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A woman with red nailpolish holding an iPhone and using a Macbook laptop to secure her online accounts.
DIY

Your guide to better online security

By John Kennedy

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Health

How to trick your brain into keeping a New Year’s resolution

By Sara Chodosh

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DIY

4 sustainable New Year’s resolutions to set in 2022

By Sara Kiley Watson

A man using a Macbook laptop on a white table with other electronics and a latte on it.
DIY

10 browser extensions that will take your online security to the next level

By David Nield

Man sitting at his laptop and looking surprised while reading something.
DIY

If you act fast, you can unsend any embarrassing email

By David Nield

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DIY

6 pro tips to make food look delicious on camera

By Mike Padua/Popular Photography

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DIY

11 totally legal streaming platforms that will let you watch movies for free

By Whitson Gordon

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DIY

3 biking rules to keep everyone on the road safe

By Alisha McDarris

Red toy truck carries a small recycled Christmas tree
DIY

What’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of your Christmas tree?

By Charlie Wood

Apple's iMessage messaging system within the iPhone Messages app, showing off some mini apps you can add to your conversations.
DIY

12 mini apps that will supercharge your iMessage experience

By David Nield

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DIY

The best ways to store holiday decorations so your future self doesn’t hate you

By Whitson Gordon

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DIY

7 key plant care tips we learned this year

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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DIY

Custom coat hooks you can build in just a few hours

By Jean Levasseur

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DIY

4 simple ways to reduce holiday waste

By Eleanor Cummins

A woman with pigtails wearing sunglasses, holding a phone, and laughing under a blue sky.
DIY

Find your ‘Spotify Wrapped’ on more of your favorite apps

By David Nield

A desktop computer on a dark-colored desk with an Instagram profile open on the screen, perhaps to embed the Instagram profile on a website.
DIY

How to embed an Instagram profile on any website (and keep people from embedding yours)

By John Kennedy

A person using a Mac desktop computer while also using Google Calendar.
DIY

What to know about using Google Calendar’s Time Insights feature

By John Kennedy

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DIY

Level up your browsing with these five Safari tips

By David Nield

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DIY

How to escape the wasteful excess of CVS receipts

By Purbita Saha

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DIY

The best substitutions for milk, eggs, and other baking essentials

By Dan Seitz

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DIY

WhatsApp now lets you preview voice messages before you send them

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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DIY

Google integrated its other apps into Gmail. Here’s how to best use them.

By David Nield

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DIY

The simplest way to post to all your social media accounts at once

By David Nield

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DIY

How to stop your ex from popping up in your photo memories

By David Nield

Gift wrapping presents in natural rustic theme brown kraft paper with string and ornaments on a dark blue rustic wooden table
DIY

The most eco-friendly wrapping paper is none at all

By Stan Horaczek

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DIY

How to use the new ‘busy area’ icon on Google Maps

By John Kennedy

A person wearing a t-shirt and shorts doing yoga on a black yoga mat in a white bedroom near some plants.
DIY

Easy fitness tips to get you moving while working from home

By Alexandra Frost

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DIY

Turn back the clock with Instagram’s On This Day feature

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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DIY

It’s time to check what software version your phone is running

By David Nield

A person holding a smartphone up to a smart lock on a white door.
DIY

How to buy smart—and secure—gadgets

By Dan Seitz

A person using a phone and a laptop while sitting at a wooden table.
DIY

How to copy and paste seamlessly across all your devices

By David Nield

Cat sniffing olive tree indoors
DIY

Swap your toxic household plants for these 4 pet-friendly alternatives

By Margo Milanowski

Yellow Ethernet code for mesh WiFi system setup
DIY

Set up a mesh Wifi system with little more than an Ethernet cord

By Whitson Gordon

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DIY

4 smart practices to avoid online shopping scams

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person using a laptop on a wooden desk.
DIY

Avoid boring, repetitive work by getting your computer to do it instead

By David Nield

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DIY

The best Secret Santa platforms, ranked

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person scrolling through Instagram on their phone while wearing a blue sweater.
DIY

It’s time to purge the worst people in your social media feeds

By David Nield

A person holding a watch that looks like its hands are moving very fast.
DIY

How to slow down time because you’re not getting any younger

By Sofia Quaglia

A Black woman wearing a yellow hard hat while inserting an orange foam ear plug into her ear.
DIY

It’s never too early to start protecting your hearing

By Jean Feingold

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DIY

How to block someone on everything

By David Nield

A man standing by a fence, taking a photo on an iPhone.
DIY

iPhones can take 4 kinds of Live Photos. Here’s how to use all of them.

By John Kennedy

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DIY

Stop typing and import data into Excel and Word with only your phone camera

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A small child, a toddler, sleeping.
DIY

For better sleep, borrow the bedtime routine of a toddler

By Hasan Merali

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DIY

The best Android shortcuts that aren’t built-in

By Whitson Gordon

A person holding a phone in their hands on a white bed.
DIY

Keep your online accounts safe by logging out today

By David Nield

Only getting audio in one earbud? Here’s how to fix this macOS bug.
DIY

Only getting audio in one earbud? Here’s how to fix this macOS bug.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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DIY

10 free Photoshop and other alternative programs you need to try

By David Nield

A person using a Macbook laptop on a white table.
DIY

There are better ways to organize your open computer windows

By David Nield

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DIY

6 apps for when you need an alarm to go off multiple times a day

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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DIY

Hot computers are slow and dangerous—here’s how to cool yours down

By Whitson Gordon

Amazon echo next to a laptop
DIY

Wake up to a customized alarm on your smart speaker

By David Nield

How to choose the best smart speaker
DIY

How to choose the best smart speaker

By David Nield

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DIY

3 ways to hide photos and files on your phone

By David Nield

A woman in a white t-shirt holding her phone and looking confused.
DIY

What to do if your iPhone home screen disappears

By John Kennedy

A person looking through their Twitter timeline on a phone while on an airplane.
DIY

8 tricks for making your Twitter feed less toxic

By David Nield

A person holding an iPhone X with a customized Safari Start Page—the new tab page on iOS.
DIY

Give iOS Safari a fresh look by customizing your new tab page

By John Kennedy

A frustrated blonde woman with fogged glasses while wearing a black face mask.
Health

5 ways to keep your glasses from fogging up with a mask

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Fresh Christmas tree with white lights, star tinsel, and book ornaments
DIY

How to keep a Christmas tree fresh for as long as possible

By Dan Seitz

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DIY

Boost your health with a little nature therapy

By Alisha McDarris

The Tab Maker extension tool for customizing your new tab page in Google Chrome.
DIY

How to create your own new tab extensions for Google Chrome

By David Nield

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DIY

You can now make your own stickers right in WhatsApp

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Turkey, stuffing, gravy, and mashed potatoes piled onto a plate for eating more on Thanksgiving
DIY

Prep your organs to eat as much food as possible on Thanksgiving

By Sophie Bushwick

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You should collect and plant native seeds. Here’s how.

By Ellen Airhart

Best Tool for the Job: Cutting Rebar
DIY

Best Tool for the Job: Cutting Rebar

By Mikey Sklar