Joking aside, there are certain articles our readers really loved this year.

Let’s take a look back at the top ten.

In a very literal sense, these are the articles people read the most this year.

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Maybe you missed a couple of them.

As a result, you may find yourself curious about how to get in on the action.

Here’s how to make your own.

ByFergus O’Sullivan

It wouldn’t be a look back at 2022 without a mention ofNFTs.

How will we remember NFTs a few years from now?

However, its best April Fools' Day announcement wasn’t actually a joke at all.

It was a little thing called Gmail.

It just so happens that the history of Gmail was pretty interesting, too.

ByCorbin Davenport

Apple’s AirTags aren’t perfect.

For example, it costs only $30, but essentially needs accessories to be useful.

Anker’s version is $10 cheaper and has a built-in lanyard hole.

I think a lot of you bought one after reading this article.

7.Is Charging Your Phone All Night Bad For the Battery?

Smartphones have advanced a lot over the years, but they stillbasically last about a dayon a charge.

That means most of us are juicing up the battery all night while we sleep.

Is that good for the battery?

It makes sense that a lot of you were interested in answering this question.

Here’s why you’re able to stop.

ByJason Fitzpatrick

Personally, I love this bang out of article.

I don’t feel quite so bad about leaving lights on anymore.

5.How to Create Synthetic AI Art With Midjourney

AI-based image generatorslike DALL-E 2 have boomed in popularity.

People love to enter bizarre prompts and see what gets spit out.

Midjourney is one of the more advanced tools for this, and you might try it now.

ByJoe Fedewa

Another big story in 2022 was the rise of AI image generators.

As the year comes to an end, it’s still a topic of much debate.

Midjourney was one of the easiest to usebefore DALL-E 2 opened to the public.

It’s still one of the better options.

4.The Dream of In-Display Fingerprint Scanners Is Dead

Under-display fingerprint scanners were supposed to be great.

That was the dream, but in reality, they’re worse than the alternatives.

ByJoe Fedewa

This editorial was inspired by the Galaxy S22.

It had been a long time since I tried an in-display scanner, and I was thoroughly unimpressed.

After all that time to improve, this was the best we could do?

Thankfully,the Pixel 7 was better.

Here’s how you’re able to install and use Stable Diffusion on Windows.

ByNick Lewis

Stable Diffusion is another popular AI image editor that made waves in 2022.

The cool thing about Stable Diffusion is it can be run locally on your PC.

It’s pretty awesome if you have the hardware to do it.

For some, it’s a good idea.

But there are some strong reasons why most people might not need to.

We’ll explore the options.

ByBenj Edwards

It’s hot take time.

If you look around in the world, there are lots of people with cases on their phones.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 include more effective methods of saving power—and they also save you time.

Here’s what to do instead.

It’s annoying to shut down your Windows PC and wait for it to boot up.

It’s okay to keep it running.

Honorable Mention

There was a lot of other great stuff written on How-To Geek this year.

Here’s the 10 more popular articles from 2022 that just missed the cut.