Boost your smartphone privacy instantly with these security tweaks for iPhone and Android that limit ad tracking, hide notifications and prevent unauthorized access.

When you get a new router, it may be tempting to just plug it in, get online as quickly as possible and move on with your life. However, your router is responsible for directing nearly 100% of all ...

Take advantage of these iOS 18 and Android digital wellness settings before your next screen time report comes in.

If you’ve bought a new TV and want to get the very best picture quality out of it, you need to adjust the settings. That’s nothing new, but the tweaks you need to make have changed in recent ...

Despite presenting the Android OS in a clean and minimalistic manner, Google's Pixel phones also feature some handy lesser-known settings.

(And if you don’t see a “Permission manager” option on your phone, try looking in the Apps section of your Android settings instead. You can then pull up one app at a time there and find its ...

Go to All Settings > Picture > Expert Settings > Local Dimming. Experiment with this by sampling Low, Standard, and High to see which one suits you best.

Open Settings on the TV for all your reset options This article explains how to reset Samsung TVs' picture, sound, SmartHub, and network connection settings. Also included are instructions for a ...

Open Settings and tap Battery, then the menu button (three dots on the top right), then Battery Usage. Here, you’ll be able to see which apps drain your battery according to how much you use them.

The settings above are unique, and whether you use them is based on personal preference, or your specific setup, more so than a linear on-good-off-bad scale.

Old-school clothes dryers were relatively basic, offering very few dryer settings. In fact, most people simply used the same setting for all their clothes, regardless of fabric. Things sure have ...

Monterey’s System Preferences main window (left) is replaced by System Settings in Ventura (right). The icon grid is gone, replaced by a list in the left column. In the old UI, you clicked on an ...