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We’re all stuck at home, so why are we still using the less-than-great chargers that came with our devices? Satechi, the maker of popular mobile accessories, has announced a 100W Gallium Nitride (GaN) charger with dual USB-C ports and a USB-A port. Combined, this one charger can handle all of your daily charging needs. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/2Sbh2N0

It’s time for Google’s yearly hardware event, this time dubbed “Launch Night In.” One can only assume the event was originally planned to be an in-person evening event, but the ongoing pandemic prevented that from happening. And hey—it’s night somewhere, right? Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3l6L5lL

Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye, so now’s the time to start shopping! This is especially true if you want to get an advent calendar for your kids—they’re sure to sell out fast. Read This Article on LifeSavvy › https://bit.ly/3jhRolS

If you need to quickly extract the year from a date in Microsoft Excel, you can use the YEAR function. This will give you the year value in a separate cell, allowing you to use it in a separate formula. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2SaYT24

Your Apple Watch has a large library of built-in watch faces, with different styles and complications, leading to thousands of potential custom watch faces. Want to skip the hard work of building your own? Here’s how to find and download the best Apple Watch faces. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3jdTD9T

We’ve been waiting to see the release version of the ThinkPad X1 Fold, Lenovo’s folding-screen Windows tablet-laptop-thingy, ever since CES at the start of this year. It’s still a small ways off, but Lenovo has been hammering out the final design details, and they’re ready to take pre-orders for the world’s first folding screen laptop. The price: $2500. To start. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3n0r8P9

The Nintendo Switch has become the favorite console of many gamers, and if you have a Switch owner in your life, you’ve probably picked that up by now. And as with most tech, a few accessories go a long towards making it more enjoyable to use. So if you want to help out the Switch owners around you, here are some great Nintendo Switch gifts to consider. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/36d0MTY

If you’re networking to the outside world, Docker behaves as if the request was coming from the host machine. But if you want to access processes that are running on the host, your firewall may need some extra configuration. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT › https://bit.ly/30gZbZI

Amazon’s annual Prime Day event usually happens in July. Given the state of, well, everything at the time, Amazon decided to hold off. Today, the company is announced that Prime Day 2020 will take place on October 13th and 14. Prime Days, really. Heh. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/2G5Ojaa

After years of looking at the same grid of icons, it’s time to finally customize your iPhone to your heart’s content. Add some cool-looking custom widgets, and replace your apps with custom icons, just for a good measure. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3i8GIo7

Microsoft Office updates don’t come around every year. It’s more like every three years. With Microsoft’s focus on the Office 365 plan, and other software-as-a-service initiatives like Game Pass, it’s no surprise that some dedicated Office users were worried that the upcoming Office 2021 release would be subscription-only, à la the Adobe Creative Suite. Not so, says Microsoft: They’ll take one-time payments. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3mV3ljF

There are some big changes in iOS 14, including widgets on the Home screen and the ability to change the default browser and mail apps. Apple has also improved the excellent Camera app. We’re taking a look at what’s changed, and how to use the new features. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/338lKBq

Google Docs has become just as popular and well-known as Microsoft Word, with the added advantage of being totally free. It’s also beloved thanks to the myriad of add-ons you can integrate with the app for additional functionality, like adding diagrams, citations, or photos. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/335xjJJ

Forget emoji. Windows 10’s May 2019 Update added kaomoji like (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ and (ヘ･_･)ヘ┳━┳. Use a hidden keyboard shortcut to select your favorite kaomoji and input them in any app—no copy-pasting from websites required. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2G6sMxH

When it comes to headphones and crystal-clear sound, many audiophiles will argue that open-backed headphones are the best choice. But open-backed headphones are notoriously expensive. The new Sennheiser HD 560S looks to solve that problem, to an extent. At $200, they’re still cheaper than a true budget set. But they cost half as much as other examples. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/334mrvJ

CloudTrail is an auditing, compliance monitoring, and governance tool designed to watch over your AWS account history and to keep detailed logs of all events. You can use this event history to simplify security analysis and to detect unusual activity in your account. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT › https://bit.ly/2RWrJmL

There are some memories that you want to relive and remember forever. The best way to do that is by placing them right on your iPhone’s home screen. Here’s how to add photos to your iPhone home screen using widgets. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2GaWBgq

