Quick Links Spotify comes with many hidden features that you might be sleeping on. These gems have improved my listening experience tenfold and made Spotify a top contender for my favorite music streaming app. Here’s what to look for and where you can find them in your Spotify app. 1Generate Share Codes for Every Song Did you know that you could generate a custom Spotify share code for every single song in your library?...
Summary Nintendo’s bizarre decision to relegate the Switch’s voice chat to smartphones meant thatthe Nintendo Switch Online app created as its conduitwas dead on arrival. Yet while its story ended there for most people, development did not. Four games received expanded functionality that you might have missed out on. 1Splatoon 2 Days following the NSO app release,Splatoon 2was released and along with it SplatNet 2 (cleverly named Ikaringu 2 in Japanese, which translates to “Squid Ring 2”)....
A multinational team of researchers has developed a novel 3D printing ink that can be used to create easily recyclable electronic circuits without the need for toxic chemicals, heat, or even light. With conventional3D printing inks, you have to do what’s known as post-curing. This is where the printed structure is bombarded with either UV light (in the case of resin printing) or a heat treatment (such as with fused deposition modeling, or FDM printing) to force it to bond chemically and fully harden, thereby achieving its necessary mechanical properties....
I decided recently to get a prebuilt mini PC for some projects and experiments, but I wanted to save a bit of cash in the process. Instead of buying brand new, I shopped eBay for a secondhand device and found a good deal—or at least it looked that way, until I took these steps. First, I Inspected for Physical Damage After unboxing the mini PC, I first checked for damage to the body of the mini itself....
Summary Tracking your weight is a reliable way to see how changes in diet and lifestyle translate to real-world results. Apple Health is great for this, but the process of adding data manually is tedious. That’s why I built a shortcut to do it in two taps. Build a Shortcut to Track Your Weight If you’venever built a workflow using Shortcuts before, don’t be scared. This might be the simplest shortcut you can make since it only involves a single step....
Markdown is a great way to write formatted text in any plain text editor. You might already know how to make text bold or italicized, or add a table, but there’s a less-common feature I’ve come to appreciate: reference links. You’ve probably seen lists of references on Wikipedia articles, reference manuals, and other places. Markdown also gives you the option to create a reference list, and it’s a great way to clean up Markdown files that are using a lot of links....
An ever-growing app ecosystem will eventually suffer from bloat. So, Google is introducing several Play Store changes that bring relevant app information to the surface and grant users more control over app recommendations. The most notable part of this update is Google Play’s new Collections home screen widget, which shows new and relevant information from different apps in your library. If you regularly watch someone on YouTube or listen to someone on Spotify, for example, their newly published content may appear in the Collections widget....
Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme....
Quick Links Connections is a game from the New York Times that challenges you to find the association between words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t—Connections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4....
You have probably tried downloading an image from a website, expecting a typical JPEG or PNG picture, and instead received a WebP file. Those WebP image don’t always work in the same tools and services that support other image formats, which has given WebP a bad reputation. That’s not the fault of WebP, though. WebP was created as an improved version of JPEG, PNG, and GIF, with more flexibility and smaller file sizes than those older formats....
Western Digital has revealed new flash storage drives, including a durable portable SanDisk SSD, a high-performance NVMe drive, and expansion cards for Xbox consoles. The first new product is the SanDisk Extreme PRO, which uses a USB4 connection. It can read data at speeds of up to 3,800 MB/s and write data at speeds of up to 3,700 MB/s.This drive is designed to be tough, with a silicone outer shell, an aluminum case, protection against water and dust (rated IP65), and the ability to survive drops from up to two meters....
Summary We live in a time when video games have never been better or more abundant. Regardless of which genres you enjoy, there are likely at least two dozen good games that you’re able to choose from right now. However, that isn’t the case with racing games, which seem to be few and far between. So what happened? Racing Games Were Once King Back in the 90s and early 2000s, every console needed to launch with a handful of exciting games in order to sell millions of units....
Summary Always include the basics like full name, title, company, and phone number in any professional email. But depending on your industry and the recipient, you may want to add more details, a photo, logo, or social media links. You’ve probably seen an email signature that was simply a name and another that includes lines of details, links, and images. Which is better? Which is more effective? We’ll help you decide what information you should put in an email signature....
