Category: Tech

Even those who had relatively healthy relationships with technology before the pandemic can now find themselves in a different position – when they interact with […]

While many services have user interfaces that are designed to be easy to use – just enough for even a technophobe to understand – there […]

Zoom may have overtaken Skype as the preferred abbreviation for video calling, but Microsoft’s chat service hasn’t gone anywhere. The latest update to Skype for […]

Chrome OS 89 is now rolling out, adding a lot of functionality to Chromebooks and tablets that run Google’s operating system. You’ll probably notice the […]

Aira is a service that allows blind and visually impaired people to receive audio descriptions of their surroundings from a live operator. This is similar […]

Sometimes I take on some pretty tough questions for Lifehacker’s weekly Tech 911 Q&A column – hacking this, security of something like why there is-porn-on-my-device. […]

Chances are, you’ll live happily ever after with your Google account until Jeeves is raised from the dead to reaffirm his dominance in the search […]

Let’s say you are teaching a virtual classroom in Google Meet and you want your students to split into discussion groups to take a lesson. […]

No need to say “log out of Facebook” in the comments to this. For those on social media – and there seems to be a […]

Google Photos will be leaving soon – at least the useful free service we’ve been using to store years of photos is finally running out […]

There are times when it seems like your Windows computer has a mind of its own – launch programs, windows, browser tabs, or whatever without […]

Zoom offers its users a free Live Transcription feature. Paid users have been accessing the service for a while, but free users will soon be […]

In the coming weeks, Google will add built-in screen recording to all Chromebooks. The new tool allows users to capture video from their device screen […]

You are doing everything right, but trouble will break out anyway. Such is the world of troubleshooting a hectic PC where the prompt says it […]

Samsung recently announced a pair of tiny battery-powered dongles called SmartTags to help you keep track of important items. These keyfob-like devices last several months […]

In Xbox Series X Controllers | S has a relatively unknown feature that makes them much easier to use with multiple devices: the Sync button […]

As far back as I can remember, I’ve been a little mouse – never hesitated. However, what if you want to ditch the mouse entirely? […]

Microsoft Word has a dark mode you can use right now, but it’s not as dark as you might prefer if you’re the kind of […]

You might think, given its recent $ 6 billion valuation , Reddit would be confident to get rid of the pop-ups that the site serves […]

By now, you’ve probably seen a viral video of a lawyer accidentally transforming into a cat during an important Zoom hearing. If you want to […]

You know you’re stuck in an endless loop of pandemic life when you can no longer get the enthusiasm to change your stupid Zoom virtual […]

It is difficult to ask your friends, colleagues and loved ones for their opinions. Feedback on its own can be intimidating – it’s usually hard […]

Replacing an ancient mechanical drive with an ultra-fast solid state drive is one of the best upgrades you can make to your desktop or laptop. […]

Even though we’ve all had a few months of practicing working from home, some people still tinker with volume, lighting, and other technical settings before […]

Google has added a helpful About This Result menu to search results. The new menu includes contextual information that you can use to check if […]

I never thought I’d ever hear the phrase “Windows 7” again, but a Lifehacker reader reminded me recently that yes, some people still use Microsoft’s […]

If you are thinking about unsubscribing from WhatsApp for any reason, one problem might be the difficulty of transferring your WhatsApp conversations to another service. […]

Amazon Digital Assistant can now control some of your smart devices without any additional requests. But before you start daydreaming about the day Alexa makes […]

Finally, you can drag and drop email attachments from Outlook to Microsoft Teams. Sure, it took almost five years for this feature to appear, but […]

Google is bringing “offline” back to its web version of Google Calendar – at least for Workspace users. Most of you won’t need this if […]

Despite the name, YouTube’s Statistics for Nerds feature isn’t just for nerds. This setting is disabled by default for all YouTube videos, but when enabled, […]

Nobody likes a broken phone screen, especially when you need to access something on your device, but you can’t see the screen at all. This […]

Otter.ai is a robust service that can magically turn your conversations into transcriptions – those that usually require a little post-facto editing. Especially if the […]

If you want to contribute to Bernie’s latest photography craze before the meme plays out – which will likely happen sometime later in the week […]

If, like me, you follow dozens of YouTube channels on a variety of topics, you may find yourself skipping downloads sometimes (or several) as you […]

It’s time to roll up our sleeves and dive into my favorite topic again: wireless networking. I realize we play this drum a lot at […]

High-end Nvidia and AMD graphics cards were already expensive in 2020 (if you could find them), but their prices are only going up. And we’re […]

The pandemic has hit everyone, especially when it comes to keeping in touch with the people we love. Fortunately, technology allows us to maintain these […]

Outlook and Microsoft’s email applications for Windows, Mac and the web will see big changes in the coming months as part of the company’s One […]

Venmo will soon introduce a new ‘Cash Out Check’ deposit feature for all iOS and Android devices. This will allow all Venmo users to cash […]