Every Google account comes with 15 gigabytes of free cloud storage shared across Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail. But with videos of your kids, hi-res photos of your pets, and work files, that space doesn’t stretch far these days. Google One is the company's subscription cloud storage service, with …
Read More »How to Order Your Free At-Home Covid-19 Tests
Starting in late September, a set of four free Covid-19 test kits can once again be ordered online from the US government with just a few clicks and mailed directly to your home. The kits can be sent to every household in the US—even US territories and military addresses. Because …
Read More »How to Use Discord: A Beginner’s Guide
The communication platform Discord has expanded greatly over the nine-ish years since its launch, growing from a humble bit of chat software into a juggernaut of the social internet. Users love it for texting, voice calls, or video calls with friends or strangers with common interests. It’s like Zoom, but …
Read More »How to Back Up Your Android Phone
Your phone is the guardian of your digital life. It has that video of your child’s first words, the heart-warming message from your significant other that never fails to cheer you up, and the latest save from your favorite mobile game. You have invested time in getting it just the …
Read More »What Does a 120-Hz Refresh Rate Mean, Anyway?
Many of our favorite TVs and monitors today boast displays with high refresh rates that promise smoother onscreen action and a sharper picture. Many of the best Android phones and all of Apple's iPhone Pro models (from the 13 Pro on) can reach a 120-Hz refresh rate. High refresh rates …
Read More »Hey Students, You Can Get Discounts With Your College Email. Here's How
Going to college is expensive. Between tuition, textbooks, and beer, there isn’t always a lot of wiggle room in the budget. Tack on the skyrocketing cost of living, and you might be wondering just how you’re supposed to manage your money. One way to stretch those dollars further is by …
Read More »How to Watch the 2024 Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics are back! After a thoroughly weird 2020 Tokyo Games—which actually took place in 2021 and largely happened without crowds of spectators because of Covid-related restrictions—we're returning to the relative normalcy of the hyped up, enormously crowded, in-person spectacles of Olympics past. The 2024 Summer Olympics are taking …
Read More »How to Choose the Right Laptop: A Step-by-Step Guide
Buying a laptop is an exercise in confusion. Even if you know what everything means and know exactly what you want, finding it can be difficult. Heck, just navigating the manufacturers' websites to locate the model you want is frustrating. We hope this guide will help you navigate the morass …
Read More »Here’s the Right Way to Rescue a Soaking Wet Smartphone
It fell in the toilet. Your clumsy partner knocked a glass of water onto it. You forgot it was in your pocket when you jumped into the pool. That's just a few of the hundreds of ways your phone could come into life-threatening contact with liquid. Now what? Well, definitely …
Read More »How to Back Up Your Emails in Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud
Backing up your emails, no matter what provider you use, is important because access to your digital collection of messages is less permanent than you might initially think. There are multiple points of failure to consider—what happens if something in the cloud breaks, or your connection to the internet does? …
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