I Wasted My Whole Morning on an AI Meme Generator

Like most people, I have absolutely no sense of impulse control. I’m full of potential, but I get distracted by shiny things. Last week I spent my grocery money on a copyright-infringing Nintendo Switch decal. And today, after warnings from my editor and co-writers, I wasted four or five hours pressing the refresh button on an AI meme generator.

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After Months of Waiting, RetroPie Now Works With the Raspberry Pi 4

RetroPie, the OS that turns Raspberry Pi computers into retro emulation stations, now works with the Raspberry Pi 4. Gamers have spent the last few months waiting for official Pi 4 support, as the Pi 4’s upgraded processor, graphics, and RAM should increase the performance of some games.

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Roborock's New S6 MaxV Robot Vacuum Won't Take Your Pet's Crap

Today, Roborock announced a new S6 MaxV robot vacuum with a feature every pet owner should love—pet dropping avoidance. Thanks to its dual-camera system and new ReactiveAI technology, it can avoid weight scales (the kind you stand on), shoes, and poop. It’s the kind of feature that should prevent messes rather than create them.

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Classic Square Enix Games Go on Sale for Android and iOS Devices

Looking to replay some classic RPGs on your phone or tablet? Square Enix is running a massive sale on its Android and iOS titles, including Chrono Trigger and games from the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series.

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Lenovo's New $100 Keyboard Ditches the Wires but Keeps the Trackpoint

Seven years ago, Lenovo announced the ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard, and now it’s finally ready to release the sequel. For a good idea of what you’re in for, imagine a Thinkpad laptop. Now lop off the screen and the touchpad. That’s the $100 ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II in a nutshell.

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How to Cite Pictures in PowerPoint

Billions of images are on the internet—but not all of them are free to use. When you add licensed photos to PowerPoint documents, you’ll probably need to cite where it’s from and who made it. Here’s how.

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Epic Games Requires Customers to Enable 2FA Before Redeeming Free Games

Last week, we reported that nearly 160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised because they reused old passwords. Now, Epic Games is trying to learn from Nintendo’s mistakes. Until May 21st, Epic Games will require that users enable two-factor authentication before redeeming free titles.

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NBCUniversal Plans to Release More Movies Straight to Your Home

Theaters everywhere are closed right now, which puts a crimp on summer blockbuster plans. While Marvel movies simply moved back their release date, NBCUniversal’s Trolls World Tour took a different tact. It went straight to video-on-demand, allowing you to rent it from home for $20. That went over so well, NBCUniversal might make moves from home the new norm.

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Geek Trivia: Braille, The Tactile Writing System For The Blind, Is Derived From What?

Morse Code Night Writing Sonography Wigwagging Sign Language

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How to Zip (and Unzip) Files on Windows 10

The ZIP file format reduces the size of files by compressing them, saving disk space, and reducing network transfer times. It also allows you to combine several files into a single one that’s easy to share with others. Here’s how to zip and unzip files on Windows 10.

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How to Install and Configure the AWS CLI

AWS provides an extensive CLI that provides access to every service they offer. You can use this on remote machines to give them access to certain features of your account, or on your personal computer to help administrate your infrastructure.

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Google is Making Meet Free for Everyone

Google Meet, the company’s business-level video conferencing service, is now free for anyone with a Google account. Normally you’d have to subscribe to G Suite to use Google Meet, but over the coming weeks, Google is removing that barrier.

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The 10 Best Hulu Original TV Shows You Can Stream Right Now (April 2020)

Hulu has a lot of original TV show content that’s worth spending your free time streaming. These are the 10 best shows you can currently watch, no matter which subscription tier you have.

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What’s the Difference Between 301 and 302 Redirects?

If you’ve moved your content around, it’s best to redirect old broken links to the working location. There are two types of redirects—302, used for testing, and 301, which is permanent, and best for SEO.

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Why Are Shipping Delays During the Coronavirus Pandemic So Inconsistent?

Around the country, governors are urging people to shop online and social distance. The problem is, internet shopping is very inconsistent right now. Here are some of the reasons behind the wildly different delivery times.

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How to Send GIFs on WhatsApp

When things get too quiet in a group chat, GIFs come to the rescue. Ranging from funny, to sweet, to downright cringy, they can be anything you want. Here’s how to send GIFs directly on WhatsApp, no third-party app needed.

