How to Schedule Emails and Texts to Send Anytime You Want
Your phone will need to be switched on and have an active connection to the outside world for these scheduled...
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What Is Hi-Fi Audio, and Should You Pay More for It?
Here’s a riddle: If higher-quality audio sounds better, and better-sounding music is more enjoyable, then shouldn’t you stream music in...
Tips to Make Recovering From Surgery or Illness Easier
Many city dwellers have had grocery delivery services in place for decades, but more rural areas have only implemented grocery...
Cord-Cutting Isn’t About Saving Money. It’s About Control
The point of cord-cutting was to save money. Pick the programming that means something to you, and jettison the rest....
How to Use Smart Lighting to Transform Your Kid’s Bedroom
If you'd rather not change the room's main light source, consider adding a color-changing lamp. There are loads of options,...
The Most Surprising Gaming Upgrade I’ve Made? Surround Sound
Everyone's talking about buying a new TV for their PS5 or Xbox Series X, and sure, HDR is going to...
How to Customize Your PS5’s Home Screen
Unfortunately, that's all this screen allows for—there are no folders, no manual sorting, and it won't even save your sorting...
How to Manage Your Mess of Cables, Once and for All
Cable management is for tryhards. That’s what I told myself until a couple of weeks ago, when I again found...
How Technology Can Help You Cope With ADHD
Shankman's offerings are far from a support group bemoaning the struggles of living with ADHD. Instead, they’re a collection of...
I Use Motion Smoothing on My TV—and Maybe You Should Too
(A quick note for the TV nerds: I'm talking about 24 frame-per-second stutter here, not the telecene judder produced by...
How to Test Early Betas of Software You Use Every Day
Software makers have become more and more open to the idea of public betas: trial runs of new apps and...
How to Game on a Tight Budget
You can make just about any platform work with these things in mind, but if I had to pick a...
How to Design the Perfect Yoga Space at Home
Get at least two yoga blocks. There are going to be times that, no matter how good your form and...
How to Make the Most of a Tiny, Cramped Laptop Screen
A big monitor can do wonders for your productivity, not to mention your posture—but after working from a big screen...
How to Get a Battery Replacement For Your Aging Smartphone
You might be in the habit of replacing your smartphone every couple of years, but most phones can last a...
If You Liked Simple, Try These Online Banks Instead
For much of the 2010s, Simple was a shining example of what the future of banking could be. It offered...
5 Useful Terminal Tricks for Mac Users
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool TRUEThen, to let those changes take effect, restart the Finder by running:killall FinderYou can also...
Everything You Need to Know Before You Buy a Laptop
Once you know which operating system you want and have some idea of the software you're going to run, you...
