Tech updates from around the web

5 great movies to watch after you watch Highest 2 Lowest

Your portable power station won’t last long if you do these 6 things

After 10 years of owning a smart TV, I finally installed a VPN — and it changed everything

I get every app I want on my Fire TV and all without the Play Store

This powerful app finally tamed my chaotic photo album

My old Android was laggy until I toggled this setting

I turned my password manager from a junk drawer into something useful

5 shows that had me hooked from the first episode

Buy a TV with these specs and you won't have to worry about upgrading it anytime soon

I use Excel's TAKE and DROP to make top-10 lists that update themselves

I made Google Maps way more useful with just a few tricks

I turned my old Galaxy phone into a smart home sensor and it's better than I expected

This $60 notebook saved me from buying paper (and another tablet)

I work from home full-time—and I still choose a laptop over a desktop

Netflix is shooting itself in the foot with Knives Out 3

I dropped my planning app after finding this built-in Obsidian plugin

I haven't had malware for over a decade, and it's all thanks to these 6 simple tricks

Using this Google Sheets function to visualize my data is oddly satisfying

This Windows shortcut files every screenshot I take without me touching it

You can keep your Windows 10 until 2028 if you do this

6 Windows features that disappeared (and what they were replaced with)

I’m never using a Samsung phone without this app again

I watch free 4K nature documentaries all day with this TV app

iOS 26 quietly solved the iPhone’s most frustrating problems

This open-source notes app feels like Notion without the bloat

How I finally made the entire web go dark on desktop and mobile

I loved how much I despised these 5 movie characters

I grew up with these movie dads and they’re still the coolest

7+ genius iPhone gestures Apple doesn’t tell you about

I use these 6 Excel array formulas to crush complex calculations

These 7 apps make Android Auto so much more fun

These free apps made my Kindle so much more useful

I switched to this note-taking app on my iPhone and it's like Apple Notes on steroids

These 3 “optimizer” apps made my PC worse

7 Excel functions you should learn beyond SUM and VLOOKUP

I stopped building spreadsheets from scratch thanks to these Excel templates

This underrated Windows feature helps me work faster every day

The iPhone Air looks great, but the compromises are hard to ignore

I'm sticking with my M1 MacBook until it dies—here's my plan and reasoning

Reset your Plex password immediately—your account information was stolen

I stopped wasting time in PowerPoint when I learned these 7 hacks

I don’t think about printer ink anymore and it's thanks to this $120 printer

I switched from Obsidian to this actually open-source app and I’m not going back

This $45 gadget fixed my smart TV's awful internet

I use Android for everything but I still want an iPad

I regret buying an iPad Air because this cheaper iPad is better

Editing images with Gemini is actually better than Photoshop

Why I Switched to Offline AI: The Benefits of Local Language Models

I use Notion only for this one thing now—here’s why

You probably never used these 7 Windows features—but they’re gone for good now

I stopped using formulas because Excel macros do the work for me

I found the perfect free app for converting files on Windows

These 5 offline‑first note apps sync only when you decide

Most Excel users don't know that these features exist

I hooked Obsidian to a local LLM and it beats NotebookLM at its own game

These simple smart home fixes saved me hours of housework

These Android quick settings tiles make my phone instantly more useful

I built a portable PC diagnostic USB with my favorite tools—and it’s open-source

I switched everything to open-source for a week—here’s what surprised me

These Winget hacks transformed how I use Windows 11

I didn’t know my iPhone could 3D-scan this well

2025 is the first time I'm not upgrading my phone every two years: here's why

This secret menu made my Samsung phone's Wi-Fi connection so much more reliable

These smart watering tricks saved me $50 a month

I created a home maintenance calendar so I’d stop forgetting everything

Every Pixel owner needs to sign up for this new Google plan ASAP

Don’t ignore AssistiveTouch—it makes the iPhone far more usable

These 4 antivirus apps are actually worse than malware

I ditched Windows search for this free app and it’s amazing

I found this productivity hack on Reddit and it actually works

You don’t need power tools for these easy home fixes

Linux is actually the better OS for gaming—I’m never going back to Windows