Quick Links It’s almost time to honor that father figure in your life with the latest in Dad-friendly tech. To help you pick out the gadgets and gizmos that dear ‘ole Dad will love, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite Father’s Day tech deals. Gift your pop a portable way to cool down this summer, the tools to make a backyard bonfire, and more for a truly special Father’s Day....
Quick Links Curious about what it would feel like to browse the modern web through a dial-up modem? A hidden option in Google Chrome will let you easily emulate the experience. Why Does Chrome Have a Dial-Up Emulator? To be clear, the hidden feature isn’t explicitly a dial-up emulator tucked away like some sort of Easter egg for 1990s-nostalgic nerds to find. Buried in Chrome’s Developer Tools menus, there is a tool to throttle your connection to the web....
Quick Links After years of pleas from fans,the Pixel Watchfinally shows us Google’s vision of a smartwatch. Can Fitbit integration and a focus on design give Android fans an Apple Watch equivalent? That’s what Google has set out to do. In some ways, Google has had its hands in smartwatches for a long time. The company released Wear OS (then called Android Wear) way back in 2014, but it has stayed away from making its own hardware....
Summary Think of a sentence and it instantly shows up on your screen. You didn’t type or say a word. That sounds like something out of a Black Mirror episode, right? However, there are AIs being developed that can do just that. You don’t even need Elon Musk’s invasive brain chip for it. How AI Mind Reading Works You might have heard ofNeuralink. It’s a small chip that can pick up neural activity and wirelessly send it to a computer....
Summary Cloud storage makes backing up data from a phone a seamless experience for most people. However, from privacy concerns to internet speed requirements, there are reasons to prefer a local backup. The cool thing is you don’t even need to connect to a PC to do it—just use a hard drive. While it’s technically easy to copy files over to an external drive manually, that’s a tedious way to back up data....
Quick Links Summary Select text, and then click the “Review” tab and select Language > Set Proofing Language to choose the language of any selected text. To change PowerPoint’s default language used for its interface as well as any text you insert, head to Options > Language. Creating a PowerPoint presentation in a different language? you may change the text language (used for spelling corrections) or the interface language (used for menus)....
Quick Links Summary To delete a BeReal post on Android, open the post’s options menu by tapping the three-dot icon. Then, select “Delete My BeReal,” choose a reason for removing your post, tap “Yes, I’m Sure,” and select “Delete.” BeRealencourages you to capture and publish spontaneous posts. Sometimes, these posts don’t go well and you feel the need to bring them back. Luckily, it’s easy to delete a BeReal post on both your iPhone and Android phone....
Quick Links An Ethernet connection is faster and more stable than Wi-Fi. However, there are instances where hardware limitations or software throttling can cause your Ethernet speed to drop. If you’re experiencing this issue, here are some practical steps to troubleshoot and speed up the connection. 1Check Your Internet Connection Speed If the issue isn’t with your internet, Ethernet and Wi-Fi shouldn’t be slow simultaneously. To check if slow internet is causing the problem,run a speed testwhile connected via Ethernet, then repeat the test over Wi-Fi....
Quick Links Summary To stop OneDrive from syncing desktop shortcuts, you must stop it from syncing your Desktop folder. Go into OneDrive settings, click “Manage Backup,” and toggle the “Desktop” folder off. Repeat this process on your other PCs running OneDrive. OneDrive automatically syncs your desktop files between your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs, leaving you with a bunch of broken desktop icons on some of your PCs. Here’s how to put a stop to it....
Quick Links Summary When you come across a good show or movie on YouTube and YouTube TV, you should share it with your buddies on Discord by streaming it. You just tweak a few settings and you’re ready! What You Need to Stream YouTube and YouTube TV on Discord If you’d like to stream YouTube on Discord, you only need two things: a stable internet connection and your own Discord server....
Summary Linux isn’t the only open-source OS out there, and sometimes it’s fun to try out other systems. I had fond memories of using Solaris and OpenSolaris back in college, and I found Tribblix. I tried using Tribblix to see how well a modern interpretation of an older version of Unix would work. What is Tribblix? Tribblixis a Unix-like system created by Peter Tribble. It’s a distribution of illumos, which is based on OpenSolaris...
Summary Yearly smartphone refreshes are now centered around the endless camera quality race. It’s an exciting prospect for both professional and pocket photographers, but as I’m neither of those, I’ve become tired of the trend. Little did I expect that the iPhone 16 Pro’s Camera Control button would change my mind. Why I Wasn’t Excited About Camera Control Adding a new button to the iPhone is a big statement as it signals Apple is committed to keeping the feature around for many design iterations to come....
Quick Links Portable power stations are an excellent accessory to have in case of an emergency, to charge gear while camping, or being off the grid. Here are all the features I look for when buying one, and you should, too. My older power stations take nearly seven hours to charge fully andlack USB-C charging portsand advanced features. If I buy a new one from a reputable brand, I want improvements in all those areas and inside one device....
