by CHRIS HOFFMAN | How-to Geek What if you could use a Windows desktop PC without actually running Windows on your hardware? Microsoft has a solution for you: Windows 365, a cloud-based Windows desktop you can access from any device, including Macs, iPads, Chromebooks, Android phones, and Linux PCs. To use a Windows 365 “Cloud PC” […]
by Dawid Snyders | MyBroadband Gmail has several features that increase productivity and make for a better email experience, and they are only a few clicks away. Google has spent years optimising Gmail’s user experience and recently rolled out a substantial update to the interface. Some great features are not enabled by default and require you to […]
Rugs are one of the best ways to dress up bare tile or wooden floors (and to keep your tootsies warm during winter), but it’s super annoying when they slip around or when the corners flip up. Thankfully, these rug grippers eliminate that problem entirely—simply glue them under any rug and your rugs will stay […]
by JOE FEDEWA | How-to Geek Google Recorder is sneakily one of the search giant’s coolest apps on Pixel smartphones. It can transcribe audio recordings into text, which makes them easily searchable, and those recordings can be accessed and shared from the cloud, too. We’ll show you how. If you’re unfamiliar with Google Recorder, it’s an […]
by JOSH HENDRICKSON If you own an Echo or Ring device and you didn’t know to opt-out, Amazon already turned on its new Sidewalk network feature for you. Look around, and you’ll find plenty of advice on how to opt out or turn it off as soon as possible. But should you? Like a lot of things, […]
by Chris Venter | MyBroadband Fitbit, Uber, Skype, and Facebook are among the worst apps for your smartphone battery. This is according to a recent analysis performed by cloud storage service pCloud, who assessed 100 of the world’s most popular apps to determine which of them put the most strain on smartphone batteries. In the study, pCloud looked […]
by CORY GUNTHER | review geek Lately, feel-good news is hard to come by, but this week we have exactly that. That’s because government officials and researchers in Ecuador just confirmed that a giant tortoise found several years ago is actually a rare species they thought went extinct around 112 years ago. Back in 2019, Scientists from the Galapagos […]
by JOSH HENDRICKSON Recently, Tesla announced it would accept Bitcoin payments only to cancel that plan just over a month later. The company said, “Cryptocurrency is a good idea … but this cannot come at great cost to the environment.” Why is cryptocurrency bad for the environment? And can that change? Let’s dig in. What Is Cryptocurrency? Before […]
by CORY GUNTHER | review geek Ransomware attacks are nothing new, but two recent hits have received a lot of attention, and in both cases, the decryptor was too slow to do any good. Essentially, victims often resort to backups or find a different solution, even after paying a ransom for the decryptor key. A new report from BleepingComputer goes into […]
by ANDREW HEINZMAN | reviewgeek If someone knows your email address, then they can share files and folders with you in Drive. It’s an annoying reality that leads to a ton of spam, phishing attempts, and Docs full of abusive language. Google promised to fix the problem in 2019, and after three years, the company is finally […]
