How to Protect Your Identity by Watermarking Important Documents

Quick Links Summary Eventually, you’ll have to share copies of documents like your Passport, driver’s license, and bank statements. This is an unavoidable part of the process for many rent, banking, and travel-related applications. Watermarking will help stop these images being fraudulently used if they leak online. You Need to Vigilantly Protect Your Private Info Data breaches are common place: you cannot rely on the security of the online services you use to protect your important personal data....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Dr. Travis Sanders

How to Restart a PS4

Quick Links Summary To restart a PS4 using the controller, hold down the PS button and choose Power > Restart PS4. Or, on your screen, select Power > Power Options > Restart PS4. To reboot the console without a controller, press the Power button for seven seconds. Press the same button once to turn the back console on. Is your PlayStation 4 frozen? Do your favorite games keep crashing? Restarting your PS4 can fixthese issues and more....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Tracy Brown

How to Take Better Night Sky Photos on a Google Pixel

Quick Links There’s nothing more beautiful than the night sky, and with modern smartphone cameras, everyone can take amazing pictures of it. The latest version of Google’s Camera app on Pixel phones has added the ability to manually control Astrophotography mode, meaning you now have more ability than ever to snap a fantastic image. What is Astrophotography Mode? Astrophotography Mode is available toGoogle Pixel phones, designed to help you take perfect photos of the night sky....

August 12, 2025 · 5 min · 1040 words · David Tate

How to Track and (Hopefully) Improve Your Mental Wellbeing With an iPhone

Quick Links Summary Instead of relying on third-party apps, track aspects of your mental health like mood, anxiety and depression risk, and other contributing factors, directly on your iPhone or iPad. Apple includes these tools within the Health app right on your device. Exploring the Mental Wellbeing Section in the Health App As ofiOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Apple has added a Mental Wellbeing section to the Health app that lets you track your emotions and mood or take a deep dive into several factors contributing to your overall mental health....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1085 words · Alex Robinson

How to Upgrade a Kubernetes Cluster Created With Kubeadm

Quick Links Kubeadm isthe official tool for installingand maintaining a cluster that’s based on the default Kubernetes distribution. Created clusters don’t automatically upgrade themselves and disabling package updates for Kubernetes components is part of the set up process. This means you have to manually migrate your cluster when a new Kubernetes release arrives. In this article you’ll learn the steps involved in a Kubernetes upgrade by walking through a transition from v1....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1102 words · Grace Kelly

How to Zoom the Linux Terminal

Quick Links The default font size in the Linux terminal can seem small. If you have eye problems like me, you need to focus hard to read the text. Worry not because there are some tricks that let you zoom the Linux terminal so that you can see and read everything without any hardship. Even without eye problems, this zooming trick is useful for other cases. For example, if you’re presenting to a large audience in a room, people in the back will find it difficult to see what you’re doing on the terminal....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 630 words · Douglas Johnson

I Ditched Windows 11's Photo Manager for This 20-Year-Old App

Summary Windows 11 comes with a built-in photos manager called the Photos app. However, I still think Microsoft Office Picture Manager is the best app for managing pictures on Windows. Although the app was discontinued with the release of Office 2013, it’s still possible to install it on Windows 11. Brief History of the Microsoft Office Picture Manager Unlike today, when the Photos app comes pre-installed on Windows 11 as the default photo editing app, Microsoft Office Picture Manager was part of Microsoft Office....

August 12, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Brian Salazar

I Turned a Raspberry Pi into a Private Slideshow Machine, Here's How

Quick Links Unlock the joy of DIY electronics and showcase your favorite photos by crafting your own slideshow machine with a Raspberry Pi. Creating your own digital photo frame is cheaper than retail options and doesn’t require uploading personal photos to a cloud storage service. Why Build Your Own Slideshow Machine By building your slideshow machine (digital photo frame), you’ll learn new skills and save money compared to buying pre-made products....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1136 words · Lisa Cooper

Is the Galaxy S23 Ultra Worth Buying In 2024?

Quick Links While high-end Android phones offer exceptional features like the brightest screen, powerful processors, and excellent cameras, they’re often very expensive. But what if I tell you there’s an option that offers most of the latest features while saving you a few hundred dollars? The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is one such option. Price and Availability Samsung launched the Galaxy S23 Ultra in 2023 for $1,199.99. However, approaching two years old, the phone has been spotted at a lower price quite a few times....

August 12, 2025 · 7 min · 1453 words · Sierra Anderson

iToolab WatsGo: Seamless WhatsApp Transfer From Android to iPhone 15

Transferring your WhatsApp data to a new device can be risky business. With your messages protected by end-to-end encryption, there’s the danger of losing valuable data when making the move from one device to another, not to mention the risk of keeping that data secure. Well, now you can enjoy seamless and secure WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business transfer between Android and iPhone with iToolab WatsGo, without any loss of data....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Bill Porter

Lenovo X1 Carbon (Gen 11) Laptop Review: Business Computing With a Familiar Look

Quick Links These days, it seems a lot of performance-oriented laptops are targeted at creatives or gamers. Not so with theLenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 11), which targets everyday business professionals with no-compromise performance and excellent battery life. Launched in early 2023, the speedy onboard13th Gen Intel Core i7-1355Uprocessor supports the full performance of the 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512 GB NVMEe SSD withTCG Opal Encryption 2. In short, secure multitasking is no issue for the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 11)....

August 12, 2025 · 9 min · 1799 words · Melinda Gomez

Microsoft Copilot Now Has a Mac App

Microsoft’s Copilot integration has mostly been reserved for Windows computers until now. If you have a Mac and you want a way to interact with Copilot that’s not just the web version, this official app might just be what you need. Microsoft has just released an official macOS app for its generative AI chatbot, Copilot, which you can nowdownload from the App Store. The macOS application offers the full suite of Copilot’s features in a dedicated window, so instead of having to fire up your browser and search for Copilot, you can now just fire up the app and get prompting....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 594 words · Patrick Hill

Need a GPU Cooler? Here's What to Know About Each Type

Quick Links Along with your CPU, your GPU is one of the hottest components in your computer and its temperature has a direct effect on performance. If you’re looking to change your GPU cooler, or don’t know what sort of GPU cooler type to get with your next card, you’ll want to stick around as we figure out which cooler type is best for the job. Axial Coolers - Best For Most People Axial or “open air” coolers consist of one or more fans blowing air directly over the heatsink mounted on the GPU and all the surrounding components....

August 12, 2025 · 5 min · 1049 words · Christopher Swanson