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Quick Links Summary There are two types of product updates: large design refreshes and small incremental upgrades. With limited changes for 2024, the new iPad Mini largely falls in the second category. Here’s why. Apple is known to repurpose older hardware into newer products, and the 2024 iPad Mini is another example of the same. The latest model features the same chassis, which measures and weighs exactly the same asthe iPad Mini (sixth-generation): 10....

If you’re planning on observing the night sky, going for a night hike, or trying to snap a shot of the Moon, the phase is incredibly important. Here’s everything you need to know about the current Lunar phase, as well as what you can expect in the near future. What Is the Moon Phase on April 1st? Today, the moon is 14% full, which puts it in the waxing crescent phase....

Does your beefy text editor take an age to start? Is it clunky and lacking features? Neovim solves so many problems for me that if I could, I would install it on my TV, fridge, toaster, and even my toothbrush—if that made any sense. It’s that good. Extensions Keep My Editor Interesting and Personalized Neovim and customization are inseparable, and there is always a steady flow of emerging extensions. With thousands of enthusiasts continually sharing their novel ideas, there is never a shortage of rabbit holes for me to explore....

I own the Samsung Galaxy S25 and love it—the battery lasts for ages, it’s very customizable, and it’s super snappy. But it’s not a perfect phone. It got me thinking about my old Galaxy S8, and how a phone released in 2017 actually did some things better than the S25. 5Charger in the Box According toSamsung, the company doesn’t provide a charger plug with the S25 because it wants to minimize the impact its products have on the environment....

Quick Links Online streaming should have put every movie and show at our fingertips, making physical media obsolete, but time and time again, something I want to watch is streaming nowhere, and it can’t be bought digitally. The good news is that you still have options if you can’t find the movies or shows you want online. Look for Digital Once-Off Purchases If it’s not available as part of a digital streaming subscription service, you should check if the content you want isn’t available as a once-off digital purchase from a platform like Apple TV or Amazon....

Quick Links Thanks to the low prices you may usually find during sales events such as Prime Day, I have multiple Amazon Echo smart speakers all around my home. After years of ownership, I’m finally making the decision to get rid of them for good and replace them with something else. Here’s why. 7I Only Use My Echo Smart Speakers for One Thing Echo smart speakershave the potential to do a lot of things....

Quick Links Some of us travel a lot, and no matter where we go, it’s always a pain having to log into new networks at hotels, especially if you need to connect multiple devices. It’s a hassle and a security risk, but both problems can be solved with a travel router, and there are some other benefits too. 1Ease of Connection During Travel One of the most annoying things about traveling is having to connect all of your devices to new Wi-Fi networks whenever you move around....

Quick Links Google monitors our locations, how we interact with its services, our web browsing habits, and more. While it claims this data collection improves user experience, it often comes at the expense of privacy. To take control of your data, here are some settings you should adjust in your Google account. 1Pause Web & App Activity Google records your interactions across its apps and services, such as Search, Google Play, Maps, and Chrome, to improve its services, provide faster searches, and deliver personalized recommendations....

Quick Links One of the first things you should consider when designing a PowerPoint presentation is ensuring everyone can access your content. In this guide, I’ll give you some ways to make this happen. 1Add Alt Text for SmartArt, Charts, and Images Alternative text—or alt text for short—is a description of any visual content that people with visual disabilities might find challenging to see. As well as text in text boxes, screen reading technology reads alt text you have added, so it’s important to clearly describe what each graphic contains....

Quick Links TheApple Watch Series 8is 2022’s “Apple Watch for everyone” that sits above the revised second-generationApple Watch SEand below the newly announced Ultra. If you’re considering buying an Apple Watch, this is probably the model you should look at first. Improvements Made in the Apple Watch Series 8 The Apple Watch Series 8 only has very few new features to separate it from last year’s Series 7 (which was only a few steps removed from the Series 6)....

Onyx BOOX is introducing a new pair of seven-inch eReaders, the BOOX Go 7 and BOOX Go Color 7 Gen II. Priced at a respective $250 and $280, these are the first seven-inch BOOX eReaders to support stylus input. The Onyx BOOX Go 7 appears to be a very competent Android eReader, packing a 300ppi Carta 1300 E Ink screen, the Android 13 operating system, a built-in speaker (plus Bluetooth functionality), and an asymmetrical design with page-turn buttons....

Summary When it comes to upgrading your TV’s sound, the choice often boils down to two contenders: a space-saving soundbar or a room-filling home theater system. But how close are these two options performance-wise? Full Home Theater Sound Systems Reign Supreme This supremacy all boils down to surround sound. A traditional home theater system typically comes with an AV receiver and at least five speakers working together in harmony. You’ve got a center channel speaker that handles dialogue, left and right front speakers for the main audio, left and right rear speakers for surround sound effects, and, of course, a subwoofer to deliver the kind of bass that makes explosions feel likeexplosions....

Quick Links MacOS is arguably the most user-friendly desktop OS, but it’s not perfect. There are a few things that can trip up users new and old, and one of them is unlocking multiple files in a folder so that they can be deleted. Here’s two quick and easy ways to do it. What are Locked Files in MacOS? In macOS, you may lock a file by right-clicking on it, clicking “Get Info”, and checking the “Locked” checkbox....