Your inbox might look clean once spam is filtered out, but that doesn’t mean it is private. Marketing emails and newsletters include tracking pixels that call back to the sender […]
We have officially reached the point where DLSS 5 works on DOS games
Regardless of how you might feel about DLSS 5’s implementation, it’s still an incredibly impressive piece of tech. Back in 2018, the very first iteration of DLSS felt like black […]
A finished $90 million movie was worth more shelved than released, and it’ll never see the light of day
Hollywood canceling movies is nothing new. However, it is unusual for a studio to spend around $90 million on a superhero film and then decide that no one should ever […]
I unlocked Nvidia’s professional GPU features on my consumer graphics card
Nvidia has maintained both a popular consumer and professional lineup for its GPUs for the longest time. While these GPUs might share the same underlying architecture, that’s about where the […]
I used Google Messages for years without realizing this feature existed
Google Messages is one of those apps that everyone’s familiar with. But behind that simple-looking interface, there are plenty of features that are easy to miss. And if there’s one […]
Android 17’s new feature showed me exactly why my phone slows down every afternoon
A new software update can completely change how you use your phone. Sure, there are always new features to play around with, but every once in a while, you come […]
Your old HDD’s reliability depends on who made it, here’s what testing from over 400k drives shows
Given how expensive NAND memory is, SSDs are out of reach for most, and HDDs are somehow making a comeback in the hardware market, despite their obsolescence. For bulk data […]
There’s only one smartphone battery spec that matters, and it’s the one nobody checks
Battery life is one of the top considerations for buyers considering a new smartphone, and there’s no shortage of specs that tell you how a phone’s battery will perform. The […]
Your old router gathering dust can still be a Wi-Fi AP, WireGuard server, and NAS
Earlier this year, I changed ISPs because my previous ISP was driving me up the wall. When my new ISP was installed, they gave me a new router, making the […]
drive kept running out of space
The C: drive isn’t meant to store everything — and yet, Windows saves everything there by default. That’s what causes it to fill up faster than it should, and moving […]