I stopped using Google Drive and OneDrive so I could host my own files — and I love it
Rich Woods May 26, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT Rich is the Content Director of XDA, MakeUseOf, and How-To Geek, and I've been reporting on all things consumer tech since…
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My best 3D print wasn't a PC mod, but it replaced five failed commercial solutions
…In the process, I consume oodles of video content, necessitating good headphones. After years of tolerating the fragility of mass-market cans and earbuds, I finally built custom 3D-printed headphones from…
I replaced Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus with this stack
…I don’t need to scroll through a huge page to type the compose file content and then add environment variables. Everything is available in a single-page format. Another good thing…
I thought 120Hz on a TV was overkill, until I used it for gaming and Android TV
…Mini-LED TVs started showing up everywhere , and they were brighter, cheaper, and packed with features that suddenly made 120Hz and even 144Hz panels accessible to me. Plus, it doesn't hurt…
I tried multiple self-hosted dashboards but keep coming back to Glance
…Homarr's widgets are useful but not as lightweight as Glance, making it worrisome for basic servers with limited hardware. So, I can easily deploy Glance on something as weak as a…
You need these 6 self-hosted tools if you value your privacy
…number) limits, sign-up requirements, and long queue times, online file conversion tools are far from user-friendly. That’s before you include the privacy problems of letting external platforms access the…
I connected Claude to Affinity, and now I batch-edit my designs without touching a single layer
…Anything that requires Canva AI Studio features unless you've enabled that separately in the permissions panel Network access is also opt-in, so Claude won't pull external references unless you…
I built a $15 ESP32 display that lets me monitor my Bambu Lab printer from my desk
…means there are hard limits on what you can do, but for a print status display, it's more than enough. Interested in more maker-related content? We launched the XDA Maker…
After adding my entire Blu-ray library to Jellyfin, physical discs feel obsolete
It's the same content with easier access.
3 Google TV settings I changed after the Gemini update that made my TV actually useful
…There seems to be a mismatch between Gemini’s cloud-based model and Google TV’s local content discovery system. When the onboarding state fails to complete or sync correctly, the system…