Google Pixel Watch 2: Specs, launch date and everything else you need to know

After months of rumours and speculation, the second-generation GooglePixel Watchhas finally arrived. It brings with it an updated design as well as a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 5100 processor, so it could prove to be a fairly different experience from the first-generation watch. If you’re excited to learn more about Google’s latest smartwatch, you’re in the right place. We’ve rounded up all the details for you to peruse, right here. Google Pixel Watch 2 With improved performance, better battery life and more styling options, it’s safe to say that the Pixel Watch 2 is Google’s best smartwatch yet....

August 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1075 words · Kimberly Hoffman

Google’s new Chrome add-on gives you a rundown of all the ads on a webpage

Nearly every website today hides underneath dozens of entities and trackers that monitor your activities in the background. Google wants to bring more transparency to the experience and it’s doing so with a new Chrome add-on appropriately calledAds Transparency Spotlight. Ads Transparency Spotlight is part of Google’s ongoing efforts to offer more transparency into its ads platform and inform users about how their data is being targeted online. Whenever you visit a webpage, you can simply launch the extension and it will sift through it to give you a rundown of all the displayed ads and the trackers working behind-the-scenes watching your every move....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Randall Hernandez

How to change the alarm sound on your iPhone

Setting a different sound for your daily wake-up alarm on youriPhoneis a great way to change up the sound that wakes you up daily, especially if you’re prone to sleeping through it. Not to mention, you can use different sounds for different alarms as a way to keep you on track while at work, remind yourself to take something out of the oven, or whatever the case may be. Best iPhone deals: Get the 15 Plus or 15 Pro for free with trade-in Prices continue to drop on both new iPhones and refurbished models....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Sara Mcneil

How to Change Your Character in Gotham Knights

Gotham Knights allow the players to play as four different members of the bat family. You can control Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and Red Hood. Who you choose is up to you, but you might wonder if you’re locked into that decision. Here is how to change your character in Gotham Knights. How to Change Your Character in Gotham Knights If you decide you want to play as a different character in Gotham Knights, you can change characters at any time once you’ve unlocked the main hub area known as The Belfry....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Karen Tanner

How to download videos from X (Twitter)

Twitter (or rather X, as Elon Musk would like you to call it), aside from all the pointless drama and discussions, also has a lot of fun stuff to scroll through. Sometimes you see a funny meme, or maybe a cool video that you want to remember and share later. Unfortunately, even though downloading images from the platform is easy, the same cannot be said about videos. For the longest time, getting your hands on a video file from Twitter was a real pain, and to some degree, it still is....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 556 words · Kimberly Bass

How to download YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad and Mac

How to download YouTube videos on iPhone, iPad and Mac Downloading YouTube videos on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac is easy. We’ll show you how to do it, whether you have a premium subscription or are looking for a free method. YouTubeis an important platform that’s not only home to millions of videos but also a widely used search engine. It houses all kinds of content in abundant quantity, be it documentaries, music, sports, news, vlogs, orcreator content....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 583 words · Daniel Wright

How To Enable Night Shift On iPhone (And Why You Need To)

How To Enable Night Shift On iPhone (And Why You Need To) If you’re not using Night Shift — an iPhone display feature introduced by Apple way back in March 2016 withthe release of iOS 9.3— it’s time to start. Studies have shown that by allowing Night Shift to automatically adjust the colors emitted from your backlit iPhone, you could be protecting your eyesight and improving your quality of sleep. This means that you can enjoy a more restful evening and wake up with more energy in the morning....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 837 words · Denise Floyd

How to properly mount your TV

A nice, well-placedTV with a large, crisp displayis the cherry on top of a well-furnished living room. Whether you like watching TV, usingstreaming servicesorYouTube, or maybe playing games while lying on the couch, it’s a great centerpiece of every house and a great place to rest and chill. However, with the TVs getting thinner and lighter, and the trends in interior design getting increasingly minimalist, putting your TV on a TV stand is a thing of the past now....

August 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1903 words · Emily Gray

How to stream Ezviz cameras to Google Nest Hub or Chromecast

Ezviz sells a wide range of smart home security cameras, and they play pretty nicely withGoogle Homeif you want to integrate them into your existing ecosystem. However, if you attempt to stream the live camera feed to yourNest HuborChromecast, you’ll likely find that it’s not working as expected. Don’t worry, though, the fix is super-easy and we’ll take you through all the steps, including setting up your device in Google Home, if you’ve not done it already....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 283 words · Shane Ross

How to use Roku private listening: Get TV audio on your phone

We’ve all been in that situation: you want to watch something loud on TV and your housemate or partner doesn’t want to listen to all that noise. That either means you have to watch on your phone, or have to turn the volume down and spoil your enjoyment. Fortunately, Roku’s private listening feature comes to the rescue, letting you divert the audio from yourRokuconnected to your TV, through to your phone, meaning you may listen through headphones simply and easily....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Mary Smith

Huawei finally seems to be moving beyond Android with HarmonyOS Next

Chinese tech megabrand Huawei has been brought to bear over the last several years bya trade injunctionfrom the United States. The Trump-era ban on sourcing a variety of not just hardware but software from American suppliers has set the company on the path it has trod since then - working towards a comprehensive, unified, multi-device operating system of its own calledHarmonyOS. Yet, four odd years after its launch, it remains more or less a de-Googlefied fork of Android....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 646 words · Chad Lynch

Hubble Snaps Stunning Pictures Of Colliding Galaxies

Hubble Snaps Stunning Pictures Of Colliding Galaxies Over an illustriouscareer stretching more than three decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured its fair share of cosmic wonders. Even now that all eyes are on the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble continues to pull up stunning shots from the deep space. Thelatest snapshotsheds light on a galactic merger event in the Arp-Madore Catalogue of Southern Peculiar Galaxies and Associations. Located in the Eridanus constellation, some 670 million light years away, Hubble’s latest photo captured a galactic duo known as Arp-Madore 417-391undergoing a collision event....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Calvin Gray

iOS 14 brings QuickTake recording and Camera app video toggles to older iPhones

The useful QuickTake feature plus changing video recording resolution and frame rate via dedicated toggles within the Camera app are now available on older devices as well. The QuickTake feature is now available on the iPhone XS/XR family while those time-saving camera toggles for changing video resolution and frame rate are available on all iPhones supported by iOS 14 and all iPad models that are compatible with the iPadOS 14 update....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 625 words · Michael Smith