Quick Links The Samsung Galaxy S25, with the power of One UI 7, lets you customize the side button to suit your needs. It can do far more than just turn on your screen or open your camera. Where Is the Side Button? By the “side button”, I mean the lower button on the right side of your S25, below the larger volume button. It’s in the same position no matter whether you own the base model, Plus, or Ultra....

Quick Links Summary To find your Replay playlists in the Apple Music app, tap “Listen Now” and scroll until you see “Replay: Your Top Songs By Year.” You can see more stats by visitingthe Replay section of the Apple Music website. Spotify Wrapped is the big name when it comes to recapping what you’ve been listening to, but it’s not the only option. If you prefer Apple Music, we’ll show you how to use its answer to Wrapped, Apple Music Replay....

Quick Links Has your wireless Windows mouse suddenly stopped responding? It’s a frustrating issue that’s tricky to diagnose; the fault could lie with the hardware itself (like the mouse or the USB receiver) or with your computer software. But don’t worry—follow our advice to get your mouse working again. 1. Undertake Basic Device Diagnosis Before doing anything else, you should determine whetheryour mouse is connected to your PC. So, perform some basic hardware diagnosis, like ensuring the mouse is switched on (the power switch is usually on the bottom of the mouse) and that the USB receiver is connected to the computer....

Quick Links To kill a Linux process you need its ID or its name. If all you know is the port it’s using, can you still kill it? Yes, in several different ways. Killing Processes Occasionally aLinux processcan become unresponsive. It may stop operating correctly, or it might continue to work but ignore requests for it to shut down, or start gobbling memory,CPU, or network bandwidth. Related:How to Kill Processes From the Linux Terminal Whatever your motives, there are ways to kill a process from the Linux command line....

Summary Apple’s Family Sharing lets you share subscriptions and purchases with your family, but it’s also a great way to monitor and restrict children’s purchases. Here’s how to enable and use the feature. Getting Familiar With Family Sharing Family Sharing is perfect for a house full of Apple devicessince it allows you to share Apple services with family members while allowing them to have their own Apple Accounts. You canadd up to five other people into one Family Sharing group, and whoever sets up the group will have control over the purchases and files initially shared....

Quick Links Summary You can set a permanent new MAC address in the terminal using the macchanger utility and a systemctl unit file. Or in GNOME, go to Settings > Wi-Fi [or Network] > Identity, and enter a custom MAC address. Every network interface has a unique MAC address, set by the manufacturer. It’s how network connections identify connection endpoints. On Linux, you can permanently change a MAC address if you want....

Summary Apple AirTags are great for finding personal belongings, but what about shared items? Fortunately, you can easily share AirTags with other iPhone users in just a few taps. Sharing AirTags With Find My AirTag sharing was officially added with Apple’s iOS 17 update for iPhone. The update iscurrently in public betaat the time of writing, due for release sometime in September 2023. Both parties will need to be runningiOS 17 or later on a compatible devicefor AirTag sharing to work....

Quick Links Summary Your smart TV knows what you watch, when you watch it, and can even link your viewing habits to other devices. To stop this, you have two imperfect options: opt outor disconnect altogether. Your Smart TV Is Spying on You There’s no way to tell exactly what smart TV manufacturers know about you. Data is collected about your usage, which includes basic things like which apps you use, the channels you watch, and what time you’re usually slumped in front of the TV....

Summary Over in Las Vegas, CES 2025 is in full swing with brands announcing all sorts of fancy new tech. And while there’s a little bit of everything at the event, one item that we all already have, only built a bit differently, caught my eye. I’m talking about Anker’s new 140W wall charger brick. Manufacturers head to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to showcase all sorts of technology, whether new and cutting-edge stuff,upgraded laptops, microwaves with27-inch screens, huge TVs that most people can’t afford, and more....

Summary Intel’s position on the desktop has been pretty precarious since 2022 when the company launched its 13th-generation Raptor Lake chips and just barely eeked out a tie against AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPUs. While Meteor Lake could have made for an impressive successor, Intel doesn’t think so, and instead, the 14th-generation Raptor Lake Refresh gives us a brand-new line of CPUs that are pretty much identical to the old ones. TheCore i9-14900Kis essentially a discounted Core i9-13900KS, but that doesn’t mean it’s not one of the fastest CPUs in the world if not the fastest by some metrics....

Quick Links Arriving in time for the upcoming spring and summer months, JBL just upgraded two of our favorite portable Bluetooth speakers. With AI Sound Boost technology, the new JBL Charge 6 and Flip 7 are finally here to slap the bass during your summer adventures. It’s no secret that JBL makes some of the most popular portable speakers, and its latest generation is better than ever. Both speakers received a slightly redesigned look and feel, upgraded straps, improved audio, better water resistance, and longer battery life, to name a few....

If you’ve been following theLastPass data breach scandalover the past few months, you could be forgiven for thinking it couldn’t get any worse. Every few weeks, the company comes out with grim news about the extent of the hack. Now, its parent company,GoTo, has revealed that it too was a victim. In ablog post, GoTo CEO Paddy Srinivasan issued an update informing customers that products other than LastPass were compromised in the breach....

Early teardowns reveal that the M4 Mac Mini uses slotted modular SSDs, rather than soldered-on memory. This modular system means that storage upgrades are technically feasible, but Apple’s proprietary SSD design makes upgrades a non-starter for the average customer. The Mac Mini began using soldered-on storage in 2018, likely as a means of cutting costs and encouraging upsells. Engineers who are skilled at microsolderingcanupgrade soldered-on storage modules, though very few people actually perform such upgrades outside ofChina....