Chrome hid a multi-GB AI model on your disk without telling you
I opened Activity Monitor on my MacBook last Tuesday and noticed Chrome was using 8 GB of disk space for something I had not downloaded on purpose. The file was sitting in…
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My smart TV has never touched Wi-Fi, and I still stream everything
I have not connected my smart TV to my home network in three years. I do not mean I sometimes forget. I mean the TV has never had the Wi-Fi password typed…
Business email in 2026: four providers, twelve years of opinions
I have run a small consulting business on four different email providers over the last 12 years. Gmail, Outlook, Zoho Mail, and Tuta Mail (formerly Tutanota). Each one looked good at the…
Eight AI dev tools later, three earned a spot on my dock
Eight AI developer tools arrived in my evaluation queue in the last quarter. I installed all of them, used each one for at least a week on a real project, and three…
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS, reviewed by someone who keeps it installed
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS: Best New Features Xubuntu 26.04 LTS (codenamed “Resolute Raccoon,” a long-term-support release of the lightweight Ubuntu flavor that uses the Xfce desktop environment instead of GNOME) shipped on April…