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I recorded a full boot trace with Microsoft’s free profiler and found what was really slowing my startup
I've trimmed my startup apps list quite a few times, and even gone through Autoruns line by line. Yet none of these tools perfectly explain why my laptop can feel busy long after the login screen.
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Hailey Bieber’s Trainer Swears By This Strength-Pilates Method For Real-World Strength
The trainer behind Hailey Bieber's workouts says strength, repetition, and consistency—not endless cardio—are key.
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This 50MB operating system can resurrect your old PC
I have a decade-old Dell Inspiron laptop with a 2nd-gen Intel Core i3 processor, 4 GB RAM, and an integrated Intel HD GPU. It came with Windows 7 out of the box and was eventually upgraded to Windows 10. However, after 13 years, it's not the most enthusiastic laptop, and getting anything done on it seems like a task in itself.
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Your new Pixel’s battery has a 200-cycle countdown you can’t turn off
When you unbox a newer Google Pixel phone and start using it, a secret clock starts. Every time you charge and discharge your phone's battery, it's counted as a charge cycle. As your phone racks up charge cycles, its usable lifespan shortens. This isn't exclusive to Pixel phones — it applies to every device with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. What's unique about new Pixel phones is that once your battery hits 200 charge cycles, a management feature that throttles battery life and charging speed immediately kicks on.
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VMware abandoned my old homelab server, so Proxmox VE got it instead
When my Intel S1200 server motherboard gave out, I figured a cheap replacement would get my humble ESXi server up and running again. An old Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H I purchased second-hand gave my old Xeon CPU another home, and I couldn't justify upgrading hardware to keep a homelab hypervisor running.
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Windows has had a fix for “file name too long” for 10 years and still makes you turn it on
"File name too long" is one of the Windows errors that has wasted a lot of my time. There's a Windows setting that allows compatible applications to work with paths longer than the traditional 260-character limit. However, it's off by default and the error message doesn't point you directly to it.
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Texas Sheet Cake
This All-American dessert is a vegan twist on the classic homemade cake This article was written by Six Vegan Sisters on the PBN Website.
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Your TP-Link router has an official expiry date
TP-Link is the most popular router brand nationwide, with its routers sitting in more than a third of every house and office across the country. Yet it's coming under considerable pressure as the US ban on foreign-made routers continues to take hold and push networking manufacturers to move operations stateside.
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Please stop storing passwords in your browser
For a long time, I saved every password in my browser. It's effortless: log in once, click Save, and your browser does the rest. It syncs across devices, remembers every login, and makes sign-ins practically invisible.
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Apple TV’s extra storage can’t do the one thing I expected from it
The Apple TV 4K is one of the best streaming boxes you can buy, even if your other products are outside the Apple ecosystem. The hardware is fantastic compared to the competition, featuring the same A-series chips powering older iPhones. Amazon, Google, and Roku offer compelling alternatives to the Apple TV 4K, but it's hard to accept the additional bloat and ads that come with them.
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I checked my Google Maps settings and found my real-time location was being shared with someone
Someone had been able to see exactly where I was, in real time, for months. It wasn't a tracking app or anything suspicious, but an ordinary Google Maps setting I had turned on during a trip and never switched off. I had tightened my Google privacy settings since then, reviewed app permissions, even turned off Location History. None of it touched what was happening inside Google Maps.
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This One Sleep Stage Was Linked to Lower Risks of Dementia, Heart Disease, and More
New research suggests it’s extremely important.
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What Type of Running Shoe Do You Actually Need? Here’s How to Choose
Your guide to every type of running shoe.
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I don’t understand why everyone installs these Windows apps
Most of us have a list of apps we always install on a new PC. While those lists are never identical, there are a few popular ones you'll find on almost every Windows PC. Apps like Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, CCleaner, and LocalSend have been around for so long that they've built a reputation of being "essential."
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Samsung Good Lock gave my Galaxy three extra buttons I didn’t know I had
Samsung's navigation bar ships with three buttons; Back, Home, and Recents, and there is no obvious way to add more. Phone makers spent years telling us to abandon that strip entirely, insisting that full-screen gestures were the smarter way to use a big display. So you make the switch, clear the bottom of your screen, and try to get used to swiping from the edges. But on a massive Galaxy, that clean look has a catch.
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This Powerful Berry Could Be A Simple Way To Lower Cholesterol
Looking for a simple breakfast addition? This berry that lowers cholesterol has also been linked to a variety of potential health benefits.
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5 home appliances you can supercharge with a smart plug
A smart plug is one of the cheapest ways to make an old appliance feel surprisingly modern. Put one between the appliance and the wall, and suddenly you gain remote switching, schedules, voice controls, and in some models, even energy monitoring.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Reveals He Personally Hand-Drew the Upcoming Nike SHAI 002
Summary Shai Gilgeous-Alexander revealed that he personally hand-drew the design for his upcoming Nike SHAI 002 signature sneakerThe model marks his second signature silhouette and his first brand-new design following his move from Converse to Nike BasketballThe Nike SHAI 002 is expected to launch in early 2027 with technical specifications and official imagery still under wraps
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I gave ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity the same Android chores to see who actually deserves my power button
I've never changed the assistant on my Pixel 9 Pro XL. Gemini was there when I set up the phone, and I just kept long-pressing the power button without thinking. Meanwhile, I pay for ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, and Perplexity Pro every month, and none of them ever got a turn.
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LOEWE and On Upgrade the Cloudsolo With a $890 USD Hiker Model
Summary LOEWE and On have released the Cloudsolo Hiker as an outdoor-focused evolution of their joint silhouetteThe sneaker features rubber upper reinforcement boot-style metal eyelets and deeper tread for enhanced trail tractionThe $890 USD model arrives in three tonal colorways available now via select retailers LOEWE and On have officially expanded their collaborative footwear portfolio with the release of the LOEWE x On Cloudsolo Hiker.
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