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Everyone talks about Cat5e, Cat6, and even Cat7, but what about Cat8?

…End consumers rarely have the expensive equipment to test the cable. Cat7 experienced a similar issue, and the Telecommunications Industry Association never officially ratified it. The proprietary connectors were incompatible with the…

Apr 19, 2026 · Samir Makwana

Google Opal is the most impressive no-code app builder I've tested, and it's completely free to use

…I sent the prompt below to Opal, and within seconds (I'm not exaggerating, it's crazy fast), I had a fully working app. I want a study app where the user…

May 10, 2026 · Mahnoor Faisal

I fine-tuned a 7B model to write my Home Assistant automations, and it actually works

…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…

Mar 28, 2026 · Adam Conway

You don't need an expensive GPU to run a local LLM that actually works

…The issue there is that RAM is actually really slow, at least compared to VRAM on a GPU or CPU cache. The former is the best choice for running LLMs with Nvidia…

Apr 29, 2026 · Rich Edmonds

I installed Immich Power Tools to fix my 170,000-photo library, and it saved me weeks of work

Dhruv Bhutani Apr 22, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the personal technology landscape through features and opinion pieces…

Apr 22, 2026 · Dhruv Bhutani

I built a distributed computer with three cheap ESP32 boards using a feature most people ignore

…My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry…

May 14, 2026 · Adam Conway

Your old PC doesn't need a new motherboard, just a $15 adapter and a faster drive

…Sign in to your XDA account You might have a solid, older desktop PC that handles tasks decently, but your storage needs are growing, and modern games and apps demand significantly faster…

May 26, 2026 · Jasmine Mannan

6 settings I always change to make any TV feel more premium

…Different devices implement different RGB ranges. Full RGB (0-255) is often seen on gaming consoles, with 0 representing black. Limited RGB (16-235) is used by streaming apps, broadcast TV, and…

May 14, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

By the time the Steam Machine ships, it will have already lost the market it was supposed to own

…This was a crippling disadvantage that made the pitch to consumers very hard to sell. Not quite. The core problem was that SteamOS ran Linux, and the vast majority of Steam's…

Apr 29, 2026 · Tanveer Singh

Google's Gemma 4 isn't the smartest local LLM I've run, but it's the one I reach for most

…On my ThinkStation PGX with its 128GB of unified memory, both fit without issue, but on a more typical consumer GPU, the 26B with a slightly aggressive quantization is a more realistic…

Apr 15, 2026 · Adam Conway

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