I Don't Know Who Any of These People Are, and It's Great

October 2, 2022

Did You Know?

Boston’s Beacon Hill used to be 58 feet higher than it is today—back in the early 19th century, the hill was excavated to provide huge amounts of fill for the shoreline and bodies of water such as Mill Pond. The excavation of Beacon Hill and the subsequent “massive filling” increased Boston’s land mass by 150 percent.

As you get older, being aware of new pop culture is akin to getting lost in a part of town that you thought you were familiar with but don’t quite recognize. “What happened to that deli? Where’s that music coming from? And who are all these people?” Read More »

Google’s suite of productivity apps includes some of the most useful collaboration tools. You can work on a document together in real-time, add and resolve comments, assign tasks, and much more in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Read More »

The Prime Early Access Sale will be upon us soon, but you can get even earlier access to some deals right now. For example, you can start building your smart home with the Echo Show 8 and a pack of 2 GC Cync light bulbs for just $70. It’s an incredible deal available to Amazon Prime users.

The Echo Show 8 is our pick for the best budget smart display, while the “C”, or Cync smart light bulbs appear in our best smart light bulbs roundup. You can pick up these two solid products for over half off!

Changing your iPhone lock screen and home screen wallpaper is probably the most effective way of making your phone look and feel unique. Now you can take your wallpaper to the next level by creating or modifying your own designs in just a few taps—no app required. Read More »

It’s a bit jarring playing the latest Mario Kart for Nintendo Switch when the last time you played Mario Kart was the N64 version. Questions abound: Who are all these characters? Why can’t I actually fall off the course? And why do I keep getting bananas while in first place? Read More »

Streaming on Twitch and video conferencing on Zoom are more popular than ever, which means you’ve probably realized your computer’s webcam isn’t great. Thankfully, one of these excellent cameras will make you look good during that next meeting. Read More »

If you have a really sharp eye when looking at web addresses in your browser’s top bar, you’ll probably have noticed the very first part of any website’s address, the letters “HTTP” or “HTTPS.” What is HTTP, though, and how does it work? Let’s take a look at the glue that keeps the web together. Read More »

Duplicate photos and videos take up precious space on your iPhone. Luckily, since iOS 16, Apple has offered the ability to easily find and delete duplicates in the Photos app—no third-party app required. We’ll show you how it works. Read More »

Using a phone or watch to pay at a terminal is not new. iPhones and Android devices have both been able to do it for a long time. So why is the U.S. still lagging behind with mobile payments? Read More »

The safety of your company and customers rely on the security of your network. In 8 Steps to Better Security: A Simple Cyber Resilience Guide for Business, you’ll learn how to protect your business against internal and external cybersecurity threats by building an effective team, complying with regulatory guidelines, testing your cybersecurity infrastructure, and more. Download your free copy today to get started. This offer ends on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) art is currently all the rage, but most AI image generators run in the cloud. Stable Diffusion is different — you can run it on your very own PC and generate as many images as you want. Here’s how you can install and use Stable Diffusion on Windows. Read More »

There’s no appliance in the kitchen that gets opened and closed in an impatient panic more often than the microwave. They build those doors tough for a reason. That’s also why there’s no kitchen device more in need of the smart treatment. Read More »

Ever need to record something on your computer exactly as it comes out of your speakers?  Enabling “Stereo Mix” will let you do exactly that, and here’s how to do it. This will work on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. Read More »

You can install Stable Diffusion locally on your PC, but the typical process involves a lot of work with the command line to install and use. Fortunately for us, the Stable Diffusion community has solved that problem. Here’s how to install a version of Stable Diffusion that runs locally with a graphical user interface! Read More »

The way screenshots work on Android has changed throughout the years. Android 11 introduced a revamp of the screenshot UI, but the general functionality remained the same. We’ll show you how it works on Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices. Read More »