My favorite alternative to Office 365 isn’t LibreOffice – it’s something way cooler
Ayush Pande Apr 5, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
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I turned this $55 Raspberry Pi into the ultimate streaming device
…support H.265 hardware decoding. So any transcoding attempts cause the entire CPU to fail. Make sure Jellyfin is set to direct play, and use Jellyfin server-compatible clients on all your…
I thought I needed a NAS, then I used this device for Plex instead
…A Plex Pass is required for hardware transcoding, remote streaming, and downloads for offline viewing. Related I’m back on Plex, and these are the 4 settings I changed right away The…
Nvidia's groundbreaking VRAM solution only works best on its fastest GPUs
…The headline advantage of NTC over BC7 is better quality-to-size ratio — not mipmap elimination or legacy hardware compatibility. The decompression step still happens at runtime; it just uses neural inference…
XPEnology gave me Synology's operating system on my own hardware, and now I can't justify the official price
Ayush Pande May 18, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…
Used enterprise workstations are the home lab upgrade everyone overlooks
…built with some enterprise-grade features that aren't available on consumer-grade hardware. The biggest benefit is compatibility and inclusion of ECC memory, which is very common on these types of…
The new Maintenance dashboard is the Home Assistant feature I did not know I needed
Ayush Pande May 14, 2026, 1:30 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…
Linux is the best way to run Android apps on your PC, and it's not close
…This is a technology that allows Linux-based operating systems to run in a containerized environment while still sharing the host Linux kernel and having more direct access to the hardware. LXCs…
I fixed my TV's flickering black screen with a $15 HDMI cable and a hidden menu setting
Jasmine Mannan Apr 17, 2026, 4:00 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…
Ready to ditch Synology? This 2-bay NAS makes it easy to do so at its new low price
…Like many NAS, this one is compatible with a range of devices, making it a versatile piece of hardware that's great for all kinds of uses. We love the idea of…