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Science

A complete guide on how to safely take, send, and store nudes

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person holding an iPhone and looking through the camera app at some tall buildings.
DIY

Your phone’s camera does so much more than take pictures

By David Nield

Screenshot of the home screen of an iPhone showing the messages app with one unread message.
DIY

How to save your text messages from disappearing when you get a new phone

By David Nield

Person on a New York City subway train texting on their phone.
DIY

7 secure messaging apps you should be using

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Hands holding phone using WhatsApp
DIY

How to get rid of the ‘forwarded’ label on WhatsApp

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A person using a white MacBook laptop on a white table, maybe figuring out how to remove bloatware.
DIY

Make sure your computer isn’t downloading stuff you don’t want

By David Nield

Instagram app on a mobile phone.
Technology

Instagram now lets you manage ‘sensitive content.’ Here’s how to use it.

By Charlotte Hu

A person holding their phone while drinking coffee, possibly deleting text message attachments from their device.
DIY

Delete message attachments on your phone to free up space

By John Kennedy

A person using their phone while wearing a face mask and wearing a red plaid shirt.
DIY

Custom vibrations and other ways to shake up your smartphone messages

By David Nield

Hand on table holding phone with Wise app open
DIY

4 apps to safely transfer money internationally

By Karina Montoya

Red-winged blackbird singing.
Technology

Birders behold: Cornell’s Merlin app is now a one-stop shop for bird identification

By Charlotte Hu

Venmo app open on mobile phone.
Technology

Venmo just made some big privacy changes—here’s what to know

By Charlotte Hu

Mental wellness apps are basically the Wild West of therapy
Health

Mental wellness apps are basically the Wild West of therapy

By Isobel Whitcomb

A child sitting under a stool, trying to guess the password on a phone.
DIY

A guide to parental controls on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

By David Nield

The steering wheel and dashboard of a car at night.
DIY

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

By David Nield

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

5 tech tricks for learning a musical instrument

By Gina Wisener

Person driving car in the highway
DIY

5 essential road trip apps that have nothing to do with eating, sleeping, or navigating

By Haley Weiss

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

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.
DIY

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

By David Nield

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app
DIY

Powerhouse tips to improve your favorite video call app

By David Nield

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DIY

Eat and drink well on your road trip with these 5 pointers

By Alisha McDarris/Saveur

Person checking phone in a coffee house.
DIY

The 7 best apps for sending money

By David Nield

The Todoist app on an iPhone.
DIY

How to set phone reminders for anything

By David Nield

Signal
Technology

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.
DIY

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

By David Nield

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

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

By David Nield

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

What to do when your apps keep crashing

By David Nield

Hands tying into phone
DIY

5 keyboard apps for when you just need to type

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

woman looking out the window
Technology

It’s time to delete most of your apps

By Stan Horaczek

iPhone beside steering wheel in car
DIY

4 apps with special car modes for safer driving

By David Nield

A screenshot of Twitter Spaces on a smartphone
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

iPhone in a tree on the security tab
Technology

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

By Violet Blue

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

5 uses for Google Maps beyond navigation

By John Kennedy

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

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

By Violet Blue

Yubikey security key next to a phone and a MacBook
Technology

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

By Violet Blue

The best hidden Instagram tricks
DIY

The best hidden Instagram tricks

By David Nield

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

How to switch phones without losing your information

By David Nield

SISS-Geo app
Health

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
DIY

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.
DIY

7 of the best voice recorder apps for your phone

By David Nield

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DIY

Choose an alarm app that will actually wake you up

By David Nield

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DIY

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

By Stan Horaczek

Super Resolution in Photoshop
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

Sound on film
Technology

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.
DIY

7 tips and tricks to master your Roku

By David Nield

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

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

By David Nield

Music apps for your smartphone.
DIY

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

By Mallory Johns

Android phone on marble table.
DIY

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
DIY

How to manage subscriptions for smartphone apps and save money quickly

By David Nield

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

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.
DIY

4 ways to run Android apps and games on your computer

By David Nield

Plex TV
DIY

7 Smart TV apps every viewer should check out

By David Nield

A spotify screenshot
Technology

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.
Health

The best apps for dealing with anxiety

By RK Pendergrass

Preview of Google's Green Room video chat feature
Technology

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.
DIY

Your checklist for maximum smartphone security

By David Nield

children silhouetted on hill
Technology

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

By Veronica Barassi/MIT Press Reader

Twitter icon on a smartphone with other app icons.
Technology

Social media companies are done with Trump. Now what?

By Stan Horaczek

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

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

By David Nield

Person sleeping peacefully in bed
DIY

Skip the wearables and track your sleep with these 5 apps

By David Nield

Person with headphones playing audio on smartphone
DIY

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

By David Nield

Apple app store privacy labels
Technology

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
DIY

Your guide to every Google app’s privacy settings

By David Nield

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

7 apps that will let you send disappearing messages

By David Nield