4 Pixel AI features I miss every time I use another Android phone
…Google AI gives Pixels an edge Consumers looking to buy a new phone know that hardware improvement has slowed to a crawl, as most brands focus on AI development. I could see…
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I finally understand why Valve abandoned the Steam Machine — the Steam Deck just proved it
…Valve isn't alone in this issue, either, with other brands like Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft having all been forced into historical hardware price bumps over the past year. However, Valve's…
This $70 mouse has all of the features of a $200 mouse and the battery lasts me three months
Jasmine Mannan Apr 18, 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…
I ditched NotebookLM for Claude Projects and I’m not going back
…Next, I pushed them a bit on hardware and asked for ideas to redesign our website’s homepage based on our brand documents. NotebookLM did an okayish job. It gave me a…
I ditched my arcade stick for this leverless fighting controller, and the muscle memory didn't transfer
…Related I made a cheap PS5 controller mod, and it fixed what firmware updates never could Firmware updates can't address hardware wear, but this mod can What I didn't like…
My motherboard's debug LED saved me hours of troubleshooting once I learned how to use it
…You may encounter them right after assembling a brand-new rig, following a botched software update , or completely out of the blue when your monitor simply refuses to display any video output…
I wanted a Synology home server until I realized it was designed to stop me from building one
…The hardware is often too conservative for the price You pay a premium for mediocre hardware Synology hardware has always been conservative. That was acceptable when DSM was far ahead of the…
Restarting isn’t enough — you should always shut your PC down
Jasmine Mannan Mar 24, 2026, 8:01 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 router is about to stop getting security updates - here's what to do
…OPNsense is one of the standard choices for doing so because of its great hardware support and great documentation. Its official hardware guidance is also more modest than a lot of people…
TrueNAS SCALE tried to do everything, so I gave it one job and moved the rest to Proxmox
…hardware, and it's notably easier to set up and manage. But all that convenience is undercut by a severe flaw. Should the NAS go offline for whatever reason, perhaps an update…