Only one major phone maker won’t let you turn off battery throttling
The weakest link in a modern smartphone is the battery. It’s the one component that degrades faster than anything else.…
Year: 2026
The $27 tool that should touch every outlet before your screwdriver does
When I replaced a handful of standard receptacles with USB outlets around my house, the tool that mattered most cost…
It fits in the same slot as a graphics card, but this PCIe card doesn’t render a single frame
Consumer hardware has come a long way, to the point where some data-center workloads are now being replicated at desktop…
Your Kindle can hold 70,000 books that cost nothing, and most owners never load one
Scroll through most Kindle libraries, and you’ll find store purchases, a few Prime Reading loans, and maybe a free first-in-series…
New Photos App for Windows 11 Starts Rolling Out to Insiders
The new Photos app for Windows 11 starts rolling out to Insiders on October 15, 2026. See changes to Gallery,…
What Is WpnUserService (Windows Push Notifications User Service) and Why Is It Using So Much CPU?
What Is WpnUserService (Windows Push Notifications User Service) and Why Is It Using So Much CPU? Identify the busy process…
Mixing Milwaukee and Ryobi works if you stick to one simple rule
Picking a tool platform is almost more difficult than picking what house to buy. For some reason, it feels very…
4 hidden-gem Android Auto apps I tried last week
I use Android Auto every day, and honestly, I keep coming back to the same apps. Google Maps for directions,…
How a $5 radar sensor turns an ESP32 into a weather display that wakes when you walk up
The great thing about ESP32 projects is that often someone else has done all the hard work for you. For…
My Google TV was tracking me, so I turned it into an offline “dumb TV”
Google TVs come packed with some pretty smart tools. Part of the appeal is that they obviously come loaded with…