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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

a man with headphones listening to podcasts or music
DIY

How to cave to peer pressure and start listening to podcasts

By David Nield

NordicTrack S22i studio cycle review
Gear

NordicTrack’s connected workout bike puts the focus on competing against yourself

By Stan Horaczek

Adoble photoshop sky replacement tool
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

OK Play app
Technology

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

By Stan Horaczek

TikTok Banned
Technology

TikTok and WeChat aren’t getting banned after all—but that could change

By Stan Horaczek

Apple iOS 14 update
Gear

New features to look for in the iOS 14 iPhone update

By Stan Horaczek

an Apple laptop at night on a table
DIY

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

By David Nield

a woman with a bagel and a phone
Gear

Why you should be using Alexa on your smartphone

By David Nield

Fortnite apple commercial
Gear

Fortnite just kicked off a massive battle against Google and Apple

By Stan Horaczek

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

The best weather apps you can put on your phone

By David Nield

Person running
DIY

A beginner’s guide to Google Fit and Apple Health

By David Nield

Hands on laptop
DIY

Small, game-changing utilities for Windows and macOS

By David Nield

a phone with the time displayed on its screen
DIY

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

By David Nield

Vinyl shelf
DIY

Tools for finding new music you’ll love on Spotify

By David Nield

Google Photos udate
Technology

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
DIY

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

By Whitson Gordon

A person talking on a phone.
DIY

How to make voice calls from any device

By David Nield

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

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
DIY

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

By David Nield

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

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

By David Nield

Smartphone
DIY

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

By Harry Guinness

person leaning against his bike with his phone
Health

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

By Kate Baggaley

Smartphone uses
Technology

Apple and Google plan to track COVID-19 using your phone’s Bluetooth

By Stan Horaczek

Zoom app on mobile
DIY

The best Zoom tricks and add-ons for your video chats

By David Nield

a person holding a TV remote and using their TV
Health

Eighteen digital freebies and extended trials you can take advantage of right now

By David Nield

Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out
Health

Meditation apps want to calm you down on the same device that stresses you out

By Eleanor Cummins

Sound on film
Technology

Movies weren’t always shot for wide screens

By Stan Horaczek

Zoom video chat
Health

Check these privacy and security settings before your next Zoom video chat

By Stan Horaczek

a person using their phone on the subway
DIY

Everything you need to do before you start a free trial

By David Nield

a photo of a laptop with a Gmail inbox open
DIY

9 Gmail features to get you out of your inbox and back to work

By Whitson Gordon

Two tourists using their phones to photograph a gull in front of a city skyline
DIY

Your smartphone photos take up too much space. Here’s how to downsize them.

By Harry Guinness

Code Orange stream
Health

13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue

By Stan Horaczek

a bunch of people putting their hands together
DIY

Seven apps that make it much easier to work remotely

By David Nield

Hand holding books
DIY

Keep track of all the things you want to watch, read, and listen to

By David Nield

File conversion
DIY

How to convert any file to any format

By David Nield

a man sitting at a desk looking at a phone
DIY

Be ready to move on when your apps bite the dust

By David Nield

Building an app is hard.
Technology

The Iowa caucus app never had a chance

By Stan Horaczek

Person upset at the airport his flight is delayed
DIY

Minimize travel hell with these apps and tools

By Whitson Gordon

Pile of print photos
DIY

How to move your photos to and from any cloud service

By David Nield

Hand in leather bag with Chromebook laptop
DIY

The best Android apps for your Chromebook

By David Nield

Woman stretching
DIY

Eight apps to make your New Year resolutions stick

By David Nield

a black man giving a thumb's up and thumb's down sign while looking confused and standing near some lights at night
DIY

Be a better person in 2020

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

An iPhone 11's triple-lens camera
DIY

Wield your smartphone camera in new ways with this all-purpose app

By David Nield

DIY

Ten of our favorite DIY stories to take you into the new year

By John Kennedy

A woman walking on a street wearing headphones, viewed from her shoulders up, as she looks off to her right.
DIY

5 ways to find your next favorite podcast

By David Nield

a man and a woman looking at something while pointing and using a phone
Gear

Make your life easier with IFTTT

By Becca Caddy

a man wearing sunglasses while holding cash money in his mouth
DIY

The apps and sites you’ll need to rent out everything you own

By David Nield

The new Photoshop for iPad isn’t the best tablet photo-editing app
Gear

The new Photoshop for iPad isn’t the best tablet photo-editing app

By Stan Horaczek

A busy woman overwhelmed at work, holding her face in her hands in front of a Macbook laptop with some open notebooks around it.
DIY

6 apps and tools to help organize your life

By David Nield

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more
Technology

Techathlon podcast: Technology’s broken promises, amazing Amazon stats, and more

By Stan Horaczek

6 tasks you can easily outsource online
DIY

6 tasks you can easily outsource online

By David Nield

Facebook’s new Portal video chat devices are smaller, cheaper, and facing stiffer competition
Gear

Facebook’s new Portal video chat devices are smaller, cheaper, and facing stiffer competition

By Stan Horaczek

The best apps for reading books on your phone
DIY

The best apps for reading books on your phone

By David Nield

Chromebook
DIY

The best Chromebook add-ons and tricks

By David Nield

7 ways augmented reality can change the way you use your phone
DIY

7 ways augmented reality can change the way you use your phone

By David Nield

Why you might want to sign up for YouTube Premium
DIY

Why you might want to sign up for YouTube Premium

By David Nield

A hand with magenta painted nails reaches out from the darkness to tap on a phone lying on a shiny black table.
DIY

How to juggle multiple accounts within individual smartphone apps

By David Nield

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb
DIY

9 tips to help you find the best spots on Airbnb

By David Nield