David Nield

Moving to or from an iPhone? Here’s what to consider. Image: James A. Molnar/Unsplash Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. At this point in the smartphone age, many of us have committed our loyalty to one phone brand—but is theContinue Reading

eSIMs are more secure, but you still need to be careful. Image: Brett Jordan/Unsplash Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. First came the physical SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, and now we have the eSIM (Embedded SIM)—the newer technology that is supportedContinue Reading

NotebookLM is now available on mobile, as well as the web. Image: Google Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Amidst the flurry of AI announcements and product reveals from Google in recent months, you might have missed one of the most usefulContinue Reading

Notes is even more useful with iOS 18. Image: Graphicscoco/Getty Images Apple has packed a lot into iOS 18, not just the mobile operating system but also all the apps that run on top of it—and one of the most useful upgrades is in the Notes app. You can nowContinue Reading

You don’t need a laptop to edit images. Credit: Adobe A lot of traditional computing tasks can be handled on a smartphone—albeit on a smaller screen and without the benefit of a mouse and keyboard—and those tasks extend to photo editing. If you have enhancements and tweaks to make toContinue Reading

Experience the benefits of a clean and tidy Mac. Image: DepositPhotos Like your garage or office desk, macOS can easily become cluttered over time. Files, apps, and other digital detritus can build up, often without you realizing, causing your everyday computing tasks to take longer and longer. A quick blastContinue Reading