Add a Smooth Typewriter Animation to Your Website Without Any JavaScript

You’ve probably seen one of these text animations online, especially on portfolio sites or product pages. They offer a neat way of listing several features, services, or other attributes. you’re able to reproduce this effect without animated GIFs or even any JavaScript. How the Typewriter Animation Works Here’s the effect I’ll be covering: I discovered a CSS approach for this animation onDashiell Wood’swebsite, although I’d seen the same effect plenty of times before....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1269 words · Mary Sosa

Amazon Kids vs Google Kids Space: Which is Best For Your Child's Tablet?

Quick Links Summary Handing your child a tablet with unlimited access to apps, games, and the internet at large is not a good idea. However, tablets can be great for kids if used with safeguards in place. That’s what both Amazon Kids and Google Kids Space aim to provide, but they do it very differently. What is Amazon Kids? Amazon Kids—not to be confused with Amazon Kids+—is a feature that lets you create child profiles on Amazon Fire tablets....

August 13, 2025 · 7 min · 1345 words · David Jennings

Apple Keeps Redesigning Liquid Glass—Here’s What I'd Rather See Instead

Since its introduction, Apple’s new Liquid Glass design in upcoming software updates has been hotly debated. The biggest complaint concerns the readability of menus under the new aesthetic. In the third beta of iOS 26, Apple appears to have adjusted the design again to appear more frosted, prompting debate over whether it still even resembles the original Liquid Glass concept. As Apple continues to tweak the look with each beta, here’s what I’d rather see to make it more appealing to a broader audience....

August 13, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · Ashley Gutierrez

Apple M4 Mac Mini Review: A Miniature Powerhouse With Only a Few Drawbacks

Summary TheM4 Mac Miniis tiny, mighty, and whisper quiet. After using it for about two months, I’ve fallen in love with this wee machine despite macOS-related quirks. While it’s a perfect entry point for Apple newcomers, it does have a few dings that, luckily, don’t imperil its excellence. Apple Mac Mini (M4) Powered by an impressive M4 chip, the redesigned Mac Mini starts with 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, a 10-core CPU, and a 10-core GPU....

August 13, 2025 · 15 min · 3071 words · Christopher Orr

Best iPhone 14 Screen Protectors of 2023

Read update Want to use your iPhone 14 without a case, but still want screen protection? Even if you do use a case, screen protectors add an extra layer of armor for your phone. Whether you’re looking for a screen protector made of glass or plastic film, we’ve selected the best ones for you. UPDATE: 14-08-2025 We’ve reviewed our recommendations and are confident these are still the best iPhone 14 screen protectors you can buy....

August 13, 2025 · 9 min · 1875 words · Alec Nicholson

Bing Chat AI Can Now Understand Your Pictures

Bing Chat,ChatGPT, and other similar generative AI tools have mostly been focused on understanding text content and providing answers. However, it’s also incredibly helpful to understand pictures, and that’s what Microsoft is now rolling out to its Bing Chat AI. In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new feature for Bing Chat, called Visual Search. With Visual Search, you can upload an image or select an existing image on the web, and Bing will try to understand it and use that context in responses....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Michael George

Can’t Connect a Windows Device to Your Phone's Hotspot? Try These Tips to Fix It

Quick Links Summary Is your Windows device not connecting to your phone’s hotspot? Or does it consistently disconnect after you connect it? Issues such as outdated network drivers, misconfigured network settings, a limit set on data usage, and more could cause this problem. Don’t worry; we have some easy and simple fixes to help you resolve this issue. Preliminary Checks Perform a quick browser search to confirm your phone, from which you share the hotspot connection, is connected to the internet....

August 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1131 words · Joshua Johnson

Clicks is Making Physical Keyboards for Android Phones

Some people feel nostalgic about those old BlackBerry phones that featured, among other things, physical keyboards. If you miss that feel, Clicks cases have been a good choice for iPhone users, and now they’re coming for some Android phones as well. Clicksis releasing its physical keyboard accessory for select Android smartphones. The company’s iPhone keyboards are one of the most popular niche accessories out there, and if you’ve been waiting for Android equivalents, these might be the ones you’ve been waiting for....

August 13, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Traci Bailey

Copilot Is Finally Catching Up With Other Chatbots

Summary Copilot was initially conceived as an AI component to Bing, but it has since evolved into a comprehensive AI present in pretty much every Microsoft product right now. And it’s now getting a bunch of improvements that will bring it a little more in line with both ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini—and bring Bing in line with Google, too, on that subject. Microsoft has announced a big expansion of Copilot’s capabilities....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 593 words · Benjamin Hughes

Excel Has a New Way of Explaining Formulas To You

Summary A lot of AI features are pretty unnecessary and sometimes invasive. But many can actually be genuinely useful. Many of Copilot’s features are regarded by many as gimmicks, but one of the most useful ones just got a lot easier to access. Excel is rolling out a brand-new (or kind of new) feature called Explain Formula. This new feature embeds an AI-powered explanation tool directly into the Excel grid, which is always accessible via a right click....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Scott Johnson

Fedora 42 Joins the Windows Subsystem for Linux

Fedora 42 is now offered alongside Ubuntu, Debian, and other popular distros in the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It’s a neat addition for developers who want to create or audit cross-platform apps without dual booting, as well as professionals who need to access both Windows and Linux on a single machine. TheWindows Subsystem for Linux(WSL) lets you virtualize Linux distributions within the Windows desktop environment. It’s a near-native solution—zero emulation here, folks—and it doesn’t bog down your system with a resource-hungry virtualized graphical desktop environment....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Timothy Hopkins

Fences 6 Can Add More Shortcuts to Your Windows Desktop

Fences is a Windows utility from Stardock Software that allows you to add quick-access panels to your desktop for files, applications, and other data. Stardock has now released the first beta of Fences 6, and there are a few new features worth cheking out. One major addition is the tabbed interface, which lets users group several fences into tabs, similar to how web browser tab groups work. This makes for a cleaner and more modern desktop layout....

August 13, 2025 · 3 min · 627 words · Tina Torres

First Impressions: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, Flip 7 FE, Watch 8, Watch 8 Classic

Samsung’s latest foldables and wearables are here, and after going hands-on with all of them, one thing is crystal clear: the Galaxy Z Fold 7 finally delivers a foldable experience that feels truly ready for the mainstream. For the first time, I can genuinely imagine ditching my daily driver for something that folds. Galaxy Z Fold 7: Thin, Light, and Ready for the Masses When I reviewed last year’sGalaxy Z Fold 6, I felt like Samsung had finally built a foldable for everyone—not just early adopters....

August 13, 2025 · 8 min · 1526 words · Daniel Rodriguez