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A blonde woman in a white bathrobe smiling and lying on a white bed in a blue room.

Redesign your bedroom for a better night’s sleep

By Alexandra Frost

A man wearing a straight-brimmed baseball cap, watching TV on his phone while wearing black over-the-ear headphones.

The apps you need to watch movies and TV on your phone

How to safely share your phone with others

How to safely share your phone with others

trash bin with wrinkled up paper

The recycle bin settings you didn’t know you needed

Instagram-on-web-browser

Why the web version of Instagram is better than the app

A person standing by the side of a street while snow falls in the winter.

9 apps and gadgets to keep you warm during the finger-freezing days of winter

Scrambled eggs on some toast with roasted potatoes and cherry tomatoes on a white place.

5 ways cornstarch can change your life, in and out of the kitchen

By Maggie Galloway

A child cross-country skiing on a snowy field near some round, tree-covered mountains.

Get your kids’ hearts beating by teaching them to cross-country ski

By Noah Lederman

pc laptop showing storage spaces on the screen

Windows’ Storage Spaces lets you combine your hard drives

Liquid nitrogen vanilla ice cream in a goblet glass with a strawberry on top and water vapor all around it.

Microcrystalline in 30 seconds

By Theodore Gray

bottle and breast pump on a desk

Breast pumps have barely evolved, but you can still make them better

By Alexandra Frost

close up of a diamond ring

A buyer’s guide to ethically sourced diamonds

By Jean Feingold

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Save computer memory by turning your browser into an operating system

Winter-Plant-Care

How to help houseplants survive winter

By Ellen Airhart

A person holding a phone with a map app open leading them to a butcher shop.

Data limits are the worst—here’s how to stay under yours

An electric mountain bike on a hillside at sunset.

The gear you need to turn a regular bike into an e-bike

By William Elcock

A desk with a grid of printed digital photos on it, in the light from a window.

5 ways to bring your digital photos into the real world

A table saw blade tuned up and straightened to exactly vertical at 90 degrees.

Tune your table saw up the right way

By Jean Levasseur

iPhone in the grass

How to get a lost phone back to its owner

person on laptop using windows

Microsoft upgraded Windows Media Player—but you might still prefer one of these apps

A laptop running Zoom sitting on a blue desk in an empty school classroom.

How to avoid seeing yourself on video calls

By John Kennedy

A young man in a plaid shirt standing against a wooden wall wearing glasses with flip-up outdoor lenses, looking at his phone with a shocked face.

Simple accessibility settings that will make your smartphone easier to use

A black Bluetooth computer keyboard on an empty white notebook.

5 cheap and easy ways to upgrade your old tech

macbook air on white desk showing popsci website

Transform the face of the internet with these 5 Firefox extensions

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A blue wooden shoe rack table against a gray wall with neatly paired shoes on it.

Clean up your messy entryway with a DIY shoe rack

By Jose Mendoza

A person typing on a laptop with the Google search engine on the screen.

Delete your search history and become a digital ghost

person doing crossword puzzle

Beat Wordle with these 5 expert tips

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

phone showing google keep on screen

7 smart Google Keep features you’re missing out on

N95 respirators

The ultimate guide to reusing and buying N95 masks

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

How to enjoy a more sustainable cup of coffee

How to enjoy a more sustainable cup of coffee

By Sara Kiley Watson

A man holding an iPhone with his Photos app open.

The one move that will select all the photos on your phone

By John Kennedy

A Google Chrome browser open on a laptop with a lot of tabs visible.

5 browser extensions that will keep you from drowning in tabs

Hands holding android phone

A beginner’s guide to using Android

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

person working on laptop

Ditch your built-in file explorer for one of these 6 apps

A person on a FaceTime call with someone while sitting at a table full of delicious-looking food.

The best way to share your screen on a FaceTime call

By John Kennedy

A phone with low battery in a dark room with airplane mode turned on.

4 ways to quickly charge your phone in a time crunch

A sheet of paper with colorful graphs on it.

Track everything you do in life with these 7 apps

A stone building under power lines during a snowstorm.

The safest ways to stay warm during a power outage

By John Kennedy

hands android phone in stand on work desk

11 essential widgets for your Android home screen

Phone on desk with recorder app on screen

Android’s Recorder app makes it easy to post audio to social media

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person slicing cucumbers on a scratched wooden cutting board.

Get your scratched wooden cutting board looking bright and new

By Jean Levasseur

Hands on a laptop keyboard

Do everything in your browser faster

Hand against orange background phone with heart rate monitor on screen

Measure your heart rate with your phone—stat

A man sitting on a bench outside a brick building looking intensely at his phone.

Get quick access to important conversations in your iPhone’s Messages app

By John Kennedy

Repairman doing an oil change on car.

What is a tune-up, and when do I need one?

By Hank O'Hop/Car Bibles

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

Your guide to better online security

By John Kennedy

Black body builder in a Superman tank yelling as they pull arm weights to keep their New Year's resolution to stay fit

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

By Sara Chodosh

Man looking at phone on mountain top

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.

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

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

If you act fast, you can unsend any embarrassing email

Person watching TV and eating pop corn

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

By Whitson Gordon

two people safely riding bikes in the city

3 biking rules to keep everyone on the road safe

By Alisha McDarris

Red toy truck carries a small recycled Christmas tree

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.

12 mini apps that will supercharge your iMessage experience

Person sitting under a light in a dark room to store holiday decorations, surrounded by Christmas lights

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

By Whitson Gordon

DIY wooden coat hooks by the door

Custom coat hooks you can build in just a few hours

By Jean Levasseur

Pile of holiday cards that can be recycled to reduce waste

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.

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

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.

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

By John Kennedy

long receipt rolled into self

How to escape the wasteful excess of CVS receipts

By Purbita Saha

Blue plate with gingerbread muffins

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

laptop screen showing gmail

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

phone screen with social media icons in it

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