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Which tab is playing sound? With Chrome’s new Play/Pause button, you don’t have to hunt it down. You can control playback from any browser tab using a convenient button on Chrome’s toolbar. Google Chrome’s new media playback controls are part of the stable version of Chrome 77 but disabled by default. You can enable the button with a hidden flag and use it today, just like Chrome’s new Extensions menu, hidden Reader Mode, and the “Send Tab to Self” feature....

If you use the online version of Outlook, you can delete your email search history (useful if you’ve got privacy concerns) or export it (useful for finding old searches or data analysis). Here’s how to do it. Most users of Outlook.com should have the modern look and feel for their email account now, which by default shows an all blue bar. If you’ve still got the classic version, which a lot of enterprise versions (the work email provided by your company) are still using, it’ll show a primarily black bar by default....

Canonical just released Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, which features Linux kernel 5.0. This kernel, also found in Ubuntu 19.04, includes improved hardware support and performance tweaks. But, if you installed the original Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, you won’t automatically be updated. It’s All About Hardware Enablement (HWE) Here’s how this works. Instead of offering the original Ubuntu 18.04 LTS image for years and forcing everyone to update a lot of software after installing it, Ubuntu regularly releases new Ubuntu 18....

I used to be a big fan of Facebook. It was where all my friends shared interesting links and posted photos. Unfortunately, it’s now a wasteland, filled with older relatives and that weird guy I met in 2011. Everyone’s moved to Instagram. The problem was that my default procrastinating behavior didn’t change. If I was waiting for a train or had three minutes to kill, I’d—barely consciously—navigate to Facebook and start mindlessly scrolling past posts that didn’t interest me....

See Contact Details in Chat The first thing you should do is open a conversation in the WhatsApp application for iPhone or Android and then look at the contact details at the top. If you can’t see their profile picture and their last seen, it’s possible that they have blocked you. The lack of an avatar and last seen message isn’t a guarantee that they’ve blocked you. Your contact could have just disabled their Last Seen activity....

With a read-only Discord channel, you can ensure only you can post messages in that channel and others can only see them. It’s easy to turn any channel on your server read-only, and we’ll show you how. To make a channel read-only, you basically disable the permission for sending messages for all users on the channel. You can modify this permission on a role basis as well if you want....

Many people connected to the Internet only have a smartphone, with no personal computer. While some libraries and internet cafés offer free PC access, it’s easier when you have access to the tools you need at any time. If you’re looking to start a website, the services we’re going to talk about here have fully functional mobile web apps that allow you to build, publish, and edit your site completely from your phone....

When you open a new PowerPoint presentation, the slides are horizontal by default. However, you can change them to vertical orientation in a few simple steps. Here’s how to switch your slides from landscape to portrait layout. Change Slides from Landscape to Portrait First, open your PowerPoint presentation. In the “Customize” group of the “Design” tab, select “Slide Size.” Click “Custom Slide Size” (“Page Setup” on Mac) in the drop-down menu....

The Windows 10 taskbar is, by default, slightly transparent and tinted to a color you choose. If you know where to look, and you can even increase its transparency with a registry hack. But you can’t make the taskbar completely transparent, so that only your icons show up against your wallpaper. Unless, that is, you install TranslucentTB—a free, lightweight, and open source application that lets you quickly set your taskbar to be completely transparent....

We don’t think every Windows user has to change this option. Despite how tempting “better performance” sounds, the default “quick removal” policy is fine for most people. Quick Removal vs. Better Performance Windows has different “policies” you can select for external storage devices connected via USB or Thunderbolt, whether it’s a USB thumb drive or external hard drive. Each individual storage device has its own specific policy setting so that you can select different policies for different devices....

Re-keying locks can sometimes be a pain, since you usually need to get a locksmith to do it for you. However, with Kwikset’s SmartKey technology, you can re-key a lock in under a minute. Here’s how to do it. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock For this guide, we’ll be using a Kwikset Kevo smart lock, but many newer Kwikset locks come with this same SmartKey technology....

When you are working with spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and accidentally copy rows, or if you are making a composite spreadsheet of several others, you will encounter duplicate rows which you need to delete. This can be a very mindless, repetitive, time-consuming task, but there are several tricks that make it simpler. RELATED: How to Remove Duplicate or Blank Rows From a Table in Microsoft Excel Getting Started Today we will talk about a few handy methods for identifying and deleting duplicate rows in Excel....

The Wink Hub is a versatile smarthome hub that lets you connect to lights, locks, security devices, and more. However, one often overlooked, but useful, smarthome gadget is the ceiling fan. Why Use A Smart Fan? If you have ever tried installing a smart light switch or smart fan switch in an older home, you’ve probably encountered a distinct limitation that stopped you in your tracks. Most smart switches require a neutral wire, but many older homes do not have one available....

Don’t Share Your Password; Share Your Devices We like Wyze products. Whether you’re looking for a camera, a panning camera, or a sensor system, it’s hard to find another product so good for such a low price. But unless you live alone, adding sensors and video cameras to your living space usually means sharing access to those devices. You could hand out your username and password, but generally speaking handing out your password is a bad idea....

When you mail a letter, all you have to do is slap a stamp on it and stick it in the mailbox. But shipping a package is a whole different beast. The good news, though, is that you still don’t need to leave the comfort of your home if you don’t want to. Here’s how to skip the post office entirely and mail any package without stepping foot outside....

If the hardware devices in your Windows 11 PC—such as USB controllers, video cards, printers, or other peripherals—need new or updated drivers, it’s usually easy to install them. We’ll show you how. Usually, You Don’t Need To Update Drivers Before we jump into updating drivers, let’s talk about when you don’t need to update your hardware drivers in Windows 11. Typically, you shouldn’t update your drivers unless you’re updating a graphics card driver or know that a driver update will fix an issue you’ve encountered....

A new “Send Tab to Self” feature in Google Chrome lets you quickly send tabs between all your Chrome devices. This feature, available via a hidden flag in Google Chrome, is available in the stable version of Chrome today. Update: This is enabled by default in Chrome 77. No hidden flags necessary! How It Works Sure, you can access open tabs on other devices via the History page without any hidden flags if you use Chrome Sync—but this new feature is slicker and faster....

Excel’s new XLOOKUP will replace VLOOKUP, providing a powerful replacement to one of Excel’s most popular functions. This new function solves some of VLOOKUP’s limitations and has extra functionality. Here’s what you need to know. What is XLOOKUP? The new XLOOKUP function has solutions for some of the biggest limitations of VLOOKUP. Plus, it also replaces HLOOKUP. For example, XLOOKUP can look to its left, defaults to an exact match, and allows you to specify a range of cells instead of a column number....

As a fairly versatile operating system, Windows has always had ways of browsing and viewing photos. But with Windows 10, Microsoft decided to try and mash browsing, organizing, and viewing all together in one application, with some basic editing to boot. The result, the innocuously-titles “Photos” app, can be less than intuitive. Here are all the different things you can do with the Photos app… assuming you want to....

RELATED: 10 Movies You Should Watch This Thanksgiving Peacock After debuting its streaming home last year, the parade will once again be available on the premium version of Peacock ($4.99+ per month). Peacock will also be showcased with its own float featuring, of course, a giant peacock, as well as a big screen streaming the live feed of the parade—at the parade. RELATED: How to Stream ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ in 2022...