Home Assistant just made every infrared device in your house controllable, and you probably already own them
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Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS, even if Windows owns the Steam charts
…Younger gamers now care more about ecosystems than operating systems. Their libraries, saves, friends lists, achievements, and storefronts already live inside Steam. If Valve successfully becomes the defining layer of PC gaming…
I can't install Windows 11 on my old PC, but I can run it fine in a VM instead
…Sign in to your XDA account Windows 11 marked a drastic shift in hardware requirements for running the operating system. Before that, the only expectations from any new operating system release were…
Rainmeter turned my boring Windows desktop into something I actually enjoy looking at every day
…A traditional theme available on the Microsoft Store looks great, but it only tweaks these two elements and leaves out everything else. What if I want to change the included elements? What…
One tiny change made my local LLMs more useful than ChatGPT for real work
…When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, his interests include…
PowerToys is now stable enough to replace my entire third-party tool collection
…He loves writing how-to articles, listicles, and informational posts on popular operating systems and web services. He closely follows the Windows Insider program and tests new Insider builds to discover upcoming…
PowerToys finally has a launcher that's just as good as Wox or Flow
…He loves writing how-to articles, listicles, and informational posts on popular operating systems and web services. He closely follows the Windows Insider program and tests new Insider builds to discover upcoming…
Microsoft finally added the Windows features that should have shipped years ago, but you still need PowerToys
…It's the kind of time-saving feature users deserve, and while I didn't know I wanted something like this, now I think it should be built into the operating system…
I stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
…Your webcam or microphone state changes to on, signaling a Zoom, Discord, or Teams call. Hobo Assistant can trigger a do-not-disturb scene. It automatically changes the LED strip outside your…
ESPHome's Device Builder finally lets you compile multiple devices at once, and it changes everything
…store, and then toggle ‘Use new Device Builder Preview’ on the add-on’s Configuration tab. There might be edge cases, but breaking changes are minimal and well documented in the changelog…