How to disable distracting features in Windows 11 for a cleaner experience

A practical guide to reducing Windows 11’s visual clutter, pop‑ups, background noise, and constant interruptions.
Droid Life

Storytime Comes to Gemini on Google Home Devices

Gemini for Home is getting its fresh set of features and fixes this week. Inside, Google details Storytime with Gemini, ...
MobileOS.it

Samsung Galaxy S26 Secure Folder: How to Hide Photos and Apps

What Is Secure Folder on the Galaxy S26? Secure Folder is a built‑in privacy feature on Samsung Galaxy devices that creates ...
gearpatrol

Your iPhone Is Getting a New iMessage Feature That You’ll Actually Use

When iOS 27 gets released this September, it’s going to upgrade your current iPhone in both big and little ways. Sure, the new Siri capabilities, AI photo-editing tools and an AirPods equalizer are ...

Android 17's best feature isn't out yet — here are 3 ways you can replicate it right now

Android 17's Pause Point isn't here yet. Thankfully, you don't have to sit around and wait. Here are 3 ways to mimic the feature now.
The Conversation

Why you let down your guard on ads when scrolling on social media

My wife stared at me in shock as I ripped opened the package. The FedEx driver hadn’t even made it back to his truck as I held the item up overhead like a trophy. Fumbling for words, she asked: “Why ...
CNBC

Midnight social media curfew and limits to infinite scrolling proposed for older UK teens

Older U.K. teens are facing a midnight social media curfew and restrictions on infinite scrolling. The results of a social media restriction trial on hundreds of teens in the U.K. found that it ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Former Master Lock site to be auctioned off just a year after sale

Milwaukee's former Master Lock complex is being sold again after being purchased just over a year ago. The 26-acre property will be sold via an online auction starting on July 31. The current owner, ...
Ars Technica

Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta

The European Union is ramping up pressure on Meta to make big changes to Facebook and Instagram after the European Commission preliminarily found that features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and ...
Android

Samsung’s Good Lock Module Bug Hides Key Settings, but a Fix Is Coming

A bug in Good Lock’s RegiStar module is reportedly making the Galaxy Buds shortcut at the top of the Settings menu disappear. One user reports that the shortcut instead appears at the bottom of the ...

11 of the most overlooked iOS features, according to users

Apple's iOS remains a technological marvel nearly 20 years after its debut. Here are some of the most overlooked features users may not be aware of.
Salon

Super easy summer corn and dumplings

This chowder isn’t chic. I mean that specifically, because this is less a recipe than a small conspiracy of shortcuts — the kind of thing assembled from the freezer, the pantry, and the part of the ...