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The steering wheel and dashboard of a car at night.

What Android Auto and Apple CarPlay can and can’t do

A person sitting on a bed, enjoying playing a keyboard that's hooked up to a laptop.

5 tech tricks for learning a musical instrument

By Gina Wisener

A person sitting at a table in an office, typing on a laptop computer.

Text expanders are the magical productivity tool you need to master

By Eric Ravenscraft

An iPad Pro with a keyboard, on a windowsill surrounded by plants and bathed in sunlight.

The best apps for iPad Pro connoisseurs: 10 essentials to download right now

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app

Person checking phone in a coffee house.

The 7 best apps for sending money

The Todoist app on an iPhone.

How to set phone reminders for anything

Why you should switch to an encrypted messaging app like Signal

By Stan Horaczek

A woman wearing a baggy black shirt lounging on a couch, eating a bowl of popcorn, while holding a TV remote with popcorn all over her chest.

Hidden Netflix codes and 5 other streaming tools to make TV simpler, smarter, and more fun

A hand holding a phone and scanning a QR code from a tablet.

How to make a QR code and share digital data with anyone, anywhere

An unlocked iPhone, showing the apps on its Home screen. It's tough when those apps keep crashing.

What to do when your apps keep crashing

Hands tying into phone

5 keyboard apps for when you just need to type

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

woman looking out the window

It’s time to delete most of your apps

By Stan Horaczek

iPhone beside steering wheel in car

4 apps with special car modes for safer driving

A screenshot of Twitter Spaces on a smartphone

You may actually qualify to use Twitter’s Clubhouse competitor now

By Stan Horaczek

iPhone in a tree on the security tab

The new iOS 14.5 update offers iPhone users serious privacy and security upgrades

A laptop open with an image of Google Maps on the screen.

5 uses for Google Maps beyond navigation

By John Kennedy

A hand caryrying a phone with the Empire Pass vaccine app on it

Here’s how New York’s ‘vaccine passport’ app works.

Yubikey security key next to a phone and a MacBook

Twitter is about to take a big step toward a password-free future

The best hidden Instagram tricks

The best hidden Instagram tricks

A person leaning over a desk working on two phones and a laptop, as one might do when it’s time to switch phones.

How to switch phones without losing your information

The next pandemic could be lurking anywhere. Can this wildlife-tracking app help prevent it?

By Brian Barth, Flávia Milhorance

Get smarter with these gamified learning apps

Get smarter with these gamified learning apps

By RK Pendergrass

A woman wearing a white knit cap, a white sweater, and a jacket, talking into a phone at night by a street.

7 of the best voice recorder apps for your phone

couple waking up to alarm

Choose an alarm app that will actually wake you up

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Why you should use Discord (even if you’re not a gamer)

By Stan Horaczek

Super Resolution in Photoshop

Photoshop’s new Super Resolution feature makes images bigger, not blurrier

By Stan Horaczek

Why square aspect ratios still live on in new movies like ‘Justice League’

By Stan Horaczek

A screen attached to a Roku, displaying various streaming apps.

7 tips and tricks to master your Roku

A person holding an iPhone while sitting in front of a laptop, possibly setting up a burner phone number.

You should get a burner phone number (even if you are not a spy)

Music apps for your smartphone.

These music-recording apps are your first step to winning a Grammy

By Mallory Johns

Android phone on marble table.

How to transfer your WhatsApp stickers to Signal and Telegram

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

How to manage subscriptions for smartphone apps and save money quickly

How to manage subscriptions for smartphone apps and save money quickly

A woman in a pink jacket outside near some trees, listening to music on a pair of Thalia headphones.

Instantly improve Spotify by organizing your playlists

By Harry Guinness

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

7 Smart TV apps every viewer should check out

A spotify screenshot

Spotify has a major audio-quality upgrade coming later this year

By Stan Horaczek

A Black man in glasses and a t-shirt sitting on a marble wall, looking at a phone.

The best apps for dealing with anxiety

By RK Pendergrass

Preview of Google's Green Room video chat feature

Google’s new Green Room feature gets you camera-ready before video meetings

By Stan Horaczek

It's easy to take back control of your data with this smartphone security checklist.

Your checklist for maximum smartphone security

children silhouetted on hill

Everything big tech knows about a baby by the time it’s born

By Veronica Barassi/MIT Press Reader

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

Person sleeping peacefully in bed

Skip the wearables and track your sleep with these 5 apps

Person with headphones playing audio on smartphone

How to convert text articles into audio (and why you might want to)

Apple app store privacy labels

Check these new privacy labels before you download another iPhone app

By Stan Horaczek

an Apple iPhone with the Google search engine up on the screen

Your guide to every Google app’s privacy settings

A white iPhone on a yellow background with the Snapchat ghost icon on the screen in landscape mode.

7 apps that will let you send disappearing messages

a man with headphones listening to podcasts or music

How to cave to peer pressure and start listening to podcasts

Adoble photoshop sky replacement tool

Photoshop will soon use AI to add dramatic skies to your boring photos

By Stan Horaczek

A new science-driven app aims to help kids and parents play together

By Stan Horaczek

Apple iOS 14 update

New features to look for in the iOS 14 iPhone update

By Stan Horaczek

an Apple laptop at night on a table

Read, watch, and listen to things faster than ever before

A person standing on a rock by the water under cloudy skies while looking at his phone—hopefully he has a good weather app.

The best weather apps you can put on your phone

A beginner’s guide to Google Fit and Apple Health

Hands on laptop

Small, game-changing utilities for Windows and macOS

a phone with the time displayed on its screen

Six ways your phone can give your life structure instead of chaos

Tools for finding new music you’ll love on Spotify

Google Photos udate

The latest Google Photos redesign comes with handy new ways to navigate your endless photo collection

By Stan Horaczek

a person using the Google search engine on a laptop

Google has free movies and games if you know where to look

By Whitson Gordon

A phone with the Twitter icon on the screen, on top of a closed cardboard box that says "Handle with care."

How to download your data from Twitter and other sites

By Stan Horaczek

a person holding a phone with the Uber app's "call security" button displayed

Get to know the safety features on Uber, Tinder, and other popular apps

a man holding his head in pain, perhaps because he is sick

Where to find trustworthy information about COVID-19 and other health issues

You can actually get a refund on that app you didn’t like

By Harry Guinness

person leaning against his bike with his phone

Can smartphone apps track COVID-19 without violating your privacy?

By Kate Baggaley