Download More Dynamic Wallpapers For Mojave, Or Make Your Own
One of the coolest new features in macOS Mojave is the dynamic wallpaper. The lighting in the default desert landscape changes throughout the day, depending on what time it is.
IMPORTANT: You Can Now Put 140 Emoji In a Single Tweet
Changes to the Unicode standard means emoji now take up just two characters on Twitter. The implications are staggering.
How to Watch Twitch on Roku
Twitch is the most popular live streaming site on the web, but there’s no official Twitch channel for Roku. Here’s what to use instead.
What Happened to Winamp, and Can You Use It Now?
Twenty years ago Winamp was the future. Now it’s a distant memory. What happened?
Toilet Paper Has a Pulse, According to Fitness Trackers
Toilette paper has a resting heart rate of 81 beats per minute. At least, it does according to the Xiaomi Mi Band 3, a fitness tracker.
Tech Addiction Makes Us Less Happy. That’s a Market Opportunity.
Compulsively checking social networks makes us less happy. I think we all understand this intuitively, the same way we understand that working out more and eating better is a good idea.
How to Disable macOS Mojave’s Floating Screenshot Thumbnail
Mojave, the latest version of macOS, changes how screenshots work, adding a floating thumbnail in the bottom-right corner that shows up before the file shows up on your desktop.
Bug in Windows 10’s Latest Update Might Be Deleting Files, Back Up Your Data Now
Multiple Windows users are reporting the latest update is deleting documents. Consider backing up your data right now.
Why Does the macOS Dashboard Still Exist?
Remember the Dashboard? It was the marquee feature of Mac OS X Tiger back in 2005, but these days basically no one uses it. Yet it’s still part of macOS Mojave.
Outlook.com is Adding a Verified Icon for Businesses. Will That Help Fight Phishing?
Microsoft is adding a verified icon to Outlook.com, the online email service formerly known as Hotmail. US-based businesses can sign up to be verified here as part of a public beta.
Look Out: Windows 10’s ‘Free Up Space’ Can Empty Your Downloads Folder
Windows’ built-in cleaning tool can now empty out your Downloads folder, so make sure you don’t check that option if you keep anything important there.
Bots and Volunteers Replaced 9 Million Broken Wikipedia References with Wayback Machine Links
You click a reference on Wikipedia, only to find the URL is broken. It’s frustrating, but it should happen less often now thanks to The Internet Archive.
Plex Continues Pivot Away From Servers, Offers Web Shows
Plex now offers a “Web Shows” feature in certain versions of their interface, providing access to shows from brands like TWiT, GQ, and Popular Science.
Play 1,785 Classic Arcade Games Right Now on The Internet Archive (No Quarters Necessary)
Arcades, in most cities, are a distant memory, but you can relive over a thousand classic games right now thanks to The Internet Archive.
Buying an E-Ink Typewriter Won’t Make You Productive; Only Discipline Will
The internet is a distracting place. Admit it: you’re reading this instead of working right now. One company hopes to combat this—for writers, at least—with a dedicated writing device, without any internet a...
Google Hasn’t Offered More Free Storage Since 2013…Which Totally Makes Sense
Google used to routinely increase their free storage offerings, from 1GB in 2004 all the way up to 15GB in 2013. Since then the free quota hasn’t increased.
Updates for macOS Are No Longer in the Mac App Store, Here’s Where to Find Them
Updates for macOS are no longer in the Mac App Store as of macOS Mojave; they’ve moved to System Preferences, in the new Software Update panel.
Kids Can, and Will, Work Around Any Parental Restrictions You Set Up
Kids are easily working around Apple’s parental control system Screen Time, finding various ways to do what they want regardless of restrictions set up by their parents.
Check Out This Virtual Tour of the Garage Where Google Started
Google is 20 years old today, and to celebrate Google Maps added the garage where the company was founded to Street View. You can check it out right now.
Plex is Killing the Plugin Directory, Here’s How to Install Plugins Yourself
Plex is shutting down its plugin directory, but will continue to support manually installed plugins “for the foreseeable future.”
Chrome 70 Will Let Users Opt Out of the New Auto-Sign In Feature
An upcoming Chrome option allows users to log into Google accounts without logging into the browser. The change was prompted by a backlash among users and privacy advocates.
Watch This Maniac Beat Super Mario Bros. in Four Minutes and 55 Seconds
There’s a new world record for beating Nintendo’s 1985 classic Super Mario Bros. Kosmic, a speedrunner, beat the game in 4 minutes, 55 seconds, and 913 microseconds.
How to Disable that Weird New Recent Apps Section in the Dock in macOS Mojave
Install Mojave and you’ll notice it: a new section in the dock, populated by applications you’ve recently opened but don’t have pinned there. How do you get rid of it?
How to Delete Your Google Cookies in Chrome
Clearing out cookies generally signs you out of all accounts, but Chrome makes one exception: your Google account.
Microsoft Teams Can Blur the Background During Meetings, Hiding Your Mess of an Office
Tired of tidying up your office before every team chat? Microsoft’s Teams can now blur the background for you.
