Daily Drop on Technology – August 22, 2026 | DailyDrops

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• Save 43% on Tweetback Starter Plan (1 Device) Lifetime Subscription (neowin.net)
• Weekend PC Game Deals: Flight Simulator, Stalker 2, Persona 5, and more (neowin.net)
• The VRAM question finally has a real answer — and it's not what GPU marketing suggests (makeuseof.com)
• A free AI model is winning over developers. And nobody knows whose servers it runs on (thenextweb.com)
• Nvidia AI server prices are rising more than 15% from early next year (thenextweb.com)
• Mercedes gave its new C-Class three AI assistants that compete to answer your questions (howtogeek.com)
• The free Roku app replaced my remote, headphone adapter, and on-screen keyboard (makeuseof.com)
• Linux isn't for everyone, but these 5 types of people should seriously consider it (howtogeek.com)
• I dumped hours of shopping reviews into Gemini Notebook and it cut through the noise (makeuseof.com)
• Microsoft 365 Family is the cheapest terabyte in tech, and nobody buys it for the storage (makeuseof.com)
• This developer brought Samsung Messages back from the dead—RCS support included (howtogeek.com)
• There Are Carrier Pigeon Apps Now Because Pigeon Technology Is Actually Superior (gizmodo.com)
• I moved my whole Lightroom catalog to a free editor, and my photos never touched the cloud again (makeuseof.com)
• Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI 'teammate' just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
• 4 reasons the Pixel Tag won't be the "AirTag killer" it could be (howtogeek.com)
• I bought the wrong NFC tags because I missed one tiny specification (makeuseof.com)
• These lubrication mistakes can seize your 3D printer (howtogeek.com)
• Google just made the Pixel Buds Pro 2 the obvious earbuds for Pixel owners (makeuseof.com)
• Pi-hole alone won't stop the tracking you think it does (howtogeek.com)
• HP’s MacBook Neo Competitor, The OmniBook 3, Features A Snapdragon X And Offers A 40-Hour Battery For a Competitive Price, Assuming You’re Not Fond Of macOS (wccftech.com)
• 4 free RustDesk features that make a TeamViewer subscription the worst deal (makeuseof.com)
• This open-source app turned my old webcam into a free document scanner (howtogeek.com)
• Your Thunderbolt port can be used to steal data from a locked PC — here's the setting that stops it (makeuseof.com)
• Doodle generative compositions in your browser with Musical Spirograph (theverge.com)
• The company that just opened America's newest battery plant says solid-state cars are a decade away (thenextweb.com)
• 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (zdnet.com)
• AMD Posts Massive Patch Series For Enabling UALink In The Linux Kernel - Phoronix (phoronix.com)
• Proton 11.0-2 Enables More Titles With Steam Play / Linux Gaming - Phoronix (phoronix.com)
• Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support - Phoronix (phoronix.com)
• A hosted knowledge base agents read and write (ozbrain.com)