Dual screens on a gaming laptop sounds absurd until you try it for a week
…It's a silly concept, in all the best ways, and with the powerful hardware inside, the ROG Zephyrus Duo isn't just for gamers; it'll be useful to anyone who…
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Your smart TV is screenshotting everything you watch, but here's how to block it
…Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account Most people still think of a TV as a display first and…
4 ways you're shortening your SSD's lifespan without realizing it
…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…
I replaced my core Windows 11 apps with open-source alternatives — and I don't regret it
…He is the founder of TechLatest, where he has spent years providing technical analysis on hardware and Windows ecosystems. Now a Computing Writer at XDA, Shekhar leverages his deep background in NAS…
This GPU driver setting cut my frametime variance in half, and competitive FPS games feel completely different now
…The number that actually determines whether a game feels smooth or not is frametime, or more specifically, how consistently your hardware is delivering frames. I've already written an article on Smooth…
N100 mini PCs quietly killed the Raspberry Pi for home servers
Ayush Pande May 26, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
I installed Immich Power Tools to fix my 170,000-photo library, and it saved me weeks of work
…It doesn't handle creative editing like style transfer or Lightroom integration — those are outside its scope entirely. 05 / 8 Photoshop What was the original name of the software that eventually became…
I'm sticking with PowerToys Command Palette until Windows fixes taskbar and search
…The right side shows hardware stats with clear icons and a date and time icon. I'm one of those users who love to take a peek at resource consumption, and having…
I ditched Windows 11's taskbar for a week using only PowerToys, and it actually worked
…Winget is another useful integration that enables package management within Command Palette. It’s possible to install apps available via the MS Store and Winget repo. If you use Windows search, you…
The ESP32 project I'm most proud of has no cloud, no app, and no gimmicks
…Yet most take a while to work due to hardware wiring and firmware configuration. Besides, fixing the code and troubleshooting the build takes a while. No matter how carefully I write the…