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February 17, 2022

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Despite what cartoons have taught us, the coyote can run up to 43 miles per hour while the roadrunner can only run up to 20 miles per hour.

Your smartphone is full of cute little pictures of faces, people, and objects. They can be fun—and legitimately useful—but there are currently over 3,600 of them. With more continuously added over time, we’re changing the nature of emoji itself. When will it end? Read More »

One frustrating change Samsung has made in recent years is how powering off and restarting phones works. The method you’re probably used to doesn’t work by default. We’ll show you how to do it on the Samsung Galaxy S22 series. Read More »

Twitter is both a useful service and a distracting time-sink, at least it is when you can access the service. Sometimes accessing Twitter is not possible either due to an outage or problems on your end. Here’s what you can do. Read More »

The Windows 11 life cycle is in full swing, and Microsoft just announced Insider Preview Build 22557. This build comes with some significant improvements to touch, including five new gestures you can use to navigate the OS. Read More »

Microsoft announced a massive new update for Windows Insiders, and it gives us a massive peek at what’s coming to Windows 11 in the future. While most features apply to general PC use, gaming is getting some upgrades, including better performance in windowed mode. Read More »

With a linked table of contents in Microsoft PowerPoint, you or your collaborators can jump to a particular slide or custom show in your presentation. You can also insert an unlinked table of contents for an overview of the slideshow. Read More »

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The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that would prevent your landlord from forcing a particular ISP on you. If you live in an apartment and are forced to use a specific ISP, this could be great news for you. Read More »

According to both Google and Mozilla, Firefox and Chrome are rapidly approaching version 100, which the browser makers say could break some websites. Sometimes, cranking it to 100 can do damage. Read More »

Upgrading to a smart lock allows you to monitor the status of your door, lock, and unlock it remotely. They improve the security of your home and are easy to install. Let’s check out the top smart locks currently available. Read More »

The power is out and suddenly you’re faced with a question you might not have had before. Do the toilets work the same without power? The answer depends on how your home is set up. Here’s what you need to know. Read More »

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 is here, and it’s a huge one. One of the more exciting features is live captions, which lets you see captions for any spoken content played on your computer. Read More »

DirectStorage is a feature of DirectX 12 found in the Xbox Series consoles that accelerates the performance of SSDs using the massive parallel processing power of today’s GPUs. When DirectStorage is active, video game loading screens are all but eliminated. Read More »

The IRS is now accepting tax returns for 2021 with a deadline of April 18, 2022. There are some big changes to the free tax-filing tools we’ve previously recommended this year, but you can still file your taxes for free. Read More »

Despite the name, a desktop PC doesn’t have to be on a desk. That huge tower PC would fit nicely on the floor, sure. But you should think about ventilation and dust so that your gaming PC doesn’t overheat. Read More »

Welcome to How-To Geek Deals, a brand new weekly series where we scour the web looking for awesome discounts on hot gadgets. This week, we found big savings on Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 FE smartphone, a mound of Fitbit fitness trackers, and a dual-pack of Google Nest Wi-Fi units. Read More »

Microsoft just announced Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22557 for the Dev channel, and it comes with a massive list of changes. One that caught our attention is the significant improvements to the Task Manager. Read More »

Microsoft introduced a “simplified ribbon” in early 2021 across the Office suite of programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.), which shows fewer icons and takes up less space. If this isn’t for you, there’s a very easy way to get the classic ribbon back. Read More »

Nintendo announced that it’s moving on from the 3DS and Wii U consoles officially. In the near future, the company will completely stop selling digital games for either machine. Read More »

With Google Docs’ “find and replace” feature, you can find a certain piece of text in your document, replace that text with another text string, even utilizing regular expressions. Here’s how to use the feature on your desktop and mobile. Read More »

To turn off silent mode and bring your iPhone back to ring mode, you can either use your phone’s physical switch or use an option in the Settings app. We’ll show you both ways to disable the silent mode. Read More »

Disney intends to build its own planned communities for people in love with Disney. While we’re sure there will be plenty of Disney in the metaverse, nothing beats living in a Disney community in the real world. Read More »

Windows 11 uses a product key to ensure your OS is genuine — in other words, not pirated. You can find the product key in use on your PC, which is particularly useful if you bought Windows yourself and need to reinstall it. Read More »