After years of being relegated to the basement, laundry rooms have largely moved above ground in homes built over the last 25 or so years. But if your home was constructed before upstairs laundry room...
Good news, everyone--it's almost Volkswagen ID Buzz time. The electric minivan loved even by people who hate cars went into production in Europe last year, but only the short-wheelbase, five-seat vers...
[photo1]Simon HillLife is busy. Multitasking is essential for anyone struggling to balance work, play, and the demands of daily life. Whether you're on a laptop, phone, desktop, or tablet, splitting y...
While Microsoft Word is a trusty way to type up an essay, it might not be a good match for your writing process. If you've been wanting to try out Scrivener, now is a good time: Scrivener was designed...
We all know owning a home is an investment, and that means that any renovations we do will have an impact. Whether you're planning to sell your house soon or just want to keep track of what you've put...
[photo1]David NieldSince Windows 11 made its debut in October 2021, we've seen a number of improvements and new features, the latest of which is the ability to send and receive text messages from...
It has never been too hard for someone with the right amount of time, desperation, or flexible scruples to get around Windows XP's activation scheme. And yet XP activation, the actual encrypted algori...
Prepare to bid a fond farewell to legacy compression tools like 7-zip and WinRAR: Windows 11 is soon adding native support for several archive formats, including 7z and RAR. In an upcoming update, you...
A couple of months ago, Microsoft added generative AI features to Windows 11 in the form of a taskbar-mounted version of the Bing chatbot. Starting this summer, the company will be going even further,...
Upgrading your windows for privacy or to reflect light to keep your home cool can get expensive. Changing the shape of windows or the glass type can run into the hundreds per window and window treatme...
We've told you before about a few ways you can take a video even while playing music from your phone. The app Mideo is a mainstay on my home screen for this reason. If I'm recording a lifting workout ...
Microsoft announced today that Phone Link for iOS is now available to all Windows 11 customers, allowing iPhone users to make and receive phone calls, send and receive messages via iMessage, access th...
Microsoft today announced it has completed its rollout of iPhone support for its Phone Link app on Windows 11, as spotted by The Verge.All messages appear as gray bubbles in the Phone Link app, meanin...
[photo1]Eric Ravenscraft3/10Ever since the Nintendo Switch arrived in 2017, it's been plausible to dream about carrying your entire gaming library with you. Valve's Steam Deck comes the closest--...
The thing about productivity hacks is that everyone's needs are different. You might function better through compartmentalizing, or multitasking, or finding small ways to reward yourself. For people w...
There's a magic to the early days of any tech that's lost as it becomes more mainstream. The Mac is a great example of that: When it was still struggling to keep up with Microsoft and Windows, Mac OS ...
Earlier this week, Microsoft released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on in March. The original vulnerability, CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January...
Apple's Safari has retaken the lead over Microsoft Edge to become the world's second most popular desktop browser, based on data provided by web analytics service StatCounter.Chrome 66.13%Safari 11.87...
Although Windows 11 was released in October 2021, Windows 10 has received yearly "feature updates" since then. Windows 10 21H2 was released at roughly the same time as Windows 11, and Windows 10 22H2 ...
Today, Microsoft said it is beginning to roll out support for iMessage in Windows 11 via the Phone Link app--with some major limitations.Microsoft previously announced this feature as part of other pl...