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The USB-C port on your phone supports much more than controllers, and these are the best uses for it

…An ultra-portable SSD housing for all your devices This tiny SSD enclosure is the perfect pairing for your phone (or PC) But there's a potentially more interesting use case for…

Jun 4, 2026 · João Carrasqueira

I made Jellyfin remote streaming reliable without opening everything to the internet

…I did consider the obvious fix — forwarding Jellyfin's port 8096 on the router. But I held back to avoid permanently cataloging my home server into a publicly searchable directory. Without proper…

Jun 5, 2026 · Samir Makwana

This lesser-known USB-C feature never really took off

…ways including interviewing the CEO of Razer, AMD's Director of Product Marketing and the VP of Lenovo. Passionate about gaming and PC technology, she has built countless computers, keyboards and other…

Mar 22, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

I ditched my Debian VM for the immutable Lightwhale OS, and Docker containers have never been simpler

…See at Docker Getting Lightwhale onto Proxmox is easy I downloaded the Lightwhale OS directly on my Proxmox mini PC . After that, I created a new VM and attached a secondary virtual…

Jun 8, 2026 · Samir Makwana

I stopped ignoring these underrated smart TV features, and you should too

…ALLM ensures your console or PC communicates directly with the TV to remove this background processing, without you having to disable a bunch of settings every single time. Related I changed a…

Apr 4, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

A $40 label maker and QR codes completely changed how I manage my home lab

Rich Edmonds Apr 14, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…

Apr 15, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

Your monitor's USB hub does more than a docking station, and costs nothing extra

…Related 5 upgrades I'm making to my PC setup (none of them are PC components) Not all PC setup upgrades need to be expensive to matter. I'm making five affordable…

Apr 15, 2026 · Samarveer Singh

Your cheap unmanaged switch might be the bottleneck you forgot existed

…Add one new mini PC with a 2.5GbE port, or finally pull the trigger on that 10GbE NIC for the NAS, and the cheap switch becomes the active bottleneck for that…

May 5, 2026 · Ty Sherback

I thought I needed a new router, but turning my old one into an access point fixed more than I expected

…You can then connect your laptop directly to a LAN port on the old router with an Ethernet cable to configure it. Do not connect the two routers together just yet. Next…

Apr 15, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

Your router's parental controls are security theater, and here's the firewall rule that actually works