• Six benchmarks we use to test phones – and how you can use them too

    We at Trusted Reviews know the importance of benchmark testing, especially when it comes to reviewing smartphones. A crucial part of our testing process is benchmarking the CPU's processing power, the GPU's graphical power, and a range of battery/charge tests to help you understand exactly what a smartphone offers, whether it’s a budget option like the Motorola Edge 40 Neo or the top-end Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.  However, these tests can also be useful for you at home, helping give you...

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    What are AppImages and how do you use them on Linux?

    In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Linux had a bad reputation for not having a large enough app ecosystem. Twenty-plus years later, that complaint no longer holds water. Linux has several viable routes to installing tons of applications. There's every distribution's built-in package manager, such as apt (Debian-based), dnf (Fedora-based), zypper (SUSE-based), and pacman (Arch-based). There are also universal package managers (Snap and Flatpak packages) and you can also install them from the...

  • What Can I Safely Use for Peer-to-Peer Payments?

    Money expert Clark Howard believes in protecting consumers, educating people on practical financial matters and repeating himself to make key points memorable. If you listen to his podcast, you’ve heard him rail against Zelle. You may have heard him discuss why he generally doesn’t like payment apps. Some apps do a better job of protecting […]

  • How to Install Windows 11 Without All the Extra Junk

    Tiny11Builder is a third-party script that can take a Windows installation ISO, which you can get from Microsoft, and strip it of all of the annoying extra features. Install Windows using this tool and you'll have a truly clean installation: no News, no OfficeHub, no annoying GetStarted prompts, and no junk entires in the start menu.

  • Artificial intelligence can be used to control infections

    Dublin, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used nowadays in many ways to help prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases and manage daily hospital activities, according to an international research. The post Artificial intelligence can be used to control infections first appeared on Prensa Latina.

  • Q&A: Why are we drowning in single-use plastics, and what can we do about it?

    Plastic is ubiquitous. It's in the clothes we wear, wrapped around the food we eat and in the toothpaste we use. It floats in the oceans and litters the snow on Mount Everest.

  • How to use up a whole head of lettuce without making salad

    Char it, grill it, even soupify it – our panel of cooks lets us in on secret ways to enjoy lettuceGot a culinary dilemma? Email [email protected] to use up a whole head of lettuce before it turns – no salad, pleaseWe’re talking about how to apply heat here, because raw lettuce is all about salad (unless you’re using the leaves to cradle mince or mushrooms, which is also an excellent shout). Braising is as good a place to start as any, says Farokh Talati, head chef at St John Bread and...

  • You Can Use Gemini to Summarize YouTube Videos for Free

    With Gemini, you can extract key points from a YouTube video without sitting through the whole thing.

  • How recycled cooking oil can be used beyond the kitchen

    With millions of people visiting Las Vegas per year, they're indulging in gaming, entertainment, and dining out. Las Vegas Strip properties are doing what they can to reduce their carbon footprint and create eco-friendly habits.

  • How light can vaporize water without the need for heat

    It's the most fundamental of processes—the evaporation of water from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, the burning off of fog in the morning sun, and the drying of briny ponds that leaves solid salt behind. Evaporation is all around us, and humans have been observing it and making use of it for as long as we have existed.

  • Floridans can record conversations with cops without their consent

    A sunshine law for the Sunshine State: Florida's police have no expectation of privacy when conducting official duties, meaning the public can record them without their consent, an appeals court ruled last week. The court threw out five felony wiretapping convictions against Michael Leroy Waite, 63, who had taped conversations with cops from Citrus County Sheriff's Office. — Read the rest

  • You Can Use Your iPhone to Find a Specific Book on Your Shelves

    Some people organize their book shelves by author name, book title, or even by color—but if you take a more chaotic approach and can never find the book you're looking for, the optical character recognition (OCR) feature on the iPhone can help you out. Just take a photo, wait a few minutes, and search for the book title in the photos app. Your phone will point to the book.