How to track your step count on your Android phone — no smartwatch required

Everyone wants to lead a healthier life. Whether it is to improve your eating habits or becoming more active, we all need to start somewhere. A great starting place is to walk more. Walking is considered a low-impact, moderate-intensive exercise that most people can do; an average person willwalk 4,000 steps a day, but increasing that to 8,000 and 10,000 steps lessens the risk of cardiac disease and cancer, while strengthening your body’s bones, muscles and endurance....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Jared Rice

How to Use Jamboard in Google Meet

How to Use Jamboard in Google Meet Whether you’re an educator conducting online classes, a professional leading remote team meetings, or an individual seeking innovative ways to engage your audience, mastering the Jamboard and Google Meet combo can transform your virtual meetings. This guide will walk you through a step-by-step process of working with Jamboard in Google Meet (and vice versa). How to Open a Jamboard in Google Meet First, you need to start or join aGoogle Meetmeeting....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Whitney Scott

I Never Pay for These 5 AI Tools—They're a Waste of Money

The AI subscription craze has gotten out of hand. I’ve tested many premium AI tools across different categories, and most of them don’t justify their price tags. You’re often paying for features that can be found elsewhere for free, sometimes with better results. 5You Don’t Need to Pay for a General AI Chatbot Thelaunch of OpenAI’s GPT-5in August 2025 makes the case against paid subscriptions even stronger. You can now get access to OpenAI’s most advanced model for free with 8-10 daily requests....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1158 words · Julie Reid

LA Times Crossword June 05, 2025 Answers (6/16/25)

Our LA Times Crossword August 06, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue. The LA Times Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle published in the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest newspapers in the United States. It is highly regarded by crossword enthusiasts for its challenging clues and clever themes. It is a traditional-style crossword, with a grid of black and white squares, and clues in both the across and down directions....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Rebecca Wright

Make Excel Smarter With Dynamic Dropdown Lists: Here's How They Work

Quick Links Dynamic dropdowns in Excel allow you to create dependent lists where options in one are dependent on what you selected in another. They are a smart way to streamline data entry: instead of scrolling through irrelevant options, users can choose from lists that automatically adjust, saving time and reducing errors. What Is a Dependent Dynamic Dropdown List? A dynamicdropdown list in Excelis a dropdown that provides options based on the selection you made in another dropdown....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 770 words · Ronald Stein

Marvel’s New Spider-Man Show Makes Me Even More Desperate To See Tom Holland’s Spider-Man’s Origin Story In The MCU

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode 1, “Amazing Fantasy.” After the premiere ofYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, I’m even more upset that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker has never explored his origin story as Spider-Man in theMCU.What If…?voice actor Hudson Thames returned to the MCU to portray a new variant of Peter Parker inYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and we have already seen him be part of a huge storyline that Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has never been given....

June 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1071 words · Brian Lowery

Mono vs. Stereo in Music Production: When (and Why) to Use Each One

Quick Links You might understand the basic concept of mono vs. stereo audio. But choosing the best channel format for specific audio contexts can considerably improve your mixing and production process. Here, w go through their basic definitions and common use cases to help you learn when and why to use each one. What Is the Difference Between Mono and Stereo Audio? Mono represents single-channel audio that, typically, sounds like it comes from the center of an audio source....

June 17, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Lindsay Garcia

Mysterious Chrome OS bug causes some Chromebooks’ right speakers to crackle

Mysterious Chrome OS bug causes some Chromebooks’ right speakers to crackle Google markets Chromebooks as “easy to use” devices that are unlike other laptops, all thanks to Chrome OS. While that might be true to a certain extent, Chromebooks sometimes suffer from the same set of problems that Windows and Mac computers run into, too. One such bug plaguing a few Chrome OS users for a while now is crackling sounds from the right speaker and poor audio output....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Rhonda Parker

Pokémon Horizons Teases One of Scarlet and Violet's Most Dangerous Locations

Warning: Spoilers for Pokémon Horizons, Episode #57 Summary Pokémon Horizonshas long been on the trail of the mysteries surrounding Terapagos, but their investigation has finally led them to a place that any player ofPokémon ScarletandVioletwill remember:Area Zero. The forbidden zone at the heart of Paldea, Area Zero is a place where incredibly powerful Pokémon roam free, and one that many an explorer has died trying to research. The episode opened with Friede and the kids organizing a meeting with Principal Clavell and Geeta, the head of the Paldean Pokémon League....

June 17, 2025 · 3 min · 590 words · Amy Brown

Pokémon Sleep is finally here to fulfill your dream of watching small creatures snooze

Thelong-awaited Pokémon Sleepis out now on iOS and Android, four years after its announcement. It aims to gamify your sleep, combining the irresistible addiction of catching Pokémon with the basic human need for a good night’s rest. Pokémon Sleep arrives alongside the Pokémon GO Plus + accessory (yes, that’s pronounced “plus plus”), which works with Pokémon Sleep and Pokémon Go. Pokémon Sleepis developed by Select Button with assistance from Niantic. There aren’t any AR features to speak of; we’re unsure exactly what “assistance” Niantic provided....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 323 words · Kim George

Samsung's LTE-only Galaxy A13 debuts with a better screen, more cameras, and a 50% off deal

Samsung’s LTE-only Galaxy A13 debuts with a better screen, more cameras, and a 50% off deal Samsung released the A13 5G earlier this year, andwe liked that phone a lot. There’s now another phone using the A13 moniker, but this one doesn’t have 5G. That’s not the only difference, and it’s actually better in some ways, but the result is a phone that costs less than its sibling – much less if you take AT&T up on its 50% off launch deal....

June 17, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Felicia King

Star Trek: DS9’s Odo: Full Name And Meaning Explained

Summary It’s not mentioned often, butStar Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) actually had a full name that he chose not to use. Discovered in his liquid state in orbit above Bajor, Odo spent a large part of his life beforeDS9enduring a battery of painful laboratory tests. The experiments were conducted by Bajoran scientist Dr. Mora Pol,played by James Sloyan, who was unaware that Odo was a sentient being....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Mercedes Harris

Supacell Season 2: Confirmation, Cast, Story & Everything We Know

Netflix’s surprise hit superhero seriesSupacellshot to the top of the charts during its first season, and the British action show returns for season 2. Developed for the small screen by musician and filmmaker Rapman,Supacellfollows the lives of Black South Londoners who share a common bond of suffering from sickle cell disease. When they all begin to develop superpowers linked to the illness, they must band together to evade capture by a government organization that hopes to control them....

June 17, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Melissa Martin