I’ve been running Windows 11 on this same machine for the past 10 years and haven’t had to wipe and reformat once. I didn’t feel the need to reformat because I use it mainly for writing. I keep the system light and my regular maintenance keeps it running like new. Some added Microsoft features have … Read more
Google is finally bringing Samsung phone support to its Googlebook laptops, fixing one of the biggest frustrations users have faced since the devices launched. The company has started rolling out an update that will enable Better Together features on Samsung Galaxy phones running One UI 9 based on Android 17. These cross-device tools were noticeably … Read more
Samsung’s latest tracker has taken an unusual side in the tracking wars. The new Galaxy SmartTag 3 can be found on iPhone, but it still doesn’t work with Google’s wider Android Find Hub network. SmartTag 3 continues to live primarily on Samsung’s Galaxy Find Network, which works through the SmartThings Find app on Galaxy smartphones. … Read more
Ever since I used an old GTX 1080 to build a local AI hosting workstation last year, I’ve been benchmarking LLM final assignments on all kinds of hardware, from gaming systems to tiny single-board PCs and outdated cell phones. As you’d expect, devices with NPU and VRAM loaded graphics cards work fine with my local … Read more
An old budget phone can serve as a smart home dashboard, but it shouldn’t run a media server. At least I thought so until I started wondering what else old Android could do. So I tried to run the Jellyfin server. The phone in question is the Realme C11 with 4GB of RAM running Android … Read more