I turned my dusty Chromecast into a $250 smart home hub replacement
Jasmine Mannan Apr 12, 2026, 1:30 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…
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Claude Code finally remembers why I made those choices, and my workflow is faster because of it
…Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge How much do you know about Claude? Trivia challenge Think you know Anthropic's AI assistant? Put your knowledge of Claude to the test. Origins Capabilities…
I don't need Claude, this is the local LLM I run on my NAS that powers my smart home
…Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge How much do you know about Claude? Trivia challenge Think you know Anthropic's AI assistant? Put your knowledge of Claude to the test. Origins Capabilities…
I tested Gemini, Claude, and Lumo for my taxes — and one made a costly mistake
…Since I've been looking at ways AI assistants can make me more productive, I decided to try them out to help speed up the process. To see which tool did it…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…Related 6 of the coolest HACS integrations for Home Assistant users Level up your Home Assistant game with these neat HACS integrations A cloud-only smart home exposes your devices to external…
I moved my entire research workflow to Google AI Pro, and I'd do three things differently if I started over
…Google Gemini Gemini is Google's AI assistant which can help you with writing, planning, brainstorming, and deep research. See at Google Gemini Lesson two: NotebookLM and Gemini aren't interchangeable They…
Obsidian proves that note-taking doesn't need AI to be powerful
…There are a number of other useful AI community plugins too. Smart Connections uses AI-powered embeddings that help you discover related notes. YOLO is an AI assistant with a sidebar chat…
Comet is my daily driver, but Chrome still wins on these 3 things
…Ever since the AI features, such as the Assistant, convinced me to switch, it’s been my default browser. But there are still certain annoyances that keep getting in the way. Most…
Cloud-connected smart home gear isn't smarter, it's just slower and riskier
Jasmine Mannan Apr 17, 2026, 3:31 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…
ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini still have a critical UI flaw, and it's not an easy one to fix
…With time, however, it became clear that the future of AI assistants wasn't a textual conversation. Even after the advent of dedicated coding and designing environments and AI agents, we've…