How to mirror your Samsung phone on Windows
How to mirror your Samsung phone on Windows If you’re a Windows and Android user who has been envying the iPhone mirroring capabilities of macOS, there is a similar feature you can use â albeit with a caveat. First, the good news: this is a free tool thatâs built right into Windows 11, with no […]
How to find images in Google Photos
How to find images in Google Photos Google Photos makes backing up photos and videos from your phone pretty seamless: set it to work in the background and all your precious memories are saved to the cloud without you having to do anything else.  The smoothness of this process does tend to mean you can […]
How to hide faces and scrub metadata when you photograph a protest
How to hide faces and scrub metadata when you photograph a protest While showing up at a protest can demonstrate your opinion to the world, you may not want your face â or the faces of other protesters â to be included, especially when there is the possibility that authorities will collect and use that […]
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
How to secure your phone before attending a protest Back in June of 2020, when this article was first written, people were taking to the streets to organize for justice and protest against systemic racism and police brutality. It was revised two years later when people were taking to the streets to protest the possibility that […]
How to get TikTok back on your phone if you deleted it after the ban
How to get TikTok back on your phone if you deleted it after the ban TikTokâs app is still working for people in the US â as long as itâs already on their phone. While the service quickly returned after the brief shutdown in January, the app itself is no longer available on either Appleâs App […]
How to hide files and folders on macOS
How to hide files and folders on macOS When you set up a new Mac, youâre instructed to keep it locked down with a password, a Touch ID, and / or an Apple Watch authorization. But you can’t guarantee that your macOS system will only be seen by you and you alone. Maybe your kids […]
How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups
How to enable end-to-end encryption for your iCloud backups Your iCloud data is about to get a lot more secure. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Apple has advanced security features that you can enable to protect more of your data. Among other things, it includes highly secure end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups […]
Six ways to send a message to your representatives
Six ways to send a message to your representatives We are living through what can charitably be called interesting times, and one of the questions that many people are asking is: âWhat can I do?â One answer to that question â no matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on â is to […]
Threads now lets you share your custom feeds
Threads now lets you share your custom feeds Threads will now let you share the custom feeds you’ve created, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. This means other users can pin your custom feed to their homepage, giving them access to the same stream of curated content. Threads first rolled out custom feeds in […]
How to hide files and folders on Windows
How to hide files and folders on Windows While your Windows computer should be pretty well locked down with a password or maybe even some kind of biometric protection, it’s impossible to guarantee that no one else is ever going to get access to it, whether itâs a thief swiping your unlocked laptop from a […]