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When you’re shopping for headphones or earbuds, you often see a lot of features thrown around. Manufacturers will advertise “QC 3.0 charging” or “CVC 8.0 noise isolation” without much explanation. If you’re already an expert, all of this is just fine and dandy. But if you’re an average consumer doing a little window shopping, it can be confusing. You just wanted to buy a pair …

Amateur radios have been a part of the technological landscape for over 100 years. Beginning in the United States and spreading throughout the world, amateur radio operators started sending signals to each-other. Today, there are millions of amateurs around the globe, ranging from hobbyists to survivalists. Many emergency services also use Ham radio, either as a primary or secondary method of communication. The origins of …

Whether at home or in a business, backflow is serious trouble for any plumbing system. Your family and your customers rely on your water to be safe to drink. If contaminated water is getting sucked back into the plumbing, that’s a serious problem. This can happen due to a variety of causes, from excessive back-pressure to backflow siphonage. Hydrants, sprinkler systems, and other high-usage applications …

When it was first released in March, 2017, the Nintendo Switch Lite rocked the entire gaming community. Nintendo has long been known for their innovative, even quirky, control schemes. Ever since the Nintendo 64, each generation of Nintendo console has seen a near-complete controller makeover. The Switch was no exception. In fact, the controls were the conceit of the whole system. With them attached to …

Spring is right around the corner, which means it’s time to start thinking about your lawn and your garden. The grass may be dead in most places, or covered in snow, but don’t fool yourself. Before you know it, the trees will be budding, the birds will be singing, and the bugs will be biting. We could all do without the bugs, and we could …