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The Threshold for Hearing Damage is 85 dB Most doctors agree that 85 dB is the threshold for hearing damage. After repeated long term exposure to sounds at or above 85 dB, you can expect to experience some hearing loss or tinnitus. And while you’d probably assume that 85 dB is “extremely loud,” there’s a good chance that you’re exposed to sounds that exceed this threshold every day. Lawnmowers and busy restaurants, for example, tend to put out about 90 dB of sound....

Under Pressure No matter how well a battery is designed, there’s always the potential for it to start leaking because batteries are powered by active chemical reactions that don’t sustain themselves forever. This is especially true for alkaline batteries, which are a common type of consumer battery used in many gadgets since the 1960s. But it can also apply to other types of batteries as well, which can swell up or burst when they begin to degrade over time....

Using ImgBurn During installation you are offered the ability to automatically check for new versions which is always a handy feature. When ImgBurn first starts up you are shown the main menu and the log file window. If you want to close the log file menu you’ll get a humorous warning message. The log files do come in very handy and you can open them at a later time as well....

Echo Tricks for Everyone: Alexa Inquiries, Sports, Traffic, Podcasts, and More You can absolutely use a all of the Echo products, including but not limited to, the Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show without purchasing a Prime membership. The vast majority of features are accessible regardless of whether or not you have a Prime account including a wide range of the features we’ve written about here at How-To Geek. Sans Prime membership you can use the communication features of the Echo to call and message your friends as well as use your Echo devices as an intercom system in your home....

The Kubernetes API is your route to inspecting and managing your cluster’s operations. You can consume the API using the Kubectl CLI, tools such as curl, or the official integration libraries for popular programming languages. The API is available to applications within your cluster too. Kubernetes Pods are automatically given access to the API and can authenticate using a provided service account. You perform interactions by consuming the injected environment variables and certificate files to make connections from the client of your choice....

You may be working on a document that could benefit from a background image. You can easily add images to your documents inside Google Docs. We’ll show you how. Unlike Word, which allows you to use an image as your document background, Google Docs only lets you change the page color. However, there are a few workarounds you can try. Add and Adjust a Watermark Image Background The simplest way to add an image background in Google Docs is using the Watermark feature....

Adding a trendline to your chart helps your audience better understand the data by way of visualization. Not only can you add a trendline to your already-existing chart in Excel, but you can also format it, too. Add a Trendline to Your Chart To get started, open Excel and select the chart you would like to add a trendline to. If you don’t already have a chart, you can create one by highlighting the cells containing the data and then selecting a chart type from the “Charts” group of the “Insert” tab....

If you want to make your Google Sheets spreadsheet easier to read, you can apply alternate shading to rows or columns. We’ll walk you through it! Adding Alternate Colors to Rows You can apply an alternate color scheme to rows in your Google Sheets spreadsheet directly using the “Alternating Colors” formatting feature. To do so, open your Google Sheets spreadsheet and select your data. You can either do this manually or select a cell in your data set, and then press Ctrl+A to select the data automatically....

Rather than finding currency conversion rates manually, you can import up-to-date and historical currency exchange rates using the GOOGLEFINANCE function in Google Sheets. Using these rates, you can convert any currency to another in your spreadsheet. As the name suggests, the GOOGLEFINANCE function takes advantage of accurate financial data available from Google itself. Real-Time Currency Conversion Using GOOGLEFINANCE The GOOGLEFINANCE function is capable of pulling in current, real-time data about the financial markets....

First, lift up your Apple Watch and press the Digital Crown. Open the Settings app by tapping the gear icon in either the grid view or the list view on the apps screen. In Settings, tap “General,” then choose the “Wake Screen” option. In “Wake Screen” settings, tap the switch beside “Auto-Launch Audio Apps” to turn it off. The next time you lift your wrist while playing any media, it will open the watch face instead of the audio app....

If you repeatedly perform a task, you can save time by using a macro to automate that task. However, not all macros are created equal—some contain malicious code. Here’s how to enable (or disable) macros in Microsoft Office 365. