Cool Websites And Tools [june 18th]

For a while, Google has been telling Pixel owners that they'll be getting an energy feature that extends the total lifespan of their batteries. If you've been looking forward to it, today's your lucky day; Google has begun rolling out this handy feature in the newest update, albeit you may not see it immediately.

Pirating software is a pretty bad idea. There are plenty of bad agents online looking for ways to take advantage of people who are looking to get paid apps for free, and cracking tools are no different. Malware is infecting people who are looking for a way to avoid buying products, stealing their personal information and turning their computers into cryptomining zombies.

Spotify is best known for being everyone's go-to music streaming app. The company also attempted to make a hardware device, the Car Thing, which will be turned into a paperweight at the end of 2024. However, there are ways you can recycle the Car Thing, even after Spotify bricks it.

For many of us, password-sharing helped fill a pandemic-fueled void with our favorite movies and TV shows, allowing us to piggyback on each other's accounts to save money. Now, more and more streaming services are curbing the practice, and Max (formerly HBO Max) is the latest to join the party.

Downloading Stable Diffusion can seem beyond your skill set if you're not familiar with the world of coding. To solve this problem, Easy Diffusion was created to reduce the process to a few easy clicks.

Its been almost two years since the Matter standard has launched to make a more seamless smart home experience. But the rollout has been a bumpy ride. The latest update to the standard is here, but will it be enough to jump start progress?