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Overall, the Wink hub works extremely well…but sometimes the devices you have connected to it can act a little wonky. Here are some things you can do in order to fix any connection issues with all of those Z-Wave sensors and devices connected to the hub. RELATED: SmartThings vs. Wink vs. Insteon: Which Smarthome Hub Should You Buy? Refresh the Z-Wave Connection Map The great thing about Z-Wave is that it uses mesh networking to connect all of your devices and sensors together....

If you’re an Android TV user, you’ve probably used the casting feature—the one that makes Android TV work like Chromecast. Historically, it hasn’t provided the best experience, but a new beta build promises hope. RELATED: What Is Android TV, and Which Android TV Box Should I Buy? The Android TV casting feature doesn’t compare too well to the actual Chromecast, but Google finally is making some changes to (hopefully) fix this....

Netflix frequently tests new features and designs on a small number of users before rolling them out to everyone. The company has tested things like a Skip Intro button or a mobile data saver feature weeks or months before anyone else gets them. If you want to be among the users that get to try out new features, here’s how to join Netflix’s test program. To join the testing group, open Netflix in your browser, hover over your profile icon in the top right corner and click Account....

How to Merge PDFs Using Preview Preview is one of the hidden gems of macOS. Not only is it great for editing images and signing documents, but you can also perform simple PDF operations without paying for a dedicated PDF editing app. RELATED: Use Your Mac’s Preview App to Merge, Split, Mark Up, and Sign PDFs Using the Preview app, you can easily combine multiple PDF documents. You can also add in a couple of pages from a different PDF document....

What’s up with ZIP files on macOS? Anyone coming from Windows, which opens ZIP files as though they were a folder, might feel confused about the way their new Mac handles things. When you open a ZIP file on macOS, the contents are automatically unarchived to a new folder. Many Mac users prefer this functionality, which gets the archive file out of the way quickly so you can get to the files you want....

Hulu’s library is becoming more worthwhile as it keeps taking beloved shows from Netflix. Unlike most other subscription services, Hulu lets you take a temporary break for up to twelve weeks without canceling your subscription entirely. Here’s how to put a temporary hold on your account. RELATED: How to Easily Watch Netflix and Hulu From Anywhere in the World Hulu’s holds are a useful way to take a break when you know you’re not going to use it for a while....

We may be living in the future, but sending large files over the web remains…complicated. Email is a terrible way to send files over 1GB, and using cloud-based services like Dropbox or Google Drive means filling limited space on a service, and you’ve got to manage permissions or accept that your link might be handed off to third parties. Firefox Send, the latest experiment from Mozilla, attempts to solve this problem with one-time transfers of large files....

There are times when you look something up in Chrome on your PC, but want to transfer it over to your smartphone. While there isn’t really a straightforward, built-in way to do that, we do have some other solutions for you for both iPhone and Android. Maybe you’ve found an article that you’d like to read later on your mobile device. Maybe you’ve found a few reviews or a recipe you want to carry with you when you go shopping....

The default mode of transportation in Apple Maps is set to driving, but with a simple tweak, you can adjust your Apple Maps experience to default to the mode you use most. Although driving might be the most common mode of transportation in the U.S., you may live in an area where you spend the majority of your time walking. Or, if you’re like us, you use the GPS system in your car when you’re driving and your iPhone when you’re out walking around....

The Windows patches for Meltdown and Spectre will slow your PC down. On a newer PC running Windows 10, you probably won’t notice. But, on a PC with an older processor—especially if it’s running Windows 7 or 8—you may see a noticeable slowdown. Here’s how to make sure your PC performs as speedily as possible after securing it. RELATED: How Will the Meltdown and Spectre Flaws Affect My PC?...

NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience software has a built-in game streaming feature. If you have NVIDIA graphics hardware, you don’t need any additional software to stream on Twitch, Facebook Live, or YouTube Live. NVIDIA’s streaming feature may not have all the advanced features available in Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), but it’s much easier to get started with and also supports webcams, microphones, status information, and custom overlays. Enable Broadcasting RELATED: How to Stream a PC Game on Twitch with OBS...

Think a recently installed update is causing any issues on your Windows 11 PC? You can roll back the update and undo all the changes that it made to your computer. We’ll show you how to uninstall both updates and builds in Windows 11. In Windows 11, you get two types of updates: builds and regular updates. A build is a major update that brings new features and appearance changes....

To update Kodi, you’ll first download the free Downloader app (if you don’t have a downloading app already), enable sideloading on your Fire TV Stick, and then use Downloader to get the latest Kodi version. RELATED: How to Set Your Kodi Library to Automatically Update Step 1: Install Downloader on Your Fire TV Stick Begin by accessing your Fire TV Stick’s home screen using the Home button on your remote....

Apple opened up FaceTime in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS 12 to be able to video call people on other platforms, including Android. That means you can finally use FaceTime on Windows—kinda. We’ll show you how it works. Unfortunately, Apple didn’t release a FaceTime app for Windows. Instead, anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or Mac can create invite links that work with Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on Windows....

If you spend a lot of time at your computer, there’s a good chance you grab your phone somewhere between seven and 7,000 times per day to check notifications, reply to texts, and a lot more. Wouldn’t it be easier to do all this directly from your computer? Yes—and that’s why Pushbullet exists. What Is Pushbullet? If you haven’t heard of Pushbullet, it’s an app for your phone and a Chrome extension for your computer....

There’s a clear benefit in launching shortcuts directly from the home screen. If you are running iOS 14.3 and iPadOS 14.3 or higher, you can run and use shortcuts without actually opening the Shortcuts app. If it’s a headless, interaction-free shortcut, the shortcut will just run on its own and you’ll see a notification. If it’s an interactive shortcut, you’ll see a compact UI card at the top of the screen where you can make selections, enter data, and more....

Control Center Magic Years ago, you had to download a separate Apple TV Remote app to use your iPhone or iPad with your Apple TV. But since iOS 12 and iPadOS 13 came out, Apple has included this feature directly on iPhone and iPad thanks to a button you can add to Control Center. RELATED: How to Use Control Center on Your iPhone or iPad To get started, open the “Settings” app on your iPhone or iPad....

Apple recently released the iOS 11.2.2 update, which is a dedicated security fix designed to address the Spectre and Meltdown CPU flaws. This has a small impact on performance on PCs, but will it slow down your iPhone, too? We benchmarked several models of iPhones to find out. The short answer? Your iPhone probably won’t slow down as much as you fear. How We Performed Our Benchmarks RELATED: How Will the Meltdown and Spectre Flaws Affect My PC?...

If your Mac is mysteriously no longer showing notifications, restarting your Mac will most likely fix the problem. However, here’s a quick way to remedy the situation without restarting. I recently updated my MacBook Pro to the latest version of macOS High Sierra, but after the update, I was no longer receiving any notifications. I could’ve rebooted my machine to fix it, but I already had a ton of tabs and other applications running and I didn’t want to shut all that down....

Keyboards aren’t designed to play games…but most PC games are designed to be played on keyboards. It’s an interesting bit of evolutionary dissonance in the world of PC gaming, from back when people actually worked on computers and games were a secondary consideration. But there’s an alternative to this. Not controllers; that’s an import from the console world, and controllers are still a poor choice for games like shooters, strategy titles, online RPGs, and MOBAs....