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Yadullah Abidi

  • Freelance Writer, MUO
New Delhi, Zen
As seen in: MUO, MSN, Flipboard, The Mac Observer, NewsBreak, LXer Linux News, Candid.Technology, 3D Printing News Today, DrWeb's Domain (Podcast)
Part tech journalist, part web developer. Associate Editor @CandidTodayTech

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JPG and JPEG are exactly the same, but there's a bizarre reason we have both

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By Yadullah Abidi
| MUO Verified
If you've ever dealt with images on your computer, you've likely come across both JPG and JPEG files. They look the same, behave the same in software, and for all intents and purposes, are exactly the same. So if you've wondered why we still have them both, the answer lies in the limitations of early computers, not in terms of image quality, compatibility, or file size.
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I gave my smart home its own DNS and finally stopped my privacy settings from breaking it

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By Yadullah Abidi
| MUO Verified
I have a network-wide privacy setup for my home network that works beautifully until it doesn't. Pi-hole blocked trackers on my laptops and phones, but the same aggressive lists periodically break smart TVs, delay camera notifications, or leave a cloud-dependent bulb hanging off the internet. This left me in a loop of allowing one mysterious hostname, testing again, and repeating until the device came back online.
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This is what happens when open source gets serious

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By Yadullah Abidi
| MUO Verified
Open-source software usually comes with a compromise. You get freedom, flexibility, and control, but you may have to tolerate a few rough edges. On top of that, open-source software may not always be the best choice at all. But not if you're using Home Assistant. It offers the transparency and independence of an open-source project while increasingly feeling like the polished software you'd expect from trillion-dollar corporations.
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