More from David Nield (Page 5)

A person wearing a Meta Quest 3 headset, standing in a well-lit room with their hands behind their head.

7 hands-on (and off) tips for the new Meta Quest 3 mixed reality VR headset

An iPhone connected to white, wired earbuds showing a Spotify playlist on the screen.

How to make hit Spotify playlists, alone or with your friends

A young woman reclining on a gray couch, smiling as she watches TV on a silver laptop on the table in front of her.

How to watch TV on a computer, even if it’s live

A person using a phone with a WiFi signal icon on the screen, while sitting outside.

How to increase your WiFi speed

A man wearing a white hoodie stands outside and smiles as he looks as his iPhone 15

How to unlock the hidden, more powerful camera on the iPhone 15

Person taking a selfie using a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5

7 tips to get the most out of your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5

An iPhone and a Mac computer keyboard illuminated under a pink light.

It’s a great day to secure your Apple and iCloud accounts

A tablet with Google Chrome and no internet connection.

6 ways you can use Google Chrome offline

A person holding an iPhone with a bunch of apps on the home screen. A cup of coffee is behind their hand on a white table.

One quick way to automatically save space on your phone

A WiFi router on a table against a gray wall, behind a plant.

How to give more WiFi to the devices that need it the most

An Apple TV 4K box with a remote next to it, both on a black reflective surface.

Your Apple TV 4K is secretly good for video games

Smart lights synced to a monitor screen

2 ways to sync your Philips Hue smart lights to movies, games, and music

Google Chrome on incognito mode

How to go incognito on these 6 popular apps

A person wearing a red jacket and a red knit beanie, looking at a paper map while holding their phone, possibly as they prepare to share their location with someone else via a location-sharing app.

5 location-sharing apps that aren’t run by Apple or Google

Samsung Galaxy S10 with a locked scren

All the cool ways you can customize your Samsung Galaxy lock screen

Four Google Pixel phones fanned out from left to right: red, blue, silver, and black.

How to set up the wallpapers and widgets that will make your Pixel more fun

Google Pixel showing a cinematic wallpaper

Emoji wallpapers and cinematic backdrops can make your Pixel phone as fun as you are

Hands unboxing a second-hand iPhone.

Pro tips for buying used tech without getting scammed

A person'a hand holding an iPhone with a Spotify audiobook playing on the screen, with a houseplant behind the phone.

How to listen to Spotify’s huge library of audiobooks

A man in glasses and a gray fleece jacket sitting at a table in a coffee shop, using a laptop and a phone.

How to reset your phone without losing everything

Canva interface showing a newly designed invitation

7 tips to unleash your creativity on Canva

An AirTag, probably tracking lost keys.

How to track your AirTags—and protect yourself when they’re not yours

Person working on laptop computer, possibly enabling Chrome flags.

10 Google Chrome flags you need to turn on right now

By David Nield, Sandra Gutierrez G.

A hand holding an Android phone and taking a screenshot while outdoors in a park.

How to take a screenshot on any device (we know you want to)

A laptop on a desk, probably with Apple apps for Windows installed

You can use many of your Apple apps on Windows. Here’s how.

A man use binoculars with the Facebook icon on the lenses looking out from a desktop computer screen.

How to see everything Facebook knows about you, and what you can do about it

Two women sitting on a couch using a Windows computer.

7 hidden Windows features you should be using

A laptop showing how to reverse image search on the Google image results page.

How to do a reverse image search

Phone showing Waze directions, probably using recorded voices for navigation

Anybody can be your travel guide with customized Waze voices

A person signing a PDF document on their phone

All the ways to digitally sign a PDF

A woman lounging on a couch with a silver Macbook on her lap, possibly considering how she can create shortcuts for macOS.

Master your Mac by creating custom keyboard shortcuts

Laptop on a wooden desk near a window with a person's hands on the keyboard.

4 ways to run Android apps and games on your computer

The Arc browser on macOS.

