Why You Should Be Writing Everything in Markdown

Markdown is an elegant markup language for writing that has countless benefits, whatever you’re writing. We think you should embrace the format wherever you can, and here’s why. Markdown Is Powerful and Easy to Use Markdownis a set of formatting rules that use easy-to-follow syntax. It was designed primarily for publishing written content on the web, removing the need to learn or implement cumbersomeHTMLtags. With Markdown, you can quickly format text as headers, with bold or italics, add links, create tables, feature blocks of code devoid of formatting, and so on....

July 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1215 words · Linda Marquez

Xreal Air 2 Review: This Is What a Screen On Your Face Looks Like

Summary Don’t let these glasses fool you; theXreal Air 2are essentially a monitor you wear on your face. Connect the glasses with their USB-C cable to a laptop, phone, or gaming device, and you can get what Xreal says is a 330-inch equivalent screen for your eyes only. This product won’t rival Apple’s Vision Pro or Meta’s Quest 3, but it might offer more convenient viewing and potentially more privacy....

July 28, 2025 · 7 min · 1441 words · Justin Flores

You Can Now Test Exchange Email Accounts in Mozilla Thunderbird

Thunderbird, the desktop email client from Mozilla, is finally testing support for Microsoft Exchange accounts in the Daily and Beta channels. you may try it out now to help find bugs before it rolls out to all Thunderbird users. Exchange accountsupport has been a long time coming, after years of requests from the Thunderbird community and “a little over 1 and a half years of development effort.” This is primarily useful for work and school accounts that don’t allow IMAP synchronization or other options that Thunderbird already supports....

July 28, 2025 · 3 min · 564 words · Adam Glass

Your Android Phone Already Has a Minimal Phone Built-in

Quick Links More and more people are looking for a break from screens and endless notifications. The good news is you might already have everything you need to build your own “minimalist phone,” and it’s already right there in your pocket. What’s the Deal with Minimalist Phones? Before we dive into how you can get some sanity back with your current phone, let’s talk about what “minimalist phone” even means. This is a very new product category that seems to be picking up steam....

July 28, 2025 · 4 min · 671 words · Jimmy Wright

Your Tesla is Now a Gaming Rig After Latest Update

Tesla has released its annual holiday software update this week, and it’s massive. As promised, select Tesla vehiclesnow have the Steam beta, giving owners access to thousands of high-end games. Then, there are new cabin camera controls, Model Y Track Mode, and more.In 2020, Elon MuskÂpromised that the Model S would have a built-in gaming rig powerful enough to play AAA games like the Witcher 3 orPS5-level graphics. The 2022 holiday update is rolling out this week, but it only delivers Steam to thenewestModel S and X vehicles....

July 28, 2025 · 2 min · 383 words · John Sanchez

10 Sports Cars With The Worst Depreciation After 5 Years

When people talk about a car saving them money, they often refer to how efficient it is or how affordable maintenance is. However, the biggest cost of owning a car by far is depreciation. This is especially true of high-performance sports cars, which rapidly lose their value. It is true that cars, for the most part, are not investments. You have to be pretty prepared to lose money on your vehicle....

July 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1612 words · Deanna Wilson

15 Big Changes Coming to Your iPad With iPadOS 26 This Fall

At the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2025, Apple unveiled a host of features coming to iPadOS 26. These include the Liquid Glass user interface, a new window system that unlocks new levels of multitasking, updates and additions related to system apps, and several features that can be handy when creating content using an iPad. 1Liquid Glass User Interface The biggest highlight ofWWDC 2025happens to be the newLiquid Glass user interface, which is a digital “material” that “behaves like glass in the real world....

July 27, 2025 · 5 min · 1056 words · Ashley Robinson

5 iPhone Camera Tricks I Use All the Time

Your iPhone probably goes everywhere that you do, which is why it’s perfect for your photographic needs. Mobile photography reached the “good enough” threshold a long time ago, but there are still some quirks and limitations you might want to overcome. So here are a few tricks that I keep in my back pocket at all times. Try to keep these in mind the next time you flip open your iPhone’s camera app....

July 27, 2025 · 7 min · 1420 words · Jacob Gordon

5 Places Incognito Mode Is Useful (and 3 Where It Isn't)

Summary Every browser offers an incognito mode that provides an extra level of privacy when you’re browsing the web. However, it might not be quite as effective as you think it is. There are times when it’s useful—and times when it’s no use at all. Use It When You Don’t Want to Save Your Browsing History The most widely known benefit of Incognito mode (or Privacy mode or InPrivate mode, as it’s also called) is that it doesn’t save your browsing history....

July 27, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · Megan Ford

5 Problems on Your Computer That Might be Caused by Malware

Malware is the scary boogeyman of computers, supposedly capable of destroying everything you know and love. But what does it actually look like? How can you tell when your computer is infected? If your computer has any of the following problems, that could be a dead giveaway. 1Your Browser is Forcefully Redirected Without Warning Forceful redirects are a huge pain, but they aren’t always a result of malware. Some websites are just trying really hard to get ad revenue, even if they have to force you to another site or web page....

July 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1105 words · Katelyn Rogers

8 Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Wi-Fi Router

Quick Links Buying aWi-Fi router, like purchasing a new smartphone, computer, or other sophisticated devices, goes much smoother if you know what to look for and avoid. Here are some common mistakes you don’t want to make whenshopping for a new Wi-Fi router. Bandaging Your Network with Wi-Fi Extenders This article is about Wi-Fi router buying mistakes, so it might seem odd to lead by talking about Wi-Fi extenders. But it’s all too common for people to overlookthe signs they need a new Wi-Fi routeraltogether andbandage the situation with a Wi-Fi extender....

July 27, 2025 · 8 min · 1663 words · Dr. Mark Yu

A Look Back at VR Products That Never Lived up to the Hype

Quick Links Apple’sVision Probrought a renewed interest to the virtual reality/augmented reality space, but it’s far from the first device in this category. Many failed attempts have come before it, some of which you may have never even heard about. The Vision Pro isnot being marketed as a “virtual reality headset,“but that’s exactly what it is. You’re never looking at your surroundings in the real world—they’re displayed on the inside screens from the cameras on the outside of the headset....

July 27, 2025 · 6 min · 1094 words · Brian Vargas

Apple AirPods Pro Now Has USB Type-C

It seems that USB-C charging is the star of Apple’s “Wonderlust” event. Like the newiPhone 15, the AirPods Pro is ditching Apple’s Lightning connector for an industry-standard USB-C port. Going forward, the second-gen AirPods Pro will include a USB-C charging case. While the adoption of USB-C may frustrate some Apple customers, it should lead to greater convenience and affordability, as the new iPhone and AirPods Pro now usethe same chargeras the most recent MacBook and iPad models....

July 27, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Richard Fox