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Four of the Weirdest Mac Apps That Are Actually Kinda Useful
Add some quirk to your computer.
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Raspberry Pi Starter Kits Are on Sale for Prime Day
Raspberry Pi starter kits are back on sale, and Prime Day is a great chance to find one at a discount.
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My Favorite 14TB Hard Drive Is 25% Off Right Now
Hoard all of your data on this reliable external hard drive.
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Prime Day Just Made These Chromebooks Even Cheaper
There are plenty of great deals on Chromebooks right now, some for less than $180.
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The Best Prime Day Deals on Laptops
Get a deep discount on a machine for college, work, or gaming—Apple laptops included.
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You Can Use Spotify Entirely From the Command Line
Spotify might be the least keyboard-friendly music player ever made—but not anymore.
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One of the Best Photoshop Alternatives Is Now Free for Six Months
The Affinity Suite is gunning for those switching over from Adobe products.
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The Quickest Ways to Convert HEIC to JPEG
If you can't open a photo from an iPhone, you probably need to convert from HEIC to JPG.
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How to Completely Customize Your Chromebook
You can make your Chromebook your own in all kinds of ways.
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My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This LG UltraGear Curved Gaming Monitor
The 45 UltraGear is an ultra-big, ultrawide curved monitor available at a $700 discount.
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How to Control the Volume of Individual Apps on Windows
Set volume levels just the way you like it.
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You Should Try 'MediaMate' to Control Audio and Video on Your Mac
See the current track every time you pause and switch out the ugly volume and brightness pop-ups.
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How to Take Full Control of Your Notifications on a Chromebook
You're in charge of alerts on ChromeOS.
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My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This LG UltraWide Monitor
Get an LG UltraWide Full HD monitor for $167, down from $250.
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My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 Gaming Monitor
The new Odyssey OLED G8 can use AI to transform lower-res streaming content into near-4K UHD, and it comes with a $300 gift card.
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The Best Ways Everyone Should Customize Windows 11
You can personalize Windows 11 more than you might think.
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Microsoft's New 'Recall' Feature Is Equal Parts Cool and Dangerous
How does a feature that records everything you do on your PC sound?
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This Dell Monitor Is on Sale and Comes With a $50 eGift Card
This 24-inch LED IPS monitor has integrated speakers and a 100Hz refresh rate.
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Ventoy Is a Better Way to Make a Bootable Disk for PC and Linux
Just fill a partition with bootable images, other files, and you're good to go.
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How to Control Which Apps Automatically Open When Your Boot Up Your PC
Stop heavy apps from slowing down your Windows boot up.