Are You Noise Sensitive? Here’s How to Tell

The sympathetic nervous system kicks in, boosting your heart rate, increasing your blood pressure, and triggering the body to produce inflammatory cells. Over time, these changes can lead to chronic inflammation, high blood pressure, and plaque buildup on your arterial walls. To complicate matters, when you begin to lose your ability to hear at a […]

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How to View April’s Total Solar Eclipse, Online and In Person

It’s shadow time, baby! Soon, people living in North America will get to experience their first solar eclipse in almost a decade. Even though the last solar eclipse in North America happened in 2017, the next one isn’t expected until August 2044, so seizing this moment is critical. More than just a peculiar shadow, the […]

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How to report phishing emails to Microsoft in Outlook for Windows 11

If you use the new Outlook app, the web version of the platform, or the legacy app, you can report emails as phishing to help reduce the amount of these types of messages and help other people not to fall into these attacks. What’s email phishing? A phishing email is an online attack that tries […]

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How to request a refund for Dragon’s Dogma 2 on Xbox and Steam

More Dragon’s Dogma 2 Capcom’s long-awaited single player ARPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 is finally here, but what was supposed to be an exciting launch has turned into quite a somber and frustrating situation. The reveal of a previously hidden suite of microtransactions after the game’s launch led to “Mostly Negative” review bombing on Steam (it’s […]

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A built-in NFC reader is one of the only true ‘business’ features in the Surface Pro 10 for business — here’s how Yubico takes full advantage of it

What you need to know Microsoft recently announced the Surface Pro 10 for business, which features a built-in NFC reader. Yubico and Microsoft worked together to allow YubiKeys to fully take advantage of the NFC reader in the Surface Pro 10 for business. Surface Pro 10 users can use a YubiKey at Windows login to […]

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 is adding an easy way to start a new game soon, but you can delete your save now — here’s how

More Dragon’s Dogma 2 Currently, one of the biggest issues with Capcom’s long-awaited ARPG sequel Dragon’s Dogma 2 is that it doesn’t give its players an in-game option for deleting their save file and starting a new game. That means you’re stuck with the Arisen you make until you reach the point in the game […]

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 ‘The Sorcerer’s Appraisal’ walkthrough guide: dealing with Myrddin, and how to get ‘Maelstrom’

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is here. It’s awesome. It’s also complex. That’s where we come in.  Dragon’s Dogma 2 is an adventure-first action RPG from Capcom, where players take up various fantasy vocations to do battle in a dark medieval world. Every few decades, a Great Dragon arrives, and curses a human being by stealing their […]

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Dragon’s Dogma 2 Warrior guide: How to unlock, tips, tricks, and skill list

Quick menu When all you have is a hammer… The world of Dragon’s Dogma 2 is rife with nails—er, monsters. From wolves (which hunt in packs!) and goblins to minotaurs and cyclopes, you can hardly go a dozen steps across the land of Vermund without running into a dangerous adversary. Fortunately, the Arisen can choose […]

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How to download and install Final Fantasy XIV on Xbox as it finally comes to consoles

Today is a special day for Xbox Final Fantasy fans as Square Enix’s popular MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV, has at last gone live on Xbox Series X|S now that its Xbox Open Beta Test has ended. To celebrate the occasion, Square Enix has shared instructions on purchasing and downloading the game and some exclusive content […]

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How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet

There is an insidious irony to climate change: as it gets hotter, more and more people are cranking up their air conditioners, which in turn contributes to global warming. Air conditioner (AC) sales are booming worldwide, especially in emerging economies such as China, India and Indonesia where rising incomes make them more affordable and a […]

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Helldivers 2 Galactic War supply lines explained: Map and how they work

For the most part, the way the Galactic War metagame works in Arrowhead Game Studios’ co-op shooter Helldivers 2 is pretty simple. Players both liberate enemy planets and defend Super Earth-controlled ones by completing series of missions called Planetary Operations, with each finished op contributing a small amount to the community’s overall war effort — […]

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The next version of Microsoft Office is about to enter preview, here’s how it differs from Microsoft 365

What you need to know Microsoft just announced the preview of the next Office LTSC release, which is called Office LTSC 2024. Preview access for Office LTSC 2024 will begin in April 2024 and general availability will happen later this year. Office LTSC 2024 is the commercial-focused version of Office that grants organizations a perpetual […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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Oura Ring nap detection: How it works, adding tags and manual nap tracking

Tracking naptime with an Oura smart ring is essential if you want your Readiness and Sleep scores to remain accurate, but there are some quirks to understand before you get started.  We’ve been on the record in our Oura Ring (Gen 3) review as big fans of the company’s approach to tracking mini-sleeps, and the […]

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How to live stream gameplay from your ASUS ROG Ally

Whether you already own an ASUS ROG Ally PC gaming handheld or are tempted to pick one up after reading our ROG Ally review, you might be tempted to use it for more than gaming. As the Ally is just an ultra-compact Windows 11 PC, you can do anything you would on a traditional laptop […]

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How to Live Forever

And of course there are other priorities: infectious disease, pandemic control, global health, prevention of childhood diseases. If you ask Bill Gates, he’d have a whole different set of priorities. You could argue that those would actually improve average longevity far more than anti-ageing research, by reducing infant mortality and infectious disease and so on. […]

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How to bulk create folders in one try on Windows 11

On Windows 11 (and 10), you can create a new folder through File Explorer in multiple ways, but the only caveat is that you can only create one item at a time. However, if you’re working on a project or organizing files, it’s possible to create multiple folders in bulk. You can complete this task […]

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How to take a screenshot on Steam Deck in Desktop mode

Taking a screenshot on any device should be a relatively painless processHowever, on the Steam Deck, particularly in Desktop Mode, the process isn’t as intuitive as it ought to be. I’ve frequently found myself resorting to the cumbersome method of snapping a photo of the screen to demonstrate Steam Deck settings, but I’ve finally learned […]

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