The ESP32 makes more sense than a Raspberry Pi for your smart home
…ESP32 can live in places that Pi can’t Size, heat, and power A fully kitted Raspberry Pi needs a microSD card, a heatsink, a case, and a power brick to work…
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Valve's Steam Deck price hike might be warning sign that the Steam Machine is DOA
…A product whose identity is contested and doesn't present a clear view of its own use-case and the problem it solves is already difficult to sell. Both groups will unanimously…
I paired NotebookLM with Perplexity for a week, and it feels like they’re meant to work together
…In that case, I can use the interactive mode in Audio Overviews instead and hop right into the discussion the two AI hosts are having to clear my doubts. If I want…
4 Pixel AI features I miss every time I use another Android phone
…Pixel 8 and newer devices, while the Pixel 6 and 7 aren't as configurable in comparison. In all these cases, Call Screening is incredibly useful at handling spam and marketing calls…
Most people don't hate Linux, they just hate the first distro they tried
…Not every app is available, that's true, but web browsers are, and that alone comprises most of the use cases a typical user might have. Plus, almost every other app you…
Linux on the desktop isn't winning, but Linux on my handheld already has
…optimized, seamless, and crafted for one purpose When you experience handheld gaming on SteamOS, it becomes clear that Valve built the operating system around a single use case, and that singular focus…
I replaced NotebookLM with a local LLM, and the difference is night and day
…Sign in to your XDA account NotebookLM is genuinely one of the better AI tools I use , and I’ve been on it long enough to have a real opinion on it…
I love NotebookLM, but its biggest update yet is making it feel less like itself (for better and worse)
…Yes, I've used the tool for pairing-adjacent use cases and have paired it with tools like Claude Code and Antigravity , and I've even used it to learn programming . But…
Intel's $949 GPU has 32GB of VRAM for local AI, but the software is why Nvidia keeps winning
…and in Intel's case, the software is particularly underdeveloped. Intel's AI software stack is a mess for regular users I want to be fair to Intel here, because the narrative…
5 features on modern motherboards I regret not using sooner
…the system used to freeze on me, I used the power supply switch to cut power and restart the PC. At times, even the power button on the case didn't seem…