Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
Ayush Pande Apr 14, 2026, 1:30 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
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Linux might never replace Windows, so Valve is putting it in your living room instead
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Your AM5 board has a hidden BIOS setting for even better DDR5 performance, and no, it's not EXPO
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The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
…For anyone interested in the Linux side of consumer hardware, this is one of the few hardware announcements in years that's actually pushing vendor practice toward open kernels and away from…
Microsoft is finally tackling Windows 11’s driver problem
…with periodic stability fixes, a pullback on its Copilot AI push, easier update control, and more. At Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC 2026) , the tech giant announced its Cloud-Initiated…