I used an old tablet to finally understand how GPS works
Last week, while visiting my favorite e-waste store, I found an old Motion Computing F5t tablet. A long time ago,…
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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…
Google Maps remembers more about your life than you probably realize
Most of us stop thinking about Google Maps the moment we arrive. Depending on your settings, the app keeps paying…
Your microSD card has five speed ratings, and you’re probably looking at the wrong one
Buying a microSD card should be one of the easiest tech purchases. Pick the storage size you need, grab one…
The number that says a hard drive is too old isn’t its age, it’s this
The 1TB hard disk on my laptop has been spinning for close to 20,000 hours. Honestly, almost every rule of…
Your RAM has been running at 2014 speeds since the day you built your PC because of one switch
Even with decades of experience building PCs across multiple generations, it still takes me hours to properly set up a…
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…
ARM won the efficiency argument, but it’s not the future of desktop computing
Around a decade ago, I’d have laughed at the idea of mobile processors being capable of running AAA games like…
Everyone worries about overnight charging, but this is much worse for your battery
The most common battery advice on the internet is to never charge your phone overnight. So you take it seriously,…
These 6 cheap PC parts can cost more to run than they cost to buy
Once upon a time, my homelab lived in my garage because the servers kept me awake at night. I ran…