Tips and Tricks

Most of us get noise canceling headphones to escape the soundscape of our city or even block noisy children if you're not the only adult to take home. As more of us start working at home, we can view ANC headphones differently. Rather than just being toys, noise-canceling headphones can be a productivity tool. Time to see how you can …

Do you have an Audible subscription that you don't use? No more tricks to learn your Echo Dot or Google Nest Mini? What if we told you there is a way to seamlessly combine your digital audiobooks with your favorite voice assistant? In this step-by-step guide, we provide an overview of the audiobook services available for Amazon Alexa and Google …

Sarah Tew / CNET Video conferencing software Zoom has recently attracted the attention of researchers and journalists to a number of potential privacy and security issues, as the use of the platform increases due to an increase in coronavirus -related remote work. One of the biggest security concerns that Zoom faces is the wave of "Zoombombing" when uninvited participants break …

Microsoft returned to its roots with Windows 10, adding the successor to its now-defunct Internet Explorer browser: Microsoft Edge. It is designed to completely replace Microsoft's older browser (yay!), But confronts users with a completely new interface (not yay!). Although Microsoft Edge has been around for a few years, it is still the new kid on the block, meaning bugs …

While hackers have taken advantage of numerous vulnerabilities in Adobe's products to deliver payloads to Windows users via PDF files, a malicious PDF file can also wreak havoc on a Mac running the default Preview app used. So think twice before double-clicking a PDF opened on your MacBook – it might just be a Trojan with a rootkit in it. …

In order for the Pixel 4 unlock feature to work in the dark, Google needed to add an IR camera to the front. If you download a specific app, you can actually see a live feed from this camera. It is real night vision for your phone and it is completely free. So grab HedgeCam 2 from the Play Store. …

If an app has errors, go to the App Info page in Settings and click the & # 39; Force Stop & # 39; button. And since all software has bugs, this is quite a useful feature. But now that Samsung's Settings app has had a makeover with the Android 10 and One UI 2 update, it can be hard …

As part of the incentive package, you may receive a payment from the government. Angela Lang / CNET US taxpayers may be eligible for up to $ 1,200 each for economic stimulus payments that are part of the government's $ 2 trillion aid package intended to mitigate the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic . ]. It is estimated that …

On February 26 of this year, Zoom had added more users to its service than all of 2019. This is likely due to COVID- 19, which recently month has forced thousands of people to work from home. That means that thousands of people now have to endure daily video calls. Ugh. Fortunately, the popular web conferencing app Zoom has a …

For those who are not used to it, working from home can be a difficult transition. Everything around you can be a distraction, and distance from your boss and colleagues means less pressure and incentive to get things done. So it's not surprising that productivity drops during a period of self-quarantine, but your phone can help you stay on track …