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With all the fun new electric vehicles coming to market, you likely have lots of questions. First-time EV owners will end up developing new driving habits, visiting gas stations less, and figuring out a good charging routine. However, with new technology comes growing pains, and you’ll want to avoid some of these common EV charging mistakes. That new car feeling is wonderful, where you’re worried about keeping the interior clean, dirty windows, or scratches....

Quick Links Google has a large catalog of products, but one of the most practical tools is Google Translate. Using an app to communicate between different languages feels like the future, and there’s more to Translate that you might not know about. Translate Conversations in Real Time Google Translate powers Google Assistant’s “Interpreter Mode” feature, which allows you to have real-time conversations with someone who speaks a language you don’t understand....

Quick Links You don’t need a massive budget or a massive table to enjoy these games. Here are twenty-five really fun games you can slip into a stocking without breaking the bank. For the Kiddos: Kid-Friendly But Still Fun There is an art to designing a game that is accessible to children but still enjoyable to play for adults. If you’ve ever been stuck playing a dusty old copy of Candyland with your nephew and crave a game that’s actually fun for everyone at the table, these are the picks for you....

Quick Links Spotify Premium offers an ad-free music listening experience, offline listening, the ability to pick songs on your phone, lyrics, and slightly better sound quality. Are these actually “features,” or am I just paying Spotify not to punish me for using the free plan? It could be better. Creative Daily Mixes With More Recommendations Spotify Mixes are automatically personalized playlists that Spotify makes for you every day. Spotify serves you six Daily Mixes and an assortment of niche, genre, artist, decade and mood mixes, and each mix has 50 songs....

Quick Links Did you just buy a new Windows device and want to transfer data from your old computer? Or perhaps you have multiple laptops or PCs and want to share files between them? You have plenty of options to get the job done. 7Transfer Data With a Shared Folder Using a shared folder is one of the simplest ways to transfer files between two computers. you may create a shared folder on the device with your data, and all computers connected to the same network can access it....

Quick Links Tweaking the Registry Editor can be risky, which is why many Windows users find it intimidating. Though it can be tricky, it’s a powerful tool that lets you customize and optimize your operating system in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise. Here are a few tweaks worth knowing about. Disable the Lock Screen When you start your computer or wake it from sleep, you’re first presented with the Lock Screen before reaching the Login Screen to enter your password....

Summary Shower music is one of life’s smaller pleasures, but bathrooms have lots of glass, tile, and ceramic surfaces, creating an echoey environment. You may try to jack up the volume, but that just intensifies it. However, applying these strategies can enhance your bathroom listening experience. Position Your Speaker Correctly I found the main trick to bathroom audio comes down to one word: Position. I’ve experimented with many positions, along the wall, up high, down low, and in the corner....

Quick Links Having a portable power station is pretty essential these days. They make a great backup power source for our phones, smartwatches, and laptops. More importantly, a large power station can keep a router, fridge, and other appliances running during a power outage. I’m not talking about a little 10,000mAh power bank to charge your phone, but a shoebox-sized (or bigger) 1500W power station loaded with USB ports and plugs....

Quick Links Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra takes big strides in integrating AI into every aspect of the user experience, but is it enough to stand a chance against the iPhone 16 Pro Max? Let’s find out. Price and Availability TheGalaxy S25 Ultra (256GB)costs $1,299.99. It is currently available for pre-orders and will hit stores starting July 11, 2025. TheiPhone 16 Pro Max (256GB)starts from $1,199 on the company’s official website....

It hasn’t really been too long since OpenAI showed off Sora, which impressed and frightened many people with its ability to make (somewhat) realistic video clips out of text prompts. AI image generation has been polished a lot over the past months, so as you might expect, the next natural step is video. Google is also coming out with its own video generation methods, with new AI models under the umbrella of Imagen 2 promising big things as well....

Quick Links Summary You’ll need a PC with a modern AMD or Intel processor, 16 gigabytes of RAM, an NVIDIA RTX GPU with 8 gigabytes of memory, and a minimum of 10 gigabytes of free storage space available. A GPU with more memory will be able to generate larger images without requiring upscaling. Stable Diffusion is a popular AI-powered image generator that you can run on your own PC. But what are the minimum specs to run Stable Diffusion, and what components matter the most?...

Summary As my roster of smart home devices expands, so has the clutter of wires and hubs surrounding what was once a pristine shelf that hosted my router. After months of averting my eyes from the bird’s nest growing there, I finally decided to do something about it: I banished everything to a closet. The Problem With Smart Hubs In today’s smart home, there are stand-alone smart devices and devices that require a hub to operate or connect with other ecosystems....

Quick Links We all dream of having a perfectly organized home with a place for everything and everything in its place. Achieving that dream is harder than it seems, but I’ve found a techie solution that’s extremely cheap and easy to set up. An Idea is Born Like many people who live in a house, mine is filled with far too many storage bins of various shapes and sizes. The all-knowing social media algorithms must have caught wind of this fact because, late last year, my wife and I both started seeing ads forapp-based QR code organization kits....