What Is Adobe Firefly? Here’s How to Use This Powerful Generative AI Tool
Firefly is powerful, and I won’t be able to cover everything you can do with it. Instead, I’ll walk you through a simple workflow of generating an image using an AI model, and then using that image as the starting frame to generate a short, looping video. At the top, select New. You can either […]
How to Coordinate Bedding Colors and Patterns (2025)
The first step in creating a color-drenched bedscape is to select a foundation color, or what Jasmine Artis—owner and principal designer of Chicago-based J’Miracle Designs—likes to call the “anchor color.” In her eyes, this helps keep the mix of colors grounded—no matter the accents introduced to the design scheme. “Choosing a dominant hue, such as […]
How to Use Satellite Communications on the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro
If I’ve learned one thing from listening to the entire back catalog of the excellent podcast Real Survival Stories, it’s this: Whether you’re mountain biking Californian trails or kayaking the west coast of England, the proverbial, you know, can hit the fan really fast. When an adventure flips unexpectedly into an emergency situation, the one […]
How To Wear A V-Neck Jumper This Autumn, According To The Street-Style Set
The V-neck has been ridiculed in recent years – my husband, for one, clung onto his Topman V-neck T-shirts from his university days for slightly too long, leading to many jokes from friends about his style. In 2025, though, the V-neck has become cool again – although admittedly in cashmere form, not accompanying the slogan […]
How to Use Passkeys With Google Password Manager (2025)
Google wants you to start using passkeys. Its vision is to “progress toward a passwordless future,” allowing you to store passkeys in the Google Password Manager service. For websites that support the login method, Google now allows you to generate, store, and sync passkeys. The problem is actually finding a consistent way to do it. […]
How to Use a Password Manager to Share Your Logins After You Die (2025)
It’s not fun to talk about, but there’s only one thing certain in life. You need to have a plan for your digital legacy, just like you make a plan for your physical assets; otherwise, your accounts, services, and logins will rot away in a data center before they’re inevitably erased by a data retention […]
How To Style Chocolate Brown According To The Street Style Set
As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, there’s a collective yearning for Gilmore Girls rewatches, pumpkin-spiced beverages and, yes, chocolate brown. Halloween invites may be trickling in (and even the Christmas ones for the ultra-organised), but for now, autumn’s palette is remaining in chocolate-box territory before we descend into full Morticia Addams mode. […]
How To Repair A Damaged Skin Barrier
Skin might also appear redder or darker than its original colour, plus itchiness is a common symptom. “The texture is likely to change, and feel bumpier and rough,” says Dr Sommerlad. Those with sensitive skin are more predisposed to suffering from an impaired skin barrier, so need to be extra vigilant about keeping it strong […]
How to Choose the Right Gaming Laptop (2025): What You Need to Know
ROG Strix is Asus’s performance-focused subbrand. This is where the company’s thicker, more conventional gaming laptops are found. Pricing can range widely, as it includes affordable options like the ROG Strix G16 with the RTX 5050, which starts at just $1,300. TUF Gaming is the company’s entry-level gaming laptop subbrand. These TUF gaming laptops used […]
How to Use 1Password’s Travel Mode at the Border (2025)
Enter VeraCrypt. It’s a free, open source encryption app that can encrypt full drives, as well as operating system partitions, similar to BitLocker or FileVault. The big feature of VeraCrypt is plausible deniability. There are specific setup steps, but you can store an encrypted partition within an encrypted partition. When you encrypt a drive with […]