5 reasons I am done with PC building
…Related 5 things I'd do differently if I were building a gaming PC today The PC hardware market has changed, and I need to change with it Unfinished and buggy hardware…
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Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
…huge list of compatible IoT paraphernalia, it’s free from the brand wars that you’d find on typical smart home platforms, and that’s before you include the community-created integrations…
I stopped recommending the 3GB Raspberry Pi 4, and here's why
…However, the launch of the 3GB memory model reveals the shift from community-first principles to a corporate strategy — after all, they’re a listed company. Will the 3GB model kill the…
I added these MCP servers to my local LLM stack, and one of them replaces a $249 paid tool
…archive list, where new servers took their place. Mem0 archived its first-party MCP server in favour of pushing users to its hosted cloud. Home Assistant, which had a community-led MCP…
I built a local voice assistant that doesn't need the internet, and it actually understands me
Jasmine Mannan May 30, 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…
The RTX 3060 is becoming this decade's GTX 1060, but that's not a bad thing
…the Steam Hardware Survey, but once it did so in early 2023, it remained there for the bulk of the last three years. Even the #2 card on the list is another…
Lossless Scaling does 5 things DLSS and FSR simply can't match
…Sign in to your XDA account Lossless Scaling has built up a reputation in some corners of the PC gaming community as the secret weapon that makes DLSS and FSR irrelevant. To…
Linux 7.1-rc1 brings faster, safer file transfers between Windows and Linux partitions with a brand new NTFS driver
…Since beginning his writing career, he has written for many different publications such as WorldStart , Listverse , and MakeTechEasier . However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move…
Someone built the PlayStation controller PC dongle that Sony refuses to make
…One of the coolest things about the tinkering community is that, if you have a problem connecting two pieces of hardware together, they've likely already figured out a way to bridge…
I tried Hue Bridge Emulator for my smart bulbs and lights — turns out, I didn’t need it
…For that, he has worked for some of the biggest international technology publications, covering news, explainers, how-to guides, listicles, and product-buying guides. He has worked as an editor and managed…