Quick Links Summary GPU fans won’t spin unless the graphics card is under load. If your card’s fans aren’t spinning when they should, clean the blades and make sure nothing is blocking them. You should also check that no GPU settings are preventing the fans from running and that your drivers are up-to-date. GPUs tend to gethotprocessing millions of pixels for you, so cooling fans going quiet can be understandably concerning!...
Quick Links People like to upgrade their gadgets regularly, but that doesn’t seem to includevideo doorbells. Once installed, they basically just do their thing. But does a Ring or Nest smart doorbell have a shelf life? There are two ways to look at this question. First, if your video doorbell is battery-powered, you probably want to know how long it will last. More importantly, though—since this is a literal camera monitoring a part of your home 24/7: when does support end?...
Quick Links Electric snow blowers are still a little bit pricier than their gasoline counterparts so you might be curious how much they cost to operate over time (and if you’ll realize some savings there). Let’s take a look. What We’re Comparing: Gasoline vs. Battery Power When we lookedhow much it costs to operate an electric lawn mower, we opened the article by pointing out exactly what we’d be comparing for clarity....
Quick Links Email templates are great for ensuring consistency, saving time, and avoiding typos. However, as Microsoft transitioned from the classic Outlook to the new Outlook, the process for creating, using, and editing templates changed significantly. Here’s the method that works the best for me. How to Create Your Template First, click “New Email” in the Home tab on the ribbon. Next, click the Apps icon in the Message tab on the ribbon, and choose “My Templates....
Quick Links Are you a dual-booter running a Linux-Windows or even a Linux-Linux dual-boot system? Have you ever lost booting access to one of your OSes or want to be prepared for if and when that happens? If yes, you need to master GRUB and its capabilities to get more control over the boot process. When talking about GRUB, I’m talking about GRUB2, which is the current version of GRUB that almost all Linux distros use....
Quick Links Ready to give your Android a break? It’s easy toturn off your Samsung Galaxyor Google Pixel phone using the hardware buttons or the on-screen options. We’ll show you how to use both. How to Turn Off a Samsung Galaxy Phone You canshut down a Samsung Galaxy S22,S21, and earlier models using your phone’s hardware buttons or the on-screen buttons. However, this may not be possible with newer Galaxy phones....
Summary I love getting out in nature, but I hate getting lost. Fortunately, modern smartphones make that less likely than ever as long as you’ve got enough power and the right software. Why I Love MAPS.ME MAPS.ME is a free navigation app that you can download foriPhone and iPadorAndroid. Though the app has a full set of navigation features including routes, search, and different layers, I rely on it solely for its offline mapping capabilities....
Whether it was Windows Vista, KDE Plasma, or Android—I’ve never been a fan of widgets. That changed with Samsung’s One UI 7 update to my Galaxy Z Fold 6. Now when you look at my homescreen, widgets are all you see. Why I Disliked Widgets I don’t like clutter. I detest clutter in my home, and I’m even more vehement about keeping it off my screen. When my colleague wrote abouthow he spreads icons all across his computer desktop, I didn’t judge, but I did have to suppress a gag....
Quick Links Your iPhone’s personal hotspot lets you share your cellular internet connection with other devices. However, this feature tends to misbehave, making it hard to maintain a stable connection. Let’s take a look at how to troubleshoot these connection issues. Toggle Personal Hotspot and Cellular Data off and On Tethering uses cellular data to provide an internet connection to other devices. You can often troubleshoot connection issues with your hotspot by switching it off and on again....
Riot Games has announced several significant reversals to recent changes made toLeague of Legendsfollowing widespread player criticism. This is a huge reversal of major unpopular decisions. Senior Vice President Andrei “Meddler” Van Roon andLeague of LegendsExecutive Producer Paul “Pabro” Bellezza outlined these rollbacks in a video announcement. The pair acknowledged that the recent decisions had damaged player trust, which is good, but the rollback on the decisions is even better....
Summary The battery indicator in Windows 11, and in earlier Windows versions, uses a graphic representation of how full your battery is. That’s fine for some people, but I just want to know exactly what percentage my laptop battery is currently at, and maddeningly that’s not possible in Windows for some reason. The Windows Battery Icon Is Terrible Look, this is just one grumpy man’s opinion—but the Windows 11 battery icon is just plain bad at its job....
Summary Installing Linux is a fairly straightforward process, but my recent experience with a new Linux distro threw me completely off track. What should’ve taken no more than an hour turned into a full day of frustration, all because I approached troubleshooting the wrong way. Here’s what happened. Garuda Released a New Flavor, and I Wanted It I’ve been a satisfied user of the Garuda Linux Dragonized edition for a while now....
Nintendo has now fully revealed the Nintendo Switch 2, including details about the hardware upgrades, future games, and backwards compatibility with the original Switch. It looks like a decent enough upgrade from the original Switch, but there’s not enough here to get me interested. I grew up playing a lot of games on the Nintendo Wii, DS, and 3DS, and I still occasionally go back to them—I even made anopen-source replacement for Nintendo’s image sharing servicefor the 3DS and Wii U....
