You can nab Splatoon items and villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons as part of the 3.0 update. If you want some sweet squid kid fashions or some unique sea idol villagers, you'll need to use ...

One of the best apps on the iPhone that isn't on Android or Windows is Apple Notes. When Apple locks you in its walled garden, Notes is the consolation prize that makes you forget that you're ...

My female students at the University of Virginia are worried about the state of the opposite sex. The women who take my “sociology of family” class tell of brothers living in their parents’ basements, ...

There are a lot of underutilized technologies in common PC apps that are really useful once you discover them. One on my list is Object Character Recognition (OCR) technology. You’ll find OCR in ...

Samsung has finally ended software support for the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra. The August 2025 patch was their final update, leaving them on One UI 5.1. Fans say they’ll keep using the phones, ...

In iOS 26, currently in beta, Apple Notes has gained new Markdown support, letting you seamlessly import and export files in the popular plain-text formatting language. Whether you're a developer, ...

Apple Notes gets upgraded with new features every year, and iOS 26 is no exception. Among the handful of Notes changes in iOS 26, the app now works better than ever with Markdown thanks to import and ...

Hardware company Plaud.ai released its new physical notetaker, the Plaud AI Pro, on Wednesday. The notetaker, priced at $179, comes two years after the original Plaud Note was released, and a year ...

The Plaud Note Pro can pick up audio from larger areas and has a new battery-saving mode. The Plaud Note Pro can pick up audio from larger areas and has a new battery-saving mode. is a news writer who ...

Google Keep has been my go-to note-taking app for years, but I recently noticed that my disorganized notes were becoming overwhelming, making it harder to find what I was looking for. I had previously ...

Using the Notes app on your iPhone as a messaging app is a surprisingly clever way to have a discreet conversation. You can use it to plan a surprise party for a loved one or disguise sensitive ...

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