Category: Tech

There is an obvious call for turnkey solutions: “Install this to fix everything!” software systems. Or, either way, they sound great on paper: download an […]

I love tinkering with Wi-Fi, but when I’m building my network backbone in a new location – home, apartment, or wherever – I try to […]

Getting into virtual reality is fun, but it can also be productive: lately I’ve found it to be a pretty decent way to practice quickly. […]

This year I tuned in to Google I / O with privacy in mind. Chalk it up to the recent Facebook drama -Exec Turned Apple-Turned […]

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It sounds like a ragged headline from an 80s cyberpunk novel, but the US is experiencing a sudden gas shortage after the Colonial Pipeline ransomware […]

Amazon recently announced new versions of its Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8 smart displays. Each of the updated models includes an updated camera […]

Aukey makes good chargers, at least that’s how many reviews and reviews on them lead me to believe. However, if you’ve been shopping on Amazon […]

Introducing your new podcast to your friends will be much easier if you can directly link them to the part of the episode that you […]

You can now use the Family Broadcast Google Assistant feature to send messages to Android and iPhone devices using the Google Assistant app. Your family […]

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Say it isn’t, Calibri. I’ve always preferred Microsoft Word’s default font – much more than Times New Roman, at least which Microsoft replaced with Calibri […]

It goes without saying that we are tired of seeing the faces of our colleagues in the little boxes on Zoom – and maybe we […]

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Hey! I’ve been writing the well-deserved 911 tech support column from Lifehacker for three years in a row, with a new contribution coming in every […]

Thanks to Clubhouse, and every service now makes a clone / competitor of Clubhouse, it might feel a little lonely to be the person who […]

Using keyboard shortcuts can save the average person eight work days a year , so to save you a few work hours, we’ve compiled a […]

Wireless networks are one of life’s greatest mysteries. You’ve probably run into a lot of nasty questions about your own setup: Why are my downloads […]

If you have one of three different Ellipsis Jetpack hotspot models – the same Jetpack hotspot you would buy from Verizon to give nearby devices […]

Previously, Gazelle was a household name for telephone exchanges, but then many companies appeared to have a snack at lunch. Between that and the general […]

Google Chats officially replaces Hangouts in Gmail. The Gmail chat integration was first launched for Google Workspace and Google corporate accounts last year , but […]

Lifehacker Tech 911 has a simple goal: to answer your technical questions, no matter how big, small or chaotic. If you will let me indulge […]

Google recently showcased a number of new Google Maps features that Android and iOS users are getting this year. The first is inland AR destinations […]

Everyone seems to be making money with NFT or non-fungible tokens, those digital artworks that have been dubbed the next investment craze . That is, […]

Why do cats meow? Why do birds fly? Why are hackers breaking into your account? This is their nature. Or is it a hobby. Or […]

Slack launched a new direct messaging feature that allows people from different companies to communicate with each other. No problem, right? The service is voluntary, […]

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 […]