Quick Links Who wants to pay more on their electric bill if they don’t have to? Here’s how to identify and measure phantom loads to save money. What Is a Phantom Load? “Phantom load” is a phrase commonly used to refer to the standby power consumed by appliances and devices when they are not in active use. If you’re listening to music through your home stereo setup and the consumption is 80 watts, that is the active load....

Quick Links Summary If you have data across multiple Excel worksheets that you want to bring together in a formula, don’t waste time manually referencing each cell. Instead, use an Excel function called 3D referencing, which helps speed up the process and ensure you don’t accidentally exclude any cells. In this article, we will demonstrate how to use 3D referencing for the basic SUM function, though you can also usemany different Excel functionswhen 3D referencing, including AVERAGE, COUNT, MAX, and MIN....

Summary If you’re experiencing internet problems or your PC just won’t connect to Wi-Fi, resetting the network settings can help fix the problem. I’ll show you how to do that on your Windows 11 PC. What Happens When You Reset Network Settings When you reset network settings, Windows 11 removes and reinstalls allWi-Fi,Ethernet, andVPNadapters. Itdeletes all your saved Wi-Fi networks. It also erases your customDNSsettings,proxysettings, and anyIPconfigurations. If you’ve saved many Wi-Fi networks on your PC and you don’t want to log in to each one after resetting the network settings, export those networks to a file (as shown in the section below)....

Quick Links In my experience, shopping for vinyl is often more fun than playing a record. There’s nothing better than digging through a milk crate and finding something cool—especially if you’ve never heard it before. But where should you shop for vinyl records? And should you skip retailers like Walmart? Visit Local Record Stores and Retailers The best way to get familiar with vinyl is to dig through a couple thousand records....

Curious about what’s bright, shiny, and new at IFA 2023? We’ve spent days combing the show floor to bring you the best of the best. For the unfamiliar, IFA, or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, is the oldest industrial exhibition in Germany. It started in 1929 and over the years it has become the European equivalent of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the United States. Both European and international companies bring their best wares to IFA to showcase....

Creating certificates doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, you may create sleek, professional certificates in just a few minutes using tools you already have—like Microsoft Word! Yes, Word isn’t just for typing up essays or business documents; it can also be used for designing certificates. Why Build Certificates in Microsoft Word? You might be wondering why you should use Word for certificates when there are excellent design tools available. The answer is simple: the Word is easily accessible, affordable, and familiar....

I’m a parent, and Panic’s Playdate strikes me not just as a fun nostalgic game console for me, but something for the kids as well. Unfortunately, that latter bit isn’t quite true. I’ve been warned, and now so have you. The Playdate Has One Very Fragile Component Here’s something I’ve learned about kids in my near decade of being a father—they break just about everything. Crayons and pencils don’t stand a chance....

Quick Links While Microsoft Excel offers many tools for formatting data in various ways, sometimes, the built-in tools don’t quite do exactly what I’m looking for, or take up too much time to execute. In these scenarios, I use custom number formatting to quickly create a number format that meets my needs. Disclaimer: There are some scenarios where usingconditional formattingis preferable over using custom number formatting, such ascoloring whole rows based on a value....

Quick Links Mother’s Day is this weekend, and if you’re still looking for great gifts for the mom(s) in your life, we found some you might want to check out. This week, save big on Apple Watch SE, Google Pixel Watch, and plenty more. Apple Watch SE (2nd Gen) For $219 ($30 Off) There’s a lot to love about theApple Watch SE. For starters, it’s the most affordable wearable in Apple’s entire lineup....

Microsoft and Apple have teamed up to introduce Recent File widgets to the Mac, meaning you can open recent Office files with a single click. In June this year,Microsoft rolled out a Recent File widget for the Microsoft 365 app on iPhone and iPadbefore addingwidgets for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint standalone appsto Apple’s hand-held devices two months later. Now, Microsoft and Apple have gone one step further by extending this offering to people using Macs....

Quick Links Before gaming laptops, my love for small PC gaming systems had me build three different mini-ITX computers. There’s just something awesome about packing the full might of a desktop into the smallest of cases, and if you prefer a petit PC over the towering hulks that are so popular now, you may be wondering why you should, or shouldn’t, take the ITX plunge. 1Yes: You Want a Console-Sized System With Big PC Performance The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X are big for consoles, but pretty darn small for PCs....

Summary Mophie’s return to the phone charging case business with theJuice Pack for the iPhone 15line is nostalgic for someone like me who remembers using these battery boosters over a decade ago. However, after taking off the rose-tinted glasses, it’s unclear if this product still has a place in the current landscape of gadgets because of the advancements of MagSafe batteries. Mophie Juice Pack for iPhone 15 A charging case for the iPhone 15 line of phones that offers roughly 50% more battery uptime....

Quick Links YouTube Music has an enormous library of songs available to stream, but I was stuck listening to the same old tunes for too long. That was, until I used these discovery tricks to massively expand my library. 1Don’t Miss Out on Existing Mixes Before diving into specific features for music discovery, a good place to start would be YouTube Music’s mixes and playlists. The “Home” tab features a long list of recommendations, ranging from new releases to tailor-made mixes based on your listening history....