Quick Links Summary Read receipts are notifications that tell people when you’ve received and then read their iMessage. While this is a pretty handy feature, it may feel intrusive if you’re not ready to reply. Luckily, there are ways for you to read iMessages without alerting the sender. The easiest way to secretly read iMessages without triggering read receipts is to prevent read receipts from being sent altogether. Since read receipts are a messaging feature, you’re able to simply turn them off for every conversation in your Messages settings....

Quick Links Summary Go toRabbitEars.infoand enter your address in the “Signal Search Map” section. You’ll see a list of nearby stations and where they are in relation to your location. No matter where you live, there are almost certainly TV channels—likely even HD—that you can watch for free with a simple OTA antenna. But you don’t need to buy an antenna to find out which channels you can get. What is Free OTA TV?...

Quick Links If you join meetings on your Windows 11 PC, you can make your system prepare for the upcoming meetings by itself. Thanks to a custom script, your computer can automatically adjust the brightness, enable do-not-disturb mode, close distracting apps, and launch your meeting apps. How the Custom Meeting Mode Works Windows 11 doesn’t have a built-in meeting mode, but you can create a custom one that does what you want it to do....

Quick Links Summary ChatGPT now has anofficial iPhone app, and an Android app is on the way. you may also access the mobile version of ChatGPT from a browser on iPhone and Android by visitingchat.openai.com. Both platforms let you add a shortcut to the website on your home screen. ChatGPThas become an incredibly popular generative AI tool. With simple prompts, it canspit out a resume,plan a party,write recipes, andmuch more. We’ll show youhow to use ChatGPTon iPhones, iPads, and Android devices...

Quick Links TikTok Shop opened for business in November 2022, and the operation now generates more than $17 billion per year. Almost anyone can monetize their TikTok account using Shopify—which is how I got burned. Here’s what you need to know to verify it doesn’t happen to you. A Tale of Two TikTok Purchases I was a latecomer toTikTokand if I’m being honest, I only got on board for clumsy panda content with a side of funny memes....

Quick Links Summary I took way too long to jump on the Apple Family Sharing train. Despite knowing about what it offers and how much money it saves, it never crossed my mind to actually commit to a Family Sharing plan until a need came up that I couldn’t ignore. If you have brushed off Family Sharing like I did, then here is everything you need to know about how the feature can benefit you, and why I wish I had set it up way sooner than I actually did....

Summary As an Android user, I’m always surprised to hear iPhone users complain about the restrictive nature of iOS, instead of just switching to Android. So, I did some digging, and I found that, contrary to what they say, many iPhone users love Apple’s rules. Rules Make the iPhone, Not the Camera or Ecosystem I’m always puzzled when my friends complain that their iPhones won’t let them do certain things because, they probably already knew that an iPhone was more limited than Android before they got one....

Summary Apple’s famous advertising slogan “There’s an app for that” feels suitably dated now. The early 2010s was a time when everything “needed” a mobile app, whether or not that app provided significant benefits over a website or not. The most tiring example of this fad was arguably the pervasive trend of using apps to control things. While things have since died down, it hasn’t gone away altogether. App Control Was Once All the Rage In 2010, Apple was granted atrademarkfor its catchy “There’s an app for that” advertising one-liner....

Summary The team behind Linux Mint has made several interesting announcements about the popular Linux distribution and what’s going on behind the scenes. Aside from previewing a fresh coat of paint, they’re also warning you to update Firefox. A Cinnamon Redesign The most eye-catching announcement is that the application menu in the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint is being redesigned. The menu will now show on the left side some pinned folders in addition to your favorite apps, and with titles next to them instead of just icons....

Quick Links The new Mophie Powerstation line for 2023 is finally here and available inseveral different sizes. These little portable power banks are perfect for daily recharging, emergencies, and more. The latestMophie Powerstation 10Kis small enough to fit in a pocket yet fast and powerful enough to charge three devices simultaneously. If you’re looking for an excellent portable charger for your phone, iPad, and other accessories, here’s what you need to know about the Mophie Powerstation 10K....

Summary AMD’s 3D V-Cache technology is still not fully integrated with its mainstream CPU launches three generations in, but that’s what makes these releases so exciting—they allow AMD to reclaim the CPU throne even after Intel releases its own. Now, the new Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D are coming, and we have a release date. AMD officially announced the release date and pricing for its highly anticipated Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D processors....

Aligning with the recent technological changes underpinning Apple’s iCloud, older iPhone and iPad models will stop syncing Safari bookmarks beginning Wednesday, December 18. Apple has officially announced the upcoming change in a support page published yesterday. The company clarifies that the looming change will affect older iPhone, iPad, and Mac models running the iOS 10 software or earlier or macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or earlier. This change is in accordance withApple’s minimum software requirements for iCloud, published on the web on October 4....

Plex is best known as the server software you can use to host your own streaming movie and TV collection, but it also supports music libraries. Even better, the dedicatedPlexampapplication gives you a more streamlined music player for your mobile devices and computers. Plex is now making the Plexamp player available to everyone, but with a few catches. Plexamp is a dedicated music player app that connects to your existing Plex library, giving you a way to enjoy your music without the extra clutter of movies, TV shows, and everything else in your general Plex library....