Your old USB flash drive has many uses on a computer, but on an Android phone, not so much, even though your phone can technically recognize, read, and write to […]
Arduino’s new board wants to be a Raspberry Pi and an ESP32, but the timing is awful
Arduino just dropped its most ambitious hardware in years, and on paper, it’s irresistible. The UNO Q, and its bigger sibling the VENTUNO Q, are dual-brain boards that pair a […]
I ditched online file converters for a Docker container with 1,000+ formats
For the longest time, I’d relied on online file converters for all those quick conversion needs. As someone working with various types of media, I found an additional tab in […]
These Windows storage rules make no sense until you remember DOS
Windows 11 looks every bit like a modern operating system, with rounded corners, Fluent Design, cloud services woven throughout, and plenty of technology that would have seemed ridiculous a few […]
Hulu’s best hitman drama is only 30 minutes long, and it has a 98% audience score
I almost passed on Mr Inbetween because the runtime looked like a red flag. Every prestige crime drama I actually finish runs 50 minutes or more, like the still-making-news Breaking […]
6 power tool specs that don’t mean what you think they mean
Walk the power tool aisle and every box leads with a big number. It’s printed large because it sells the tool, and it tends to skip the fine print that […]
A $999 Android phone with a detachable GoPro inside just won an IFA innovation award
Summary The rugged RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro features a detachable action camera that records 2.7K video and works up to 50 meters away from the phone. Its waterproof camera offers […]
Your Windows PC is full of junk it can delete automatically, you just have to say yes
Windows is not good at taking out the trash, and anyone that has left temporary files, old installation files, and an increasingly heavy recycle bin go unchecked knows what I […]
Microsoft finally admits Windows 11 needs a serious cleanup, but the update is reserved for developers only
Summary Project Zenith is a ready-to-code Windows 11 experience, decluttered and preconfigured with dev tools like VS Code and Terminal. It comes preinstalled on AMD Ryzen AI Halo PCs with […]
This cable you already own can carry internet, HDMI, USB, and more
I wired the basement of our new build myself and ran Cat6 to every drop, crimping my own ends as I went, so I know the cable behind our drywall […]