- How to Digitize Childhood Memories Trapped in Filmby J. D. Biersdorfer on 4 May 2022 at 15:27
If you have decades of family history stored on old slides and negatives, you can easily convert those pictures to digital photos.
- Some Muslims Are Using Digital Rings to Count Recitationsby Raja Abdulrahim on 30 April 2022 at 18:13
Much like the fitness tools that count steps, these electronic devices help keep a record of the day’s religious recitations.
- Truth Social Review: Trump’s Uncensored Social App Is Incompleteby Brian X. Chen on 28 April 2022 at 01:59
The Trump-backed social media app is inundated with phony accounts and features that don’t work. It also hides some posts, including those with curse words.
- Three Ways to Cut Your Tech Spending, as Prices Rise Everywhereby Brian X. Chen on 21 April 2022 at 05:35
Here’s how to be mindful about the tech subscriptions, phone bills and upgrades that drain our budgets.
- Una nueva estafa: los mensajes de texto no deseadoby Brian X. Chen on 14 April 2022 at 17:36
Los mensajes de texto basura están aumentando. Ahora los estafadores te envían textos que parecen generarse en tu propio teléfono. Así puedes protegerte.
- How to Choose a Mental Health Appby Christina Caron on 14 April 2022 at 12:31
There are thousands of apps that claim to promote mental well-being, but not all of them are safe or effective.
- In Elden Ring, the Struggle Feels Realby Brian X. Chen on 13 April 2022 at 19:01
The video game evokes the hardship and disappointment of the pandemic, but also the hope of human communion.
- Text Spam Is on the Rise. Here’s How to Spot It and What to Doby Brian X. Chen on 7 April 2022 at 03:17
Text spam is on the rise. The latest version involves scammers sending messages to you seemingly from your own phone number. Here’s what to do.
- How You’re Still Being Tracked on the Internetby Brian X. Chen and Daisuke Wakabayashi on 6 April 2022 at 15:20
Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage.
- How to Spot Scams That Mimic the IRS or Charitiesby J. D. Biersdorfer on 30 March 2022 at 13:00
Along with the annual wave of tax-related phishing attempts, fake Ukrainian war-relief charities are flooding the internet.
- John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83by Sam Roberts on 27 March 2022 at 14:39
He helped make the home computer ubiquitous by introducing the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80, which was so novel at the time that it became a museum piece.
- Yes, You Can Make Your Tech Survive Obsolescenceby Brian X. Chen on 23 March 2022 at 13:00
Our gadgets eventually become outdated, but here are workarounds to keep them alive and secure past when manufacturers say.
- Apple iPhone SE Review: A Phone for the Anti-Consumerby Brian X. Chen on 14 March 2022 at 18:10
Why spend more if you don’t have to? The new $430 iPhone meets all the criteria of what most of us need in a smartphone.
- Parents: Will You Vaccinate Your Young Kids?by The New York Times on 14 March 2022 at 09:00
We want to hear more about how parents are making decisions to vaccinate themselves and their children.
- Set Your Schedule in Your Smartphone’s Free Calendarby J. D. Biersdorfer on 2 March 2022 at 14:00
As daily life feels more familiar, apps from Apple and Google can keep you organized and get you to your in-person events on time.
- Can a Reality TV Show Sell You on a $2,298 E-Bike?by Peter C. Baker on 25 February 2022 at 18:17
Welcome to “Bike Hunters,” a Dutch YouTube series that promises to recover stolen e-bikes — but really makes you want one of your own.
- How Tech Can (and Can’t) Help You Fight Soaring Energy Billsby Brian X. Chen on 17 February 2022 at 16:20
Thermostats like Nest go a long way toward helping you use less energy, but the real problem-solvers are people.
- Fine-Tune and Prune Your Phone’s Contacts Listby J. D. Biersdorfer on 9 February 2022 at 14:00
Filling in more of the blanks and dumping duplicates opens up new ways to manage the people in your life.
- How The Sims Became the Internet’s Most Exciting Place to Eatby Nikita Richardson on 7 February 2022 at 19:25
The 22-year-old life-simulation video game has evolved into a world where players can farm, forage, cook and learn about the many ways people experience food.
- OMG, You’ll Never Believe What the Laser Vacuum Revealedby Brian X. Chen on 2 February 2022 at 23:14
High-tech vacuums and robotic mops are having their moment in a pandemic that has contributed to never-ending messes at home.