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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. There are a lot of kid-friendly headphones on the market to choose from. Compared to adult headphones, kids’ headphones are designed to fit young heads more comfortably and generally include volume-limiting features to protect their ears. PCMag’s top pick is the iClever BTH20 ANC headphones for kids, currently 30% off at a record-low price of $34.98 (originally $49.99). These headphones earned a PCMag Editor’s Choice Award thanks to their comfortable fit and ability to blend passive and active noise cancellation, allowing for lower-volume listening. The maximum volume limit is 80dB, which protects your kids' ears, and their child-fri...

Messages is the default chat app for billions of Apple users. If you have an Apple device (but particularly an iPhone), you likely open the app dozens of times every day. And yet, this simple app can do a lot more than send texts. Whether you use it on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can use these 10 hacks to make Messages a better and more productive chat app.Adjust your settings to filter out spam in Messages When you get a new text, you want it to be from a friend, not an obvious scam. Alas, the latter sort are all too frequent. But in recent years, Apple has added some helpful tools to filter out messages from unknown senders, and send obvious spam to its own unique folder.To set this up, open Settings > Apps > Messages, then choose both "Screen Unknown Senders" and "Filter Spam."...

Next spring, you'll notice a handful of new emojis pop up on your iPhone or Android device. As shared by Unicode Emoji Subcommittee Chair Jennifer Daniel, there are nine additions slated for 2027, including "Cracking Face," "Leftwards Thumb Sign," "Rightwards Thumb Sign," "Monarch Butterfly," "Pickle," "Lighthouse," "Meteor," "Eraser," and "Net With Handle." It's not the biggest update in emoji history, but it's a fun assortment. (I can imagine "Cracked Face" is going to get some use.) I always enjoy when new emojis hit the scene (who could live without the recent "Melting Face"), but I never really questioned how these emojis actually come to be. I imagine that's the same for most of us who use these icons. Maybe some of us think that the individual tech companies (e.g., Apple, Google, et...