The high-end Legion Go 2's price surges to almost $3,000
…t released a statement regarding this notable price increase, but it's likely tied to the ongoing memory shortage. XDA has reached out to the company for comment and will update this…
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Trying to self-host LLMs made me realize local AI has a friction problem, not a quality problem
…They update their models overnight and introduce features you hear about in the news. Any improvements to memory systems and performance are done server-side, too. Most of the time, users just…
Your 5-year-old router isn't just slow — it's an unpatched security loophole
…control over the firmware updates, security patches, and router settings. Your router manufacturer will routinely release security patches to address known vulnerabilities, and with a recent model, your network will be protected…
Microsoft's flagship Surface PCs now cost $500 more than they did at launch
…Mid-range Surface models now cost more than flagship models when they first launched. Microsoft has confirmed Surface PC prices have increased in the Microsoft Store , with third-party retailers following shortly…
I compared ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Gemini Nano Banana, and one easily wins
…ChatGPT Images 2.0 is a fairly new release, and was announced during the same week as GPT-5.5's release. It's OpenAI's first image model with native thinking…
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
…Then there’s community blueprints, official (and third-party) integrations, and add-ons (or apps, as they’re called in recent releases). The best part? Home Assistant receives new updates every month…
Google's Gemma 4 finally made me care about running local LLMs
…The biggest update that the Gemma 4 models got is something called intelligence-per-parameter. This means getting smarter results out of fewer resources. Google has engineered these models to squeeze more…
Cheap enterprise networking gear exposes the flaws in expensive consumer hardware
…Consumer hardware usually stops receiving security updates within a few years of release, but enterprise gear receives long-term support from the manufacturer. Instead of simple WPA3 security, enterprise routers use a…
I replaced the expensive Claude Pro subscription with these local models, and my productivity didn’t drop a bit
…the release of Qwen3.6-35B-A3B. When you are used to the ‘it just works’ nature of Claude Pro, you're naturally skeptical of open-source alternatives, but this model changed…
I ditched LM Studio for llama.cpp, and my local LLM doesn't feel like a downgrade anymore
…llama.cpp also tends to support new models first because it's the upstream project everything else is built on, whereas LM Studio and Ollama have to wait for an update cycle…