How-To Geek on MSN

I gave my old Chromebook a second life as a dedicated Home Assistant terminal

Running my smart home from a dumb computer.
Education Week

Do School Laptops Help Students With Summer Learning?

The summer slide has worried educators for decades. Today, with the vast majority of schools providing every student with a ...
CNET

Chrome Has Been Secretly Downloading AI to Your Computer. Here's What You Can Do

Chrome has been automatically downloading Gemini Nano (a 4GB AI model) to users' computers without notification or an easy way to prevent it. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping ...

NotebookLM’s 60-second videos turned my doomscrolling curse into something useful

What if the same 60 seconds you spend doomscrolling could help you ace a test instead? NotebookLM's newest feature makes a ...

Onyx Boox Note Max review: A year later, I love this giant e-reader that thinks it’s a laptop, but simply isn’t.

The Onyx Boox Max Note is a stunning paper-like slate with plenty of versatility. But it's biggest win also spirals into its core weakness. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I paired these Chrome extensions with Claude, and my workflow completely changed

Turns out the fix was in the Chrome Web Store ...

Google brings a massive wave of connected Gemini tools to classrooms and Chromebooks

Google is fundamentally shifting its approach to classroom AI by moving past standalone chat boxes and launching a deeply ...

Why Googlebook will be the perfect middle ground between Macbook and Windows laptops

When you take an over-arching view of your options in the consumer laptop space right now, you are generally forced to choose between two completely opposing product philosophies when we talk about ...