Kadir Hatay/Getty Images Smartphone cases, while convenient, can also shorten the life of your phone. Indeed, some smartphone cases cannot dissipate heat properly. When your phone is charging, it tends to heat up due to the process. If you charge your phone with your case on, it will not cool effectively. Thermal degradation is why components like batteries often degrade faster, even if you use good charging practices, like turning off fast charging when you don’t need it or capping the maximum charge to limit strain on the battery. If…
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Data brokers make a living selling your personal information for profit. Your phone number, email address, home address, and social security number could currently be packaged and sold to spammers, scammers, and identity thieves. Your loss of privacy is their gain. Apple’s privacy protections can help block some, but not all, tracking as data collection efforts become more sophisticated. If you want to proactively and continuously remove your personal data from broker databases, Incogni makes it easier than ever to fight back and regain control of your privacy. The Data Broker Ecosystem Data brokers have built a billion-dollar industry harvesting…
SofikoS/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buying a 3D printer can be expensive, considering the cost of these machines, but many upgrades can be cheap. There are several options you can buy online or make yourself that cost just a fraction of what you paid for your printer. Even entry-level models can start to offer better performance with these upgrades. In many cases, these inexpensive components also help resolve common 3D printing errors, such as poor adhesion, calibration issues, or difficulty monitoring longer projects. For…
Sirisak Piyatharo/Getty Images Most people understand that when you connect to the Internet, your Internet service provider assigns your modem and network an Internet Protocol (IP) address. This is your external or public IP address. Your router also assigns internal IP addresses to each device on your local network. IP addresses are like identifiers that make it easier to manage and organize all Wi-Fi-connected devices, from smart home gadgets and TVs to phones and laptops. This is precisely how you check who is connecting to your Wi-Fi: by looking at…
Later this year, Apple is expected to launch its first redesign of the MacBook Pro since 2021. With this redesign, we expect OLEDs, touchscreens, M6 Pro and M6 Max chips, Dynamic Island cutout and much more. There’s another important detail about these new MacBook Pro models, and I’m much more excited about this change. They should be thinner With the redesigned MacBook Pro, Apple is expected to make them thinner and lighter. Not probably, but hopefully it will be enough to make them a little more portable. I never really had a problem with the thickness and weight of the…
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ACHPF/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It never hurts to be frugal when shopping for electronics, and if you’re in the market for new electronics and appliances, Best Buy will usually be one of your first stops, thanks to its general ubiquity and product selection. However, shopping at Best Buy isn’t necessarily as simple as walking in, grabbing something from the store, paying, and walking out. You’d be doing yourself and your wallet a disservice if you didn’t shop at Best Buy with a few…
Supermassive games (Until dawn, the quarry) is back with the second season of its series Dark Pictures. The first entry in the said season is Directive 8020. As you might expect, this is a survival horror game that emphasizes narrative decisions, with your choices ultimately determining which characters survive. This time, Supermassive is moving towards science fiction with a story inspired by The thing. After a colony ship crashes on a planet that looked like it could be a refuge for a dying Earth, the crew is hunted by an alien creature that can transform into other life forms, including…
Remusrigo/Getty Images You may have a nine-pin port on the back of your TV, called an RS-232 serial port, or sometimes just a serial port. This same type of port is commonly used to connect a computer to a printer, but you’ve probably never used the RS-232 port on your TV. So, what is it actually used for? The RS-232 standard is used specifically to transmit commands from one device to another. Unlike other ports on your TV, this has nothing to do with communicating audio or video signals. Its…
If you haven’t been able to use Apple Cash in the last few hours, you’re not alone, as the service is currently experiencing an outage affecting some users in the United States. Here are the details. Apple Cash hit by two outages Apple’s System Status page states that Apple Cash is experiencing an ongoing issue since 6:11 p.m. ET, with “some affected users” who “may be unable to make purchases” using the service. Interestingly, a second recent issue is listed as resolved, lasting only 15 minutes between 7:45 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. ET. The issue description also states that…