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I turned off 4 phone camera features and finally stopped getting blurry photos
Your phone's camera features are making your photos blurry — here's which ones to disable.
Not all HDMI cables are equal, and the expensive ones are usually a waste
I stopped wasting money on premium HDMI cables after learning how digital signals actually work.
I run my own Trello now, and nobody can paywall my boards
I ditched Trello's paywall and self-hosted Planka instead — now my boards are actually free.
I do these 5 things on every phone I set up, and my battery lasts twice as long
Stop doing these 5 things on your phone if you want your battery to survive the year.
I found Samsung's hidden video setting and now every streaming app looks like it's playing on a movie screen
Samsung's Video Brightness feature automatically cranks your screen to theater-mode brightness — here's how to turn it on.
Your Samsung Galaxy phone hides a diagnostics menu that shows its real battery health
I found Samsung's secret battery diagnostics menu and the real numbers shocked me.
Milwaukee sells two battery systems, and most beginners commit to the wrong one
The Milwaukee battery mistake that costs beginners hundreds of dollars — and how to avoid it.
These 4 apps drained my data in the background until I cut them off
I disabled background refresh on 4 apps and my data plan suddenly lasted way longer.
Chrome and Firefox are tracking you by default — these alternatives don't
This is why I won’t ever use Chrome and Firefox again.
I stopped buying phone stands after learning how cheap 3D printing really is
Phone stands cost $20 in stores — I print mine for 50 cents and never buy them again.
Self-hosted media servers aren't as hard as Plex makes them seem
Jellyfin does everything Plex does, costs nothing, and takes just a few commands to set up.
Your GPU is probably making VLC stutter during 4K playback — here's the fix
My 4K videos stuttered in VLC until I turned off one setting.
Every truly fast USB-C cable is suspiciously short, and physics is the reason
The reason fast USB-C cables are suspiciously short has nothing to do with manufacturers.
Gemini couldn't call or find my contacts until I fixed 3 things in my address book
I kept calling my mom when I meant to call my wife — then I realized my contact list was the problem.
I capped my battery at 80% for a year and the trade finally has a verdict
My wife's phone died while mine still feels brand new. We bought them the same day five years ago.
I cleared space on my SSD past the 80 percent mark and my write speeds immediately recovered
I let my SSD hit 90 percent full before I realized how badly it was choking my write speeds.
My phone got snappier the day I dropped Chrome for this browser
I switched to Samsung Internet and Chrome suddenly felt like a memory hog.
Your printer is probably the least secure device on your home network — here's what it's exposing
I didn't realize my printer was storing every document I've ever scanned — until I checked the hard drive.
I tested DeepL against Google Translate on real travel phrases, and each won where I didn't expect
I tested DeepL and Google Translate on real conversations, and one handles family way better.
I swapped one Android app and my phone felt a year newer
Replacing your Android home screen takes two minutes and makes your phone feel brand new.