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You Need to Charge Your Devices Even If You Rarely Use Them

Communicate

3 weeks ago

You Need to Charge Your Devices Even If You Rarely Use Them

Brendan Hesse

The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Rely on Wireless Charging

Home

3 months ago

The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Rely on Wireless Charging

David Murphy

3

Home

4 months ago

Is It Safe to Leave a Smartphone on a Wireless Charger?

David Murphy

The internet is flooded with myths on how to charge your smartphone in the most effective, safest and least battery-draining manner.

Communicate

11 months ago

What Is USB4 And Do You Need It?

Sarah Basford

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Use A ‘USB Condom’ To Protect Your Devices At Public Chargers

Productivity

11 months ago

Use A ‘USB Condom’ To Protect Your Devices At Public Chargers

David Murphy

Yes, it’s a terrible phrase, but a “USB Condom” is a great little gadget you can buy to prevent an unknown attacker from doing something they shouldn’t when you’re charging your device. In other words, a USB “data blocker,” if you prefer that phrase, will allow you to use public…

Security

1 year ago

Those Cheap Charging Cables Aren’t Worth It

Abu Zafar

There’s A New Phone Scam To Be Wary Of: Public Charging Ports

Security

1 year ago

There’s A New Phone Scam To Be Wary Of: Public Charging Ports

Sarah Basford

3

Productivity

1 year ago

These Battery Saving Tricks Don’t Work

Abu Zafar

There are some bad battery hacks out there. A lot of them are holdovers from old advice that has been around since the dawn of the smartphone — advice that’s no longer relevant. In the video above, I bust the three most common battery myths that just won’t go away.