Evil Week: How to Hide Porn on Your Windows PC
Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games,…
This Key on Your Mac Is Full of Hidden Shortcuts
Photo: dourleak (Shutterstock) When it comes to keyboard shortcuts on the Mac, the focus is often on Command, Control, Option, and Shift. However there’s another useful key with excellent keyboard…
Everything You Can Do With iPhone 15 Pro’s Action Button
Image: Apple With the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max, the mute switch is officially dead. In its place, you now get an Action button, similar to…
You Can Literally Make It Rain on Your Mac’s Desktop
There’s a magic to the early days of any tech that’s lost as it becomes more mainstream. The Mac is a great example of that: When it was still struggling…
You Should Be Browsing the Web in Split-Screen
Window management has come a long way (especially in Windows 11), but I still don’t like having two browser windows open side-by-side, essentially duplicating the entire browser experience. It’s easy…
You Can Try the New Windows 11 Volume Mixer Before It Comes Out
Photo: sdx15 (Shutterstock) You have multiple sources of audio running at any given moment on your PC, but no convenient way to manage them all. Yes, Windows has plenty of…
11 New Windows 11 Features You Need to Know About
Image: Microsoft You’re not dreaming: You can finally use iMessage on your Windows PC—if Microsoft picks you, that is. The feature is currently in early stages of testing for a…
This App Unlocks Your Mac’s Hidden Features
Photo: tinhkhuong (Shutterstock) Apple’s intent with the Mac is for your experience to be as easy to use as possible. At the same time, there’s also a rich world of…
How to Disable Those Annoying ‘Suggestion’ Ads on Your Windows PC
Photo: Lukmanazis (Shutterstock) When you buy a new Windows laptop, it keeps offering ads that are disguised as suggestions. But you already spent the money on the machine—you shouldn’t have…
How to Bring Back the Classic Taskbar on Windows 11
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak The Windows 11 taskbar gets worse with every release, and the widget popups and expanded Search bar aren’t helping. Here’s an idea, though: What if you nuke…