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How to Turn Your PC Into a Home Theater Powerhouse
Although you have almost certainly used your PC to watch countless YouTube videos or enjoy some of your favorite streaming content, have you ever considered that you could also upgrade your home theater experience? Depending on the technology already at your disposal, you can turn a laptop or desktop PC into a hub for…
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5 Plant Apps to Help Your Garden Grow
As anyone with a green thumb knows, keeping plants alive is no easy feat. We all know the feeling of coming home to a wilted plant. You water it, give it some love, but somehow it just doesn't seem to thrive. But with the help of technology, even the most inexperienced gardener can turn his or her home into a veritable…
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7 Surefire Ways to Find Great Online Deals on Tech
Have your eye on some new tech? With record levels of inflation, consumers are feeling price increases everywhere from the grocery store to the gas pump and even among favorite tech brands. But with back-to-school season coming up and ongoing demands for working from home, you need to figure out how to get your hands on…
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Understanding Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)
Most people couldn’t afford the Model T when Henry Ford launched them in 1908. Several years later, Ford solved this problem by lending people the money to buy a Model T. At the time, this was revolutionary. This type of installment loan payment was one of the earliest renditions of the “Buy Now, Pay Later” model. The…
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5 Websites with Public Domain Songs
Whether you’re starting a podcast, making YouTube videos, or working on any other kind of content creation, music often plays a central role in your finished product. But just because you have the perfect song in mind for your project, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s legally available for you to use in your content. What are…
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5 Best Accessories to Improve Your Zoom Video and Audio Quality
With the events of the last couple of years leading to the exponential popularity and use of the now infamous Zoom, individuals of all generations and levels of comfort with technology were thrust into a new world of video conferencing and communication. Although the basic technical requirements for Zoom mean that this app…
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How to Turn Your PC Into the Ultimate Podcast Studio
Whether you are a fan of true crime, cryptozoology, NPR (National Public Radio), politics, opinion, news, or virtually any other subject, there is a podcast that can satisfy your desires for education and entertainment. The podcasting format is more popular than ever before, thanks in part to the need for human connection…
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How to Track the James Webb Telescope’s Space Discoveries from Your Browser
If you’ve been on social media or the internet in general lately, you’ve probably seen images from the James Webb Telescope. This NASA telescope—the largest optical telescope in space—recently released some pretty impressive images from outer space. And it’s only going up from here—the telescope is on a mission to unfold…
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Deepfake Videos: What Are Deepfakes and How Do You Spot One?
You may be amused by the fake TikTok videos of Tom Cruise performing some industrial cleaning or be disturbed by the implications of the entirely digital existence of Korean newsreader Kim Joo-Ha. Both come from an emerging form of technology referred to as "deepfakes." A word formed by blending the sounds and combining…
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How to Safely Buy Refurbished Tech
There’s always a new laptop on the market, a new smartphone, a new PC … and the price tags are always looking a lot steeper than you’d probably prefer. Fortunately, there are other alternatives. With the global consumer electronics market revenue set to hit $1.135 billion by 2026, the demand for refurbished tech is…