You Should Use Samsung's Bixby, But Only For Routines

October 30, 2021

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Best known for his role as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid movie series, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita spent most of his early childhood in the hospital stricken with spinal tuberculosis, wrapped in a full-body cast for long periods of time, and was told that he would never be able to walk. He was released at age 11 after extensive spinal surgery and physical rehabilitation.

Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant gets a lot of hate—some of which is fair—but it’s not as completely useless as some people may think. The “Bixby Routines” feature on Galaxy phones is surprisingly good. You should use it. Read More »

Putting Chrome in full-screen mode is a great way to maximize screen space, but that hides the tabs. Annoyingly, moving the mouse to the top of the screen doesn’t show them, either. There are other ways to switch tabs. Read More »

When a slide contains both text and images, you may want to wrap the text around those images to improve the readability and overall aesthetics of the slide. Here’s what you need to do. Read More »

Is it time for a new MacBook, but not sure which model is right for you? Do you need power, affordability, or something in between? We have some recommendations for the best MacBooks you can purchase today. Read More »

The 2021 MacBook Pro has a notch, and some apps may encounter a problem where menu bar items are hidden behind the void. Fortunately, Apple included a toggle for ensuring menu bar items appear below the notch instead. Read More »

Held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on October 30, 2021, UFC 267 features a light heavyweight championship bout between title-holder Jan Blachowicz and challenger Glover Teixeira as its main event. Here’s how to stream it live at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Read More »

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Apple’s FaceTime video calling is incredibly popular, and it now works on Windows (partially). FaceTime lets people with iPhones, iPads, and Macs make easy video calls to one another. You can’t make Facetime calls from Windows, but you can join them. Read More »

Screen savers are technically obsolete in Windows 11 these days, but you still need them to lock your PC automatically after a certain length of time. They’re also a fun way to personalize your PC, but Windows 11 hides them away by default. Here’s how to set one up. Read More »

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If you live in the U.S. (and a growing number of other countries), October doesn’t feel complete without pumpkin carving, costumes, and Halloween candy. But these traditions we take for granted now all have deep roots, which might surprise you. Read More »

As a kid at some point, you or one of your friends probably wondered how much candy you’d have to eat to, well you know, die. Curiosity got the better of us, so we decided to do a little digging to crack that morbid little mystery. Read More »

I’ve been writing about smart homes for years and purchasing smart home devices even longer. And you know what conclusion I’ve come to all these years later? Smart homes are pretty boring now. Seriously incredibly boring. But that’s a good thing for everyone. Read More »

The Apple TV app uses the watch history of movies and shows to personalize recommendations under the “For You” or “For All of You” section. You can turn it off and stop seeing those automated suggestions on Apple TV. Here’s how. Read More »

With the iPhone and iPad, you could argue that Apple is responsible for the current popularity of touchscreens. It seems odd that the company wouldn’t want to bring its touchscreen technology to Macs, but it turns out Apple has a perfectly logical reason to keep Mac computers touch-free. Read More »

Microsoft Teams makes it easy to share your desktop or mobile device’s screen in your online meetings. You can even choose between sharing your device’s entire screen or just a specific app window. Here’s how. Read More »

The touchscreen feature, available on certain Windows 11 PCs, is certainly a great feature, but it’s also a great way of collecting a large number of fingerprints on your screen. Tired of cleaning your screen? Disable touchscreen. Read More »

Apple lets you invite others to a FaceTime call through link sharing, and that link can be used on other devices beyond iPhones and iPads. Here’s how you can generate and share one with all your friends. Read More »

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