🧠 Too many tabs, huh: Microsoft quietly admitted OneDrive sync could be tanking Windows 11 performance. It’s enabled by default, which is cute until File Explorer takes three years to open. If you’ve got Windows, right-click that cloud icon and pause syncing to see if your PC stops wheezing. If you’ve got Apple, keep laughing until that monthly iCloud bill comes in.
🎃 Keep tabs on Halloween night: Worried about the kids heading out after dark? Slip an AirTag or Tile tracker into their costume or treat bag, so you’ll always know where they are. Add a few glow bracelets to their wrists for extra visibility on the roads. Peace of mind for you, more candy for them.
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🌐 iPhone Safari shortcuts: iOS 26 made opening tabs a bit clunkier, but there’s a faster way. Normally you’d tap the ellipsis in the bottom right, then choose New Tab or All Tabs. Instead, swipe left on the address bar to open a new tab, or swipe up (or double-tap the ellipsis) to view all tabs.
Chromebook slow? Press Search + Escape to open Task Manager to see apps and tabs eating up memory or CPU. Click one and hit End Process to close it. Next, in Chrome browser, tap the Extensions icon (top right) > Manage Extensions and Remove any you don’t use anymore.
🖥️ macOS 26: Spotlight search got an upgrade. Open it with Command + Space bar, and when you move your cursor into the search field, you’ll see four new tabs on the right: Apps, Files, Actions and Clipboard. Use Files to find documents with natural language, Actions to run shortcuts, and Clipboard to see everything you’ve recently copied.
💻 macOS 26: Launchpad is gone, replaced by a simple Apps icon in the Dock (right of Finder). Click it and you’ll see a layout that feels like Spotlight. At the top is a Search bar for opening apps, or use the Categories tabs to filter. You can also just scroll through everything installed.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: Switch between browser tabs fast. Ctrl + 1–9 (Windows) or Cmd + 1–9 (Mac). Goes directly to the tab number you pick. Whoa!
⚙️ Chrome has its own Task manager: Just like Windows, Chrome lets you check which tabs are hogging system resources. Go to the three-dot menu (top right) > More Tools > Task manager. You’ll see Memory and CPU use for each tab. If one’s eating up too much, select it and hit End task.
🌐 Find tabs fast in Chrome: Got too many websites open? Use Search tabs instead of clicking around. Hit the downward arrow in the top-left corner of your toolbar to see all your current tabs (plus recently closed ones). Or use the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + A (Windows) or ⌘ + Shift + A (Mac).
🌐 Faster than bookmarks: You can set your browser to reopen all tabs when it starts. In Chrome, go to Settings > On startup and select Continue where you left off. In Firefox, go to Settings > General > Startup and check Open previous windows and tabs. No more scary crashes.
⚡️ 3-second tech genius: If you’ve got multiple browser tabs playing sound, right-click one and select Mute site to silence it. In some browsers, you can also click the Speaker icon. Love that.
🧠 Your tabs get a brain: Microsoft Edge just dropped Copilot Mode, an AI-powered browser that sees your tabs, listens to voice commands and helps you shop, plan and even book paddleboards. Will it judge your 48 open tabs? Let’s hope not. For now, the feature is opt-in and free for a limited time.
🍏 Reopen a lost Safari window on iPad: If you closed one by accident, it’s easy to bring it back. Just leave Safari and long-press the app icon in your Dock or Home Screen. Tap Show All Windows, then hit + Reopen Closed Window in the top-left corner. Boom, you can pick up where you left off, tabs and all.
Copilot can see you: Microsoft just gave Copilot Vision full desktop eyes. Now, instead of peeking at one app, the AI can see everything you’ve got open. Yes, your billion tabs. Just hit the glasses icon and start chatting. You can also trigger it with your voice. It’s like Clippy evolved and learned surveillance tactics.
🧪 GPT-5 is coming: OpenAI says it’s done juggling 5 billion models. GPT-5 will unite its smartest (the “O” series) with its most extra (GPT-4o) into one huge robot brain. Expect it within a month, with sharper reasoning, more senses and fewer tabs making your laptop beg for mercy.
🤖 Use Canva inside ChatGPT: You can now design directly in ChatGPT without switching tabs. Here’s how: Open ChatGPT, go to Tools > Run deep research > Sources and connect your Canva account. From there, you can pull in brand assets, reuse existing designs or whip up something new based on your current chat.
⌨️ Using a keyboard with your iPad? Press and hold the Command key (⌘) to see all the available shortcuts for the app you’re in. Some apps even show tabs at the bottom, so you can swipe through categories. Like in Mail, Command + R lets you quickly reply to a message.
Mac feeling slow? Something might be hogging resources in the background. Open Activity Monitor to see what’s going on. Check the CPU and Memory tabs, and sort by % CPU or Memory Used. If you spot a big app running, double-click it and hit Quit. FYI: Don’t close system processes.
🔖 Better than bookmarks: Reopening the same tabs every day? Let your browser remember them for you. In Chrome, click the three-dot menu (top right) > Settings > On startup > Continue where you left off. Nice.
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