Are you tired of hearing about new streaming game services? Too bad! Amazon’s long-rumored take on streaming full-powered games via the cloud is (almost) here, and it’s called Luna. Amazon is accepting requests for early access to the Luna system, though there’s no word on exactly when it will be available. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/342RQxM

Mobvoi is back with yet another smartwatch but unlike the TicWatch GTX, this one runs Wear OS. The $230 TicWatch Pro 3 is the first Wear OS watch to run on the new Snapdragon Wear 4100, which promises to fix the laggy issues that plague the platform. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/360KzBn

Epic Games bought Psyonix, developers of the wildly successful soccer-slash-driving game Rocket League, a little over a year ago. After a somewhat rocky transition, Rocket League is now free to play on consoles and PC…and naturally, the only place to download it on the PC is the Epic Games Store. But at least we get a sweet discount. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3csYm4J

Custom app icons are the latest iPhone trend, and they look awesome. People can give their iPhones a unique aesthetic with unique icons and widgets. There’s just one problem: Custom app icons slow down your iPhone. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3iUwA3D

Yesterday we reported that a new Peloton-style connected fitness bike had hit Amazon with Prime branding, from a company called Echelon. As it turns out, said company was (ahem) exaggerating its relationship with Amazon. And by “exaggerating,” I mean “basically entirely fabricated.” Today Amazon told Bloomberg, “This bike is not an Amazon product or related to Amazon Prime.” Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3cnZ8zW

AWS Personalize is a product recommendation engine which works much like the one used for Amazon.com, built up from over 20 years of personalization experience. You can implement it as your own API to power your app’s suggestions with machine learning. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT › https://bit.ly/3hYgjt2

No one wants to build a new PC if, in a month or so, some super-awesome component is going to roll out, or prices are going to drop significantly. So, is 2020 a good time? Yes, but waiting until October is a good idea—especially for AMD fans. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/366xmXT

Echelon is sort of the store brand version of fitness revolution-slash-fitness cult, Peloton. It’s got pretty much all of the same stuff in there, a stationary bike that connects to available live services and data interpretation, without some of the flashier bits or the high price. The company has now partnered with Amazon for a “Prime” version of its hardware. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3kG40na

The Apple Photos app allows you to hide some photos and videos, but they’re still accessible in the “Hidden” photos section under the “Albums” tab. Fortunately, there’s a way you can completely hide photos on your iPhone or iPad. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2RNoHkq

If all you need is basic fitness tracking, spending over $200 on a Fitbit Versa 3 might feel like overkill. That’s where the Amazfit Band 5, by Huami, comes in. It’s a basic fitness band with a pedometer, heart rate, and blood oxygen saturation monitors, and a dash of Alexa all for $50. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/32S8OzN

Ngrok is a utility that assigns you a public URL and tunnels it to your localhost. This allows anyone outside of your network to use the public URL to easily access your local development environment. Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT › https://bit.ly/3kB3dnl

Last week the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a ban on both TikTok and WeChat that would remove both from all U.S. app stores starting Sunday, September 20. That date has passed, and both apps are still available for download. Both apps managed a reprieve, but it still remains to be seen how long that will last. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/2FYkPug

Apple’s yearly iPhone update, iOS 14, is finally here. As always, the free download adds a handful of new features, tweaks, and enhancements to iPhones old and new. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2FO62CH

There’s a new way to quickly swipe through your various iPhone or iPad Home screen pages in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14—almost as if you’re scrubbing through a video. Here’s how to do it. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/33HQBEh

Letting a Twitch-Stream’s Chatroom has become a popular fair, ever since Twitch Plays Pokemon took the world by storm. In the latest iteration, Rami Ismail set up a Twitch Stream for Microsoft’s brand-new Flight Simulator and let his viewers take control. Amazingly they didn’t immediately crash the place. Miraculously, they also pulled off a barrel-roll. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/35Tyaio

In the smart home world, there are two brands you hear about a lot: Google Home and Nest. Both are actually owned by Google, but the way the company uses these names has led to some confusion. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/35Rv7aB

If your iPhone runs iOS 14 or later, you can now take a screenshot just by tapping its back thanks to a new accessibility feature called Back Tap, which you’ll have to configure for the task. Here’s how to set it up. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3mFl7aC

Mediatonic’s latest Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout update introduces course variations to help randomize tracks, along with improvements to server stability, game performance, and VFX. The mid-season update also ramps up the fun with Big Yeetus, a randomly spawing hammer that sends characters flying. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3kxWACa

