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Whether you’re planning a beach date or a boat ride, a good cooler is a necessity. And like all YETI products, the YETI Tundra 45 is ridiculously durable and well-insulated, with ice retention of up to 10 days. So, how does this work? Simple. We’re giving away four YETI Tundra 45 coolers and all you have to…

Nanoleaf Back in January at CES 2020, Nanoleaf unveiled its latest product, dubbed Shapes. The company, well-known for fantastic looking yet expensive light panels, promised to solve a common complaint: compatibility. Going forward, every new Shape released would work with the ones that came before. It started with Hexagons, and now we have the next…

Motorola Motorola’s been making a name for itself with budget and midrange phones for years, and now it’s teaming up with Verizon to combine that acumen with Ultra Wideband 5G. The new Motorola One 5G UW (for “Unexpectedly Wet,” just kidding it’s Ultra Wideband) was announced as a network exclusive. It’s on sale now for…

Google Maps has a few quirky little features that can personalize your experience if you know where to find them. For instance, you can change the navigation icon to a car, SUV, or truck. Here’s how. The default Google Maps navigation icon is the familiar triangle with an inverted base that you see on many…

Zoom Zoom is introducing an optional end-to-end encryption tool to keep prying eyes out of private meetings. The end-to-end encryption offering, which is still a technical preview, launches the week of October 20th for free and paid users. Still, Zoom says that encrypted calls are missing a few features, like live transcription and cloud recording.…

Sony There’s a lot of things to love about the PlayStation 4. The home screen and settings user interface isn’t one of them. Sony used an entire blog post and an 11-minute video to outline the interface on the upcoming PlayStation 5, highlighting the improvements and integrations with games and media. The interface appears to…

Nintendo When it comes to buying games for younger kids, you want to make sure they’re going to be a good balance of fun while not being overly challenging. It’s a difficult tightrope to walk, especially if you’re unfamiliar with games on the whole. But don’t worry, if you have a little one who is…

When you’re analyzing complex data sets in Google Sheets, you can take advantage of its built-in sorting feature to organize the data. You can sort by individual columns or, for more complex data, you can sort by multiple columns. To do this, you’ll need to open your Google Sheets spreadsheet and select the data set…

Google When it comes to branding, Google isn’t the best at eliminating confusion. The lines between the company’s streaming products got even blurrier with the introduction of the Chromecast with Google TV. So, what exactly is the difference between Chromecast and Google TV? Let’s break it down! The mess that is Google Home and Nest…

Rating: 9/10 ? 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…

Dell Dell isn’t waiting for the traditional day after Thanksgiving to start its Black Friday sales. Starting today and over the next seven weeks, the company has doorbusters and discounts on laptops, desktops, and more. If you’re in the market for a Dell, now might be the time to bite the bullet. To start the…

Arcade1Up Arcade1Up is taking a side step out of arcade machines for a moment and introducing a new coffee table-like device that plays board games. The company first announced the Infinity Table in late September, and now it’s up for preorder on Kickstarter. Some of the biggest questions we’ve had since Arcade1Up announced the Infinity…

Are you tired of your iPhone or iPad “fixing” typos when they’re actually correct words, names, places, or terms? Then you should consider turning off auto-correct, which is an easy fix in Settings. Here’s how to do it. Why Does Auto-Correct Feel So Frustrating? When your iPhone or iPad corrects a word automatically, it’s drawing…

Jan J. Photography/Shutterstock Opening small gifts for weeks before Christmas? Sounds like a big self-care mood! These awesome advent calendars are sure to fill December with joyful little moments for you or a lucky giftee. While there are lots of kid-friendly advent calendars, the advent calendar tradition is not just for kids. We think adults…

In order to force your website to load over SSL, you will likely need to incorporate redirection to push all insecure URLs to their secure counterpart. This is necessary to be sure that all users and pages support and utilize your SSL certificate to encrypt communications between your web server and visitor. Why Would I…

Analytics are important for any business that deal with lots of data. Elasticsearch is a log and index management tool that can be used to monitor the health of your server deployments and to glean useful insights from customer access logs. Why Is Data Collection Useful? Data is big business—most of the internet is free…

Syda Productions/Shutterstock You don’t have to break the law or to watch the shows and movies you care about. Here are four easy fulfilling ways to replace monthly fees with free on-demand and live TV. Keep in mind that free TV is usually ad-supported and that free streaming services tend to focus on a rotating…

Command-line environments like the Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell use spaces to separate commands and arguments—but file and folder names can also contain spaces. To specify a file path with a space inside it, you’ll need to “escape” it. Command Line 101: Why You Have to Escape Spaces “Escaping” a character changes its meaning. For…