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Google is widely rolling out At a Glance enhancements for Pixel phones The At a Glance widget on Google Pixel phones has undergone significant changes since theGoogle Pixel 6with new features such as fitness activity, bedtime reminders, andeven alerts from your Nest doorbell. With theMarch 2022 Feature Drop, the company further enhanced the widget by adding the ability to view the battery level of connected Bluetooth accessories, Safety check countdown, and Earthquake alert warnings....

How to Charge Your iPhone Properly iPhones have excellent battery life right out of the box. However, the charm only lasts for a short time as the battery’s health depletes. Maintaining good battery health is more challenging than simply plugging in your charger. It’s best to keep your iPhone’s battery healthy with proper charging methods; otherwise, you’ll end up with an iPhone that dies quickly. This guide will show you the best way to charge your iPhone correctly....

How to Use the tr and fmt Commands for Text Manipulation on Linux Linux makes text manipulation and processing very easy with tons of commands. Command-line tools like tr and fmt help you change, format, and modify text files right from your terminal. In this article, we will discuss how to use the tr and fmt commands to format text in different use cases. So what are tr and fmt? And how do you use them?...

LG may be done with phones, but it is still making tablets After years of trying and failing to turn a profit,LG quit the smartphone market for good in July 2021. It was the right decision in many ways, as there’s areal lack of competition in the US market at the high-end. Despite quitting the market, the company did not give up on its existing set of devices and even updated abunch of them to Android 12earlier this year....

Mobvoi’s new $100 smartwatch wants to compete with the Apple Watch where it counts When searching for a smartwatch, you might stumble upon a lot of offerings from Mobvoi. It makes some ofthe best Wear OS-based smartwatchesin bothbudgetandpremiumcategories. Its latest product, however, comes without Google’s Wear OS, but offers plenty of health-focused fitness features on the cheap. The Beijing-based company has taken wraps off the TicWatch GTH Pro, an upgrade to last year’sTicWatch GTH....

The Sennheiser CX Plus Special Edition earbuds are a bargain at $100 during Prime Day There’s no shortage of excellent true wireless earbuds on the market. However, very few of them aim to appease the sensibilities of the audiophile crowd, and fewer still have a price tag that could be called affordable. The Sennheiser’s CX Plus True Wireless Special Edition is one of the few that strikes a balance between high-quality neutral audio while also staying well below the $200 mark....

This cursed YouTube video is crashing Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 phones For as much as we love about theGoogle Pixel 7, the series hasn’t arrived without a few hiccups. Whether thecamera was crashing, orscrolling behaved a little wonky, those first few months saw their fair share of bugs — and, to be fair, bug fixes. New ones keep popping up here and there, too, and sometimes it feels like complaints only seem to grow as the phones land in more hands....

YouTube makes it easier to access live content, in a TikTok sort of way The saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and nowhere is that form of flattery more omnipresent than in the world of social apps. Whether it’sWhatsApp implementing Snapchat-esque self-destructing photosorInstagram offering short-form video capabilities made popular by TikTok, you may be sure that each company will do its best to compete feature-by-feature with rival services....

Don’t give away your email address on the internet willy-nilly, especially if you live in the US If you participate in society to any extent, you’ve got data out there and it’s more than what youthinkyou’ve put out there. On the web, it’s no different andno settings toggle will help you bring it all back. Some sites like to haunt users who initiate but don’t finish signing up for a membership by catching the email address they put in —maybe even the password, too — and then send them reminders or other spammier messages....

Google Chrome 104: What’s new Table of contents After a short break in the usual 4-week release cycle Chrome follows, a new version has finally arrived, following inChrome 103’sfootsteps. With that long time frame in mind, Chrome 104 offers a few new features. Among them is the revamped Privacy Sandbox screen in settings, further multi-screen enhancements for desktop, and video-conferencing improvements. Chrome 104: Privacy Sandbox Google is working on a replacement for third-party cookies that will still allow it and other advertisers to display personalized ads....

How to Check How Much Screen Time You Spend on Windows 11 Do you feel like you’re spending way too much time on your computer? Well, then you might want to keep an eye on your daily screen time on Windows. It is vital to track your day if you want to make the most of it. If you’re concerned about how much time you spend on your computer, you can check your screen time in the Windows 11 Settings app....

How to take the perfect panoramic photo using your smartphone Over the past 20 years, photography has become an integral part of smartphone technology. And thanks to the ubiquity oftop-of-the-line Android phonesand their cameras, photo-sharing sites are some of the most popular on the internet. But sometimes you want to take a photo that’s larger than the typical 3:2 ratio (sometimes you need a Samsung S23 Ultra with 200MP). Sometimes the subject of your photo demands that you break the bonds of tradition and overthrow the tyranny of a fixed aspect ratio....

How to Use the Wahoo SYSTM App to Exercise, Train, and Boost Your Cycling Skills An indoor training app for cyclists, Wahoo SYSTM offers lifelike virtual rides, carefully designed workouts, and plenty of exclusive cycling content for users. Is it the right choice for you? Here’s how the SYSTM app works, and how it compares to similar cycling apps. Getting Set Up With the Wahoo SYSTM App To get started, you need two pieces of equipment: a bike and an indoor trainer (or a stationary bike)....