Quick Links At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled iOS 26 and, along with it, the new CarPlay features that will change the way you interact with the in-car information system forever. The improved CarPlay will be available for supported iPhone users later this year, alongside the public release of iOS 26. CarPlay Gets Liquid Glass Design WithiOS 26, the newLiquid Glass designextends into your car’sinfotainment screen, providing a consistent experience across all platforms....

Quick Links Summary You could calculate tips and split bills manually, or you could use your iPhone or Apple Watch to do it for you. Here’s how. Ask Siri to Calculate Your Tip Let’s start with the easiest way: by asking Siri. Since Apple’s assistant is available on both devices (and your Mac, Apple Watch, HomePod, and so on), this is easy. Just trigger Siri by either saying “Hey Siri” or pressing the Side button (on an iPhone) or holding the Digital Crown (on a Watch) and saying “$45....

Read update Quick Links Mastodonis the rapidly growing social media platform built around thousands of different servers. The lack of a centralized database can make it difficult to find the friends (and Brands™️) you talk to on other platforms, but it’s not too hard to find them. Finding Your Friends From Twitter Mastodon is mostly designed as an alternative to Twitter, so most of the “migration” tools are built around Twitter....

Quick Links How often do you come across a cool application that isn’t available for your distribution? You’d probably next look to install it via Brew, Flatpak, or Snap, but often come up short. The fragmented packaging landscape on Linux is a problem. Some distributions share a common—yet often incompatible—package format; others use an entirely different packaging system. Flatpak and Snap attempted to resolve this issue, but all they did was create more standards—relevant XKCD....

Quick Links If you aren’t satisfied with Windows 11’s performance on your slightly older hardware, there are a few tweaks to your system to make it perform better. I’ll show you how to do that. Disable All or Specific Visual Effects Windows 11 offers various visual effects to enhance user experience. However, these effects use up quite a lot of PC resources, often causing older PCs to run slower. To fix that,turn off all or select effectson your system....

Summary You’ve probably seen Apple Cash advertised every time you open the Wallet app and thought it was the same as other money-sharing apps. While it is relatively similar, it does offer some unique features designed explicitly for Apple Cash transactions. What Is Apple Cash? Apple Cash,formerly known as Apple Pay Cash, is a digital payment system that allows users to send and receive money from other Apple device users. It can be used to send and receive money through the Messages or Wallet app....

Summary For a company with a reputation for walled garden ecosystems and device-exclusive features, Apple Pages is surprisingly collaborative. Here’s how you can share a document with virtually anyone, both in read-only and editable formats. Collaborate on Pages Documents with Anyone Apple’s word processor has collaborative sharing features built-in. This means you may work on a Pages document with other users, in real-time, and they don’t even need an Apple Account (previously Apple ID) in order to take part....

Quick Links Summary Use Apple’s official “Move to iOS” app on your Android phone to transfer messages to an iPhone. This can only be done during the initial iPhone setup process. Theswitch from Android to iPhoneis easier than you might expect, but it does mean transferring a bunch of content to a new device. We’ll show you how to transfer your Android text messages to an iPhone. Transfer Text Messages From Android to iPhone The official “Move to iOS” app is the best way to transfer text messages from Android to iPhone, but it comes with a big asterisk—you may only use it during the initial iPhone setup....

Quick Links One way to give more meaning to your numbers in Excel is to understand the trends lying behind them, and being able to do so is crucial in today’s ever-changing world. Using Excel’s TREND function will help you identify patterns in previous and current data, as well as project future movements. What Is TREND Used For? The TREND function has three primary uses in Excel: TREND can be used to measure performance or forecast finances in the workplace, and you’re able to also use it on your personal spreadsheets to track your spending, predict how many goals your team will score, and a host of other uses....

Quick Links There are very few apps I can’t imagine life without, but at the top of that short list is Everything. I’ve used it for over a decade, and it’s an integral part of my Windows experience. What Is Everything? Everythingis aWindows freewarefile search application created by programmer David Carpenter in 2008. Weshared Everything with our readersfor the first time shortly thereafter, and some of us, like yours truly, have been using it ever since....

Interesting and quirky USB chargers can be fun to look at—and they might be better than the chargers you have lying around already. I like collecting nerdy stuff—but the problem is that I never have the space to collect things that don’t have some sort of use. While gaming figurines, collector’s editions, and retro hardware are all neat, that’s precious shelf space I need for things like the actual technology I’m using or hooks to hold clothing or accessories....

Quick Links The Nothing Phone (3a) and (3a) Pro may not be the best-looking phones by some arbitrary measure, but they are two of the most bizarre. I wish more companies took a chance on releasing something this bold. ​Sadly, Most Smartphones Look the Same​ We live in a worldwhere most smartphones resemble the next. Were it not for the logo, I would not blame anyone for confusing an iPhone 16 with a Samsung Galaxy S25....

A very successful first launch caused the FixHub Power Series portable soldering line from iFixit to go out of stock for a while. Now, it is fully back in stock and ready for immediate shipping across the United States. There’s no longer a need to wait for a reservation or preorder. TheFixHub linewas designed to be small, tough, and ready to use in all kinds of places. It has become very popular in the repair community....