I'd rather build a Raspberry Pi security camera than ever pay for Ring again
…Turns out, the Hailo-8L accelerator on the HAT works pretty well with Frigate, though I still had to tweak the mask and zone values to avoid taxing the AI module with…
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These open-source tools do what Claude charges for, and some do it better
Mahnoor Faisal Jun 7, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
7 things I stopped paying for after getting a NAS
…Its automatic backups, smart AI features, and wide acceptability were genuinely impressive and handy. But it came with trade-offs: compressed quality, privacy concerns, and the constant nudge towards its paid tiers…
I almost bought a used Nvidia Tesla GPU for my home lab, then I read what owners actually deal with
…The silver lining here is that PCIe to EPS adapters do exist, and they're relatively inexpensive. But after adding up the costs of cooling and adapters, the $300 card quickly turns…
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Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini get all the hype, but the most interesting AI models are coming from elsewhere
…Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini. For most people, those are "AI," and everything else is background noise. That was probably fair a year ago. It isn't anymore. The open-weight space has…
One of the most iconic emulators ever is back from the dead with impressive new features
…The emulator is available for free on Windows/Mac, $4 on Android; it includes save states, cheats, fast-forward/rewind, and netplay is coming. I have fond memories of watching my older…
Don't wait for Nvidia GPU prices to drop — this might actually be the best time to buy
…Sign in to your XDA account GPUs have ballooned in price over the last decade, with the cost of a flagship Nvidia card increasing by more than double, and segmentation causing wide…
Claude does more for my workflow than all other AI tools combined — these 3 features are why
…Keep in mind, I’m talking about the core chatbot interface for desktop and web (simply called Claude and Claude.ai, respectively) not Claude Code. Related I set up Claude Code the…
I lived with the Raspberry Pi as my main desktop for 3 years, and it went surprisingly well
…The Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 can do light gaming, coding, AI, and even productivity. Related 5 Raspberry Pi projects for gamers Put your gaming and tinkering skills to the test with…
DLSS has turned buying a GPU into analyzing different software tiers, and I can't keep up
…more cores, wider memory buses and faster VRAM. So, when ray tracing entered the conversation, Nvidia had to introduce DLSS to make ray-traced graphics playable. Real-time AI upscaling internally rendered…