Small-biz boost

Small-biz boost: Amazon is giving over $250,000 in grants to small businesses that earn less than $1 million per year. Plus, it’s rolling out a new Small Business Success Studio — think free tutorials on loan applications and website optimization. Applications close May 24.

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You look good: The best selfies don’t have half the frame obscured by your arm. Instead of taking them the normal way, prop your phone against something and use the timer function to take your snap, giving yourself (and your pals) a few seconds to look your best.

$3 tip for your Domino’s driver will get you a $3 coupon

The company says it wants to fight “tipping fatigue” by “tipping you back.” Pretty good, albeit a little cheesy. You have till mid-September to take advantage of this offer.

Super-cool iPad tip: If you’re on a website or in an app with regularly refreshed content, like social media, try this: Just tap on your screen, pull down slightly and let go. Whatever you’re looking at gets refreshed in an instant. Boom.

Mac file shortcut: If you need to rename a bunch of files on macOS, you don’t need to do it one by one. Select them all in Finder, then hold down Cmd and click on one of them. Choose Rename to apply the same change(s) to them all.

Save energy, save money, save the world: Open up Settings in Windows, then choose System and Power (or Power & battery on a laptop). At the top of the screen, you’ll see recommendations for cutting down on your computer’s energy use.

No more typos: Step 1: Ask Grammarly or ChatGPT to find mistakes and typos. Step 2: Read it out loud. This helps you hear mistakes you might not see. Works like a charm.

Attention, shopper: Liquidation.com hawks packages and undelivered goods from Amazon, Target, Walmart and the Home Depot. You can filter by brand or retailer. Shop carefully — there are no returns.

Your desktop is a mess: Create a new folder with a name like “Clean up” or the date. Drop everything in there. When you have 5 minutes to spare, go through that folder. It’s kind of like that junk drawer in your kitchen.

Is it real or AI? A new web app called AI or Not might have the answer. This free tool uses content recognition tech to identify if a pic is the product of AI tomfoolery. Drop in an image to see here.