DisplayPort is often considered to be the superior display interface. After all, it offers display daisy-chaining, more bandwidth than HDMI, and doesn't have nearly the same cable confusion. PC users have readily adopted the newer display standard in the last 5–10 years, but if you really want to be pedantic about it, HDMI is technically superior to DP in one key area — Ethernet support. Yes, in case you didn't know, your HDMI cable can carry Ethernet along with video and audio signals. The feature has existed for years, but it never gained widespread adoption. DisplayPort, on the other hand, is focused on PCs rather than TVs, hence it doesn't have an equivalent feature.

Over the last couple of months, I’ve slowly removed cloud-based services from my application stack and started using local FOSS tools wherever I can. That’s because I’ve grown tired of the paid subscriptions and privacy-intrusive nature of online platforms. In particular, I’ve started avoiding Google’s app collection as much as I can, with tools like Nextcloud, Grist, and Immich being my favorite replacements for the online utilities offered by the tech giant.

File management is one of the most crucial tasks you can do on your PC, and most of us are probably used to doing it using File Explorer on Windows 11. It's a fine tool that gets the job done for the most part.

Amazon could be taking another, even bigger swing at physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission in the Chicago suburb Orland Park, Illinois voted 6-1 to approve Amazon's proposal to develop 35 acres of land for a 229,000-square foot retail center, as reported by The Information. The development would include a brick-and-mortar supercenter selling groceries, general merchandise, and prepared foods. It would also double as an Amazon fulfillment center, like a department store with an Amazon warehouse in back. Customers would be able to pick up Amazon orders there, as well. The pr …Read the full story at The Verge.

I've bounced off Obsidian twice. Not because it's bad. It’s genuinely one of the most powerful note-taking apps available, but it feels like being handed the keys to a spaceship when you just need to drive to the grocery store. The interface is blank, the plugin library has hundreds of options, and the freedom everyone raves about? It can be scary and paralyzing.

Regardless of what you buy, it's become increasingly difficult to watch high-quality content on a big screen without navigating a laggy, ad-infested nightmare these days. In the past two decades alone, we have witnessed the rise of smart TVs and their fall from greatness.

I've always been an early adopter of new wireless standards, and Wi-Fi 7 was no exception. I've been using it since it came on the market, with standalone access points hardwired to a central router, and while it's improved my home network overall, it's not the revolution I was promised.

One of my fave things about being a KDE Plasma user is how the community keeps everyone updated as to what we can expect in future patches. Every week, we get a "This Week in Plasma" blog post, where we get to peek inside the guts of KDE Plasma and see what people are working on. This includes both what to expect from the next minor update, alongside all the developments being worked on for the upcoming major update.

For years now, Windows users have had an unofficial tool called Ninite. The idea is that, when you purchase a new PC, you usually have to visit every website of every app you use and re-download everything. Ninite makes this process easier by offering the installation media for the most popular apps, which you can pick and choose from. Once you've picked out which apps you want, you download them all in one bundle and install them all with a single double-click.

3D printing is quickly evolving into this silver bullet that cures most of my issues with tech in the physical realm. While I’ll admit there are things like cable managers that you are often better off buying injection-molded for pennies, 3D printing is king when you need a niche solution. It has saved me time and effort sifting through Amazon for a phone holder I could use for webcam duty, and for creating rests that fit my wrists instead of generic curvy shapes.

Between their terrific software compatibility and a talented community of developers creating new projects every day of the week that ends with a ‘y,’ there is a myriad of cool DIY ideas you can bring to life with your Raspberry Pi. But when you’re deep in the tinkering rabbit hole, you’re bound to run into projects where it proves inadequate with its limited firepower.

Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment account says in an X thread that this was an "unauthorized message" that was sent via a "third-party system."Here's the notification that some people got, per a screenshot in the Reddit thread (some reported getting a similar notification over email, too):We'll triple your crypto! (Limited Time)Bryan: Betterment is giving back!We're celebrating our best-performing year yet by tripling Bitcoin and Ethere …Read the full story at The Verge.