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Your Gaming PC and ChatGPT Run on the Same Chip
Pixels and AI were the same math all along
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From Sunlight to Sockets: How Solar Panels Work?
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Ditch Windows, Here's How to Build Your Own Steam Machine
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Are We Linux Yet?
Even the normies are talking bout it now
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir
The Illusion of Stability: The Internet Runs on a Handful of Companies
Everything works, until the day it doesn't.
 • Mohib Ur Rehman and Saqib Tahir
The CPU Wars are Back!
$299. 24 cores. And a grudge match that's only getting started.
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Emerging Tech

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The CPU Wars are Back!
$299. 24 cores. And a grudge match that's only getting started.
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir
What The Heck is AI
Spoiler: most of it isn't.
 • Mohib Ur Rehman and Saqib Tahir
The Battery Inside Your Phone Is Running Out of Ideas
It isn't Goodenough.....IYKYK
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Gaming

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Ditch Windows, Here's How to Build Your Own Steam Machine
Windows not included
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir
Valve’s Bold Bet on the Future of VR: Steam Frame Explained
Holiday season came early for gamers
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir
How Far Is Too Far: War Against Cheaters
Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat
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Everyday Security

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Privacy Fundamentals - Part 4: Networks and Tunnels
Separating Real Privacy From Marketing Claims
 • Mohib Ur Rehman and Saqib Tahir
Privacy Fundamentals - Part 3: Your Browser
Cookies, pixels, and fingerprints
 • Mohib Ur Rehman and Saqib Tahir
Privacy Fundamentals - Part 2: Communication
Your habits leak more than your messages
 • Mohib Ur Rehman and Saqib Tahir

Before You Buy

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Valve Built a Better Mac Mini for PC People
If you blink hard enough
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir
Why Old Hardware Makes Sense in 2026
Marketing wants you to upgrade. Your workload doesn't
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The Beginner’s Guide to Single Board Computers
What they are, why they matter, and what you can build today
 • Yousaf Babur and Saqib Tahir

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Why We’re Going Paid
Reevaluating Our Values
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Year in Review - 2025 - Our First Year on Substack
Still here for the mango people
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The Year of Limit Testing
December is In
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