Take a look at your earbuds, and be honest. Are they ... pretty gross? Yeah, most of us neglect to clean them often enough, and all kinds of junk builds up over time. Instead of wiping them on your jeans and calling it good, give them a thorough cleaning. I'll show you how.

Need help remembering things? Your phone is the perfect assistant.

• If you have an Android phone, Google Assistant certainly works, but you can also download the Google Keep app. Use it to create voice memos, make lists and capture ideas. Neat feature? Say you put “buy a rake” on a list. When you’re at the home improvement store, you’ll get a location-based reminder.
• If you have an iPhone, use the Reminders app and tell Siri what to remember. It works best when you give a time or location to the commands. For example, say, “Hey Siri, remind me to listen to The Kim Komando Show on Saturdays at 10 a.m.”

🙈 You might not want a reminder of everything, though. Here’s how to hide people and pics you don’t want popping up in your Google Photos timeline.

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Laptops are expensive! You want yours to last years and years, and rightfully so. But what do you need to do to properly care for your beloved laptop? We'll tell you how to clean and maintain your device both inside and out. The best part? It only takes a few minutes here and there. Follow these seven essential maintenance tasks every month and your laptop will thank you.

When you own your own business, you're the CEO, the marketer, the IT person and the data analyst. Don't go it alone. Get Kim's must-read small biz tips every week.

Sometimes it feels like the world is throwing everything it has at you. To succeed, you need someone to guide you through. That’s what Dell Technologies Advisors do. They have the tech advice to help you navigate whatever challenges you’re up against — and get you safely to where you want to be.

Having trouble understanding a YouTube video? We've been there. When someone is speaking too quickly and you're trying to understand, it can be frustrating. Luckily, you can get a written version of each YouTube video by hitting the "Open transcript" button. Here's how to find it.

Every now and then, you need to fax some documents. If you don't own a fax machine, you may think you have to open your wallet to get the job done. Not so fast. Here are three ways to do it for free.

The internet is full of junk. We find the good stuff for you, from helpful tools to get stuff done to the best apps and websites out there.

Video games have been around for decades, and many people have spent epic amounts of time becoming good at them. But when researchers attempted to develop an AI that would beat every Atari game, there was one it just couldn’t master. The solution? Look to babies.