Valve says it hasn't forgotten about the Steam Deck 2
…The handheld is still likely years away; expecting a stronger SoC, higher-refresh displays and OLED/LCD options. Remember when Valve first mentioned that it's working on a successor to the…
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A $30 desk upgrade beats any internal PC component, and I recommend it constantly
…We have spent years obsessing over raw specs and neon lights, but the most transformative PC upgrade, especially one for under $30, isn't internal hardware; it's ergonomics and sensory refinement…
This mobile workstation made me realize my desk was just a convenience
…Except it's probably twice the thickness of those, to house the powerful hardware, cooling system, and port selection that Lenovo put on this beast. The left side has a 10 Gbps…
My motherboard’s default BIOS settings were secretly killing my gaming experience
…My in-game telemetry showed frame rates that were far lower than what my hardware should have delivered. I spent the entire day trying to solve different display driver issues after I…
I paired a Raspberry Pi with an ESP32, and it unlocked projects I never thought of before
…The Raspberry Pi is excellent at running services, but it’s not always the best choice for quick, tiny, always-on hardware jobs. The ESP32 is excellent at those jobs, but it…
Google turned the Pixel’s best feature into an app, and I use it constantly
…Google held a dedicated hardware event on October 4 of that year, introducing the Pixel as 'the first phone made by Google' and signaling a new era for the company's hardware…
Monitor arms aren't marketed right, and I've had enough
…With the gas spring design, there's an additional consideration for the minimum weight capacity if you plan to use a dual-display arm for one display and a laptop on a…
I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back
…However, if you're more of a technical person and you like to configure your own software and hardware, then you might find yourself going all-in on Home Assistant at some…
Motion smoothing is ruining your movies, and TV makers won't stop pushing it
…But display hardware doesn't evolve that quickly, so software features often fill the gap, adding more appealing selling points to the box of each new model coming out every year. One…
I cut Apple and Google out of my smart home with a $5 ESP32, and it was easier than I expected
…But I didn’t want to rely on any hardware that depended on the cloud. I stopped using the Pi 4 as an OpenThread Border Router and repurposed it for network monitoring…