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Apple’s most annoying iPhone decision aged better than I expected

This DeWalt adapter turns every 20V battery you own into a 100W power bank

Your Windows security is hiding 11% of your gaming performance — here's why you shouldn't claim it

Gaming on 8GB of RAM shouldn't work, yet some titles ran better than I expected

Kobo just made it way easier to ditch your Kindle — here's why you should

3 things your USB ports can still do when your PC is turned off

Your Pixel 11 has a potentially life-saving feature you need to turn on yourself

I kept breaking my Linux desktop until I switched to one that won't let me

I turned my Android phone into a retro gaming console for free

Your Thunderbolt port can be used to steal data from a locked PC — here's the setting that stops it

Your Android phone is mangling lossless audio before it even reaches your headphones

I replaced Drive's folder sync with a 12-line rclone job and it does more than Google ever did