Garrett Ettinger
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Expertise
PC Technology, Gaming, Web & Phone Apps
- Garrett has interviewed Behaviour Interactive, the creators behind the Dead by Daylight and Meet Your Maker games.
- He has written numerous stories on airplanes, including one story that reviewed five of the coolest Saab fighter jets ever built.
- At the age of 12, he picked up his first Visual Basic manual and has been building his own PCs ever since.
Experience
Garrett is a professional writer and editor with over a decade of experience creating digital content. Most recently, he has been covering video games and tech news as the Editor-in-Chief of Gamer Digest and Techozu and is a featured writer on sites like GameCrate. He started his content writing journey with a fellowship at WikiHow.com and has since authored various content for publications, companies, and nonprofits.
Education
Garrett earned his Bachelor's of Applied Science degree from Drexel University.
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Stories By Garrett Ettinger
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The RC-26 Condor was a civilian airliner converted into a military plane to support security forces.
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Parallel downloading is an experimental feature that can be enabled as part of Google's Chrome Flags feature.
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The AAVP-7A1 has an incredibly long combat history and has been used in a number of conflicts that required amphibious assault vehicles.
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With so many apps on your Android phone, it can be difficult to remember every password. Google Credential Manager makes it easier and increases security.
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NASA made up a team, which seeks to identify asteroids and comets passing near Earth's orbit and is developing systems to prevent catastrophic impacts.
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Though the M38A1 was not a long-lasting solution, it suited the need for a lightly armored car that could haul large payloads.
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While the M8 Greyhound was one of the fastest armored vehicles of its day, a few key design flaws saw the need for it to be completely re-purposed.
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If you love camping or live the RV or camper van lifestyle, then consider getting one of these five mobile solar panels that can go anywhere.
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The tank simulator, Panzer 68 Driving Simulator (FASIP), was an indoor training software that taught soldiers how to use military tanks without real tanks.
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One thing is for sure: technology continues to progress, but these three interface innovations could completely replace touchscreens for good.
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Discovered in 1802 by British explorer Mathew Flinders, Lake Hillier is one of five pink lakes in Victoria, Australia.
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Brad Baker's season seven appearance on Shark Tank was the start of a pinball company among other ventures.
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F-111 Aardvark, also known as the "Pig," was one of the most effective military jets ever created, so why was this elite fighter jet retired?
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The F-35 stealth fighter jet is fast, really fast. In fact, it can go from 610 to 920 mph in eight seconds, but it takes a extreme toll on the pilots bodies.
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Spotted Lake in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley is an important site for geological scientific study with a rich history and cultural significance.
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While the development of the F-35 represents the power of U.S. military technology, in other ways, it's also a representation of beuracratic inefficiency,
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Routers broadcast WiFi signals perpendicular to the antenna, which alters the ideal antenna setup depending on the configuration of your house.
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Stretches of Caño Cristales, the river of five colors, change color during each new season. This is thanks to an aquatic plant that only grows in Colombia.
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The first version of Windows with the modern look based on a Start menu, Windows 95 made computing, and internet access in particular, accessible to all.
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The rise of trench warfare and fully automatic machine guns had created a unique and deadly obstacle for infantry forces worldwide, tanks were the solution.
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If you have seen movies like "Top Gun," then you may have an idea of how jet ejections work. But the process is more complicated and dangerous than you think.
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The story behind Sizaire-Berwick's Armored Car is a strange one. This propellor car was made to help in World War I, but it had several design flaws.
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While SMS texting is ubiquitous and easy to use, it's also based on decades-old tech and wildly insecure. There's a better way out there, though.
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If you're looking to buy a new Android phone this year, you certainly have a lot of options. That said, you'll probably want to avoid these three models.
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World War I was a whole new battlefield, and that meant new inventions adapted to trench warfare. One of the oddest was France's Boirault Machine Tank.
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If you want a nice, compact, wireless keyboard to keep your desktop clutter-free, there are a lot of great options out there. Here are 5 of our favorites.
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Instagram, being the photographic/video medium that it is, can suck up a lot of your phone's data, but we can suggest a couple of ways you can fix that.