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Close up of Acer Chromebook Plus 516 screen from an angle.
You Can Control Your Chromebook With Your Face

Who needs hands when you can use your face?

Graphic iPhone Hand three finger gesture
Nobody Told Me About These iPhone Gestures, Now I Use Them Every Day

You'll wish you knew about these sooner.

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The top of the Xbox adaptive Joystick.
The Xbox Adaptive Joystick Is a Big Step Forward for Disabled Gamers

It's always better when more people can play.

Split screen in three with horror game scenes and 'Horror' written in the center.
How Playing Scary Games Made Me Less of a Scaredy-Cat

I used to avoid fear at all costs. Then horror games became my unofficial exposure therapy.

Windows 11 logo.
Windows Tests Ability to Enable Profanity with Voice Typing

Windows has gone rated R.

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A MacBook with an animated Mac logo in the foreground and some disabled icons around it.
I Disabled Animations on My Mac, and It Feels So Much Snappier

Switch off the eye candy.

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I Never Use Windows Without Tweaking These Accessibility Features

Make Windows more efficient!

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Objects list in PowerPoint with the PowerPoint logo beside it and a person typing on the keyboard in the background.
I Always Name Objects in PowerPoint, and You Should Too

Organize your slideshow's content like a pro.

A robot pushing a person in a wheelchair.
How Robotics is Transforming Accessibility for Millions

Forget ‘rise of the machines’—this is the rise of accessibility. Exoskeletons, AI companions, and assistive bots are here to help, not take over.

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The Windows 11 Start menu open on a laptop.
Windows Is Testing Major Improvements to the Start Menu

It is still better than what Windows 8 had.

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A pedestrian crossing the crosswalk following the Google Maps guide.
This Hidden Google Maps Feature Instantly Improves Walking Directions

You can spend less time looking at your phone.

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Microsoft 365 logo with some of its apps beside it and a field to add alt text.
Why I Always Add Alt Text in Microsoft 365 Apps (And How You Can Too)

Make your graphics more accessible.

Excel logo surrounded by various letters.
Why I Never Change the Font in Microsoft Excel

Aptos is apt!

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A man using a MacBook in a dark room at night.
8 Ways to Make Your Mac Easier on the Eyes

Improve your working environment and reduce eye strain.

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A hand holding a smartphone with an illustration of a screen reader.
How to Use Talkback On Google Chrome
Web

Learn to browse with Talkback using this three-step method.

Virtual Trackpad on an iPad.
Your iPad Has a Virtual Trackpad, Here's Why You Should Enable It (and How)

Get a trackpad on your iPad even without an expensive aftermarket keyboard case.

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An iPad with the multitasking feature and an 'X' in the center.
How to Disable Multitasking on an iPad

Tired of accidentally using two apps at once? Here's how to turn that off.

An iPhone screen.
How to Stop Your iPhone Screen From Automatically Turning Off
iOS

Does your iPhone screen keep dimming and going black while you're trying to read something?

A smart TV with a T9 keyboard layout on the screen in a retro style.
Put This 90s Tech in a Smart TV and I’ll Buy It Instantly

In with the old, out with the new.

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A hand holding a phone with an alt text description of a video on Threads.
How to Show Image Alt Text on Threads for Accessibility

Make the Threads app accessible with a quick tweak.

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