The new Arc browser will literally transform how you use the web

A smashed computer monitor on a floor near a discarded can—physical destruction is one way to permanently delete files.

Permanently delete files (for real)

A person sitting in a cafe at night, using a laptop.

5 ways to go back in time on the internet

An ultrawide monitor on a wooden desk in front of a window.

Make the most of your dual or ultrawide monitor setup

The YouTube mobile app on a phone, with a Peppa Pig video queued up to download or watch.

How to download YouTube videos to watch offline

Hand wearing the Whoop 4.0 band

7 tricks to squeeze all of the benefits out of your Whoop 4.0 band

A man holding a laptop in an airport and looking at the flight board.

3 ways to make your laptop battery last longer—maybe all day

A desktop computer monitor with a waterfront scene on the screen.

Your computer monitor’s colors look bad because you haven’t calibrated them

A person using a Macbook laptop with a web browser open on the screen. The more efficiently they use their browser, the longer their battery will last.

The browser settings that could save your laptop’s battery

A middle-aged man wearing a green plaid collared shirt with a silver Macbook on his lap. He is grinning as he adjusts some hidden settings to speed up his macOS laptop.

4 tips and hidden settings that will speed up macOS

A MacBook opens in the dark probably after restarting and installing the beta version of macOS 14 Sonoma.

6 new features in macOS 14 Sonoma’s public beta you have to try

iOS17 public beta includes the contact poster feature that allows to set what you want people to see when you call them.

6 great features to try out in the iOS 17 public beta

Hands typing on a laptop.

Find any file on your computer

The Microsoft Rewards dashboard shows how many points you've earned.

How Microsoft Rewards can help you benefit from being chronically online

A person holding a black Android phone, possibly setting it to file transfer mode to back up their photos to their laptop.

The best ways to transfer photos from an Android to a computer

AI-website builders like Framer allow you to create websites from text prompts.

How Framer and other AI tools can help you build your own website

hand holding a smartphone showing an internet speed test to check any home wifi congestion.

Speed up a slow home connection by checking for WiFi-guzzling apps

A person holding a Google Pixel Tablet, showing a bird as the wallpaper and various apps on the screen with a clock and weather widget.

7 tips and tricks to master your Google Pixel Tablet

Hands holding a phone with photos on the screen, probably figuring out how to share photos without losing quality.

Use these settings to share photos at their best quality

Two pairs of AirPods on a wooden table next to a black iPhone and a Macbook.

How to connect 2 sets of headphones to 1 phone at the same time

A person sitting with a black laptop on their lap, with their hands on the keyboard, ready to type.

Free typing apps that will help your fingers move faster

iPhone screen showing the Shortcuts app on iOS.

7 automations that will transform how you use your iPhone

A person wearing a yellow sweater and sitting at a wooden desk while using a silver Macbook laptop.

It’s time to buy the domain name of your dreams

A person holding an empty photo frame up against a seaside cliff landscape, showing how an AI image extender can add pixels beyond the edge of an original photo.

How to use AI to expand the background of any image

Wifi antenna on laptop used by person outside

Installing a WiFi antenna can boost internet speeds all around your home

A person sitting on a light green couch reading a book, viewed from above.

StoryGraph is a comprehensive book-tracking app for all sorts of readers

Hands hold a new iPhone on a desk with empty iPhone boxes.

Easy tips to make your expensive phone last longer

Hand holding a cupcake with purple frosting, sprinkles and a birthday candle.

How to make sure you never miss someone’s birthday

A woman wearing a black shirt leaning over a dead computer with her hands on her temples, wondering how she can get her silver Macbook to turn back on, or how she can recover files from it.

How to save a dead computer, or at least try to revive it

The Mozilla Firefox office building.

11 hot Firefox tips and tricks that might finally convince you to switch browsers

hands typing on laptop keyboard

Prove your writing is not AI-generated by tracking changes in your docs

Person outdoors holding a white iPhone on their hands.

What to know about Apple’s new Rapid Security Response updates

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