Stop buying expensive docks when your monitor already has one
Jasmine Mannan Apr 19, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT Jasmine is Software and PC Hardware Author at XDA with years of tech reporting experience ranging from AI chatbots right down to gaming…
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I ran a full LLM on my phone with no internet, and it's more useful than I expected
…LLM parameters are essentially the settings that control and optimize its output and behavior. Traditionally, more parameters translate to better results. However, it also meant that you'd need more hardware to…
Ubuntu 26.04 is polished, but Fedora 44 asked less from me out of the box
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
Nvidia's RTX Spark is a chip unlike any other, and it could change Windows laptops forever
…An MBA in Marketing and the owner of a PC building business, he writes on PC hardware, technology, and Windows. When not scouring the web for ideas, he can be found building…
The Steam Deck won because Valve solved what Microsoft refuses to fix for gaming handhelds
Jasmine Mannan May 25, 2026, 8:00 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…
Your AM5 board has a hidden BIOS setting for even better DDR5 performance, and no, it's not EXPO
…That responsibility falls on the memory controller and how it chooses to map addresses across those banks. Related Stop believing these 6 PC hardware "rules" in 2026 Not every PC hardware tip…
The RTX 20 series has officially become Nvidia's Windows 7
…Today, things couldn't be more different, because fully path-traced experiences are becoming increasingly common, and dedicated RT hardware has gone from luxury to expectation. The idea never changed, and thankfully…
Windows handheld owners are switching to Linux, and here's why it's a game-changer
…also tend to surface in discussions surrounding handhelds. Windows has become increasingly defined by its background process overhead, bloatware , and inessential features that hit thermally and resource-constrained hardware twice as hard…
One of Google Maps' biggest flaws is something you probably use every day without realizing
…for a product online and then find out if that store has a nearby branch. This helped me with finding local hardware stores that weren't properly surfaced by Google Maps when…
I used this utility to gain complete control over my GPU that Nvidia deliberately hides
…It makes GPU hardware and software management approachable by making driver updates seamless , per-game profiles, and neatly tucking features like recording or optimization into a neat and modern UI. It's…