The ESP32 quietly became the most important chip in my smart home
Samir Makwana Mar 26, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR…
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I finally set up Neovim, and it's the terminal editor I didn't know I needed
…That isn't unique to Neovim, but with heavier editors I tend to live with the defaults because customizing them is more effort than it's worth. It scales better than nano…
4 tricks I use to stop Android Auto from heating up my phone like crazy
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 3, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
This browser-based emulator is the easiest way I've found to play retro games
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 13, 2026, 11:33 AM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
4 Android Auto apps that make EV range anxiety a thing of the past
Patrick O'Rourke Mar 26, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
3 simple Android Auto Automations that helped me stop wasting time in my driveway
Patrick O'Rourke Jun 18, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the…
Gemini Gems are way more powerful than I thought, and I wasted months ignoring them
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6 open-source programs I use instead of the paid alternatives
…She also worked at MakeUseOf as a Lead Editor. In her spare time she plays video games and geeks out about the latest tech. Sign in to your XDA account It's…
This 18-year-old's free Lightroom replacement blows Darktable's UX out of the water
…It's a functional, GPU-accelerated RAW image editor in a sub-20 MB package, packaged via the Tauri framework with a Rust backend for robust performance. In the render pipeline, this…
I turned my dusty PS3 into a retro console, and my nephew forgot about his PS5 entirely
Samir Makwana May 30, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT Samir Makwana is a technology journalist and editor from India since past 18 years and his work appears on MakeUseOf, HowToGeek, GSMArena, BGR…