The mini PC spec I care about most isn't the CPU
…The Intel N100, N150, and N305 chips for example, expose just nine PCIe 3.0 lanes, while the newer Ultra Mobile chips give you around 20 lanes. Lane amount doesn't always…
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Google’s native app for Windows beats Microsoft at its own game
…07 / 8 Cloud Both Google and Microsoft have major cloud computing platforms competing for enterprise customers. What is the name of Microsoft's cloud platform that directly rivals Google Cloud? A Microsoft…
My old Pixel does more useful things for my home lab than my current phone ever will
…Use the Tensor chips' TPU via Termux and OpenCore to run local lightweight LLMs for home automation without hitting a cloud API. Your old Pixel can actually run offline voice processing locally…
I don't need Claude, this is the local LLM I run on my NAS that powers my smart home
…Claude, by contrast, is delivered through Anthropic’s managed platform and API, which makes it a cloud service rather than a local NAS model. Related Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini get all the…
Winlator lets you play Steam games on your Android phone, and it actually works
…Although Valve is working on ARM support for Proton and its storefront to allow for smooth gaming on Snapdragon and other chips, there's already another way on Android. I decided to…
My old Google Pixel has replaced half of my smart home products without costing me a penny
…Your old Pixel 6 has a Tensor chip, a high-refresh-rate OLED screen, and a battery that also can be bypassed for straight power from the USB port. The Google Pixel…
Denuvo is finally dead, and the industry's response could be far worse than piracy
…The idea of local, fully-owned gaming hardware is slowly being chipped away, and nobody likes it. In that context, cloud gaming could very well vie to become the default option in…
The stock cooler on your Ryzen is probably good enough, and the upgrade isn't worth it
…This means that overclocking isn't in the equation, and the thermal headroom of these chips was conservative by design. For a 65W non-X Ryzen chip, the Stealth really is enough…
ESPHome turned my junk drawer into a smart home
…You can turn a $4 chip and $2 worth of sensors into a device that rivals a $50 commercial product with no cloud required and no subscription in sight. ESPHome has evolved…
Ready to ditch Synology? This 2-bay NAS makes it easy to do so at its new low price
…The F2-425 model is powered by an Intel quad-core chip and 4GB of RAM, while also providing room for upgrades. We personally upgraded the RAM on your test unit and…