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How to turn off the always-on display on an iPhone 14
How to turn noise-cancelling on or off on your Beats Studio 3
How to charge your Beats Studio Buds
This dangerous botnet might have been taken down by a simple typo
Try the ‘FlyLady’ Cleaning Method
10 ‘Digital’ Gifts That Are Still Thoughtful
Amazon wants to give you $2 a month to spy on your phone usage
The history of Netflix: the DVD rental company that changed the world
Adobe is ready to accept your AI-generated stock art
Another top password manager is doing away with passwords
For the uninitiated, the “always-on display” feature has been around for over a decade — at least for Android devices. If active, your phone will display specific information even when asleep. This typically includes notifications, the current date and time, and the weather; however, some always-on screens show more. Apple recently brought this feature to
When you think of active noise-cancelling (ANC), you probably think of brands like Sony or Bose. But Apple’s Beats Studio 3 offers some pretty decent competition. The headphones, by default, always have the ANC on, which constantly adapts to the amount of sound around you. Here are two quick ways to manually turn noise-cancelling on
Apple keeps tip-toeing back and forth between USB-C and lightning connectors for various products. Because the Beats Studio Buds are targeted at a broader audience outside the Apple ecosystem, the case charges via USB-C. That may have inconvenienced some Apple enthusiasts, and unlike recent AirPods models, the buds don’t support wireless charging. Worry not; Android
A threat actor irretrievably destroyed its own botnet with nothing more than a typo. Cybersecurity firm Akamai spotted the blunder in KmsdBot, a cryptomining botnet that also had distributed denial of service (DDoS) capabilities, before recently crashing and reporting an “index out of range” error. Akamai’s researchers were monitoring the botnet while an attack on
A clean home is a peaceful home—but what if the act of cleaning it could be peaceful, too? That’s the guiding principle behind the FlyLady cleaning method, popularized by organizational guru Marla Cilley. Let’s go over what the FlyLady method is—and why you should employ it now. You won’t get instant results, but… Read more…
Whether it’s a last-minute “gotta get ‘em something” present, or you’re shopping for someone who is extremely online, digital gifts don’t have to be thoughtless and generic. For the right person, all 12 of the gift cards, subscriptions, or services below could be the best thing they get this year, even though no… Read more…
Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Amazon is rolling out an ad verification program. The program will give users $2 per month if they allow Amazon to track their phone usage. The program is invite-only for now. How much do you think your user data is worth? Amazon appears to think it’s worth about $2
The streaming market has become an increasingly crowded place in recent years, but it wasn’t always such a packed space. Netflix was one of the first streaming services to really make an impact on mainstream users. Netflix also played a pivotal role in the cord-cutting movement of the late 2000s. So when did Netflix start
AI-generated art is a controversial topic, to say the least, as some reject it while others embrace it. Adobe is now on the latter side as it will begin accepting “illustrations made using generative AI” on its Stock platform – with some stipulations. Looking through the announcement, it appears Adobe sees this move as the
Open source password manager Bitwarden has announced that it’s going passwordless in a move that it hopes will make it easier and faster for users to access their Bitwarden vaults. In a press release, Bitwarden explained that its new mechanism, “uses a public and private key exchange between the web vault and a recognized, authorized
