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Amazon There are tons of smart home products on the market today, and converting your home to a smart home is a project that’s never truly completed. There’s always something more than could be done, and if you have friends who are just starting that conversion then there are plenty of great gifts you can…

Shutterstock/ataliajakubcova Ready to run Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or 20.10 on your Raspberry Pi 4, but now sure how to get it setup without using a whole set of tools? This article will help you get setup in no time! Welcome to the Raspberry Pi 4 Raspberry Pi’s started from humble beginnings and scaled up to…

Rating: 8/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 – Shut Up And Take…

If you want to run a Shortcut created and shared by someone else on your iPhone or iPad, you first have to allow untrusted shortcuts to be saved to your device. If this option is grayed out in Settings, though, there’s a way to fix it. The Problem Normally, when you want to run an…

George Rudy/Shutterstock Looking for the perfect gift for that busy mom, who’s always running around doing a million different things? We’ve got more than a few ideas. Moms are constantly busy. Whether they work, stay home, or work from home, most of their time is spent on their little ones, nevermind trying to take care…

Shutterstock/Mangostar Data breaches have always been disastrous, and new data privacy laws compel organizations to protect data subjects making the impact of breaches even worse. A Data Breach Policy will help protect you. Data and Privacy Protection Legislation Organizations that hold or process personal data have duties placed upon them to protect and safeguard that…

OnePlus In-display fingerprint scanning is like magic! You touch the screen, it reads your fingerprint, and then it instantly unlocks your phone. Let’s look at the technology behind the magic. Moving Away from Physical Scanners Apple Fingerprint scanning, like other forms of biometric recognition, is nothing new to computing devices. While scanners have been on…

Julia Sudnitskaya/Shutterstock.com Odds are, you’ve heard about crowdfunding or even donated to a crowdfunded campaign on sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The two sites are extremely popular crowdfunding platforms, especially for helping creative projects raise money. We investigated each site to see what makes them tick and to learn what the pros and cons are…

DenPhotos/Shutterstock.com Hey, what’s that song? Your iPhone can listen to any song playing nearby and tell you. You don’t need any apps—multiple song identification tools are built right into your iPhone. Apple even purchased Shazam, a popular music recognition app. Here’s how music recognition features work: When you tell your iPhone to listen for a…

Justin Duino Apple acquired Shazam, a service that listens to and identities music playing around you, in 2018. Although it’s still a standalone app, Apple has integrated its music recognition feature into the iPhone and iPad. Here’s how to add a Shazam button to your device’s Control Center. Before we begin, note that you do…

DJI Last year’s DJI Mavic Mini dominated the market for small affordable drones, but lacked the high range and 4K video of its competition. Now, the newly-announced DJI Mini 2 improves on every aspect of the Mavic Mini and costs just $50 more at $450. The DJI Mini 2 is on sale today, just in…

Razer While Razer has typically been known for its gaming computers, the company has announced the Book 13, a laptop catered towards productivity and business customers. You’ll be able to purchase it sometime in November, with a starting price of $1,199.99. For the most part, the design looks very similar to Razer’s other gaming laptops.…

Tupungato/Shutterstock When you see the name SEGA, you might think of Sonic the Hedgehog or the Dreamcast console, but that’s not all the company does. SEGA has a long history in the arcade realm, making arcade machines like OutRun and running arcade emporiums. That latter example is coming to an end, though, as SEGA sold its arcade businesses thanks…

Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! LEGO will be releasing its highly-detailed rendition of the Ghostbusters ECTO-1 on November 15. This model of the famous Cadillac-Miller-Meteor ambulance is based on the  Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie version. Though the movie doesn’t come out until March 2021, this LEGO set will help you zap ’em and trap ’em in…

One of the easiest ways to customize a device is by changing its background. Because the home screen on your Android TV is likely pretty large, you probably want to change its wallpaper—but can you? The short answer is no. Unfortunately, that’s also the long answer. Android TV has gone through several revisions, but the…

Sony Buying a launch-day PlayStation 5 just got a lot harder. To minimize the spread of COVID-19, Sony says that it will not sell the PS5 in-store on the November 12th launch day. People who want a day-one console have to order it online from Walmart, Best Buy, or another major retail outlet. Sony advises…

Twin Design/Shutterstock Apple Watch’s Theater mode (Cinema mode) stops the screen from lighting up every time you move your arm. What if you could enable this automatically at any given time? Here’s how to automatically stop Apple Watch from lighting up. If you don’t like your Apple Watch lighting up when you’re at work or…

Setting up a new surround sound configuration can be daunting with so many speakers to position properly. Luckily, Windows 10 includes a small built-in test program that can help you set it up. Here’s how to access it. First, right-click the speaker icon in your taskbar and select “Sounds” from the menu that pops up.…