With LiDAR on certain iPhones and iPads, you can take sharper photos, run augmented reality apps, and play cool AR games. Here are several ways I like to use it. zdnet.com/article/8-re... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Want to play a game or use an app from your Android phone on your big-screen TV? Here are three ways to mirror your Android device to your television. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Ever get a friendly "Hi, how are you?" text from someone you don't know? That could an innocent mistake, or it could be a cybercriminal looking to scam you. zdnet.com/article/bewa... via @zdnet.bsky.social

I sometimes need to record my screen activity in Windows for a tutorial, a presentation, or an online class. Here are two free, built-in tools that I use. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Super God Mode is a cool tool for Windows that displays links to every app, feature, and setting so you can easily access them from one place. Here's how it works and why it's a time saver. zdnet.com/article/i-ac... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Google's Gemini AI can now analyze and work with your emails and files on Gmail, Drive, Docs, and Chat (with your permission). Here's how and what happened when I tried it. zdnet.com/article/i-le... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Need to transfer a bunch of photos from your Android phone to your Windows PC? Here are five ways to do that. zdnet.com/article/tran... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Switching to a different DNS provider other than your ISP can offer faster performance and better security. Here's how to do this on a Windows PC. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

T-Mobile's new Text to 911 option connects to Starlink satellites in areas where terrestrial cellular service isn't available. Plus, it's free for anyone with a compatible smartphone, including Verizon and AT&T customers. Here's how to sign up. zdnet.com/home-and-off... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Does Windows 10 tell you that support has ended even though you signed up for the extended updates? That's a bug, says Microsoft, which promises a fix in the future. zdnet.com/article/wind... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Looking for good (and inexpensive) seats at a concert or sporting event? Google's latest AI agent can find them and even help you buy the tickets. zdnet.com/article/goog... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Want to better protect your phone from hackers? Here are several tips from the NSA, including powering it off once a week. zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Google Chrome can now store and auto fill your driver's license, passport, and license plate number. The idea is to spare you from having to manually enter these items at a web page that requires them. But is this safe and secure? zdnet.com/article/chro... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Need to help a fellow iPhone user with some technical trouble? Here's how you can connect to their phone and even control it (with their permission, of course). zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

With the release of iOS 26.1 for your iPhone, you can now tweak Liquid Glass to reduce the transparency. And there are other surprises in this latest iOS update. zdnet.com/article/not-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Weak and compromised employee passwords pose the greatest security risk to businesses, says a new study. But there are steps you can take to build toward a passwordless future. zdnet.com/article/5-st... via @zdnet.bsky.social

You can create and swap out different faces for your Apple Watch. Here's how. pcmag.com/how-to/chang...

Being rude to an AI could actually result in more accurate responses. But that doesn't mean you want to hurl F-bombs at it. zdnet.com/article/want... via @zdnet.bsky.social

I normally use my iPhone to send and receive text messages. But if my phone isn't handy, I can easily access my messages on my Windows PC. Here's how. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Not a fan of Apple's new Liquid glass design? You can't turn it off but you can tone it down. Here's how to do that on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. pcmag.com/how-to/how-t...

A new bug in Windows 11 causes Task Manager to keep replicating itself, hogging up more memory and system resources. But there is a workaround, at least until Microsoft fixes the glitch. zdnet.com/article/wind... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Your Apple Watch offers a variety of features to help you get fit and stay healthy. Here are 15 of them. pcmag.com/how-to/get-h...

God Mode is a cool, hidden feature in Windows that shows you all the key settings on one single screen. Here's how to set it up and use it. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Still don't like the Windows 11 Start menu even after the latest update? Why not try a Start menu replacement? My favorite is Start11, but there are other options available. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Using Stage Manager on your Mac, you can open and view more than one app on the screen at the same time and even drag and drop text and images from one to another. pcmag.com/how-to/declu...

