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Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
You think nobody has noticed all the pet hair clinging to your smart speaker?

The fabric exteriors on smart speakers and other home tech looks great, but it can attract dust, hair, and other dirt — and can be nearly impossible to clean. Here’s some advice on how to keep your home tech reasonably tidy.

Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
If your Steam Deck has slowed to a crawl, there may be a (relatively) quick microSD card fix.

The cause of slow download speeds on your Steam Deck might not be due to your internet, but rather to how your microSD card was formatted. Cameron Faulkner explains how to reformat your microSD card so that, just maybe, you can download games at a speedier pace.

Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
Slack can be like Hansel and Gretel’s forest: easy to get lost in.

But you don’t need breadcrumbs to find your way around. Here are some strategies for organizing your Slack conversations — especially if you’re lucky enough to have a paid version.

How to organize your Slack channelsHow to organize your Slack channels
Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
You don’t have to play guessing games about the status of your iPhone’s battery.

iOS 16 now lets you monitor the status of your battery, either in the status bar or via a lock screen widget. Of course, that means the next time you suddenly realize you’re totally out of power, you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself...

Monica Chin
Monica Chin
I’m explaining how to share calendars, so listen up.

If you want to share your goings-on with a friend or family member, no need to reach for your phone — this can easily be done from a Mac. It takes like, three clicks. Just be prepared, because they will receive an invitation the instant you press enter.

How to share a calendar on MacHow to share a calendar on Mac
Monica Chin
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
This setting doesn’t fix the green bubble problem, but it does make text messages on iPhone easier to read.

Turns out there’s a setting to increase contrast in the iPhone’s messages app. It changes green bubbles from a bright neon green to a much calmer forest green. It’s nice!

Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
A smart home can also be a really scary home.

The Verge smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy describes how she makes her home into a truly fantastic horror house to impress the local trick-or-treaters, and tells you how you can do it too.

How to create a spooky smart home for Halloween

Want the spookiest smart home on the block? Here’s how to get a creepy yet cool setup using smart speakers, smart lights, and video doorbells.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Barbara Krasnoff
Barbara Krasnoff
Your Apple Watch can keep you from getting hopelessly lost.

If you’re hiking out in the wilderness, or even wandering around in an unfamiliar city, your Apple Watch (Series 6 or later) now has a Backtrack feature that can get you back home safely. But only if you know how to use it.