Anthropic's Claude is down... again
…Related NotebookLM proved that AI tools don't need to make things up to be useful NotebookLM’s biggest limitation is also its superpower: it never goes beyond your sources, and it…
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Opera now has an MCP server that lets Claude and ChatGPT control your browser
…With MCP Connector, that's no longer limited to Opera's own AI, and any compatible third-party AI client that supports MCP can tap into those same capabilities. Opera Neon's…
Until NotebookLM, I never believed AI could be this game-changing for productivity
…hit the limits. Unless you're using NotebookLM in a team or organization, I doubt the average user would need to upgrade to the premium tier. Unlike other AI tools, NotebookLM doesn…
Your smart home needs both an ESP32 and Raspberry Pi 5, not one or the other
…and volume of community projects, ranging from VPN gateways to AI assistants , make it tempting to push the microcontroller beyond its limits. I fell for that trap too. While the ESP32 can…
NotebookLM's Cinematic Video Overviews are impressive, but completely unnecessary
…Right now, it is locked behind Google AI Pro at $20 a month and Google AI Ultra plan at a whopping $250 a month for higher usage limits. Simply put, the output…
I turned off HAGS and gained back a gigabyte of VRAM with almost no FPS loss
…Titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Hogwarts Legacy demand all the memory a GPU has, and even slightly lighter games can push limits when you crank up texture quality. While the GPU neared…
Claude does more for my workflow than all other AI tools combined — these 3 features are why
…each message weighs against your limits, which is why I tend to keep the extended token usage disabled. The productivity angle here is pretty straightforward. Most AI tools start losing the thread…
DRAM prices have tripled, and three products are paying the price
…Nvidia may want to prioritize its limited memory supply for high-margin enterprise AI chips rather than consumer gaming cards. These super cards would need to feature GDDR7 VRAM, which is the…
I stopped trusting cloud AI with my personal files, and switched to this local setup instead
…Sign in to your XDA account I use AI tools for a big portion of my productivity and creativity tasks now, so uploading files to them has become second nature at this…
I tried vibe coding a real app in Bolt, v0, and Lovable, and one of them is all you need
Mahnoor Faisal May 6, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…