David Murphy's posts

Windows 10 includes a custom volume mixer, which sounds like a great idea on paper—who wouldn’t a way to control the…

It’s one of the best times of the year if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your PC. Odds are good that you can…

I’ve been successful at avoiding all things Black Friday/Cyber Monday this year, save for a small splurge on a…

A simple but noteworthy attack is making the rounds on popular chat service WhatsApp. It’s incredibly easy for…

You should be using a password manager, because it’s one of the best things you can do to secure your digital life.…

Google’s first smart speaker, the Google Home, debuted in 2016, and it’s taken four years for Google to add a single…

I thought I had lost it, because something felt off about the URLs I was pasting in to Lifehacker’s Slack the other…

It’s finally here: World of Warcraft’s eighth expansion, Shadowlands, goes live today. If you’ve never played, or…

As I often say, I’m the world’s worst Fortnite player. Unless I can catch someone standing still for an extended…

If you’re lucky, you have a brand-new iPhone 12 to play with. If you’re unlucky, your device’s OLED screen has a…

I’m a bit forgetful, which is why I always use a password manager to remember all of my quirky and complex passwords…

If you’re still planning to go to some kind of in-person Thanksgiving event, otherwise known as a COVID feast, I’m…

Most people buy a wireless charger for one reason, and that reason is the convenience of placing a device on a…

New versions of Google’s Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers dropped yesterday, and if you haven’t yet updated,…

For the first time in my life, I’ve decided to take advantage of Apple’s trade-in program. Yes, I know you can get…

You should always back up your phone, and that’s especially true if you’re a big WhatsApp user. Since WhatsApp isn’t…

Apple worked overtime last week to convince the tech world to get excited about its latest chip innovations, making…

Zoom is letting you use its video chat service for free on Thanksgiving Day. Better yet, Zoom is going to lift all…

Apologies to the crew up in Redmond, but I usually associate “disasters after upgrading to a new version of an…

A friend of mine recently asked if their plan to move from AT&T DSL to a cable internet provider was a good one. As…