POCO is relatively new to the “ultra” high end smartphone market. It was only last …
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Upgrading my Mastodon server was rough, but AI helped a lot.
I made my own social media network federated via ActivityPub on the Fediverse running Mastodon 4.1 a few years ago. I did it with a script that installed everything on an Oracle Cloud VPS. I did not use the Docker method because I thought that might be extra RAM that could be used elsewhere. Then I became lazy about learning how to upgrade Mastodon on an installation built from source. Reading the release notes and …
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Lenovo’s new tech products announced at IFA 2026
Lenovo used its IFA 2026 Innovation World event to unveil a sweeping lineup of new hardware and software spanning consumer, creator, and commercial lines. Announcements ranged from Snapdragon- and AMD-powered IdeaPad Vibe laptops in Pantone-developed colors and a redesigned, “middle-box-free” IdeaCentre all-in-one, to a reimagined Yoga family built around NVIDIA RTX Spark for on-device AI and creative workflows, alongside new ThinkCentre, ThinkBook, and ThinkVision commercial products tied together by Lenovo’s Qira AI assistant. The showcase …
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Acer at IFA Berlin 2026: A Full Rundown of Everything Announced
Acer used its next@Acer global press conference on September 2 to unload a genuinely enormous lineup at IFA 2026 in Berlin, everything from a petaflop-class NVIDIA RTX Spark desktop to a naked-eye 3D gaming laptop, a repairable Vero notebook, a pair of new Predator handhelds, an entire wall of monitors, and even an ePaper display and a Gemini-powered projector. It’s the kind of announcement day where Acer is clearly trying to cover every corner of …
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Dell and Alienware at IFA Berlin 2026: A Laptop That Lasts All Day and Two OLEDs Built for Opposite Extremes
Dell’s IFA 2026 lineup is a study in giving people what they actually use their screens for. On the laptop side, the new Dell 14S takes the things that usually cost extra (an aluminum chassis, a 16:10 panel, a battery that genuinely lasts a full day) and puts them in a thin, colorful machine aimed squarely at students and young adults. On the gaming side, Alienware isn’t chasing one “best” monitor; it’s shipping two, deliberately …
Continue readingXiaomi POCO F9 Ultra Review: Bose sound and a much improved camera
POCO is relatively new to the “ultra” high end smartphone market. It was only last year when they released their first, the POCO F7 Ultra (POCO F7 Ultra Review: The first ultra POCO phone). It was one of the first phones to have the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which was the first time in a long time when smartphone processor speeds had a seriously noticeable speed boost. Today’s POCO F9 Ultra uses the …
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Best Accessories for the Xiaomi 17 Ultra
The Xiaomi 17 Ultra has one of the best smartphone camera arrays of 2026 which makes it pretty amazing for photographers. The Leica Leitzphone version comes with some compelling accessories for photography as well, but in my opinion there are some better accessories out there. Buy the Xiaomi 17 Ultra on Amazon Rigging & Protection SmallRig Metal Cold Shoe Smartphone Mount Having a tripod mount and cold shoe mount for lighting equipment is extremely important …
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