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A smart home device without power is just an expensive paperweight. The trouble is, getting power to your smart home devices isn't always easy, depending on where you want to locate them. The good news is that there's a relatively simple way to supply both power and connectivity to many smart home devices.

A smart home device without power is just an expensive paperweight. The trouble is, getting power to your smart home devices isn't always easy, depending on where you want to locate them. The good news is that there's a relatively simple way to supply both power and connectivity to many smart home devices.

Are you getting ready to start a server using Linux? You have tons of distribution options to choose from, but I can show you which ones I prefer. Soon enough, you'll be running services on your computer like best of them.

Are you getting ready to start a server using Linux? You have tons of distribution options to choose from, but I can show you which ones I prefer. Soon enough, you'll be running services on your computer like best of them.

When I bought the original Raspberry Pi all those years ago, it never even crossed my mind that it would need some form of active cooling, or that it would make any difference. However, as every generation of Pi gains more powerful CPU and GPU cores, and increases the total number of those cores, physics inevitably catches up.

When I bought the original Raspberry Pi all those years ago, it never even crossed my mind that it would need some form of active cooling, or that it would make any difference. However, as every generation of Pi gains more powerful CPU and GPU cores, and increases the total number of those cores, physics inevitably catches up.

Cell notes are the clutter of the Excel world—they block your view and get in the way of formulas. That's why you should adopt the developer mindset by tucking notes inside your formulas, keeping your logic clean, your data visible, and your spreadsheets professional.

Throughout the years my job has had me bouncing between project management tools like Asana, Trello, and Basecamp, and to be fair, they all do certain things well. Trello is great for simple visual boards. Asana shines once tasks and dependencies start piling up. Basecamp keeps communication tidy. The problem is that none of them stay lightweight for long, and the moment you need anything beyond the basics, you likley hit a paywall. What starts as a helpful tool quickly turns into another monthly expense, with your projects and data living entirely on someone else’s servers.

Open-source software development is driven by global communities, and, in accordance with human nature, those communities will disagree, form factions, and push their own agendas. When two or more groups have a difference of opinion on something, they're going to compete to become the solution everyone accepts, and sometimes things get messy,

Software is an amazing thing. Without changing the hardware of your computer at all, new software holds the potential to provide better performance, quality, or both by being more efficient or implementing newer methods of achieving the same goal.

Do you constantly get less speed from your internet connection than you're paying for? It's normal for a connection to be a little slower than advertised, but I expect (and usually get) at least 90% of the rated speed on my own connection under ideal conditions. So, if you're getting less than that, there may be a few bad habits we all have sometimes holding you back.

When you're wandering through Home Depot you'll see all sorts of power tool brands, from Milwaukee to DeWALT, but Ryobi's bright tools are the most prominent. And while Ryobi's 18V ONE+ line is everywhere, fans have likely noticed similar tools that take a larger 40V battery, massive 80V packs, and more.

How much life should you expect from a laptop? This is a harder question to answer than you might think. At one point, the generational improvements in computer hardware were so drastic, that keeping a laptop for more than a year or two didn't make sense. Today, even entry-level laptops are powerful enough to effectively serve your needs indefinitely for normal day-to-day computing.

The GOG PC game storefront is officially splitting from its parent company, CD Projekt, after its co-founder, Michal Kicinski, bought the platform for $25.2 million. This move includes the GOG Galaxy online gaming platform, so the company is losing GOG entirely.

LibreOffice might be a great way to view and edit documents on any platform, but it has never crossed into the realm of virtual reality. That's now changing, as LibreOffice is officially available on Meta Quest VR headsets.

Rising fuel costs have made efficiency more important than ever, and for many drivers, cutting hundreds of dollars from their annual fuel bill can make a real difference. Based on EPA estimates, this Japanese hybrid stands out for its ability to save drivers as much as $750 a year at the pump compared to similarly sized gas-powered vehicles. That kind of savings adds up quickly, especially for commuters and households watching long-term ownership costs.

Are you tired of brilliant ideas vanishing before you can save them? Do you often spend hours searching through your scattered digital notes? Well, let me show you three lightning-fast ways to capture and actually find your thoughts later on Android.

Cinebench is one of the most popular benchmarking tools for graphics cards, allowing you to compare your system's GPU performance against countless other devices. Now, Cinebench 2026 has arrived with new features and better support for the latest hardware.

Troubleshooting a Windows PC can oftentimes be quite a bore—and depending on your specific issue, it can either be pretty easy or absolute hell. And if you're doing so right now, you might want to learn how to use this specific tool to see everything your PC is doing—and where, exactly, it's messing up.

Lots of people are hard on American sports cars—I'm one of them sometimes—and it's easy to romanticize a European classic like the Porsche 911 series, but the truth is that the good old US of A has at least one car that's not one whit less iconic than Germany's pride and joy—the Corvette.