TL;DR: Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC is available now for a one-time purchase of $129.97 (reg. $149.99). While it may seem like there’s a new version of Office every few years, updating this kind of software is crucial. However, the question is always the same: Is this one really worth it? If you’re tired of shelling out monthly fees for features you don’t use or dealing with watered-down web versions, then yes—Office 2024 Home is absolutely worth your one-time $129.97. This latest version ditches the bloat and dials up the speed, collaboration, and intelligence. With an updated interface that shows you only what you need (when you need it), improved accessibility tools, and AI-powered features in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you’ll actually get things done faster. Need to write a paper, analyze a budget, build a presentation, or collaborate with a family member? Office 2024 now supports real-time co-authoring, smart compose, and even recorded presentations with captions. And the best part is it’s yours forever. No monthly payments. No renewal reminders. Just a clean, streamlined, and fully loaded Office suite that lives on your machine, not in the cloud, and includes ongoing updates. Pick up this lifetime access to Office 2024 Home while it’s just $129.97 (reg. $149.99) for a limited time. Microsoft Office 2024 Home for Mac or PC: One-Time PurchaseSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change. Read...

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Logitech’s MX Master mouse series is probably the most well-regarded on the market, so long as you don’t need any specific gaming features. But they aren’t cheap—in fact, after the latest round of tariffs, Logitech increased the price of the MX Master 3S from $100 to $120. Today, Amazon has it at a big discount, down to just $79.99. The MX Master 3S is basically the same design as the excellent MX Master 3 but with quieter clicks, all the better to not annoy your coworkers, housemates, and pets. It’s got the same gorgeous and comfortable design (unfortunately, it’s right-handed only), the same triple-device switching between Bluetooth and wireless USB, the same hefty body and weight, and rechargeable battery. With the programmable extra thumb buttons and metallic wheel, it’s got a lot of functionality, even beyond the automatic speed adjustment on the main scroll wheel. Amazon is offering this discount on the white version of the MX Master 3S only, so I hope you’re okay with the (lack of) color. Also note that there’s a new and heavily revised version of Logitech’s flagship mouse that has been leaked, so this might be an attempt to clear out stock for a new launch. But that doesn’t make this any less of a great deal. Get a Logitech MX Master 3S mouse for just $80Buy now on Amazon Read...

Adobe has finally delivered on one of the most requested features in Photoshop: image upscaling, as well as improved abilities to insert and remove objects from photographs and other images. Adobe said Tuesday that the new additions are arriving on the desktop edition of Photoshop as well as the web, though you’ll need an ongoing Photoshop or Adobe Creative Cloud subscription to take advantage of them. The new updates pit older generations of users against new, modern digital artists. If you own a scrapbook or physical photo album of printed photos, you may have used Google PhotoScan (for Android) to create those printed photos and add them to your physical photo albums. The problem, of course, is that they might be old and grainy, especially if you’re like me and didn’t have access to the latest and greatest film cameras. Upscaling uses AI to smooth and polish those grainy photos in an attempt to add back what the camera couldn’t capture. Adobe calls this Generative Upscale, and it’s been added to the Photoshop beta for desktop and the web. Adobe Windows already has a free image upscaler hidden away within the Photos app, called Super Resolution. Unfortunately, it’s locked to Copilot+ PCs, as it uses the NPU to inject more pixels. Photoshop historically has used the CPU, GPU, and the cloud to polish up your images. That polish is receiving an upgrade today, too. Harmonize is a new Photoshop feature that improves the way in which objects can be added to a photo. Think of it as the opposite of “Photoshopping” out an object — doing so removes the object, its shadow, and so on. Harmonize does the opposite: When you add an object in, it automatically examines the scene and adjusts the lighting and other effects, blending it in. Harmonize isn’t just available on desktop and on the web, but within the Early Access version of the Photoshop app for iOS. Adobe also said that it has tweaked Photoshop’s ability to remove objects, so that highlighted content is removed and (optionally) replaces it with AI-generated objects. The idea is that removing parts of the scene won’t be as noticeable as adding back content helps to blend the scene. Adobe Adobe is also allowing users to choose between different Firefly Image Models (Firefly Image 1 and Firefly Image 3) when using Generative Fill and Expand, the company said. Read...

