I'd rather build a Raspberry Pi security camera than ever pay for Ring again
Ayush Pande Jun 18, 2026, 8:00 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…
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Right now, we are in a structural shortage that probably won't see relief for a good couple of years. As a result, so much consumer hardware feels like it's vanishing. With budget gaming PCs disappearing, Nvidia's Super Series potentially in jeopardy, and the Steam Machine currently in limbo too. The silver lining of all of this is that this crisis might force a software revolution where developers have to finally stop being lazy with RAM optimization. For now, the hardware we want is sitting on a shelf in a designer's drawer, waiting for the prices to drop to make it accessible for the averag
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Cloud-connected smart home gear isn't smarter, it's just slower and riskier
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I tried caring about ChatGPT and Claude, but I still haven't found a real need for LLMs
…for the Max plan Claude is an AI assistant and LLM developed by Anthropic. See at Claude Related My local LLM is the best productivity tool I've installed in years, and…
AMD shipped Nvidia's new AI laptop over a year ago, and the software is finally catching up
…asked Nottingham about those products. At this year's Computex, AMD also launched a turnkey rival to Nvidia's DGX Spark, the Ryzen AI Halo developer mini-PC. It's a Strix…
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This is the mini PC that finally made me display my home server instead of burying it
…The AMD Ryzen AI HX 470 powering this mini PC is a rehash of last generation's HX 370 with a fresh coat of paint on the product number and not much…