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An array of DeWalt mechanics tool sets arranged in a pattern on a plain background.

Grab ridiculously cheap mechanics tool sets before Black Friday at Amazon and Lowe’s

By Stan Horaczek

It’s time to make your Venmo transactions private

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A wall-mounted paper roll holder attached to a wood-framed wall near a low ceiling in a workshop.

Clear some space for more projects by building this wall-mounted paper dispenser

By Jean Levasseur

An open MacBook on a desktop showing the MacOS desktop and the results from a Siri query

How to text Siri instead of talking to it out loud

Person sat on a wooden desk working on a open Chromebook laptop

You should learn how to take screenshots on a Chromebook (and edit them)

the signal display on a home wifi router

What is a router? It’s like your WiFi’s post office.

By Harry Guinness

Four of the best 3D printers for kids are sliced together against a white background.

The best 3D printers for kids

By Abby Ferguson

A honey-infused Bee's Knees cocktail on a white plate on a table next to a jar of honey, some lemons, and a honey dipper.

The science behind mixing honey into cocktails

By Noah Lederman

Person in a red sweater and a black coat holds a mobile phone on their hands and looks at the screen.

Stop spam texts with some help from your favorite messaging app

Screen showing an appointment booking confirmation notification on google calendar

Google Calendar now lets everyone line up their schedules perfectly

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person typing on a laptop that is opened to Facebook.

How to save videos from Facebook

By Tony Carrick

An old metal mailbox mounted on a wall and overflowing with junk mail.

How to stop spam emails from destroying your inbox

A woman wearing ultraviolet makeup or body paint on half her face, standing under a blacklight.

4 science tricks to scare up a better Halloween costume

Two older men working in a well-lit white room, using two different types of saws to cut wood: a jigsaw and a miter saw.

A woodworker’s guide to choosing the right saw for each cut

By Jean Levasseur

A person holding a smartphone featuring Duolingo, one of the best free language learning apps.

The best free language learning apps for building your vocabulary and conversational skills

By Stacey L. Nash

The best miter saws composited together in four columns with close-up views of each

The best miter saws, according to experts

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

Various icons on an iPhone screen, including the one for WiFi calling.

What is WiFi calling, and when should you use it?

By Harry Guinness

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

Windows desktop showing the Always on Top feature activated and showing a video on top of a browser window.

This Windows feature lets you pin important apps to your screen

Instagram menu showing the Activity off-Meta technologies settings

How to see which websites are sharing your data with Instagram

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

The best leaf blowers

The best leaf blowers

a giant bumper car

This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful

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's hand selecting options of iPad apps in Apple's App store.

The best iPad apps for making the most of your device

By Stacey L. Nash

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

How to increase your WiFi speed

A stack of six hardcover books on a wood table with headphones around them and a blackboard in the background.

The best audiobook apps for books and podcasts

By Stacey L. Nash

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

An iPhone on a wooden table, with the Photos app open to an image of shoes that someone is about to edit.

How to edit photos on an iPhone—a detailed guide

By Debbie Wolfe

rendering of coop structure in grass

Finally, a smart home for chickens

By Charlotte Hu

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The best snow blowers for elderly people

By Brandon Russell

The best video cameras

The best video cameras, as chosen by experts

By Jeanette D. Moses

Car with a license plate saying "data hog"

The Opt Out: Cars are spying on us, and we’re letting them

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

An iPhone on a wooden desk showing the menu to use the device as a microphone.

You can easily turn your iPhone into a Mac mic

A lineup of the best smart home security systems on a white background.

The best smart home security systems

By John Alexander

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

A person walking barefoot across a fallen tree trunk in a forest.

How to start hiking barefoot, if you’re into that kind of thing

By Alisha McDarris

A bearded man with glasses looking at a desktop computer screen with a search function displayed.

The best search engines for finding results and securing your privacy

By Stacey L. Nash

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The best cable management for desks

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

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

Two Celestron telescopes on a white background

Save up to $101 on a Celestron x PopSci telescope with this post-eclipse sale at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

A tablet with Google Chrome and no internet connection.

6 ways you can use Google Chrome offline

The best furnace filters will help keep your home warm and cut down on dander.

The best furnace filters

By Timothy Dale

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

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The best Singer sewing machines

By Carol Benton

A Secchi Disk and a measuring tape on a gray wooden floating pier next to a moored boat.

You can help measure the ocean’s health with this homemade gadget

By Alisha McDarris

The best sewing machines

The best sewing machines

By Carol Benton, Stacey L. Nash

A lineup of the best sewing machines for beginners on a white background

The best sewing machines for beginners

By Carol Benton

A young Black person with short dyed-blonde hair wearing a yellow jacket and eclipse glasses while looking up at an eclipse in front of some residential buildings.

How to watch Saturday’s ‘ring of fire’ eclipse from wherever you are

By John Kennedy

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

Person cooking whole pumpkin and roasting pumpkin seeds to get pumpkin health benefits

Why you should be eating more pumpkin this fall

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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

A drawer inside a cabinet, after someone has installed the drawer slides to hold it in place.

The fastest way to install drawer slides

By Jean Levasseur

Animated hand gestures on FaceTime

Hand gesture reactions are one of macOS Sonoma’s coolest new features

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

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

Purple, blue, and white meteors fall at night during October stargazing

A ‘ring of fire’ eclipse and Hunter’s Moon will bring lunar drama to October’s skies

By Laura Baisas

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

The best dehumidifiers for basements will help keep the air in your home cool and dry.

The best dehumidifiers for basements

By John Alexander

A person looking at an internet speed test on their phone.

How to check your Internet speed on your phone, a browser, and Google

By Tony Carrick

Person holding an iPad Pro, probably figuring out how to use Split View.

How to split your screen on an iPad and conquer multitasking

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A lineup of the best language software on a blue and white background

The best language learning software

By Nicholas Ware

A US postal worker delivering packages to a tan residential building, with a USPS truck parked on the street in the foreground.

How to order free COVID tests from the US government, starting today

By John Kennedy

A man wearing a black shirt and a white baseball cap looking down while many dead leaves fall and fly around him, probably as he's trying to get the leaves off his lawn.

The best way to get rid of leaves this fall

By Jillian Mock