Quick Links The default settings in Microsoft Edge aren’t optimized for performance, privacy, or overall user experience. While some features are helpful, they can track your activity, consume system resources, and clutter the interface. For these reasons, here are some settings I always keep disabled in Microsoft Edge. 1Search Suggestions When you type a query in Microsoft Edge, related search suggestions appear below the search bar to help complete your query more quickly....

Quick Links Instead of browsing ad-laden recipe websites full of distractions like an animal, Apple News+ Food gives me clear step-by-step instructions with ingredients, images, videos, and more. Best of all, Apple News+ Food uses interactivity to aid your cooking so you’re not left clueless at any step of meal preparation. The whole thing is so well done that I’ve activated my 1-month free trial of Apple News+, something I thought I’d never do in a million years....

Summary My initial review of theApple Vision Prowas clouded by sensory and information overload. I knew it at the time, but it’s even clearer in hindsight. Eye tracking was new. Familiar apps hovering in the air felt novel. The device itself was new, and it took time to adjust to the weight and feel. All that was to be expected. But now, with over a month inside the headset, I have more perspective of what the device is and what it wants to be....

EchoStar, the parent company of DISH, Boost Mobile, Ting Mobile, and other companies now has more time to meet its 5G network buildout obligations. This is thanks to quick action from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which hopes to turn EchoStar into the United States' fourth major mobile provider. A new “fourth pillar” in mobile networking would fill the void left by Sprint, which was acquired by T-Mobile in 2018. EchoStar has the potential to increase competition, thereby reducing mobile and internet prices for consumers while encouraging technological innovation within the mobile industry....

Quick Links If you don’t know that hundreds of illuminateddrones filling the skyin a programmed pattern is a new advertising thing, seeing it for the first time can be a bit jarring. That was the case several months ago when I noticed a seemingly heavenly figure lighting up the sky over Austin during the South by Southwest festival. Since I had no idea yet that this form of advertising existed, my head turned back and forth like a dog with no idea what’s going on....

Summary A smartwatch for kids? Is that really necessary? I wouldn’t blame you if that’s your first thought when seeing a product like theFitbit Ace LTE. However, Google thoroughly convinced me that this is exactly the type of device kids should have. The Ace LTE was built from the ground up with kids in mind, and it shows. Fitbit Ace LTE Fitbit Ace LTE is the ultimate kids' smartwatch with built-in LTE connectivity for calls, texts, and GPS tracking....

Summary A lot of people have turned to using chatbots to help them code. While you probably don’t want a whole program written by AI, it can help you come up with solutions in specific snippets so your code is more efficient and functional. If you’re going to do that, though, you might as well use it with Gemini’s Canvas—it will make it way easier to check if that code actually works....

Quick Links Are you wanting to self-host your own blog? There are a lot of options out there for content management systems to handle your blog’s backend, and choosing the right one can be difficult. I’ll break down the pros and cons of WordPress, Ghost, and GitHub Pages to help you make the most informed decision. Ghost Ghostis a newer blogging platform but it’s taking the personal (and corporate) blogging space by storm....

Summary As powerful as modern smartwatches have become, some people still yearn for the simpler times when the Pebble range of smartwatches was around. So it was a nice surprise to see that the creator of Pebble is bringing them back. We now have our first look at the new watch in action. Eric Migicovsky, the entrepreneur known for creating the original Pebble smartwatch, has offered fresh insights into his latest venture,Core Devices....

Summary The smart home dream is to have every light and device connected to a central hub that can be activated whenever you want. I’m on my way to living that dream, but have briefly stumbled through a nightmare with devices acting up. It’s becoming clear that smart home platforms need to build an activity list or log book of every action. I’ll explain why consumers should be looking for companies to provide this feature....

Quick Links Summary A good USB drive can function for 10 years or longer. However, actual data lifespan varies depending on build quality, write cycles, temperature, and storage conditions of a thumb drive. USB thumb drives are a convenient and portable means of storing data. However, how long can flash drives actually keep your data maintained? To answer that question, we need to explore the inner workings and factors that can impact their data retention....

Summary Highlight the text you want to bookmark in your Word document and then go to Insert > Bookmark. Assign your bookmark a name and then click “Add.” Then, you can use Word’s Link tool to create a clickable link to your bookmark. Bookmarks in Microsoft Word are similar to those in your web browser. Once you save a bookmark, you have an easy reference to that spot. To make bookmarks even handier, you can create links to them in your Word document....

Quick Links Deleting rows from a large filtered range in Microsoft Excel can take a long time, temporarily place the program into a “not responding” state, or—in a worst-case scenario—cause Excel to crash altogether. However, taking one simple step allows Excel to continue running smoothly. Why Deleting Filtered Rows Crashes Excel Let’s imagine you want to tidy up this dataset of 50,000 products bydeleting the rowscontaining discontinued items. To follow along as you read this guide, download afree copy of the Excel workbookused in the example....