April 15, 2022

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If you’re planning on digging a tunnel to China or anywhere else in the world, then you’d better plan carefully. Only 15 percent of the land area of the Earth is antipodal—directly opposite via a straight line through the center of the planet—to other land areas. 85 percent of the time, your tunnel would open out into a body of water.

Announced at CES 2022 (and our Best in Show winner), the S7 MaxV Ultra is the most premium of Roborock’s lineup of robot vacuums and mops. After testing the all-in-one device for over a month, I can easily say this is the best autonomous vacuum you can currently buy, but the best comes at a cost. Read More »

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There’s no time to waste in the world of Linux distributions. Fedora 35 dropped in November 2021, and Fedora 36 is set to arrive a few short months later in April 2022. Here’s what’s new in Red Hat’s open-source Linux distribution. Read More »

When you want a list of customers, email addresses, product IDs, or something similar where each one is distinct, Excel has a function to help. We’ll show you how to use this function to list unique values and text. Read More »

If you spend a lot of hours behind the wheel, a good car charger is a must-have accessory. Fortunately for you, there are several excellent car chargers on the market, and we have picked the best ones. Read More »

Based on the bestselling novels by J.K. Rowling, the Harry Potter movies are some of the most popular fantasy films ever released. They’ve grown to encompass an entire franchise of magical adventures. Here’s how to stream every Harry Potter movie. Read More »

If you’re feeling discomfort while wearing the Oculus Quest or Oculus Quest 2 VR headset (sometimes called “Meta Quest 2”), a counterweight dramatically helps balance headset weight for a more comfortable feel. Some add extra battery life too. Here’s why you should try one out. Read More »

If you’ve noticed newer Wi-Fi network gear labeled Wi-Fi 6 and have read about upcoming Wi-Fi 7 hardware, you might have stopped to wonder why you never saw things labeled with lower numbers in the past. Here’s why Wi-Fi is numbered now. Read More »

There are a few different versions of Minecraft out there, and they install in different places. These different Minecraft versions also save screenshots in different places. Here’s how you can find them. Read More »

Thanks to the iPhone’s built-in Photos app, you can make a slideshow and have your photos and videos play one after another without manual interaction. You can choose a custom background music track, theme, and even the speed of the slideshow. Read More »

Mobile Gaming has come a long way from those Java-powered flip phone games, and holding Xiaomi’s Black Shark 4 Pro in my hands is a firm reminder. It maintains the sleek design of a standard smartphone, but upon closer inspection, you’ll find a powerful machine for the gamer on the go. Read More »

The idea of actually talking to your plants might sound more than a bit weird. But if having a chat with your pretty plum tomatoes actually did them some good, it would be worth it, right? Read More »

There’s a lot that goes into caring for your bedding. You might have heard that flipping your mattress is part of that maintenance, but could that just be an old wives’ tale? Read More »

By default, Google Chrome updates automatically on your Android phone. However, you can run a manual update check to find and install the latest updates. You can also enable the automatic updates option if it’s disabled. We’ll show you how. Read More »

Spotlight on Mac is brilliant at quickly launching apps and finding documents. But once you get a list of results, it’s not obvious how to see the file locations in Finder. We’ll show you how to do it. Read More »

If you’re shopping for a smartphone case, your choices in the material are often silicone, polycarbonate, hard plastics, and Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU). If you’re wondering what TPU is, we’re going to (figuratively) break it down. Read More »