As with most readers who’d had enough of buying new books with no place to keep them (and money to keep purchasing them), I eventually caved in and ended up […]
I turned off my smart TV’s always-listening mic, and I’m glad I did
While browsing my TV’s settings, I realized its microphone was always listening even when I wasn’t talking to it. That didn’t sit right with me, so I switched it off […]
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Every PC comes with multiple USB ports, and if you’re like most people, you probably only use the same one or two all the time. And if you’ve never checked […]
6 Fun Tricks You Can Do in Windows Command Prompt
Command Prompt holds almost endless possibilities, and it’s doubtful many people know the full extent of what a few lines of code can accomplish. The next time you’re bored at […]
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Windows 11 has some great default apps, like a built-in file extractor, OneNote, and cleanup tools. But some default apps have gotten bloated, so I’ve replaced them with lightweight, open-source […]
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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Credit: The 100, Warner Bros. Television At seven seasons, The CW’s YA The 100 became our most deeply explored TV […]
Firefox Can Now Block Ads on iOS (but You Have to Enable It)
Firefox users on iOS can now get rid of a lot of ad noise when browsing on their mobile device. Mozilla is slowly rolling out native ad blocking, which you […]
How to Play ‘Outlier’ | Lifehacker
I love finding daily games that let you play with words in new ways, and my latest favorite is Outlier. We’ve seen daily word searches before (maybe you use our […]
How Much Recovery Do You Really Need Between Workouts?
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Recovery is important, and it gets more important the harder (and more often) you work out. Some wearables like Whoop […]
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Recently, the Amazon-owned Twitch made headlines for announcing that it would allow users to opt out of having their streams, VODs, and chats fed into an AI training machine. This, […]