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Jumpei Mitsui Certified professional LEGO builder, Jumpei Mitsui, just finished building a LEGO replica of one of Japan’s most famous images: Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa. And what’s even more impressive is that he went beyond recreating the 2D image and built out an entire 3D landscape—complete with boats and all. Mitsui has always…

If you’ve been playing some embarrassing games recently on your Nintendo Switch and you don’t want them to show up in your Play Activity where your friends can see it, you can delete your play activity completely. Here’s how to do it. First, navigate to the “Home” menu (push the “Home” button), then select your…

Suzanne Humphries, Phoderstock/Shutterstock.com Typing in your Wi-Fi details on new smartphones and tablets (and on your guests’ phones) can be a total hassle, especially if you have a long complex password. Make life a little simpler for yourself by turning your Wi-Fi password into a handy Wi-Fi QR code, so that anyone can log into…

If you want to emphasize important text within a Microsoft Word document so that it’s not overlooked by the reader, you can use Word’s highlighting tool. You can also search for highlighted text within the document. Here’s how. Highlight Text in a Word Document You can easily highlight specific text in Microsoft Word. To do…

Sergei Stemprok/Shutterstock.com The Apple Watch brings notifications to your wrist. Finally, you can get important notifications without looking at your phone—and you’ll get unimportant notifications, too. Here’s how to control your watch’s alerts. While you can configure some of these settings on your Apple Watch, it’s kind of awkward. It’s best to use the Watch…

Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 translates the squad-based, first-person shooter into a nonviolent game that’s suitable for a younger audience. But the game displays drawings (called “posts”) created by other players. Luckily, there are two ways you can turn these off. What Is a Player Post in Splatoon 2? Splatoon 2 is an updated version of Splatoon,…

There’s nothing quite like reliving your childhood with your favorite retro games, but are emulators and ROMs legal? The internet will give you a lot of answers, but we talked to a lawyer to get a more definitive answer. Emulators are legal to download and use, however, sharing copyrighted ROMs online is illegal. There is no…

Maridav/Shutterstock The move from 2020 to 2021 might be the biggest in recent memory, and there’s never been a better time to get things in order. Things like your health, your habits, and your goals. But that “perspective” tends to go away after a week or two. If you want your resolutions to stick, you’ll…

Maksim Labkousky/Shutterstock What does it mean when a friend or coworker takes a bathroom break and uses the term “BRB”?We’ll explain what the popular acronym means, and how to use it properly. “Be Right Back” BRB stands for “be right back.” It’s used in online messaging and chatting when you have to leave your device…

Kristian Tysse Stargate SG-1 is one of our time’s finest sci-fi series, thanks to smart writing, excellent acting, and the sense to not take itself too seriously. If you’re a fan, you probably dreamed of stepping through the stargate and visiting another world. Well, that’s still not possible, but this Raspberry Pi-powered replica might be the…

Nvidia If you own a ton of DVDs, digging them out to watch a movie or show you love can be painful. And that’s why you should consider digitizing them and creating a Plex server. Setting up a Plex server is like creating your own personal Netflix for the stuff you own. It used to…

On a Nintendo Switch, you can mark certain friends as your “Best Friends.” These people are your core group of trusted friends. Here’s what a Best Friend is and how to take full advantage of the special status in Settings. What Does the “Best Friends” Feature Do? “Best Friend” status on the Nintendo Switch is partly…

oasisamuel/Shuttertstock The Digital Crown is an integral part of your Apple Watch. You use it to scroll, change the volume, and more. But the haptic feedback for every rotation can be quite annoying. Here’s how to disable it. You can disable the haptic feedback from the Apple Watch’s “Settings” app. From your wearable’s home screen,…

Justin Duino Wireless charging comes in a ton of different shapes and sizes, from basic mats that charge your phone flat, stands that enable you to prop your phone up, or multi-device chargers that’ll juice up other devices such as your Apple Watch or AirPods in addition to your iPhone. But not all iPhones support…

Said Marroun Like everything in 2020, new movie releases were severely disrupted by the pandemic. But just because many movie theaters were closed doesn’t mean there weren’t great movies released throughout the year in a variety of formats. With the end of 2020, almost all of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year are…