Unified memory is quietly killing SO-DIMM, and mini PCs prove it's already happening
…Minisforum AI X1 Pro-470 $1359 $2599 Save $1240 6.5 /10 CPU AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Memory Up to 2 SODIMM DDR5 (32GB installed) The…
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Nvidia introduces new app feature designed to reduce game load times
…In other Nvidia-related news, the GPU giant's DLSS 5 AI technology has drawn ample criticism for adding an AI sheen to characters and environments.
I put Google's Gemma 4 on my homelab and Tailscale on my phone — and cancelled Claude Pro
…What I gained from this setup was $240 per year, full privacy, no rate limits, and a setup that runs on hardware I already own. Local AI may not replace the frontier…
You no longer need a Gemini subscription to use its NotebookLM Notebooks feature
…Free tier limits to 50 sources per notebook; AI Plus 100, Pro 300, and Ultra 600 if you need more. A little while ago, we reported on how Google and NotebookLM were…
I ran local LLMs on my phone for a month, and now my desktop setup feels like overkill
…pretending it counts as a serious AI rig. Mine's been doing fine with 8GB for months at this point, but there are still limits that show up. So I figured a…
I canceled ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot subscriptions just to go back to this powerful AI tool
…Every other AI company asks for twenty bucks a month and hands you a blank chat window in return. That’s it. If you hit your message limit on Claude or ChatGPT…
I use Claude Code and Codex together, and the combination does something neither can do alone
Mahnoor Faisal May 17, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
If Claude Code is going away for Pro users, I can't recommend Claude anymore
Mahnoor Faisal May 3, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT Mahnoor Faisal is a tech journalist covering AI and productivity tools with bylines at XDA , SlashGear , MakeUseOf , Laptop Mag , and Android Police . She…
Forget Notion and Obsidian, 5 reasons Google’s AI note-taking tool is the future of productivity
…While Notion AI primarily focuses on writing tasks. But its understanding of your workspace is limited. In contrast, NotebookLM is designed with AI as its fundamental engine. As I mentioned earlier, it…
Nvidia's new VRAM compression trick just gave it a reason to keep selling 8GB GPUs
…It's not entirely untrue, either — modern AAA titles push even the best of GPUs to their limit, and cards with 8GB of VRAM end up running out of it in titles…