Khamosh Pathak
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Everything Your Apple Watch Can Do Without an iPhone
The Apple Watch is made to work with your iPhone, but you don’t need your iPhone to use your Apple Watch. OK, you do need an iPhone to pair and set up the device, but following that, your Apple Watch can function as a standalone device, at least for a variety of tasks—even if you…
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Why Lights Flicker in Your Smartphone Videos (and How to Stop It)
Our phones can shoot incredible video. But sometimes, things don’t look right. Every now and then, you record a video, but all the lights appear to flicker. Maybe it’s an outdoor shot at night, and the street lights are going nuts. Or maybe you’re trying to record a screen, and it’s flickering for seemingly no…
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How to Compress Video on Android Fast
Video taken with a current-generation smartphone can be truly breathtaking—capturing fully stabilized, 4K video at 60 fps on a device that can fit in your shirt pocket still feels like science fiction. That is, until your friend asks, “can you send me that video?” and you find yourself dealing with a file large enough to choke…
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You Should Replace Windows 11’s File Explorer With the Files App
The File Explorer in Windows 11 has been through a rough time. The redesign displaced familiar features; the right-click menu was truncated, and so were the options in the ribbons menu. A couple of updates later, things have improved and Windows 11 finally added tab support in File Explorer. But if you’re annoyed by the…