Your Android is running background tasks you never approved and this one setting kills them
I pulled up my phone’s battery stats last week and noticed something odd. Apps I hadn’t opened since morning were…
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I disabled 3 smart TV privacy settings, and nothing broke. Here’s what changed
I’ve become increasingly wary of how much information my internet-connected devices collect, and I recently turned my attention to my…
My favorite Grammarly alternative checks writing entirely on my device
Grammarly uses an online service to check my writing. This sends every draft, awkward email, and half-formed idea off-site. I…
How to Fix ‘Retrieving Data. Wait a Few Seconds and Try to Cut or Copy Again’ in Windows
Seeing ‘Retrieving data. Wait a few seconds and try to cut or copy again’ in Excel or Remote Desktop? Here’s…
Surface Laptop Ultra firmware update fixes screen flickering and reboot issues
Microsoft’s October 22 Surface Laptop Ultra firmware update fixes flickering, slow reboots, and random restarts — but not ghosting, and…
Microsoft Edge Using Too Much Memory or CPU? 8 Ways to Fix It in Windows 11
Edge eating RAM or CPU on Windows 11? Use Edge’s Browser Task Manager and 8 built-in fixes—sleeping tabs, extensions, hardware…
How to use Firefox’s built-in PDF editor to sign, annotate, and edit documents
Use the Firefox PDF editor to fill, highlight, draw on, and sign PDFs on Windows and Mac, save a safe…
4 Netflix reboots that honor the originals instead of just feeling like a cash grab
Reboots and revivals have a bit of a reputation for being unnecessary cash grabs, but every now and then, a…
Smart speakers don’t make sense anymore—an ESP32 or an old phone can do a better job
When smart speakers first burst onto the scene, it felt like this would be the way we would all be…
Samsung’s One UI 9 update has me rethinking my Galaxy phone habits (for the better)
I’ve always been a Samsung fangirl, so it’s not like I needed convincing to love its phones. But One UI…