With its silky performance and razor-sharp video resolution, the Apple TV 4K has been my streaming box of choice for years, but it has some quirks that drive me up the wall. For instance, why does the TV button on the Siri Remote send you to the Apple TV app rather than the main Apple TV home screen? What’s with those Apple TV+ video promos that start playing automatically, complete with sound? And don’t get me started on trying—fruitlessly—to pinpoint a particular moment in a video by clumsily swiping the remote’s touch-sensitive navigation pad.  Luckily, you can nip these Apple TV 4K annoyances in the bud with a few simple tweaks in the Settings menu. Read on for fixes to five quirks that perpetually annoy Apple TV users. Quirk: the Siri Remote TV button doesn’t take you to the home screen Back in the early days of Apple TV, the Home button on the remote did what it said it would do: It took you to the Apple TV’s home screen, where you could find all your ATV apps, just like on an iPhone.  Then the Apple TV app came along, and before we knew it, the Home button on the Apple TV remote (later dubbed the Siri Remote) jumped you to the Apple TV app rather than the home screen. Talk about annoying.  Fix: Change how the TV button on the Siri Remote works Luckily, there’s a way to make the Home button—OK, fine, the TV button—on the Apple TV remote do what we actually want.  Go to Settings on the Apple TV, select Remotes and Devices, scroll to the TV Button setting, then pick an option: either Home Screen or Apple TV App. Pick the former, and you’re all set.  Changing what the Siri Remote’s TV button does takes just a few clicks.Ben Patterson/Foundry Quirk: “Scrubbing” videos is way too finicky When you pause the video on your Apple TV, you can swipe the touch surface in the center of the navigation pad to “scrub” forward or backward. But scrubbing with precision can be a royal pain, as it’s all too easy to overshoot the spot you’re trying to find. And the more you try, the more you’ll wish you’d never started scrubbing in the first place. Fix: Use the rim of the navigation wheel If you’re getting frustrated, try this trick: Instead of swiping the touch surface in the middle of the navigational wheel, slide a finger around the rim of the wheel itself—clockwise for forward, or counterclockwise for reverse. Using that gesture makes it a little easier to pinpoint an exact spot on a video.  Just swipe clockwise or counterclockwise along the rim of the Siri Remote’s navigation pad to “scrub” forward or backward on a paused video.Ben Patterson/Foundry Quirk: Auto-playing videos in the Top Shelf So, you know when you scroll over the app icons in the top row of the Apple TV home screen, and promo images or even auto-playing videos appear at the very top of the screen? Apple calls that promo area the Top Shelf, and for the most part, you can’t control the content what appears there as you scroll from one app to another.  There is a key exception, however: the Apple TV app. Normally, when you scroll over the Apple TV icon, you’ll see a screen-dominating What to Watch preview that begins playing automatically, complete with sound (more on the annoying auto-play audio in a moment). But for the Apple TV app, you have the option to change the Top Shelf’s behavior to something more useful.  Fix: Change the Top Shelf setting for the TV app to Up Next Try this: Go to Settings, then click Apps, TV, and scroll down to the Home Screen setting. Finally, toggle the Top Shelf setting from What to Watch to Up Next.  Now, when you scroll over the Apple TV app on the Apple TV 4K’s home screen (assuming you keep the Apple TV app in the top dock), you’ll see what’s in your Up Next queue, handy for jumping back into what you’ve been watching or teeing something you already want to watch.  Bonus tip: You can set the Up Next promos to show either the cover art for the TV show or movie you were watching or a still-frame of the video; just toggle the Up Next Display setting. Put your Up Next row back where it belongs.Ben Patterson/Foundry Quirk: Auto-play previews have sound, too One of the more aggravating features of the Apple TV app is its habit of automatically playing a preview—complete with sound—for any show or video that the Apple TV’s cursor happens to be hovering over.  Now, you can’t do anything about the auto-playing videos, but you can mute their sound (you can always scroll up if you do decide you want to hear the preview).  Fix: Silence the auto-playing previews  Go to Settings, click Apps, TV, scroll down to the Video and Audio heading, then toggle Autoplay Video Sound to Off.  Ah, that’s better.  Apple TV 4K (3rd-generation, 2022) (64GB, model A2737) Read our review Best Prices Today: $124.50 at Adorama | $129 at Apple | $129.99 at Best Buy Quirk: Switching from one app to another is a pain Navigating the Apple TV 4K’s convoluted screens and interfaces can be a tedious process, particularly when it comes to switching from one app to another.   For example, if you’re deep inside the Netflix app and decide you want to check out Hulu, you’ll likely need to click the Back button multiple times to return to the home screen, and then you’ll need to navigate to the Hulu app icon and click that to begin, say, your binge-watching session of The Bear.  Of course, you could just click the TV button to zip back to the home screen (assuming you’ve followed my advice above), although you’ll still need to navigate to the app you want to open.  FIx: Double-click to switch apps  Instead, try this: Double-click the TV button. Double-click the TV button to launch the app switcher.Ben Patterson/Foundry Doing so will trigger the Apple TV app switcher, which will splay a stack of windows for all your recently opened tvOS apps. Swipe the Siri Remote’s touch surface to scroll through the windows, then click a window to launch its app. Easy.  This story is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best media streaming devices. Read...

