On my journey to find some of the most random pieces of cheap tech on the internet, I stumbled across a $50 projector that seemed to promise the Moon. Truth […]
Some SSDs borrow your PC’s RAM to stay fast, and I tested the tradeoff
I always considered “no DRAM” a deal-breaker when buying an SSD. I thought a cheap drive without that chip made sense only if speed really didn’t matter. Then I bought […]
The operating system Microsoft actually wanted wasn’t Windows
Windows feels so welded to Microsoft today that the company’s operating system strategy in the late 1980s can seem almost bizarre in hindsight. Microsoft was pouring serious engineering effort into […]
I replaced my app drawer with hand-drawn gestures, and I’m never going back
Android launchers share one thing in common: you get a list or grid of app icons to launch. Of course, the presentation differs, and that is what sets them apart. […]
You’ve been closing apps wrong your whole life — and it’s slowing everything down
I see it all the time: people swipe away their apps after using them, as if it’s a magic ritual that restores their phone to maximum speed while preserving battery […]
Mozilla discontinued one of the best privacy tools ever made
With several file-sharing tools, you’re caught between two options: tools where the company may be able to read what you send, or clumsy processes that force you to email the […]
I love Milwaukee, but the red tax makes no sense on these tools
There are certain brands that you should seek out when you’re building out your tool inventory at home. There are well-known brands that have amassed a sizable following for good […]
DuckDuckGo’s free AI chat now rivals ChatGPT — no account required
Summary Duck.ai now offers GPT-5.6 Luna as its default free model, with no account or login required. DuckDuckGo anonymizes prompts and lets users switch between models including Claude Haiku 4.5, […]
I turned my NAS into a hypervisor, and now it does way more than just store files
Most home Network-Attached Storage (NAS) units spend their lives doing one thing and one thing only: holding large amounts of data. The NAS waits, like a coiled spring, ready to […]
Chrome’s third-party cookie crackdown has an exception most people don’t know about
You probably blocked third-party cookies in Chrome without noticing the second setting that enables Related Website Sets, which lets companies group their own domains together. This grouping keeps cross-site logins […]