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Honor 70 first look: A significant step forward Honor has launched a few products during its IFA 2022 keynote, and the headliner among those devices is almost certainly the Honor 70, its latest midrange phone. While it isn’t as flashy and stuffed with sensors and cameras as the flagshipHonor Magic 4 Pro, it’s still a phone that can compete toe-to-toe with many other high-end phones. Honor itself positions it as a great vlogging and selfie machine, so we went hands-on to find out if this phone can hold up to its lofty claims....

How to Convert Units in Windows 11 Some users will need to at least occasionally convert one type of metric or imperial unit to another, be it for length measurements, data, volume, weight, speed, area, etc. Sure, you can utilize any small standalone calculator to convert such units. However, a Windows 11 computer is one big calculator with which you can convert units in various ways. This is how you can convert metric and imperial units on a Windows 11 PC....

How to Install and Use ChatGPT Plugins Quick Links ChatGPT Plugins extend the functionality of OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot by providing it with internet access and a direct link to specific services. Prior to web access and plugins, ChatGPT was working from a dataset ending in late 2021. Despite this limitation, ChatGPT’s popularity soared. Now, ChatGPT Plugins are changing how ChatGPT works and bringing it up to speed with competitors such as Google Bard and Microsoft Bing AI....

How to Sort Data Alphabetically in Excel Excel exists to bring order to the chaos of information in your spreadsheets. One of the many ways that Excel can do that is by sorting data. Scanning through data that has some sort of order is much easier, and when it comes to names and words, a popular method is to sort them alphabetically. You can use the Sort tool to easily sort your data alphabetically in Excel....

How to Turn Black-and-White Photos Into Color Using Palette.fm Palette.fm is a free artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can turn black-and-white photos into color. Thanks to machine learning, it can identify what is in an image and take a good guess at applying the right color. If you’ve never colorized black-and-white photos before, the results will blow you away! Unlike other AI colorizer tools, the image can be fine-tuned using a text prompt or by selecting a different color palette....

How to View Song Lyrics in the Linux Terminal Listening to music relieves us of stress and makes us more productive at the task at hand. Occasionally, you might want to sing along with the euphonious melody of your favorite song but may end up struggling to identify the correct verse instead. Luckily, you don’t need to leave the comfort of your /home and fire up a web browser to search for lyrics online....

Instagram NFTs, Facebook Privacy, Twitter Alternatives, and What Is Mastodon? Everyone’s talking about quitting Twitter, but what are the alternatives? What is Mastodon? Why is Instagram selling NFTs, and why would Facebook team up with the DHS? This week, we chat about the following tech news that matters: We’ve got these tips and tricks: We finish the show with the following recommendations: Christian Cawley and Gavin Phillips host this podcast....

Is the Clipchamp App Not Working on Windows? Try These Fixes Looking to edit a video? You don’t have to look far now that the Clipchamp app comes pre-installed on your Windows computer. Nonetheless, like any other application, Clipchamp is not immune to occasional errors and hiccups. If you are experiencing problems while opening or using the Clipchamp app on your Windows PC, don’t worry. This guide contains some quick and easy fixes that will get the Clipchamp app working again on Windows....

Oppo will stop including chargers with some phones in the next year As more and more smartphone manufacturers havestopped including chargersalongside new smartphones, Oppo has remained steadfast and continued to include the accessory alongside its handsets. That may not be the case for much longer, though. Oppo has confirmed it plans to drop the charger from the box of some products within the next 12 months. During a group interview at the EuropeanOppo Reno 8 series launchwhere Android Police was present, Billy Zhang, Oppo’s President of Overseas Sales and Services, confirmed the new strategy....

T-Mobile’s finally taking SIM-swap fraud seriously with new transfer PINs T-Mobile is reportedly working to join AT&T, Verizon, and other carriers in offering a security measure that will prevent scammers from stealing your phone number and gaining access to numerous other online accounts. The T-Mo Reporthas obtained an internal bulletin which says the company will be implementing a Number Transfer PIN as part of the customer port-out process, though a start date has yet to be determined....

What Are IoT Botnet Attacks and How Can You Prevent Them? The interconnectivity of everyday devices achieved through Internet of Things (IoT) technology generates insights to improve our living conditions and increase efficiency. But this has its downsides too, including IoT botnet attacks. There’s no doubting the dangers of IoT attacks, especially with multiple devices sharing the same network. The focus should be on how to prevent these attacks. What Are IoT Botnet Attacks?...

Why is my Android slow? 8 ways to troubleshoot your phone Even if you own one of thelatest and greatest Android phones, your device may run slower than expected. This can be due to various reasons, so don’t worry if your new Android phone runs slowly out of the box. However, if you’re concerned about a new phone, we recommend performingthese essential steps after setting up a new Android device. These may alleviate some of the issues commonly encountered with a new phone....

You can probably install Chrome OS Flex on your EOL Chromebook, much to Google’s chagrin Earlier this week,Google announced Chrome OS Flex, its official solution for breathing new life into aging Macs and Windows PCs with the help of the lightweight operating system. The software is designed to support hardware as old as 13 years. Interestingly, end-of-life Chromebooks might also be able to benefit, even though Google doesn’t recommend it....