It’s official: Peacock’s with-ads plan is now the priciest of its big-name streaming competitors. At the same time, Peacock has rolled out a new, cheaper plan aimed at budget-conscious cord-cutters—but you’ll be missing some of the streamer’s biggest offerings in the bargain.  Available now for new and current subscribers, Peacock Select costs $7.99/month or $79.99/year, making it $3/month cheaper than Peacock’s ad-supported Premium plan and $9/month less than the ad-free Peacock Premium Plus tier. The cost of Peacock’s Premium plans jumped last week following a steep round of price increases.  Like Peacock Premium, Peacock Select is an ad-supported plan, but “Select” is the key word, as the new tier offers only a selection of Peacock Premium content, not the entire slate. The details are below, but suffice it to say that Love Island fans aren’t going to be happy. What’s included in Peacock Select? Before we dive into what’s missing from Peacock Select, let’s first cover what you will get. NBC current & library: Think current and legacy shows on the NBC broadcast network, such as the various Law & Order series, Chicago Fire and its ilk, and The Office. NBC shows that are currently running will appear on Peacock Select the next day after they’re aired, just like on the Peacock Premium tiers. Bravo current season & library: The Real Housewives shows, Below Deck, and other Bravo series are all on tap for Peacock Select streamers.  “Other” TV library: Licensed shows and other series that don’t fit neatly into the NBC or Bravo buckets, including Yellowstone, the popular Telemundo series El Señor de los Cielos, and my personal favorite soap, Days of Our Lives.  Live streaming channels: Expect The Office Channel, NBC News Now Channel, and other ad-supported streaming channels for NBCUniversal TV shows. What’s missing from Peacock Select? Peacock Originals: No Love Island shows, meaning no Love Island USA, no Love Island: Beyond the Villa, and no Love Island Games. Also thrown out with the bathwater are The Traitors, Poker Face, Twisted Metal, The Paper, and anything else with the Peacock Originals label. Ouch.  Sports and live events: Here’s another massive category that Peacock Select subscribers must live without. Say goodbye to live sports, meaning no Sunday Night Football, no NBA games, no WWE, no Premier League, and no Big Ten, among other live sporting events.   Movies: Peacock’s library of movies from Universal, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, and other affiliated studios is MIA in Peacock Select, as are the streaming movie channels (Comedy Movies channel, the Shrek channel, etc.) that Peacock Premium streamers enjoy.  Your local NBC channel: This omission isn’t a big shock, as access to your local NBC affiliate is exclusive to the ad-free Peacock Premium Plus tier. Still, it’s worth noting.  Is Peacock Select worth it? You’re missing out on a lot of key Peacock Premium content if you sign up for the Peacock Select plan. Sports fans, movie mavens, and aficionados of Peacock’s reality game shows are particularly left in the lurch.  But if you don’t care about those categories, Peacock Select might be a good option for those looking to keep up with shows on the NBC broadcast network, while addicts of the just-renewed Days can get their daily fix of the Bradys, the DiMeras, and the Hortons.  In any event, whether the Peacock Select tier will stick around in the long term is an open question. For its part, Peacock says Select is “being tested as we explore various offerings.” Read...

I currently use an add-on program that lets me put my Windows 11 taskbar at the top of my monitor. It’s one of the many ways in which Windows 11 is a step back from Windows 10, and here’s another: when you open the Notification Center from a secondary monitor, it always appears on your primary screen. People have been raising a fuss over this for a while, and it looks like Microsoft is finally going to fix it. Four years later. Woo. The newest version of the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build (Dev Channel KB5062669) includes viewing the Notification Center notifications, calendar, the larger clock, and other stuff in that right-hand interface on secondary monitors—which, as Windows Central notes, is also something that was perfectly functional in Windows 10 and was removed from the revamped version of the taskbar. And since Microsoft has made this change specifically to address feedback from users, it seems they weren’t the only ones who were miffed by this missing functionality. Features that show up in pre-release builds of Windows don’t automatically progress to full release, but given the attention that this particular change is getting on the Windows Insider Blog, it seems very likely that it’ll show up in this year’s big Windows update. Other changes include a grid view on the Start Menu search bar and some updates to the spam Windows 11 gives you when you first boot up. Cool, cool. Microsoft, could you please let me put the taskbar on top? Without paying someone to un-break your operating system, and preferably without stuffing it full of more Copilot stuff? Thanks in advance… probably way in advance. Read...

If you’re looking for a way to tame the charging cable chaos on your desk, you should look into this Anker 6-port charging station that’s now on sale for $28.49 (was $45.99). It’s a fantastic solution for keeping all your devices powered up without a million separate chargers. This compact Anker charging station features three USB-A and three USB-C charging ports, which should be more than enough to handle your phone, smartwatch, earbuds, tablet, and more. It’s capable of delivering up to 112W of total charging output, though each port has its own limits: one fast USB-C goes up to 30W, the other two USB-C go up to 20W each, one USB-A providing up to 18W, and the other two USB-A up to 12W each. It may not be the fastest of USB chargers out there, but it’s still plenty fast when you consider that you can hook up six devices at once! One nice touch about this charger is that it comes with a silicone cable organizer that keeps all your USB cables neatly organized and arranged on your desk, minimizing clutter. Also, the power cable is long enough that you can position the charger almost anywhere. What are you waiting for? This is a limited-time deal and the newest lowest price it’s ever been, so hurry up if you’re tired of your messy USB charging situation and get it for just $28.49 while you can! Save 38% and charge up to six USB devices at once with easeBuy now at Amazon Read...