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While some elements used in software design are so common that nearly everyone knows what they do (like share and search), others are more obtuse. You might have noticed this in Apple’s CarPlay, which is intentionally simplified for the sake of reducing distractions. Yet there’s a lot that goes unsaid: with the lack of a tutorial,…

MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) mode is a Windows feature designed as a way for hardware devices like your graphics card (or GPU, if you’re a purist) to grab the attention of and communicate with your CPU. Introduced in the PCIe 2.2 specification and then baked into Windows Vista, it’s a specialized setting that modders and…

In the cryptocurrency Wild West, sometimes hardware can provide peace of mind when securing your private keys.

For a rocky couple of years in the 2010s, smartphone ports were a bit of a free-for-all. Apple was off doing one thing with Lightning, while Android devices were off doing another. The classic 3.5 mm headphone jacks disappeared, to the initial dismay of many audiophiles and anyone annoyed by the need to buy yet…