Storage sense automatically cleans your PC, and it's doing more than you realize
João Carrasqueira Apr 28, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT João has been covering the tech world for over 7 years, with a heavy focus on laptops and the Windows ecosystem. I also…
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Your AM5 board has a hidden BIOS setting for even better DDR5 performance, and no, it's not EXPO
…Related Stop believing these 6 PC hardware "rules" in 2026 Not every PC hardware tip needs to be adhered to forever What bank address hashing actually does It breaks linear access to…
Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote
…Better Assist customization, expanded integration support, and performance optimizations. This is quite the release for Home Assistant, focusing on standardization, accessibility, and security. Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes…
FireWire ran external hard drives at full speed when USB physically couldn't, but it still lost
…Once Intel threw its weight behind USB 2.0 instead, the PC side moved on almost entirely. FireWire stayed on Macs for years afterward, but the PC world had already made up…
DLSS is quietly saving Nvidia from a problem no GPU manufacturer can brute-force anymore
Jasmine Mannan Mar 27, 2026, 5:01 PM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
Pointing your router antennas straight up is quietly killing your Wi-Fi
Ty Sherback Apr 24, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT His love of PCs and their components was born out of trying to squeeze every ounce of performance out of the family computer…
I run Proxmox and Docker together in my homelab, and here's why treating them as rivals wastes resources
…Focusing on how they can be used together allowed me to create a bustling server farm with three compact PC nodes all working together. Taking advantage of both platforms ensures I'm…
Intel's New Arc Pro GPUs show what the consumer cards should have been
…missing all gaming optimizations, and given the paradigm, it's not even a surprise. Has Intel given up on gaming GPUs? Not just yet, but they're focused on greener pastures The…
AMD GPUs are finally getting the one feature that has become Nvidia's new USP
…the PC graphics industry for a long time, and I'm not just talking about market share or enterprise footprint. It has also pushed GPU technology forward with gaming-focused innovations like…
AMD is giving older Radeon cards an unexpected upgrade, but it's a bigger deal than it appears
…around FSR 4.1 has focused on discrete GPUs and PC gaming, the handheld story is far more compelling, especially given the position the handheld PC space finds itself in. RDNA 3…