How to check your Mac for viruses and malware

Thanks to several rigorous security measures Apple integrates into its computers, Macs are generally considered among the safest systems. However, there’s always an opportunity for malware and malicious threat actors to gain access to your Mac. Relying on the built-in security features protecting your system may be well and good, but it can be useful … Read more

What Are Mouse Jigglers, and Can They Keep Statuses Active?

It makes sense that mouse jigglers have gained prominence alongside the recent rise in jobs becoming remote positions. If more workers are working from home and away from employers’ direct supervision, employers are going to try to find new ways to supervise their remote employees. And those employees are going to push back against being … Read more

How to sync your iPhone with your iPad for seamless use

Long gone are the days when you had to pull out a USB to Lightning cable to load up your favorite music, photos, or even your calendar from your Mac or PC onto your iPhone or iPad. Now, you can keep everything in the cloud, and it will seamlessly sync between all your devices whenever … Read more

Google just announced 8 big Android updates. Here’s what’s new

Joe Maring / Digital Trends At Moblie World Congress (MWC ) 2024, Google is bringing a healthy bunch of new features to Android. In line with the AI push all across the industry, some notable AI-driven enhancements are on the table. There are also a handful of core Android features that sound practically amazing. The … Read more

How to download Instagram photos for free

Instagram is amazing, and many of us use it as a record of our lives — uploading the best bits of our trips, adventures, and notable moments. But sometimes you can lose the original files of those moments, leaving the Instagram copy as the only available one . While you may be happy to leave it … Read more

It’s time to stop trusting your antivirus software

Avast You’d think that few types of software are as trustworthy as some of the best antivirus programs, but it turns out that perceptions can be deceiving. Avast, one of the most recognizable antivirus solutions for PCs, was found to be secretly collecting and selling user data to third-party corporations for a period of six … Read more

Reddit in $60M deal with Google to boost AI tools, report claims

Google has struck a deal worth $60 million that will allow it to use Reddit content to train its generative-AI models, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The claim follows a Bloomberg report earlier in the week that said Reddit had inked such a deal, though at the time the … Read more

Great, now even PDFs will have AI built into them

Adobe Adobe is delving deeper into implementing AI in its most popular services, this time with a new Assistant AI for Acrobat. The generative AI-powered conversational engine is available today in beta and will make available a host of tools to heighten how people process and understand documents in Adobe. The features will be available … Read more

OnePlus just did something unexpected with the OnePlus 12R

OnePlus 12R Prakhar Khanna / Digital Trends OnePlus is taking a bold move regarding a marketing flub it made earlier this month. The company initially claimed that the OnePlus 12R comes with UFS 4.0 storage when, in reality, the phone still relies on the slower UFS 3.1 standard. The company issued a public apology for … Read more

How to fix slow upload speeds (common causes and solutions)

You may not need it as often, but having a decent upload speed is just as important as having a lightning-fast download speed. And in situations like uploading files or being on a video call, it can be particularly annoying to experience slower than normal upload speeds. If you’re struggling with slow upload speeds, you’re … Read more