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Pick the Right Sonos App for Your Setup

There are now two Sonos controllers: The gold 'Sonos' app, and the dark grey 'Sonos S1' app. This guide helps you choose the correct one for your Sonos system.

Make Sure Your iPhone Records Video in 4K

How-To01.02.21Charles Cooke

The iPhone is capable of recording video in 4K. But it’s not always set to do so by default. This guide explains how to make sure it’s filming in the right resolution.

How To Protect Yourself from Hackers, Phishers, and Criminals

How-To03.03.21Charles Cooke

This guide will give you some tips on how you can protect yourself from hackers, phishers, and criminals, and stay safe online.

NEWS

Adobe Kills Flash, Recommends All Users Uninstall It

After 26 years, Adobe Flash will be disabled across the entire Internet. The decision marks the end of the road for a piece of software that was innovative, but that had been left behind.

Download Mac OS 8 as an Electron app for Mac, Linux, and Windows

Felix Riesberger has released a version of 'Mac OS 8, running in an Electron app pretending to be a 1991 Macintosh Quadra.'

Sonos Backtracks a Little

After announcing it would drop support for its older products, Sonos vows that "all Sonos products will continue to work past May" 2020.

Sonos Is Killing Support for Its Older Speakers

In May, 2020, Sonos will reclassify many of its devices as "legacy" and drop support for them. Which products are included, and what will this mean for you?

Nokia Releases Mesh Wi-Fi Router to Compete with Amazon, Google, Netgear

The former cellphone giant is planning a return to the consumer market, and intends to start with mesh Wi-Fi routers.

REVIEWS

Review: Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 16 (150W) and Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 24 Lite

The Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 24 Lite and Ubiquiti Edgeswitch 16 (150W) fit perfectly into the modern SmartHome.

HOW-TOS

Set Up Your Sonos System Without a Sonos Bridge

Sonos has finally killed its Bridge. This guide explains how to set up your system to interact directly with your WiFi.

Run Pi-Hole 5 Beta Behind an NGINX Reverse Proxy

How to prevent Pi-Hole 5 Beta from throwing up: "Error, something went wrong! While executing: attempt to write a readonly database."

Connect Your Apple AirPods to Your Apple TV in Three Simple Steps

Listen to the sound from your Apple TV through your AirPods -- without leaving the show you're watching.

Connect to a Computer Using SSH

This guide explains how you can use the command line on your local computer to connect to a remote computer running SSH.

Check the Throughput Speed Between Two Devices on Your Network

This guide explains how you can test the effective data-transfer rates between two devices on the same network.