Quick Links Summary you may delete your Google Maps Location History by going to Your Timeline and selecting “Settings and Privacy.” Google Maps search history can be deleted from Google’s “My Activity” page. Google Maps is an invaluable tool for many people, but there’s no question itcollects a lot of information about you. Thankfully, it’s possible to delete Google Maps location history and recent searches. Here’s everything you need to know....

Quick Links Microsoft is bringing a new AI assistant (like Clippy) called Copilot that is designed to help you make the Windows PC easier to use. The AI assistant is supposed to work just like Bing Chat, but it is still a new feature that needs a lot of work and integration with other apps. However, if you still want to try out Windows Copilot, here’s how you can get started....

Quick Links Grafana is an open-source observability platformfor creating dashboards that visualize datasets. you may use it to conveniently monitor server statistics such as CPU consumption, network throughput, and uptime. Grafanacan be self-hostedor accessed as a SaaS solution via the officialGrafana Cloudinstance. In this article, you’ll learn how to set up Grafana Cloud and configure it to show basic metrics from a Linux server. You’ll use the officialGrafana Agentto collect the data and send it to Grafana....

Quick Links Summary Google Maps for Android can share your live, real-time location with other Google Maps users. Using the Google Maps app, you can enable permanent location sharing or temporarily share your location for a period of time, like for an hour or a day. If you’d like to keep your family and friends updated with your location, you can easily use your Android’s Google Maps app. This app allows you toshare your real-time locationwith both Google account holders and non-Google account holders....

Summary Wires are a fact of life in any home theater setup, and making them disappear is the ultimate flex for home theater geeks. So in service of going “wireless”, here are some tips and tricks I’ve picked up over the years. Sell or Donate the Gear You Don’t Use First, I’m willing to bet that at least half of you reading this guide have one or several AV components on a TV stand that hasn’t been touched in years....

Quick Links Power outages can happen without warning, sometimes as a result of natural disasters. If it’s not clear when the power will come on again, you can use the small power station you already own, parked in your garage: your car. For Emergencies Only Before we explore how you can use your car to power appliances and electronics, we have to emphasize that this is not a practice meant to replace more permanent or purpose-built backup power solutions....

Summary I joined YouTube just short of thirteen years ago, and for twelve of those years I never so much as touched my Watch History. Then I nuked it all from orbit, just to be sure—and it’s the best quality of life thing I’ve done for myself since getting a good mattress. At some point before I pulled the trigger, I started to notice a decline in the quality of the videos YouTube suggested to me....

Modern audio-video receivers (AVRs) have more ports than you’re able to shake a stick at, but one of them—the humble USB port—is often forgotten. I finally decided to see what mine can do by plugging in some random USB devices I have lying around. A Pixel 8 Pro or a Cellphone Some devices are able to mount your phone andread the phone’s content as storage. I wasn’t sure what file format my AVR supported going in this, so I figured I’d try it....

Quick Links Audiobooks are a huge part of my life. I listen to books the same way many people listen to podcasts and music. I can go through two or three titles a week. As of this writing, I’ve finished 143 audiobooks in 2022. Here are the ones that I enjoyed the most this year. The titles I’ve selected are not necessarily audiobooks that were released in 2022. Chip War by Chris Miller I picked up this book because I wanted to understand “supply chain issues” regarding electronics....

Quick Links AI is everywhere today, with several models all touted as being extremely capable and helpful. For me, that means having AI do research on complex topics, saving me hours every day. But I have access to several models, and I can’t help but wonder: which one is worth your trust? Using an AI for Research One of the most useful things about AI for the average person is the ability to have it search the internet for a ton of information in no time at all....

Summary I’m not a PC gamer, but I like to glance at gaming monitors occasionally. Enthusiasts get the good stuff, and if you want to see a pretty display, see one made for gamers. That’s why I’m excited to see Samsung unveil the first 4K OLED monitor that’s only 27 inches, even if it’s aimed at gamers. I Prefer a Smaller Monitor I want to have a nice monitor, but I care even more about physical aesthetics....

Quick Links Summary you may chat with other Apple users over iMessage, Apple’s proprietary messaging protocol for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users. Well, you can when it’s working. Here are some fixes for anyone having iMessage problems. Signs That iMessage Isn’t Working On an iPhone, the most obvious sign that iMessage isn’t working is that your outgoing messages show up asgreen bubbles. This indicates that they have been sent overSMSrather than iMessage (which would appear as blue bubbles)....

Quick Links Epic has a mobile games store, after suing both Apple and Google for the right to make one. you’re able to install that store today. I have, and for good reason. Google Play Has Failed At Its Job Android has a large selection of great mobile games, but I wouldn’t blame you for not knowing about them. Even though most of us download our Android games from the Play Store, it’s not because Google makes them easy to find....