Every time you use your browser, DNS is at play. DNS stands for Domain Name System and is responsible for translating IP addresses, such as 142.250.9.102, into domain names, such as google.com. Without DNS, everyo...
Alt text has been around for a long, long time. If you've never heard of it, the explanation is simple: Hover your cursor over an image. Essentially, alt text is what appears on a web page if an image fails to loa...
With Street View, you can see panoramic, street-level images of practically any place in the world. Captured by Google's fleet of specialized vehicles with high-resolution cameras, these images provide a virtual t...
Kerry Wan Anytime you create a new email account using Google, you get 15GB of storage, which is generous for coming with no price tag. But that 15GB can fill up quickly, especially because that chunk of data stora...
You may have used generative AI to create text, images, and even videos. But have you ever called on it to conjure up your own music? A few different text-to-music tools can act as virtual composers, but one worth...
Microsoft/Ubuntu PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management tool, designed and released by Microsoft, that consists of a command-line shell and a powerful scripting language. A lot of intermediate...
Stockbyte/Getty Images Wireless internet connections are convenient, but they're also notoriously unreliable. Nothing proves that point more emphatically than a glitchy video conference call, especially if it's tied to ...
PerlaStudio/Getty Images Between unencrypted messaging hacks, data breaches, and AI scam calls, smartphone-centered security threats appear to be everywhere. iVerify found that one type of spyware is trying to make...
Microsoft Copilot is one of the easier AI tools to use on Microsoft Windows. You can access it from the desktop or the web browser. If your operating system of choice is MacOS, there are a few options within...
Remember Twitter's blue checkmark? For a while, having one attached to your Twitter handle signified that you were notable or famous in some way. Twitter granted them sparingly. Then, as Twitter became X, the chec...
What to Know Selectthetaskbarand choose theSettingsgear to open Chrome's settings.SelectDevice>Keyboard. SelectCtrldrop-down menu and choose an option to modifyorselectTreat top-row keys as function keys or Enable auto repe...
Following the 2024 US presidential election, X (formerly known as Twitter) has experienced one of its largest user exoduses since Elon Musk acquired the platform two years ago. The day after the election, ab...