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I turned off GPU shared memory in BIOS and my PC finally felt like 16GB again

Shaheer Khan — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:30:19 GMT

It's nice to have tons of customization options as a PC owner, but the lack of plug-and-play simplicity is too big an inconvenience to ignore. Most of the time, your PC's initial setup holds it back from reaching its full potential, and you have to dig deep into your system's settings to unlock the true performance.

4 NVIDIA App improvements we want to see now that the Control Panel is gone

Quentyn Kennemer — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:19:18 GMT

NVIDIA has officially retired its legacy Control Panel app for Windows. With the release of Game Ready Driver 610.47 (which adds optimization profiles for the newly released 007: Last Light, among others), the 20-year-old utility is being phased out in favor of the modernized NVIDIA App.

I found a hidden Android list of every app I haven't touched in months, and it freed up gigs of storage

Brandon Miniman — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:00:18 GMT

Ever since phones stopped having expandable storage around 2010, we have to live with a fixed amount of storage space on our phones. Whether 128GB, 256GB or more, space is at a premium, and once you start storing RAW photos or 4K video on your phone, your space fills up fast (especially if your phone is taking invisible backups).

Samsung Galaxy users can finally skip the passport line at TSA checkpoints

Sara Heritage — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:43:49 GMT

Samsung has announced a partnership with CLEAR to bring passport-backed digital IDs directly to your Samsung wallet, allowing United States passport holders to store a secure digital version of their passport on their mobile phone. If you live in the United States and own a Samsung Galaxy phone, your summer holiday travel plans just got a lot easier.

Google is about to make cleaning up old apps on Android way less of a headache

Josh Hawkins — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:36:53 GMT

The Google Play Store could be getting a major update soon that will make managing your app downloads so much easier. Based on code found in an APK teardown of the Play Store's latest version, it appears Google could add a new notification system that will alert you about any dead apps that you've downloaded that are no longer receiving updates.

I replaced my multi-tool workflow with Claude artifacts and got faster iterations

Yadullah Abidi — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:30:18 GMT

If you're anything like me, your workflow looks like a cluttered desk. A text editor, a browser, a terminal window, perhaps even a second IDE, and before you know it, you're juggling half a dozen programs to get anything done. Every switch costs time, and more importantly, momentum.

CB radio vs. GMRS vs. amateur radio: Which license should you get?

Gregory Gibson — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:19 GMT

I don’t think you need to get to the bunker-building stage to appreciate what happens when your phone can’t find a signal, and the Wi-Fi suddenly dies. I’m as guilty as anyone when it comes to treating our modern communication infrastructure as an “always on” magic that just keeps flowing through apps, towers, and fiber-optic cables. That’s because when it works, I barely think about how it all works. But when it doesn’t, I get a whole new understanding of just how fragile telecommunication networks are.

Why your lawn looks bad: Mower maintenance mistakes most people make

Jonathon Jachura — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:30:17 GMT

Lawn problems get blamed on a lot of things — weeds, soil, rainfall, or the wrong fertilizer brand from last spring. The actual culprit is usually sitting in the garage on four flat tires. I run an Exmark Lazer Z across 2.5 acres of Northern Indiana turf, and four neglect habits I see all the time cost more lawns than any weed pressure I've ever dealt with. Whether you use a Zero-turn, riding mower, or walk-behind — the rules don't change based on what you're pushing. Get these wrong, and even the three lawn jobs that pay off won't be enough to bail you out. Here's what your mower is quietly doing to your yard.

One Android setting I changed stops most apps from tracking me — and it takes 10 seconds

Rob LeFebvre — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:00:17 GMT

Your Android phone ships with a string of letters and numbers that many of us have never heard of: the Advertising ID (also called the AAID, or Google Advertising ID). it has one function, to let apps an data brokers follow your progress form app to app, build a profile of your habits, and serve you ads based on that data. Deleting it, luckily, only takes 10 seconds, even though Google buries the option several menus deep.

Discord just got a big boost on Arm PCs

Dave Schafer — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:33:51 GMT

Good news for Discord fans using Arm PCs — the popular communication app now has an Arm-native version. This should translate to better performance if you prefer the desktop app.