Mannan Mar 30, 2026, 10:00 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…
I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
Jasmine Mannan May 3, 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's ePaper ecosystem finally has an open standard worth building around
…None of those gaps worry me, as they're gaps a young project would be expected to have. The project has a lot of important backing from the likes of Home Assistant…
Your old phone is a better home server than a Raspberry Pi
Jasmine Mannan Apr 6, 2026, 11:00 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…
Nvidia won't release a single new gaming GPU this year, and that's actually good for gamers
…The current RTX 50 series will reportedly remain Nvidia's only consumer gaming offering until the next-generation RTX 60 series arrives, which isn't expected until the second half of 2027…
Your Ethernet wall ports might already work, but your builder wired them for phones
Chandraveer Mathur May 9, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT A seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, Chandraveer brings more than four years of consumer tech journalism experience to the…
Local LLMs changed how I use Home Assistant, and now my smart devices actually listen
Ayush Pande Apr 23, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Don't wait for Nvidia GPU prices to drop — this might actually be the best time to buy
…series card Judging by reports of the RTX Super refresh being delayed indefinitely and the RTX 60-series being expected to launch in 2027, we have a gap year in GPU releases…
Your motherboard has a 1GbE port, and adding a $15 2.5GbE PCIe card changes everything about your network
Jasmine Mannan Apr 1, 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…