Don't like the Windows 11 Start menu? Microsoft has revamped it to address some of the complaints. Here how to try the new (and improved) Start menu. zdnet.com/article/micr... via @zdnet.bsky.social

You can use Apple's Messages app as a calculator and converter. Here's how and why. zdnet.com/article/your... via @zdnet.bsky.social

ChatGPT Go is being offered free for a whole year in India. Here's what it offers and how to sign up. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Bumping into more typos on your iPhone lately? You're not alone. A strange software glitch could be responsible. zdnet.com/article/this... via @zdnet.bsky.social

You can still upgrade your Windows 10 PC to Windows 11, even if it's not technically supported. Here's how. pcmag.com/how-to/heres...

Do you authenticate your X, aka Twitter, account with a physical security key? If so, you'll have to re-enroll it soon or you'll be locked out of your account. zdnet.com/article/do-y... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Google Gemini AI can now generate a slide show presentation for you if you're having trouble getting started. zdnet.com/article/goog... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Apple's Safari is capable of a lot more than just just basic web browsing. Here are 20 cool features to try pcmag.com/how-to/hidde...

The Apple Messages app can do a lot more than just exchange simple text messages. Here are a bunch of tricks up its sleeve. pcmag.com/how-to/cool-...

The Snipping Tool in Windows 11 lets you take screenshots of text, images, and other items on your screen. Now the tool's new visual search feature uses Microsoft Bing to find information about the items you capture. zdnet.com/article/wind... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Microsoft has added AI to several built-in Windows apps, including Notepad, Photos, and Paint. Here's how to use their latest AI skills to refine text and images. pcmag.com/how-to/micro...

Apple's Notes app has a lot of features and skills you may not know about. Here are 25 cool things you can do with it. pcmag.com/how-to/thing...

Frustrated by unwanted people and other elements ruining your photos? Here's how to easily remove them. pcmag.com/how-to/perfe...

Don't like the Windows 11 Start menu? Microsoft is rolling out a new update that promises to fix some of its flaws. Here's how. zdnet.com/article/majo... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Ever need to watch a long YouTube video just to get to a specific moment? The free AI-based TLDW tool saves time by finding all the key moments in a video for you. zdnet.com/article/long... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Want to learn AI for free? You can now try out Google’s new virtual classroom with thousands of AI classes and labs. zdnet.com/article/want... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Apple's Liquid Glass design looks cool but can make icons and other screen elements hard to see. The next update to IOS 26 aims to remedy that with a way to make Liquid Glass less transparent. zdnet.com/article/liqu... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Microsoft has patched a bug in Windows 11 that prevented people from using the recovery environment to resolve boot-up problems. Here's how to download the patch ASAP. zdnet.com/article/runn... via @zdnet.bsky.social

A glitch from the Windows 11 October update prevents you from using your mouse and keyboard with the Windows Recovery Environment. But Microsoft promises a fix very soon. zdnet.com/article/wind... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Microsoft will continue to provide critical security patches for Windows 10 through its extended updates program. But signing up isn't always easy. Here's what to do if you run into trouble. zdnet.com/article/cant... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Google just made it a lot easier to recover your account if you're ever locked out. Here's how. zdnet.com/article/set-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

The built-in Microsoft Defender will continue to work in Windows 10 to combat viruses and other threats. But is that enough to fully protect you?https://zdnet.com/article/still-on-windows-10-heres-what-microsoft-defender-can-and-cant-do-for-you/ via @zdnet.bsky.social

Ever have trouble finding a specific setting in Windows? This new Copilot trick will try to show you the way. zdnet.com/article/this... via @zdnet.bsky.social

You can shut down or restart your iPhone without using the power button. Here are five different ways. zdnet.com/article/how-... via @zdnet.bsky.social

Tuesday marked the final official monthly update for Windows 10. Whether you're still on version 10 or have moved to Windows 11, be sure to install this update as it's packed with more than 170 security fixes, some of them critical. zdnet.com/article/wind... via @zdnet.bsky.social