6 Tips for Organizing Your iPhone Apps
Organizing your iPhone or iPad Home screen can be an unpleasant experience. Even if you have a layout in mind, Apple’s rigid approach to icon placement can be imprecise and frustrating.
How to Use Wireshark Filters on Linux
Wireshark is a world-class packet analyzer available on Linux, Windows, and macOS. Its filters are flexible and sophisticated, but sometimes, counterintuitive. We’ll explain the “gotchas” you need to be on t...
Windows 10 Will Soon Show Edge Browser Tabs in Alt+Tab
Alt+Tab is useful for switching between windows, but it can’t help you find that browser tab you had open in one of your windows. Soon, Windows 10 will show all your open Edge browser tabs alongside your windows....
How to Wirelessly Link a Stadia Controller to an Android Device
Despite needing to be tethered using a USB-C cable at launch, Google Stadia controllers can now be wirelessly paired to your Android smartphone. Here’s how to link your Stadia controller and game using the cloud-based s...
What Is Patreon, and How Does It Work?
Many online content creators use Patreon to supplement their income. How does it work, and should you support your favorite internet content creator on the site? Find out here.
PSA: All Apps Can Read Your iPhone and Android Clipboard
Have you seen the news about TikTok? A new privacy feature in iOS 14 revealed that the Chinese social media app was constantly reading iPhone clipboards. But that’s nothing new. All apps can read your smartphone clipboa...
How to Cancel Your YouTube TV Subscription
When YouTube TV first launched, many praised it as being one of the best values in the world of live TV streaming subscriptions. Now, whether you no longer use the service or are tired of price increases, here’s how to ...
How to Use pandoc to Convert Files on the Linux Command Line
You can use pandoc on Linux to convert between more than 40 file formats. You can also use it to create a simple docs-as-code system by writing in Markdown, storing in git, and publishing in any of its supported formats....
How to Work Around a Broken Keyboard Key on a Windows 10 PC
If the keyboard on your Windows 10 computer has a broken or missing key (and it’s one you don’t use often), you might be able to work around it until you get a new keyboard. Here are a few ideas you can try in a p...
What Does Apple’s T2 “Security Chip” Do in Your Mac?
Apple proudly advertises that its latest and greatest Mac models come with a T2 security chip, but what does it do? And, more importantly, does a T2 chip create more problems than it solves?
Can You Really “Zoom and Enhance” Security Footage?
Two cops stand at a computer. Before them is a blurry security camera image. “Enhance,” barks the senior officer to the rookie, who presses a few buttons. Suddenly, the image transforms, revealing a critical piece of evi...
How to Download the Amazon Games App for Twitch Prime Games
Amazon gives away several free games each month through Twitch Prime, included with Amazon Prime. You can play them through the Twitch app, but the Amazon Games launcher is a much better experience. Here’s how to downl...
Free Download: GarageBand for iPhone and iPad Is Essential
GarageBand began life on the Mac in 2004 and quickly rose to prominence as a simple yet feature-rich music-making app. Almost two decades later, GarageBand for iPhone and iPad continues to impress. It’s s completely fre...
How the New App Library Works on iPhone
For the first time since, well, ever, Apple is bringing an Android-style app drawer to the iPhone Home screen with iOS 14. But, of course, Apple has put its own twist on it. Here’s how the new App Library works on iPhon...
Why Did the Turbo Button Slow Down Your PC in the ’90s?
In the 1980s and ’90s, many IBM PC clones included a button on the case labeled “Turbo” that actually slowed down your PC when you pressed it. We explore why it was necessary, what it did, and who put it the...
How to Stop Slack Notifications on the Weekend
Slack’s notifications can be overwhelming enough during the workday. If you have the weekend off, the last thing you need is notifications arriving on your phone at 9 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Slack finally lets you s...
How to Stop Strava From Making Your Home Address Public
Strava is one of the best running and cycling tracking apps, but it’s also a privacy nightmare. Not only have people leaked the locations of secret U.S. military bases just by using it, but it also automatically shares your...
How to Integrate Your iPhone with a Windows PC or Chromebook
The iPhone was designed to work best with Macs, iCloud, and other Apple technologies. However, it can be a great companion for a Windows PC or Chromebook, too. It’s all about finding the right tools to bridge the gap....
How to Make Google Auto-Delete Your Web and Location History
Google collects and remembers information about your activity, including your web, search, and location history. Google now auto-deletes history for new users after 18 months, but it will remember history forever if you previ...
How iOS 14 Is About to Transform Your iPhone’s Home Screen
The iPhone Home screen hasn’t changed since Steve Jobs first showed it off in 2007. Come fall 2020, iOS 14 will drastically shake things up with a few features that will be familiar to anyone who used an Android device ...
Why People Look Different in Photos Taken with Different Lenses
If you’ve ever taken a close-up portrait of someone with your smartphone’s wide-angle lens, you might have noticed they look a little . . . off. Maybe their nose seemed a bit big, or their face was just a tad too wide. Yo...
Browser Choice Finally Comes to the iPhone with iOS 14
You might think the biggest announcement of WWDC 2020 is Apple ditching Intel processors in favor of first-party silicon, but you’d be wrong. No, the big news is that iOS and iPadOS 14 will finally let you choose your ...
What Is DirectX 12 Ultimate on Windows 10 PCs and Xbox?
In 2018, Nvidia rolled out its RTX graphics cards, which rocked some killer features for gaming, including ray tracing and mesh shaders. However, Microsoft needed a standard that supported these features on more than just NV...
How to Host Your Own VPN with Algo and Cloud Hosting
Companies all over the world sell VPN services to secure your online activity, but can you really trust a VPN provider? If you want, you can create your own virtual private network with the open-source Algo software, and the ...
What’s New in iOS 14 (and iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, AirPods, More)
People might not be able to gather in large groups, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from hosting its WWDC developer conference online. With the first day’s keynote over, we now know what new features are coming with...
