If you like audiobooks but don’t want to be tied down to Audible, there are actually some good free alternatives out there. Two that I recommend are Audiobookshelf and Storyteller. Both are self-hosted, which means…
Phones and computers don’t always play nice together, especially when you’re bouncing between the two–it can be super annoying. KDE Connect is a handy app that helps fix this issue by linking your devices and…
Our mobile phone cameras are taking increasingly better photos and videos, and this isn’t all good news. One of the consequences is that the files themselves are taking up more and more space, and this…
Opera hasn’t made much of a splash lately, with its most recent innovation being a new Paste Protect feature from July 2026 that blocks clipboard hijacking attacks. Indeed, it seems Opera is playing catch-up. The…
Running out of disk space on Windows 10/11 can trigger low disk space warnings and interfere with updates. In many cases, you can reclaim space without buying a larger drive or paid software. This guide…
Writing for a living means that I’m constantly converting text between Word documents and PDFs, or images into PNG or JPG files that I can use. Converting these files typically means either opening a separate…
It can be tough to justify shelling out for Photoshop if you only need to edit images every now and then. As an alternative, I recommend checking out Photopea. It’s a free image editor that…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros 36 free browser-based PDF tools Clean, intuitive interface Strong performance on routine PDF tasks No account or software installation required Cons Editing tools are limited PDF-to-Word conversion can lose…
The TV and Arcade elements are straightforward: paying iCloud+ subscribers gain access to these exactly as if they had a standalone subscription. But the Apple Music feature requires a little more explanation: “With an iCloud+…
The Microsoft PowerToys suite for Windows include the Command Palette, a tool that is often overlooked but actually offers a vast range of functions. For example, the program includes a search function that combines several…