Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
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Owning the latest GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD made me realize that software matters more than hardware in 2026
…The game compatibility list is also a bit slimmer in comparison. There's also the hardware compatibility elephant in the room. FSR 4 and the Redstone suite of features still isn't…
Stop upgrading your CPU for media server transcoding; a used GPU does it better
…He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS…
Bazzite is what most Linux gaming distros wish they were
…The feature-rich out-of-the-box configuration, highly stable performance, and great compatibility with varied hardware make Bazzite better than most alternatives. It's not the perfect gaming distro for every…
I replaced NotebookLM with this free tool that uses my local LLMs
…Rather than forcing me to upload everything on Google’s servers, I can just point it to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint – like my llama-server instances (yeah, I’ve got more than…
The Steam Deck didn't make Linux gaming viable — it made Windows gaming look bloated
…Proton was the magic ingredient that gradually made around 90% of Steam games compatible with Linux. Combined with Vulkan's lack of overhead and the open-source Mesa drivers improving hardware compatibility…
Google Antigravity's April update finally made it usable, and VS Code should be worried
…Language Server Protocol ecosystem, features such as syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, go-to-definition, diagnostics, and refactoring tools also behave the same way they do in VS Code. Extension compatibility remains one of…
Google wants you to turn your old laptop into a ChromeOS Flex machine with a simple USB kit
…After all, the laptop is still in great condition, despite being almost a decade old (unfortunately, it isn't on ChromeOS Flex's compatibility list) . Google is reportedly working on a new…
The new Maintenance dashboard is the Home Assistant feature I did not know I needed
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XPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
…Sign in to your XDA account Synology used to be the biggest player in the Network-Attached Storage ecosystem, but it has slowly lost its footing since 2025. Removing HEVC drivers from…