Apple's WWDC 2024 Event Is Set for June

Apples biggest event every year is the Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC for short. Afew reportspoint to new AI features, which could give the Siri voice assistant a much-needed boost. Hopefully, Apple taking its time with AI integration means the features will be a bit more polished.

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 47 words · Stephanie Nichols

It’s a Great Time to Start a Blu-Ray Collection—Yes, Really

Summary Theres no disputing the convenience offered by streaming services, but theyre far from perfect. As a result, quality suffers. By comparison, a Blu-Ray disc can hold up to 128GB of data. Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek One area where youll notice the difference is in dark scenes, where streaming compression causes macro blocking. This is visible as small squares in dimly lit scenes where detail has been lost. Its unsightly and can obscure some of the finer details in the scene....

March 26, 2024 · 2 min · 325 words · Lawrence Hernandez

Philips Hue Improves Light Sync With Samsung TVs, but There’s a Catch

Thats now changing, but its not all good news. The sync effect can also be started or stopped from SmartThings. Even though the software integration between Hue and SmartThings has improved, you stillneed a specific setupfor synchronized lights. Philips Hue Yes, thats on top of the purchase price of the lights and the TV. Wow, thats so much better. Samsung also recentlyopened pre-orders for its 2024 smart TV lineup, which includes several QLED and OLED models....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Brian Newton

Samsung's New Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Almost Seems Old

The 2024 Galaxy Tab S9 Lite sports a compact and simple design. An integrated S Pen stylus is also included for note-taking or illustrating. The only difference between the 2024 and 2022 Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is the processor. Andrew Heinzman / How-To Geek Presumably, this unspecified chipset is the Exynos 1280, which is now about two years old. But it’s asemi-substantial upgradefrom the Snapdragon 720G, which is itself a four-year-old chipset....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 136 words · Terry Reeves

Stop Wasting Time Making Excel Formulas, Use ChatGPT Instead

Additionally, this guide focuses on the free version of ChatGPT based on the GPT 3.5 model. ChatGPT offers you an easy way to create Excel formulas with zero practical experience required. In this example, I have an assortment of orders for various items with varying prices and profit margins. My goal is to calculate the revenue and profit for each order. After implementing the formula, I was once again left with exactly what I was looking for....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 205 words · Colleen Hill

Synology BeeStation Review: Say Goodbye to Dropbox and Google Photos

Back up files from Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and external drives to one central place. Super-Duper Simple Setup Setting up a NAS gear isnothow I’d like to spend an afternoon. Fortunately, the BeeSation setup process only took a few minutes of my time. Jerome Thomas / How-To Geek There are a few ways to interact with the BeeStation. Those who want to regularly pull up the BeeStation from a computer should use theBeeStation for Desktopinterface....

March 26, 2024 · 4 min · 693 words · Cynthia Martinez

Telegram Wants to Use Your Phone Number to Send One-Time Codes

Telegramis rolling out a program in some countries to offer users a free Premium subscriptions. All it’s crucial that you do is loan your phone number to Telegram. Not in the literal sense, but sort of that. Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek A win win for everyone, right? While you have the option to do this, we definitely don’t recommend it. Also,maybe try Signal.

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 64 words · James Rocha

Today's Connections Answer and Hints for March 26 (#294)

It sounds easy, but it isn’tConnections categories can be almost anything, and they’re usually quite specific. If you need a hand getting the answers, we’ve got you covered. What Is Connections? Connections is a puzzle game from the New York Times. The objective is simple: sort 16 words into groups of 4. Each group of words will be connected by some common idea or theme. Once you’re confident, select 4 words, then hit “Submit....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 197 words · Samantha Carson

Today's Wordle Answer and Hints for March 26 (#1011)

Stuck and need the answer to today’s wordle? We’ve got you covered. We’ll update this article daily. FP Creative Stock / Shutterstock.com The hints and answers today are for March 26, 2024, or Wordle #1011. The answer to yesterday’s Wordle#1010wasSally. The first letter of today’s Wordle is M. What Is Today’s Wordle Answer? The answer to the Wordle on March 26th is:Mayor. It comes to English from the Latin word “maior” (sometimes written major)....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 167 words · Joseph Holmes

UGREEN Kicks Off NAS Crowdfunding with an Early Bird Discount

UGREEN just opened a Kickstarter campaign for its first NAS devices. During its crowdfunding period, UGREEN is offering up to40% off each modelin the NASync collection. We got anearly lookat the UGREEN NASync lineup during CES 2024. Andrew Heinzman / How-To Geek Each unit can utilize 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch HDDs and comes with two additional M.2 SSD slots. Interestingly, there’s also an SSD-only unit (DXP480T Plus) with four M.2 slots....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 146 words · Peter Brown

What Screen Size, Resolution, and Refresh Rate Do You Need on a Gaming Laptop?

However, your screen choice is far more important in a gaming laptop than usual. Preferably while offering good color reproduction! However, this panel technology is known for its washed-out look compared to the more popular IPS panel technology. Justin Duino / How-To Geek Which Resolution Should Your Gaming Laptop Have? Gaming laptops now often come with a 1440p option, which sounds like a good idea. Not when playing games. On older titles it’s possible for you to use old-schoolsupersamplingto compensate....

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · April Tucker

Windows 11 is Hiding The Old Task Manager

The old Task Manager still looks mostly the same as it did before the Windows 11 22H2 update. Theres also a 32-bit version stored atC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Taskmgr.exe.

March 26, 2024 · 1 min · 25 words · Rebecca Finley

Anker EverFrost Dual-Zone Powered Cooler 50 Review: Packed With Tech, Not Ice

Design: Big and Modern The EverFrost 50 features a modern gray aesthetic with black accents. It’s a solid, well-built unit. The cooler measures a generous 37.9 x 16.9 x 19.1 inches. Bill Loguidice / How-To Geek It’s also heavy at 55.8lbs, not counting the battery pack, which adds more than four pounds. Considering you never need to add ice, unless you want to, the weight is not necessarily unreasonable. Storage baskets for each of the two compartments are pre-installed but removable....

March 25, 2024 · 3 min · 479 words · Taylor Hogan