News that Geeks Care About

Alexa Cast is Amazon’s Answer to Google Cast—But Just for Music

Google Cast is the gold standard for streaming content from your phone to speakers, TVs, and more, but something that Amazon has refused adding to its devices and services. So instead, it created its own....

Cameron Summerson Jul 26th, 2018

How to Add Imported and iCal Calendars to Google Home

If you use multiple calendars on the daily and you also use Google Home, then you know how frustrating it is that Google Home doesn’t list all your calendars when you ask about your day. Fortunately, that’s chang...

Cameron Summerson Jul 26th, 2018

Free Download: Shockingly Complete Archive of Old Mac and iPhone Wallpapers

Love or hate Apple, you’ve got to admit: their background images are consistently stunning. Now you can download all of them.

Justin Pot Jul 25th, 2018

These Popular Browser Extensions Are Leaking Your Full Web History On Purpose

Browser extensions and phone apps used by a combined 11 million people are recording users’ complete browsing history, a clear violation of privacy.

Justin Pot Jul 25th, 2018

The iPod is Dead, and So Is Listening to Music Without Distractions

It’s been one year since Apple killed off the last two dedicated MP3 players. I still miss them.

Justin Pot Jul 24th, 2018

MoviePass Is Burning Money to Build a Userbase, But That’s Hardly Unique

MoviePass is losing money on basically every customer. Should you care?

Justin Pot Jul 24th, 2018

Here’s How Gmail, Calendar, And Other Google Apps Might Look Soon

Google is overhauling all its apps, and a new video gives you an idea of what that might look like. Spoiler: it’s all very white.

Justin Pot Jul 23rd, 2018

Your HomePod Could Soon Support Phone Calls

HomePod, Apple’s smart speaker, could get new phone features this year, allowing you to initiate phone calls.

Justin Pot Jul 23rd, 2018

How to Stop People from Following You on Instagram

Instagram continues to add deeper account management tools, and starting today you’ll be able to manually remove followers. This feature has been available for users with private accounts for a while, but now it’s...

Cameron Summerson Jul 20th, 2018

Is Google Replacing Android with Fuchsia? Maybe, But Not for a Long Time

Today Bloomberg is reporting that Google’s new Project Fuchsia operating system might actually be a successor to Android. Since this will likely fuel speculation, we thought we’d weigh in with our completely uninf...

Lowell Heddings Jul 19th, 2018

Why Does Google Chrome Say Websites Are “Not Secure”?

Starting with Chrome 68, Google Chrome labels all non-HTTPS websites as “Not Secure.” Nothing else has changed—HTTP websites are just as secure as they’ve always been—but Google is giving the ent...

Google’s Bringing Back Google Now (Sort of) Inside Assistant

That little icon in Google Assistant may not look like much, but it heralds a return to form for Google. Now, when you tap this new button, you’ll find something like the extremely useful Google Now....

Eric Ravenscraft Jul 17th, 2018

Google Hid An Awesome Per-App Auto Rotate Feature in Android P

Historically, when you turn your phone on its side, the screen rotates. To keep this from happening, you can lock the orientation. But with Android P, Google included a way to have to the best of both worlds....

Cameron Summerson Jul 16th, 2018

The Best Prime Day Deals Are 50% Off Amazon Devices (Echo, Cameras, Fire, Kindle)

Amazon’s Prime Day officially starts at 3PM EST today, but as always, the real deals are deeply discounted Amazon products, and this year that includes smarthome devices like Ring, cloud camera, and security systems....

Lowell Heddings Jul 16th, 2018

Don’t Fall For the New CryptoBlackmail Scam: Here’s How to Protect Yourself

Here’s how a CryptoBlackmail scam starts: A criminal contacts you over email or snail mail and insists they have evidence you cheated on your wife, there’s an assassin after you, or there’s a webcam video of...

How to Enable Dark Mode in Firefox

Firefox will soon begin respecting Windows 10’s dark app mode setting. But you can enable dark mode in Firefox today, on any operating system, and without installing any third-party themes. This works on Windows 7, Wind...

Chris Hoffman Jul 13th, 2018

Everything New in Notepad in Windows 10’s October 2018 Update

Believe it or not, Microsoft worked hard on Notepad for Windows 10’s October 2018 Update. Notepad is packed with new features in this update, which was originally codenamed Redstone 5.

Google Chrome Will Start Using 10% More RAM Now, Thanks to Spectre

Soon Google Chrome is going to use even more of your RAM, assuming that it’s even possible to use more than it already does. This is because of Chrome 67’s new Site Isolation feature to protect against Spectre....

Lowell Heddings Jul 12th, 2018

What is EasyAntiCheat.exe, and Why Is It On My Computer?

Fortnite and some other online games require EasyAntiCheat. This tool monitors your PC while you’re playing, attempting to stop cheats from working in the first place. If it detects a problem, you can be banned from pla...

Chris Hoffman Jul 11th, 2018

How to Watch France vs Croatia in the 2018 World Cup Finals Online

On Sunday, France is playing Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Finals, and if you want to watch the games without cable, we are here to help. Here’s how to watch France vs Croatia in the 2018 World Cup Finals online....