Gemini’s new Notebooks feature completely changed how I take notes
…When I talk about a research partner, I’m not just talking about a search bar; I’m talking about a tool that actually reads my mess of sources and lets me…
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I replaced ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on my phone with a local LLM, and it's a mobile upgrade I didn't expect
…So that's pretty much what I defaulted to for my local AI work , which primarily consists of interacting with private documents . But that whole privacy logic kind of stopped applying the…
I gave Matter two years to work, then ripped out every Thread node for Zigbee
Jasmine Mannan May 3, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
I changed one setting in LM Studio, and it made my local LLM actually competitive with cloud models
…Local AI is still a relatively new concept to me and I'm learning as I go, so naturally, I often come across useful tips that should have been so obvious to…
I threw my messy notes at Mem, and it turned them into something I'd actually use
…That’s when I decided to give one of those AI note-taking apps a try and see what it could do. I went with Mem, and what it did with my…
I added these MCP servers to my local LLM stack, and one of them replaces a $249 paid tool
…Adding an MCP server to your stack is the closest thing the AI world has to installing a browser extension. You point your model at it, the model gets new capabilities, and…
I replaced Claude Code with Codex for a week, and the trade-offs were not what I expected
…Sign in to your XDA account As developers, we are constantly tweaking our AI setups in search of that friction-free workflow. When Claude Code dropped, it felt like a massive upgrade…
I canceled ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot subscriptions just to go back to this powerful AI tool
…The search giant has smartly made Google AI Pro more lucrative by bundling YouTube Premium Lite, Google Health Premium, Antigravity, and Google Drive storage. Besides, while standalone chatbots require you to constantly…
I built my first home server for under $200, and it replaced 4 monthly subscriptions
…Immich has matured fast over the last couple of years, and the AI-powered search, facial recognition, and timeline view genuinely hold their own against what Apple and Google offer. I can…
4 Claude Code settings I change before letting it touch a project
Mahnoor Faisal May 30, 2026, 6:00 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…