Amazon recently bumped the price of the Fire TV Cube to $200. That change came quietly in August: the device, which once retailed for $140, suddenly saw a $60 price increase while still offering the same basic hardware. I was particularly shocked by this increase, although I shouldn't say it was that unexpected because RAMageddon has been affecting every industry that uses memory technology.

One of the best parts of using agentic AI is that you can connect it to the tools you already use and have it do things for you. I already have Gmail and Google Drive connected to Claude Code, so it can reply to my emails and pull information from my files. I can also ask it to bring up messages that need a response or check upcoming events through my connected calendar. These are useful additions to something I used mostly for coding.

My 2015 Kindle Paperwhite is officially out of support, and Amazon won't be sending it another update. On paper, that makes it e-waste with a nice screen. But that ignores something important about every E Ink Kindle Amazon has ever sold.

While my bank already hated to see Apple Music, Spotify, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, iCloud+, Google One, Netflix, and about half a dozen other subscriptions coming every month, I know AI tools have made an already existing problem significantly worse. Now, practically every AI tool I use wants its own cut too. Claude Max, ChatGPT Plus, Google AI Pro, Perplexity Pro, Cursor Pro, and so on.

For most people, the M.2 slot on the motherboard is synonymous with NVMe SSDs. After all, that is the most common thing people install in their M.2 slots. However, it wasn't made for SSDs exclusively; it was meant to accommodate high-speed as well as low-speed devices. The latter is where non-SSD expansion cards come into the picture.

Most people reach for Claude Code first, and for good reason, since it's the dominant agent. The catch is the usage limits. Every paid plan draws from a single pool shared by Claude chat, Claude Code, and Claude Design, so going hard in one of them chips away at the others. Once that pool's empty, you either sit tight until the reset or pay standard API rates on top of what you're already paying for the subscription.

When you sign up for a new 1Gbps fiber or cable internet package, you might not stop to look at your household ecosystem: smart home bulbs, streaming boxes, tablets, IoT gadgets, and background servers. Realistically, none of them really need, utilize, or physically process a gigabit of bandwidth during normal operation.

I love e-ink displays, and I do think that DIY devices such as weather stations, smart home displays, and picture frames are fantastic set pieces for any home. However, despite e-ink being perfect for a 'set-and-forget' display, I'd be lying if I said I didn't like seeing interactive projects using the tech, too. For instance, this one uses a XIAO ESP32-C3 combined with Google Gemini to create a text-based adventure that makes itself on the fly.

One thing I'm always aware of when handling agentic tasks is my token burn. Simple tasks like generating test files from a template or skimming through a folder of PDF documents to answer a question are almost insulting to the power of a frontier model. That's less of a concern with subscription pricing, but with API billing, token costs add up. Unnecessarily, when a cheaper model (or even a local one) could handle the task.

DLSS 5 has been impossible to escape lately. It's in my Instagram Reels, all over my YouTube homepage, and seemingly every other gaming creator has been feeding old games into it to see how close they can get to hyperrealism. None of those clips use the official DLSS 5, though. They use an unfinished DLSS 5 build that leaked with NBA 2K27's game files in late August, which the modders were quick to wire into ReShade through a RenoDX add-on.

Self-hosting starts with basic items and can evolve into a complex setup with the best possible hardware. The progression becomes necessary for a better overall experience and system responsiveness. Some projects can benefit from a cheaper yet functional alternative. When you think of a home network stack, you might think of an old laptop, network switches, or even enterprise servers. I won't deny that these components can deliver better performance.

There's a lot to love about Google TV — it supports a wide variety of apps, it has some nifty features, and it performs relatively well on affordable devices. However, the platform also has drawbacks, especially with its home screen.