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My Pixel Watch now shows my stress level like a mood ring—and I built it in minutes

Silly watch faces are easier to make than you think.

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3 great Paramount+ movies to watch this week (August 31 - September 6)

A Brooklynite-in-Alabama legal comedy, a fake sci-fi movie frees American hostages, and a soldier who can't stay dead.

Acer Predator T7 Router Monitor at CES 2024.
5 networking upgrades under $30 to try before replacing your router

Routers are expensive, but these upgrades are not

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I let Claude configure my NAS—here's what it couldn't do alone

Claude is great at homelabbing.

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How I turned my Galaxy phone into a pocket toolbox for measuring, leveling, scanning, and more

It's not better than dedicated tools, but it's better than going to find them.

PCIe lanes on a motherboard.
Your motherboard's forgotten slot just became useful for less than $25

Your spare PCIe slot can give your PC a surprisingly useful upgrade

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This is why your Android phone doesn't treat every USB-C cable the same

Just because it fits doesn't mean you should plug it into your phone.

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3 excellent Netflix movies to watch this week (August 31-September 6)

A Netflix No. 1 thriller, an Apatow comedy classic, and the shark movies that ruined swimming are all on Netflix this week.

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Stop writing prompts for Claude — you can now show it what you want done instead

If you’ve always hated writing long, detailed prompts, you’re going to love this.

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I finally fixed the annoying Samsung Galaxy camera bump wobble with a simple ring

Fixing Samsung's biggest phone design flaw.

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Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives

Cities and states swap SharePoint and Windows for Nextcloud, LibreOffice and custom Ubuntu derivatives to regain control.

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Stop storing your Milwaukee tools dirty—how to clean them the right way

It's more important than you think.

Claude open on Windows 11.
I ditched Claude's built-in search for a local embedding model, and my context window finally stayed clean

My Claude can now search using natural language.

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This is how I use my Android phone like a flash drive

Turn your locked Android into a portable encrypted vault and move files over USB or Quick Share with seamless access.

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5 new movies to watch this week across Netflix, Prime Video, and more (August 31-September 6)

A Star Wars movie arrives on Disney+, while a new Ryan Reynolds movie hits Apple TV.

A wall-mounted TV with an Android streaming box attached.
I will never wall-mount a TV again

A tidy wall mount hides a tangle of cable work and future headaches as consoles multiply and upgrades arrive, forcing pricey rewiring.

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The 5 times you really should use solid infill on your 3D printer

Let is fill you in on the right times to use solid infill.

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4 creative ways people use Android Auto outside of their cars

The "Auto" part is actually optional.

An illustration of a passkey, featuring a key, fingerprint, facial recognition, and password input fields.
Passkeys were supposed to be more secure than passwords. Now they're getting hacked

Kind of.

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An Eero router powered by a power bank.
A $25 power bank is all you need to stay online during a power outage

Your router doesn't need a UPS during an outage, just this

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