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Every Google Meet Keyboard Shortcut and How To Use Them

Google Meet is Google’s video-conferencing solution for workplaces, schools, and other organizations with G Suite accounts. It’s the new name for Hangouts Meet. Like other video chat apps, Google Meet includes some useful keyboard shortcuts.

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How to Charge a Nintendo Switch Without the Dock

Sometimes, you’re on the go and you need to recharge your Nintendo Switch’s battery, but you don’t have your dock with you. Whether you’re playing the Switch while charging or leaving it in Standby mode, here’s how you can charge in a pinch—and the best way to do it.

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The 4 Best Instrument Tuning Apps

Unless you’re in an experimental rock band or junior high orchestra, keeping your instrument in tune is a must. Don’t pay for expensive physical tuners, though, as these tuning apps work just as well for a fraction of the cost.

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The 10 Best Registry Hacks for Windows 10

Windows 10’s registry is packed with useful hidden settings you can’t find anywhere else in Windows. From classic registry hacks that worked on Windows 7 to all-new hacks for Windows 10, here are our favorites.

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UPS and CVS Are Experimenting with Drone Deliveries

Starting in May, a joint effort between UPS and the CVS pharmacy chain will provide drone-based prescription deliveries to the largest retirement community in the U.S.

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6 Great YouTube Channels to Learn Photo Editing From

The world of photo editing is complex and full of options. Photo editing programs have gotten so advanced that you have nearly endless tools for editing your photos. With so many choices to make and tricks to learn, it can be overwhelming if you’re going in blind. Fortunately, there are plenty of YouTube channels that try to guide you through this world.

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Why Don't We Have Better COVID-19 Tests?

Testing for the coronavirus and related antibodies is critical, and discussion of the tests is all over the news. Here’s an in-depth look at the tests themselves.

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Facebook Will Livestream a Virtual Graduation for the Class of 2020

Today, Facebook announced it would hold a virtual graduation on May 15th for all the seniors who will miss out on an in-person graduation ceremony. The ceremony will serve as a stand-in for both high school and college seniors, and feature Oprah Winfrey as a commencement speaker.

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Apple HBO Customers Score a Free HBO Max Subscription

Last year, WarnerMedia announced that existing HBO Now customers would gain access to HBO Max for free. Now, WarnerMedia is expanding the deal to include people who subscribe to HBO through Apple. People who subscribe to HBO through other services, like Amazon Prime or Verizon, are not eligible for this deal.

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How to Use Virtual Backgrounds in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams has been able to blur your background during video calls for nearly 2 years, but now you can choose a virtual background or upload your own custom backdrop. Here’s how to do it.

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How to Work With JSON On the Command Line

Linux has no built in way to handle JSON properly, yet many APIs will return JSON output. Here’s how to parse and use JSON data inside your shell scripts with a simple utility.

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Microsoft Surface Devices Skip Thunderbolt Ports for Security

File this under news that makes you go, “Huh.” In a leaked presentation, a Microsoft employee explained why Surface devices don’t have Thunderbolt ports—security. According to the engineer, Thunderbolt connections are just too insecure. And for that matter, Surface devices use soldered RAM in the name of safety also.

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Geek Trivia: What Was The Internet Originally Called?

ARPANET Meganet NetworkOne The Intergalactic Computer Network

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How to Copy or Move Files and Folders on Windows 10

Windows offers many ways to copy and move files. We’ll show you all the tricks for File Explorer, and how to use them in Command Prompt and PowerShell. You can even add “Copy to” and “Move to” to File Explorer’s context menus.

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Withings Says Its New Mat Can Identify Sleep Apnea with Medical Precision

Withings, maker of hybrid smartwatches, scales, and blood pressure monitors, also makes sleep tracking gadgets. Its latest mat, creatively christened the Sleep Analyzer, is focusing on the common condition of sleep apnea. Withings says that the gadget can detect the irregular sleeping pattern with enough precision for a medical diagnosis, citing trial studies in European hospitals.

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Reduce Your Website’s Size With Gzip and Deflate Compression

Your website’s speed is important, as a faster website will dramatically decrease your bounce rate. Compressing your files on the server side is an easy way to reduce the size of your website, which speeds up loading.

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How to Delete Your TikTok Account

You don’t need an account to browse TikTok, but having one lets you follow creators and provides analytics to the social network. Unfortunately, having an account also means handing over personal information. If you’re no longer a fan of TikTok, here’s how to delete your account.

