I optimized Proxmox's defaults and cut my home lab energy costs without sacrificing speed
Ayush Pande Mar 24, 2026, 2:31 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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I turned my dusty Chromecast into a $250 smart home hub replacement
…PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming hardware, she's covered just about everything. Whether it's breaking news about…
Stop wasting your old tablet on Netflix and use it as a smart home command center instead
…He has written news, features, and gadget reviews for national technology media publications. His passion is to help people with their technology problems and gadget purchases. For that, he has worked for…
My Home Assistant dashboard got better when I stopped trying to put everything on one screen
…Related 4 reasons you should build your own Home Assistant smart display Moving from an overview to flow Getting more from less As someone who was still fairly new to the smart…
I built my own smart TV setup with a monitor and a cheap device, and it turned out better than I expected
…Outside of work, he enjoys exploring new gaming hardware, testing system performance, and keeping up with developments across the broader tech landscape. Sign in to your XDA account A smart TV is…
FSR 4.1 will be the best thing to happen to handheld PCs this year, and the timing couldn't be more perfect
…New devices have arrived with sharper displays, more powerful APUs, and increasingly refined ergonomics. The segment has grown in popularity all over the world and become one of the most exciting corners…
DisplayPort is everywhere except TVs, and it's quietly limiting PC gamers
…Then there's the fact that DisplayPort can be used to daisy-chain displays, which unlocks an entirely new way to use the living room TV with other output devices. Related Why…
My Steam Deck is gathering dust because emulation handhelds got too good
…The emulation here is hardware-based, using an FPGA that emulates the Game Boy's hardware configuration on-chip. That chip, paired with a pixel-perfect reproduction display, means it runs and…
Your old Kindle will stop working on May 20th, but here's what I'm using mine for
…new device. Not quite — the first Kindle launched on November 19, 2007. Despite its polarizing design, it sold out within hours and fundamentally disrupted the book publishing industry. 02 / 8 Hardware What…
These 4 tools make using multiple monitors so much nicer on Windows
…force Windows to move your icons back to your main display, this open-source tool is going to be your new favorite utility. Sometimes I’m doing focused writing, and I find…