Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

There's no double that voice-controlled assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google, and Siri have become an indispensable part of today's connected world. With these smart devices, we can all do things we ...

With Windows Terminal, the company is trying to bring all the command-line based utilities under one UWP shell. Out of the box, it includes Windows PowerShell and Windows Command Prompt – but if ...

is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Google is opening the gates to something that should ultimately make the Google Assistant a lot ...

While smart gadgets can be useful for a lot of things—there’s nothing quite like the convenience of turning off your bedroom light from under the covers—they’re often persnickety, requiring very ...

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Creating custom keyboard shortcuts in Excel can significantly enhance productivity by allowing users to perform tasks more quickly. By creating custom keyboard shortcuts tailored to your specific ...

Fire off custom commands from inside the app or on your home screen, or set them to trigger automatically along with sunset or sunrise. Dale Smith is a former Associate Writer on the How-To team at ...

You usually want a response when asking your Google Home device a question. When you issue a command, however—say, telling your Google Assistant to turn on the lights—you don’t really need a vocalized ...