I dropped Roku for Google TV, and losing the ads alone was worth it
…The good thing, however, is that Google TV supports a basic TV mode , which lets you get rid of most ads and keep only the apps you want to see. So, moving…
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Android Auto's Gemini integration is almost there, but it's still not ready for the road
…Google has been improving the experience with each iteration, and while adding Gemini and AI support feels like the next natural evolution of the traveling companion, this early implementation is far from…
The ESP32 quietly became the most important chip in my smart home
…My experimental OpenThread border router bridges the Thread network to IP and makes it easy for Matter-supporting devices to talk with other devices in the house. Meanwhile, I can continue using…
I used Claude Code, Google Antigravity and OpenAI Codex to develop an app, and found only one worth using
…Pygame supports mostly everything needed to build a complete game, including score tracking, menus, and indicators of performance. All of these aspects were absent here. Related I use ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and…
Docker Manager finally gave me a container management UI I can use on smartphones
…Between its sheer number of container tools, built-in CI/CD pipelines, and support for everything from Docker and Podman to K8s, Portainer is the most common option out there. But if…
Synology's apps are why people stay, not the hardware, and that's finally changing
…But at the same time, DSM supports advanced utilities like RAID managers to VM-hosting services to satisfy even the most hardcore tinkerers. In fact, my biggest complaint about DSM would be…
I discovered most of my HDMI 2.1 cables aren't certified, and it's shockingly common
…Devices and accessories could be marketed as "HDMI 2.1" while supporting only a fraction of the bandwidth, because all 2.1 features are technically optional. That same ambiguity carries over to…
I finally found a local LLM I want to use every day (and it's not for coding)
…It supports up to 262k tokens natively - for a 9B model, that's pretty wild. It comes in at around 6.6GB, it comfortably fits on an 8GB GPU, and at 4…
I talk to Perplexity Computer all day, and it's finally what AI assistants promised to be
…You need to do a lot of the heavy lifting yourself, constantly need to authorize actions, and half the time the integrations either break or don't support the specific tool you…
SteamOS now runs on every AMD handheld, and Valve didn't even make a big deal about it
…The improvements to Bluetooth audio support are impressive, but again, the Deck's Bluetooth has been pretty stellar for years now. The HDR support and VRR improvements make sense, but they're…