The QWERTY Keyboard Is Tech's Biggest Unsolved Mystery

March 28, 2022

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It’s on your computer keyboard and your smartphone screen: QWERTY, the first six letters of the top row of the standard keyboard layout. But no one knows how it originated, and the puzzle has been frustrating historians for over a century. Will we ever figure it out? Read More »

At times, it can feel like smartphones exist purely to bother us with notifications. There are important notifications among the noise, though, and you don’t want to forget about them. Android allows you to easily set reminders for notifications. Read More »

When you need to find a value’s exact position in your spreadsheet, you can use the MATCH function in Excel. This saves you from manually searching for the location that you may need for reference or another formula. Read More »

Phones and tablets are great, but laptops are the original portable computers. A laptop can serve you well at a desk, too, transforming into a desktop PC when you dock it with an external monitor and peripherals. Here’s the best laptop you can buy right now. Read More »

VPNs promise to protect your privacy, but law enforcement and courts the world over have the legal right to ask for your records—provided they can make a case against you. How do VPNs handle these requests, and how much do they end up sharing with the authorities? Read More »

You’re probably aware you can track your walks, runs, and bike rides on an Apple Watch, but the smartwatch can monitor many more activities. This can help you hit your Move and Exercise goals, which should help motivate you to increase your overall fitness. Read More »

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Google Chrome, or your computer, crashed. All your tabs are gone, and what’s worse, there’s no button offering to “Re-open Last Session” when you reload Chrome. Maybe you missed it? Or maybe it was never there. Either way, you’d really like to get those tabs back. Read More »

Windows PCs don’t have to slow down over time. Whether your PC has gradually become slower or it suddenly ground to a halt a few minutes ago, there could be quite a few reasons for that slowness. Read More »

If you ever make a mistake when using Apple Notes, you have a couple of ways to quickly undo and redo your changes. We’ll show you how they work on your iPhone and Mac machines. Read More »

By now, you’ve likely finished watching Bridgerton‘s second season, and you probably need something else to check out. Well, there’s some good news. This week marks the entry in a new month and with it comes a plethora of new Netflix content. Read More »

If you think it’s impossible to improve upon the standard 100W Power Delivery USB-C to USB-C cable, you’d be wrong. Fortunately, Chipofy thought to add a small LED display, allowing users to see how much power is being drawn, and I love this cable! Read More »

This year is looking to be an exciting one for travelers. If you’ve been putting off your first solo trip or a long-anticipated family vacation, this might be the year it finally happens! However, as inflation is likely wreaking havoc on your budget, these tips and tricks can help you keep those travel costs down. Read More »

Switching your DNS servers on your Mac can speed up your internet experience; it can make translating domain names into IP addresses faster. If you’d like to change your DNS server, we’ll show you how to do it. Read More »

Can’t find a comment you left on a video on YouTube? If so, don’t worry as YouTube makes it easy to find all the comments you’ve ever posted on the platform. Here’s how to view your comments on desktop and mobile. Read More »