How to Plan a Catch-Up Day Using Google Sheets

How to Plan a Catch-Up Day Using Google Sheets While you’re working hard to stay on top of your daily to-dos, you notice some tasks around your home are piling up. Things like cleaning the gutters or organizing a closet that you mean to get to, but higher priority items keep getting in the way. As undesirable as it sounds, you may need to plan a catch-up day and get them done all at once—or at least as many of them as possible....

March 29, 2025 · 4 min · 851 words · Susan Martinez DDS

HyperX is getting into mobile with its first Android-compatible game controller

HyperX is getting into mobile with its first Android-compatible game controller HyperX is a fairly well-known peripheral manufacturer that grew popular thanks to its affordable gaming headsets. The company operates as Hewlett Packard’s peripheral arm, now dabbling in all manner of hardware, such as mice, microphones, and keyboards. Well, sinceCES 2022is in full swing, HyperX has announced its very first gamepad, and it’s an Android-focused controller called the HyperX Clutch that will support Android and PC out of the box, and it even comes with a detachable mobile phone clip....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Andrew Burns

Nothing takes a page from OnePlus with an invite-only model for Phone 1 sales

Nothing takes a page from OnePlus with an invite-only model for Phone 1 sales TheNothing Phone 1has garnered a lot of attention for a phone that’s still not here, not least because ofthe company’s PR tacticsto get everyone constantly talking about the phone. Now we’re starting to get close to launch, andsome phone hardware has finally entered the picture, with reviewers like MKBHD getting to play with it, giving us another tease....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Caroline Nunez

Phone-less Google Maps is now rolling out to LTE-connected Wear OS watches

Phone-less Google Maps is now rolling out to LTE-connected Wear OS watches The entire Wear OS platform received a shot in the arm with the launch of Wear OS 3,reinvigorating developer interestin the ecosystem. Google led from the front, updating its suite of Wear OS apps with Material You and enhanced functionality. When Samsung unveiled its 2022 foldables and theGalaxy Watch 5lineup in August last year, Google revealed that it was working on aredesigned Wear OS Play Store and phoneless Google Maps navigation....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Nicole Ramirez

The best fitting earbuds you'll ever wear are down to $100 in this treat of an Anker deal

The best fitting earbuds you’ll ever wear are down to $100 in this treat of an Anker deal A pair oftruly excellent wireless earbudswith active noise canceling, and other popular features, are hard to find under $150. Just look at the $230Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, orSony’s $280 WF-1000XM4. But the Soundcore Liberty 3 Pro earbuds by Anker have somehow managed to pull it off. They offer great ANC with a transparency mode, they sound awesome, and right now, they’re just $100....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Danielle Wilson

The new, cheaper Chromecast with Google TV might look identical to the current model

The new, cheaper Chromecast with Google TV might look identical to the current model The Chromecast with Google TV was one of the very first smart TV devices running the company’s newGoogle TVinterface. It has since made its way to both streaming sticks and full-fat smart TVs alike, but it all started with Google’s in-house hardware. A new, cheaper version of the device is rumored to land sooner than later, and now, we have some pictures of this device in the flesh....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 387 words · Jerry Gilbert

The Philips Hue Signe Gradient Lamp is my new favorite smart light

The Philips Hue Signe Gradient Lamp is my new favorite smart light I’ve played with a fair few accent smart lights over the years from the likes of LIFX, Nanoleaf, and Govee, but Hue hardware is usually a cut above the rest. And so it should be given the high prices Philips charges for its products. Smart lights of the stick variety are very in vogue at the moment, so I was excited to try out Hue’s new Signe Gradient Table Lamp, and it did not disappoint....

March 29, 2025 · 4 min · 797 words · Nathan Mayer

What Is a Domain Fronting Attack and How Can You Prevent One?

What Is a Domain Fronting Attack and How Can You Prevent One? They say all is fair in war. Cybercriminals are going all out to win the cyberwar by implementing any means possible to attack unsuspecting victims for their data. They deploy the biggest deceptions to mask their identity and take you by surprise with techniques like domain-fronting attacks. That seemingly legitimate domain accessing your network may not be legitimate after all....

March 29, 2025 · 5 min · 1042 words · Jeffrey Rogers

YouTube TV adds new comedy and true crime channels to its lineup

YouTube TV adds new comedy and true crime channels to its lineup Streaming cable services like Sling TV, Hulu, andYouTube TVare slowly turning into something that looks a lot like regular commercial television, constantly adding more channels alongside some occasional price increases. Of course, there are still some key differences from traditional cable TV providers — no complicated contracts, and they are relatively affordable and have more flexible packages of channels....

March 29, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Mary Davis

5 Characteristics of a Good Open-Source Project

5 Characteristics of a Good Open-Source Project Open-source contribution is one of the highest sought skills today in tech. People have realized the benefits of using open-source technologies and the rewards of being part of these projects. Open-source development is an approach based on source code sharing and collaborative improvement. There are thousands of open-source projects on the internet. Open-source projects can be social media applications, project management software, and technical documentation....

March 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1119 words · Brian Taylor

How and When to Repair the Hosts File in macOS

How and When to Repair the Hosts File in macOS Every Mac has a “hosts” file. It’s a small plain text file that resides on your machine for the purpose of mapping its hostname to IP addresses. Its function is quite simple, and the average computer user may never have to interact with it unless an issue forces them to. The hosts file also tracks things like licenses when you do updates....

March 28, 2025 · 4 min · 852 words · Erin Miles

How to Use the Eye Dropper Chrome Extension to Get Any Hex Value

How to Use the Eye Dropper Chrome Extension to Get Any Hex Value When visiting a website, you may have come across particular colors that you really like. However, you would need either the RGB, HSL, or hex code in order to know the exact color if you want to use it yourself. Luckily, Google Chrome has various extensions to do just that. One of them is the Eye Dropper tool, which you may add to your Chrome browser and start using right away....

March 28, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Benjamin Hobbs

If you're buying a Galaxy S23 before Black Friday, you better buy it today

If you’re buying a Galaxy S23 before Black Friday, you better buy it today Samsung’s preorder window for the Galaxy S23 series comes to an end February 17 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time, so you have mere hours left to take advantage. Even playing it safe, theGalaxy S23 Ultrais without a doubt one of thebest Android phonesyou can buy today, and you should get the lowest price you can on one, which means getting it today before offers expire....

March 28, 2025 · 5 min · 861 words · Heather Webb