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How to Transfer File Permissions with PowerShell

Maintaining file share permissions across servers can be a major challenge but by using PowerShell, we can automate this process allowing you to go home early.

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ICYDK: Windows Can Play App Audio on Different Speakers and Headphones at Once

Imagine that you want to listen to a YouTube video, but your significant other/child/dog wants to hear Spotify, and all you’ve got at the moment is a Windows laptop between you. You can actually send the audio from Chrome to your headphones and the Spotify music to the speakers at the same time. It’s really cool!

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How to Temporarily Enable Do Not Disturb Mode on iPhone

Do Not Disturb mode on your iPhone is a great way to get some peace of mind. While you can schedule it every night, there are times when you might want to enable Do Not Disturb mode temporarily.

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OnePlus 8 Review: One Step Behind the Competition

OnePlus has successfully made its case: that it can compete with the best devices from the biggest manufacturers. That phone’s the OnePlus 8 Pro, and it’s a beast—easily among the best Android devices on the market right now. Go check out our review here if you want the skinny on that device.

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How to Set Environment Variables in Bash on Linux

There’s more than one type of environment variable on Linux. Learn how to see them, create them for local and remote logins, and make them survive reboots.

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OnePlus 8 Pro Review: Settle Less, Pay More

OnePlus was once a company that positioned itself as offering flagship specs for wallet-friendly prices. But over the last few years, there’s been an upward trend in the pricing models of its phones, with each one inching closer to the premium pricing tier the company was able to avoid for so long. To date, the OnePlus 8 Pro is the most expensive phone the company has ever released.

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What Is a “Surveillance” or “NAS” Hard Drive?

Capacity isn’t the only thing that differentiates one hard drive from another. Yes, they’re all spinning platters that use magnetic storage to save data. However, some are marketed as “Surveillance” or “NAS” drives. Here’s how these are different.

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PSA: Didn’t Get a Stimulus Payment? You Might Need to Do This

If you didn’t receive a direct deposit tax refund from the federal government, you need to take an extra step to ensure you receive your CARES Act stimulus money electronically.

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Project COVID Is an Educational A.I. With Coronavirus Answers

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, it’s essential to get reliable and easy-to-understand information about the virus. But, knowing where to go and how to read that information is difficult. Project COVID aims to solve those problems. It’s a conversational A.I. that pulls in data from the CDC, WHO, and NIH and answers questions in everyday English.

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Google's $179 True Wireless Pixel Buds Are Out Now

Well, that was predictably fast. Not long after the Pixel Bud app appeared in the Play Store, Google released the new Pixel Buds to the actual store. You can pick them up right now in Clearly White for $179. You’ll get all the usual True Wireless earbud features, including a charging case, plus Google Translate right in your ears.

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Google Doodle Republishes Popular Games to Keep People Safe and Happy at Home

Looking for a way to spice up your routine? As part of its “Stay Home. Save Lives.” initiative, Google Doodle will spend the next two weeks republishing its most popular games. Each day will feature a new classic game, which you can find by Googling “Google Doodle.”

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You'll Be Able to Record 3D Animals on Android Soon

Showing off 3D animals in your home is all the rage, a sure sign that we’ve all been cooped up too long. But right now, on Android at least, the best you could do was take a picture of a tiger or panda in your living room. That’s about to change as Android phones will soon be able to record video of 3D animals.

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Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Get New Video Features, Including Entry Fees for Live Events

You may need to buy tickets for that upcoming Facebook Live concert. Facebook plans to add a ton of new streaming features to its Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram platforms, including the ability to charge viewers for livestream-entry or set up donate buttons for charities.

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How to Mute Everyone on a Zoom Call

While video-conferencing on Zoom, sometimes other people’s video feeds become too noisy. Hosts can mute everyone’s microphones to stop this. Whether someone stepped away to quiet a noisy parrot or is being disruptive, here’s how to mute them.

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How To Speed Up a Slow Website

People are lazier than you’d think—according to Google’s research, 53% of mobile users will leave your site if it takes over three seconds to load. You want your site to be quick to improve your conversion rate and search engine rankings.

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Geek Trivia: Who Is The Patron Saint of Computers?

Saint Isidore Saint Christopher Saint Babbage Saint Terminus

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Done with That Library Ebook? Here's Why You Should Return It Early

One of the biggest benefits of checking out a virtual library book is, unlike physical books, a virtual one “automagically” returns itself. Here’s why you should still return a virtual book as soon as you’re done, though.

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