Local LLMs are actually good now, and I wasted months not realizing it
…AI for, that doesn't matter much. But there are topics I'd rather not run through a cloud model - health stuff, finances, anything where I'd have to hand over personal…
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I finally ditched my research stack for Claude Pro, and the monthly cost paid for itself in week one
3d agoI stopped searching YouTube for explainers after NotebookLM created one in minutes
6d agoI tested an Android launcher that learns your habits and stops making you search for apps
1w agoNotion AI looked smart until I tried NotebookLM for grounded research and Claude Projects for action
1w agoCheap KVM switches do something expensive ones can't, and now I get why everyone uses them
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I run every sketchy installer in Windows Sandbox, and it's saved me twice this year
…When not writing anything, he is busy watching new episodes of One Piece or searching for something binge-worthy. Sign in to your XDA account There's no dearth of malware hiding…
Your Chrome new tab page is a vibe coding project waiting to happen
Mahnoor Faisal Apr 29, 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…
I replaced over $1,000 in cloud subscriptions with one small home server
…Minisforum AI X1 Pro-470 CPU AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Graphics AMD Radeon 890M $1360 at Amazon $1660 at Minisforum $719 at Newegg (barebone) Why StartOS, and what can it…
I stopped using Claude for coding, but now I can't live without it for everything else
…web search, paired with how conversational it is by default, makes it a better fit for the way I actually research. I also feel meaningfully better using Claude for the personal, exploratory…
4 tricks I use to get better videos from Gemini Omni every time
…It preserved all the little details, such as the floppy ears, black spots, the red collar (that I'd drawn around its neck reaching its hands), and the "personality" that such a…
I bought an RX 9070 XT instead of an RTX 5070 Ti, and I can't find a single reason to regret it
…Sign in to your XDA account GPU shopping the last few years hasn't been straightforward, even if you pretend the current AI-induced DRAM price hike didn't happen. Pretty much…
Claude Pro is close to perfect, but it needs these features to make me never switch to anything else again
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I gave Claude and NotebookLM the same job for a week — and fired one of them
…Then other AI tools came into the mix, and they’ve stepped up their game in the study department. ChatGPT got Study and Learn mode, Gemini got Guided Learning , and Claude also…