IBM’s OS/2 operating system, first released in 1987, occupies a strange place in PC lore. If you were around back then, you probably heard that it was once better than Windows, yet few people used it. So, what was the deal with OS/2? Let’s find out! Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3mDwcZt

Nginx and Apache combined serve over 50% of the web. But Apache has seen a decline in recent years, in favor of Nginx. Is Nginx really better, and are there any benefits to using Apache? Read This Article on CloudSavvy IT › https://bit.ly/3kv1PTj

Samsung’s Galaxy phones have been getting more and more expensive as the years crawl by. But at least one thing’s staying the same: you can find deep discounts on brand new models shortly after their release. So it is with the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra, which are both $200 off on Amazon today. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/32IeWub

The stage is set for the next-generation console battle, as Sony and Microsoft go head-to-head this November with the release of the PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/2FEcSus

Preorders for the PS5 begin today, September 17th. But most outlets, including GameStop and Amazon, are already sold out of PS5 preorders. Here’s how to get notified when PS5 preorders are back in stock. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/2RATNMf

Once you get a Roomba vacuum, you rarely go back. That’s because iRobot has nearly mastered the promise of a convenient vacuum that does most of the work for you. And starting not long ago, that included emptying itself. That did come at a premium, but now the Roomba $599 i3+ brings that price a little. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/32CVW04

Today, Facebook unveiled the Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality (VR) headset. It’s a followup to the original Oculus Quest and improves nearly every facet. It’s lighter, cheaper, and more powerful than the original. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3hFznvW

A few months ago we reviewed the Razer Kishi, a sweet little Android controller made in association with GameVice. It’s particularly notable now that streaming game services like Google Stadia and Xbox Game Pass are exploding…which makes it particularly sad that the Kishi is now on the iPhone, where such services are notable by their absence. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/33AMYQd

Data security and privacy have increasingly become the central focus for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. While Mozilla continues to explore subscription-based services aimed at privacy, such as the Mozilla VPN, a number of tools are integrated into the browser for free. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3hDEpcD

It’s time for two new Apple Watches! The health-oriented Apple Watch Series 6 features blood oxygen sensors and a super bright display, while the affordable Apple Watch SE ensures that there’s an Apple Watch for everyone. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3iBZk0W

If you often run processor-intensive apps, it’s good to keep an eye on your Mac’s CPU usage. Luckily, Apple makes it easy to get a quick glance at CPU Usage and CPU History by changing Activity Monitor‘s Dock icon. Here’s how to set it up. Read This Article on How-To Geek › https://bit.ly/3c1kdjt

Apple’s annual September event is kicking off virtual-style, with flashy production, prerecorded video, and a distinct lack of new iPhones. Instead, we expect Apple to break from tradition at its September 15th event with a new iPad Air, two new Apple Watches, some neat software announcements, and a few wildcards. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/35BZeCQ

Amazon’s kid-friendly service for smart speakers and tablets has long gone by the name Amazon FreeTime. That’s not very descriptive, though, so Amazon’s working up a rebrand. Amazon FreeTime and FreeTime Unlimited will soon change to Amazon Kids and Kids+. And older kids will get new content too. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3ht0uKF

Last month, Microsoft announced its intentions to buy TikTok from parent company ByteDance. That set off a series of negotiations and talks that have now led to a decision—Oracle will probably buy TikTok. Nope, that wasn’t a typo. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/2ZD6dYh

Apple’s Siri Remote allows you to navigate your favorite shows and movies with the swipe of a finger. But gesture controls aren’t always intuitive, and they often confuse family members and guests. If you want to simplify your Apple TV, then it’s time to pair it with an Xbox or PlayStation controller. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3bWFESU

From the highly-anticipated Sarah Paulson-fronted original Ratched to the second season of Taco Chronicles—a docuseries all about, well, tacos—Netflix has a lot happening in the next few days. If you want to make your to-watch list, here’s everything coming to Netflix the week of Sep. 14, 2020. Read This Article on LifeSavvy › https://bit.ly/2ZyywqO

If you’re running or cycling on a shared path where other pedestrians (or worse—vehicles) might be, you need to hear what’s going on around you. And the latest frames from Bose do exactly that by pairing a pair of down-firing speakers with sunglasses. They’re super cool. Read This Article on Review Geek › https://bit.ly/3kdAHrH