This Might Be Android's Most Useful Hidden Feature Right Now

Summary Screen time is perhaps our generation’s worst problem. We spend a significant part of our days with our eyes glued to different screens—for some people it’s their phone, and for others, it can be a mix of a phone and a computer. The best way to learn a lesson and correct an unhealthy habit is to be made aware of the consequences of your actions. So let me introduce you to the best wellbeing feature on Android you didn’t know existed—screen time reminders....

May 23, 2025 · 4 min · 769 words · Miranda Santos

This Never-Ending AI Version of 'Seinfeld' Is the Stuff of Nightmares

Decades after its finale, Seinfeld is still a source of inspiration and parody. But I’m not sure if my mind can handleNothing, Forever, a never-ending Seinfeld episode generated by AI. Assuming that I’m awake and that this isn’t a nightmare, Nothing, Forever might be the strangest use of an AI to date. This AI version of Seinfeld is the work of Skyler Hartle and Brian Habersberger. The characters, settings, and laugh track are human-made and mimic the design of a 90s point-and-click video game....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · David Nelson

Today's NYT Connections Hints and Answer for April 19 (#313)

Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....

May 23, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Christine Wilkins

Turn Any Website Into a Standalone App with Nativefier (and Why)

Summary Mobile apps have become a way of life since the dawn of the smartphone era. However, you’ll find far fewer offerings in the way of native applications on your actual computer. Fed up for years, I’ve found peace in using Nativefier to create apps out of my most used sites. Nativefier Turns Any Website Into Its Own Desktop App It’s no secret that most major browsersalready offer a way to install websites as apps....

May 23, 2025 · 4 min · 806 words · Nicholas Ortiz

Use Android and Windows? Combine Them With These 4 Cool Tools

Despite coming from competing companies, Android and Windows are two platforms that are quite compatible and capable of interaction. Here, I’ll show you several ways to connect and run Android apps on your Windows PC. 4Connect With Phone Link Phone Link(previously known as the Your Phone app) is the fastest and simplest way to connect your Android device to your Windows machine. With Phone Link, you can make calls, view notifications, access your photo gallery, and run your favorite Android apps directly on your PC....

May 23, 2025 · 4 min · 694 words · Megan Alexander

What Is Google Bard? Hands-on With the AI Chatbot

Quick Links The AI chatbot trend was kicked off byChatGPT, and followed withMicrosoft’s Bing Chat. Google Bard is late to the game, but it has the world’s most popular search engine behind it. Does it have anything new to say? What Is Google Bard? Google Bard is a conversational AI chatbot—otherwise known as a “large language model”—similar toOpenAI’s ChatGPT. It was trained on a massive dataset of text and code, which it uses to generate human-like text responses....

May 23, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Michael West

What Is Satellite Cellular Service and Would It Benefit Us?

Summary In some locations, getting cell service coverage can be nothing short of stressful, and getting good signal with a data connection in anywhere may seem like a pipe dream. In theory, satellite cell service could make unbreakable coverage a reality, but how and when might that happen? What Is Satellite Cellular? Satellite cellular service is pretty much what it sounds like: a network connection with a cell phone via a satellite....

May 23, 2025 · 5 min · 914 words · Wesley Harris

What's The Biggest Hard Drive You Can Buy?

Quick Links Summary Seagate’s 30TB hard drive, utilising heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology, is currently the largest mechanical drive, primarily aimed at large data centres. However, for regular consumers, 22TB drives are the biggest purchasable models. Meanwhile, SSDs have already surpassed HDDs with a 100TB model, and with further advancements, they’re poised to lead in storage capacity, despite higher per-GB costs. “Spinning rust” mechanical hard drives may not have speed to offer anymore, but they still rule the roost when it comes to pure storage capacity—for now....

May 23, 2025 · 4 min · 741 words · Vanessa Wilson

Why I Plan to Use My New Mac Mini for At Least 10 Years

I’ve been using an M4 Mac mini as my primary work machine since late 2024 and am still thoroughly impressed by its performance. The M4 chip is a power-sipping beast, and even my base spec model includes 16GB of memory. I’m so satisfied with it that I’m positive I’ll be using it for at least a decade. Apple Mac Mini (M4) Powered by an impressive M4 chip, the redesigned Mac Mini starts with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, a 10-core CPU, and a 10-core GPU....

May 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1207 words · Brandon Lee

Why I've Gone All In on Fedora Silverblue

Quick Links Summary Like most Linux distributions, Fedora Linux comes in many different variants. For years, I stuck with the default version: Fedora Workstation. Now it’s only Fedora Silverblue for me. Here’s how this version of Fedora won me over. Major System Upgrades Are Painless One of the best things about Linux is that you never have to concern yourself with paying for the latest version. As soon as a new version of Fedora Linux hits the servers, I’m can download it—for free....

May 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1262 words · Mary Russell

Winamp’s Source Code Release Is an Absolute Mess

The classic Winamp music player is now (technically) open source, in a move that its parent company hopes will improve the app and accelerate feature development. However, the app’s code release has been a mess, to put it lightly. Llama Group, the Belgium-based company that owns Winamp,announced back in Maythat it planned to release the source code for the Winamp music player. Winamp was first released in 1997, gaining popularity for its simplicity and customizable interface, and it maintained a dedicated core user base even after development slowed down....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Tracy Reed

Windows PC Sluggish After an Update? Try These Fixes to Speed It Up

Summary Has your Windows PC slowed down significantly after installing the latest Windows update? While a buggy update could be responsible for the slowdown, other factors could also be to blame. These solutions will help you identify the root cause and resolve the problem, making your device faster again. Perform Some Preliminary Checks Before delving into a detailed investigation, let’s perform some basic troubleshooting steps. First, restart your laptop or desktop PC....

May 23, 2025 · 5 min · 1048 words · Bradley Johnson PhD

Word on Mobile Just Made Tables Less Painful

Microsoft has announced a game-changing update to the Microsoft Word mobile app that finally addresses and completely eradicates a pet peeve many of us have had to put up with for too many years: shoddy table creation. Previously, to add a table to a document in the Word mobile app, you had to start with the default 3x3 layout before manually adding or removing columns or rows to make the table the size you needed....

May 23, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Ms. Toni Barnett MD