The Digital Touch feature on your Apple Watch allows you to send sketches, taps, or even your heartbeat to another friend who also has an Apple Watch or an iPhone. Here’s how to use it. It’s best that both parties have an Apple Watch for sending and receiving Digital Touch messages, since recipients can feel certain Digital Touch messages on their wrist. Still, you can send and receive Digital Touch messages on an iPhone or iPad....

Plex Media Server is a user-friendly way to store all your movies, shows, and other media in one place–and make it accessible from any device, whether you’re at home or on-the-go. If you’re looking for a no-headache way to watch your movies anywhere, this is it. What Is Plex Media Server? Here’s a common situation that all too many people find themselves in. You have media files–music, movies, TV shows, and even photos–but you don’t have an easy way to easily access them on your plentiful and varied devices....

If you’re tired of entering your password every time you open your laptop, macOS allows you to actually unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch. To use this feature however, you will need to meet certain criteria. First, your Mac must be a 2013 or newer model. Sadly even if your 2012 Mac is Bluetooth 4.0-enabled, it won’t work with the auto unlock feature. To see when your Mac was built, click the Apple menu in the upper-left screen corner and then About This Mac....

Windows 10’s Creators Update adds Dynamic Lock, which tries to automatically lock your PC when you step away. Dynamic Lock uses Bluetooth to check the signal strength of your smartphone. If the signal drops to a certain level, Windows assumes you’ve walked away with your smartphone and locks your PC. RELATED: What’s New in Windows 10’s Creators Update Where Windows Hello allows you to automatically unlock your PC with a , Dynamic Lock allows you to automatically lock your PC....

When you are setting up new Ethernet cables for your computers, is it possible to get twice the punch for each cable? Is it wise to even try it or should you look into an alternative hardware solution? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

Yes, Netflix is available in 4K. Whether you can stream it, though, depends on the speed of your internet connection, how much you pay, what you watch, and even the hardware you stream it on. Here’s how to get Netflix in 4K, and troubleshoot if it’s not. Check Your Plan If you’re not paying for the Netflix plan that supports 4K content, you don’t have it. Netflix currently has the following three tiers:...

We’re not all mathematicians, but some tasks in Microsoft Excel are best done using formulas. Maybe you’re new to writing formulas or are trying but keep getting confusing errors. Here, we’ll cover the basics of structuring formulas in Excel. Parts of a Formula While the exact elements can vary, a formula can use the following pieces. Equal Sign: All formulas in Excel, and Google Sheets as well, start with an equal sign (=)....

Part of the appeal of assembling your own desktop PC is saving a lot of money versus the same parts in a pre-built machine. That kind of thrifty attitude can extend to buying refurbished parts…which is where things tend to get a little iffy. Some parts can be had for less with relative safety, and others not so much. What Does “Refurbished” Mean, Exactly? Before we begin, it’s important to point out that there’s no official or legal definition of “refurbished....

You can find televisions incorporating a quantum dot layer from Samsung, Hisense, LG, Vizio, and TCL. Identifying a QLED TV is pretty straightforward. You will either find QLED right in the name of a TV or quantum dot technology in its specifications. Although quantum dot technology is helpful with color fidelity, there are a few things you should keep in mind while looking for a new QLED TV. Unlike OLED TVs, which have self-emissive pixels, QLED TVs use a backlight, usually LEDs or Mini LEDs, to shine through the display “stack” to produce an image....

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the best times to knock off the gifts you need to buy for the holidays. But as it often turns out, so much is on sale that it’s difficult to determine the best product to buy. We have you covered with our curated Cyber Monday deals roundup, featuring some of our favorite items, products on deep discounts, and plenty more. Best TV and Streaming Deals TVs are always one of the big ticket items for Cyber Monday....

CyanogenMod is dead, killed by parent company Cyanogen. The community is attempting to pick up the pieces and create a new project, LineageOS, based on the code. But it’s a reminder that open source software isn’t all sunshine, rainbows, and stability: in fact, it can often be very messy. Even if a project is open source, it isn’t necessarily even responsive to the community, much less a reliable piece of software you can depend on....

This update is considered a C update, which means Microsoft won’t install it on your computer automatically. Instead, you’ll need to go to Windows Update on your computer and click Check for Updates manually. Once you do that, look for the update called KB5006746 and install it. According to Reddit user adrianturingan, the update did improve the L3 caching issue on their computer, so it appears to be working as advertised....

Have you ever used Unroll.me, the web service that helps you unsubscribe from newsletters in bulk? If so, your emails have been scanned by that company and sold to third parties including Uber. There’s a chance they’re scanning your emails right now. RELATED: Secure Your Online Accounts By Removing Third-Party App Access If you want to switch tabs right now and remove third-party access to your email account, I don’t blame you....

In photography, ISO is a measure of how sensitive a piece of film or digital sensor is to light—the higher the ISO the more sensitive. With a low ISO you need to use a longer shutter speed or a wider aperture than you would if you’re using a high ISO. Most digital cameras have an ISO range of between around 100 and about 12,800. RELATED: What Is Shutter Speed?...

It’s one thing to install an application you want, it’s another thing when an application not only ends up on your computer but continually pops up and irritates you. Read on as we help a fellow reader get to the bottom of his popup mystery and banish it in the process. Applications that persist despite our best efforts to banish them certainly are annoying and even more so when they’re from a company we’d expect to be better about respecting our wishes....

RELATED: Why Do Streaming Sites Geo-Block Their Content? Remind Me, What’s a VPN? Before going into this, you’ll want to know what IP addresses are and how VPNs work. We’ll keep this brief. When you connect to the internet through a router, you’re given an IP address. This address, essentially, identifies your computer or router so that websites know where you’re connecting from and can send traffic back to you....

Have you ever wondered why some TV shows go to great lengths to obscure logos on laptops and other well-known products? The reasons are seemingly simple, but not necessarily clear cut. You’ve likely seen this many times on TV: a character is using a laptop, or a group of pundits are sitting around a table with their tablets discussing the latest issues. But instead of a well-known logo on the device, there’s a generic sticker placed over it....

Phones have improved dramatically in the last ten years. Modern smartphones seem like a technology from an alien civilization when placed next to the original cell phones. But battery life hasn’t improved. In fact, battery life feels like it’s getting worse. Old dumb phones could run for a week or more on a charge, but modern smartphones often struggle to make it through an entire day. Battery technology doesn’t seem to be advancing fast enough....

Windows 10 now warns you that a Wi-Fi network “isn’t secure” when it’s using “an older security standard that’s being phased out.” Windows 10 is warning you about WEP and TKIP. Here’s what that message means—and how to fix it. Starting with the May 2019 update, Windows may show you a message stating your network isn’t secure, even if you know you use a password. If you see this message, then you’re likely using either Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) encryption....

Firewalls are an important piece of security software, and someone is always trying to sell you a new one. However, Windows has come with its own solid firewall since Windows XP SP2, and it’s more than good enough. You also don’t need a full Internet security suite. All you really need to install on Windows 7 is an antivirus — and Windows 8 finally comes with an antivirus. Why You Definitely Need a Firewall The primary function of a firewall is to block unrequested incoming connections....