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Established Players Struggle with Limited AI Features You would think that the traditional giants of personal finance would have kept pace with AI innovation, however, that clearly has not happened. YNAB, despite being a great product, only offers very basic transaction categorization through automatic merchant recognition. Interestingly, the platform purposely forgoes AI in favor of manual budgeting, which is a great philosophy that will cater to some who want more control, but is sorely lacking for those who want deeper insights and more automation....

We spent some time digging into the music scene on Reddit and found a wide variety of the best music subreddits. We’ve divided our suggestions into two categories: 1) subreddits where you can discover new music from many music genres and 2) subreddits focused on a specific music genre. Best General Music Recommendation Subreddits Try these subreddits for music recommendations that span the musical spectrum. 1. r/Music With 27.7 million members, r/Music is easily the most popular music-related subreddit....

By law, every image is copyrighted as soon as it’s created, but you’ll want to check who owns the copyright, whether you’re allowed to use it, and if any terms apply for usage—for example, you may need to credit the original creator. It’s usually easy to find this information. 1. Check the Image for Copyright Information To check an image for copyright information, look in the credits. There may be a caption including the name of the photographer or creator, and/or their contact information....

From smartphones to smart TVs, it’s a lot to take in all at once. It often falls to the younger generation to help their elders use and enjoy the benefits of modern tech. We have quite a lot of experience providing help and instruction to people of all ages. That experience has provided a number of key lessons when it comes to dealing with elderly users. If you’ve got users in your life who fall into that category, these general tips will help make the process of teaching technology much easier....

In this article, we have picked out some of the best smart home gadgets you can use in your Airbnb home to monitor your location and manage check-ins and check-outs remotely. The Best Remote Smart Locks If you want to manage an Airbnb location remotely, a smart lock is one of the best investments you can make. With a smart lock, you can give a different access code to each guest, or ensure that only the guest staying at your property can get in and out....

Pixel Studio and Pixel Screenshots are two interesting AI-powered tools on the new Pixel phones. The Pixel Studio, which Google calls a “first-of-its-kind image generator,” uses the Imagen 3 text-to-image model and the Tensor G4 chipset to create images from text prompts. Pixel Screenshots, exclusive to the Pixel 9 phones, is a screenshot collation hub—but it does a lot more. The app uses the Gemini Nano AI model to analyze and extract information from screenshots for quick retrieval and referencing....

HEIC (short for High-Efficiency Image Container) is the new kid on the block. It gained popularity after Apple first adopted it in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. HEIC uses the latest advancements in compression technology and replaces JPG as the iPhone’s default photo capture format. Despite how mainstream JPG is, Apple had strong reasons to embrace the HEIC format instead. Below, we’ll dig deep and explore the most common differences between HEIC vs JPG and why Apple went with HEIC....

If you want to make your Instagram stories stand out a little more, however, you could customize them by adding music. Instagram has the rights agreements with many major music labels, allowing you to directly add snippets of popular music to your Instagram stories with no rights issues to fret over. Here’s how to start adding music to your Instagram stories and make them more entertaining. How to Add Music to Instagram Stories Adding music to an Instagram story is a good way to create a more entertaining story for your followers....

In Adobe Premiere, creating a voiceover for your video can be done inside the program. You can speak as you watch your video being played. This is very helpful to ensure the voiceover is timed correctly. Here’s how you can add your voiceovers to your projects in Adobe Premiere. Set Up Your Project To begin creating your voice recording, first make sure your video is already placed in your timeline and edited the way you want in your final product....

Social media sites are made for sharing, but chances are you’ve seen this comment on someone else’s post: “Is it okay for me to share your post? Can you make it shareable?” This happens when a post hasn’t been made public. In other words, if the privacy settings on the original post are set to “Friends Only,” then that post will lack the Share button. Fortunately, adjusting the privacy settings to allow sharing on a Facebook post is easy, and we’ll show you how below....

That’s where Chocolatey comes into play. Use the free app Chocolatey to keep your software up to date. It’s easy, fast, simple, and did we mention free? Seems too good to be true, yet it is. But what is Chocolatey? What is Chocolatey? If you haven’t done things in the Windows command line, PowerShell, or Linux command line, the concept of Chocolatey can be a bit weird. Chocolatey is a machine-level program that helps you manage software....

The process to backup PS4 data to the cloud is simple. You only need a PlayStation Plus subscription to access PlayStation’s cloud storage options. You can get a single month for as little as $10 per month, but the more cost-effective option is to invest for a year at a time, or roughly $60 per year. How To Backup PS4 Data To The Cloud The most obvious (and common) use for PS4 cloud storage is to ensure your saved games are not lost if your console is damaged....

As its name suggests, the feature only blurs the background. Outlines of objects and people in the background will be visible even if you use this feature. That’s why we’ll also show you how to use Zoom’s virtual background feature to completely hide your background during video calls. Who Can Use Zoom’s Blur Background Feature Zoom will show the blur background option to you if your computer meets a few minimum requirements....

Below, you’ll find three methods that you can use to change the default Google Drive Backup and Sync folder location in Windows and macOS. The first method shows how to specify a different folder location while setting up Backup and Sync on your PC or Mac. The second and third methods will show how to change the Google Drive folder if you’ve already begun to sync your Google Drive contents locally....

Here, we’ll show you how to change the language on Google Chrome on your desktop and mobile device. Change the Google Chrome Language on Your Desktop With Google Chrome on your desktop, you can select the order for your languages and adjust settings for translations and spell check. Rearrange or Remove a Language Chrome checks the languages in the order you have them in the list. If you want to move one, select the three dots to the right of the language and pick Move up or Move down in the drop-down menu....

However PDF conversion isn’t as straightforward as many people think. Sure, it’s easy to quickly convert a PDF file to a Google Doc file. However, what you enjoy in convenience comes at a price in formatting and style, as you’ll see in the examples below. Thankfully there are workarounds to keep original formatting from the PDF document. Whether you opt for this approach depends on whether you care much about the formatting in the first place....

Converting a presentation to DVD is great because it’s playable on any DVD player in the world, whether it be a laptop, desktop, or stand-alone DVD player. Converting to PDF is good for those who want to send the presentation slides electronically, but don’t want people to be able to edit or modify the slides. Finally, converting to Flash or video is useful for those who want to embed the presentation on a web site or simply show it using media player software....

However, you may be looking for something in particular. Maybe you want a trivia game about your family, a fairy tale where your child is the star character or a guide to your home and neighborhood for a houseguest. Well, guess what? You can make your own skill using Alexa blueprints. Here’s how! Browse Alexa Skill Blueprints Select a blueprint to view more details and check out examples. This helps you see how the babysitter blueprint can help when you’re away, or the family jokes blueprint can liven up quality time....

In recent Android versions, Samsung has enabled users to easily uninstall or turn off Samsung Pay. If you have an older version, it’s going to be a little more difficult, but we’ll show you how to disable Samsung Pay on them, too. Turn Off Samsung Pay If you just want to prevent Samsung Pay from activating, turning off the app is the easiest way to completely disable Samsung Pay. With these settings, Samsung Pay will only activate when you manually open the app and use it....

This is the sort of thing that keeps gamers up at night when they want to play a region-locked game from South Korea or the homebody attempting to shop from local online retailers abroad. How in the world are you supposed to extract the information if you can’t even read it? Fear not, as Google has provided users with their own translation options. Any of them should be enough to help you fight the confusion written all over your face, as well as the computer screen....