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Free software, expensive rabbit hole.

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As someone who has spent a long time building PCs, I’ve got a fair share of outdated hardware stacked in my garage. But it ...

Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with his head stuck inside a PC or tinkering with a server operating system. Besides computing, ...

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But for all its benefits, the smart home can be complicated, confusing, and occasionally maddening. It’s also hard to keep up with all the changes. New gadgets are arriving daily, new features come to ...

Google has announced that it’s rolling out early access to its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Google Home, which allows AI agents to securely connect with and control smart home ecosystems.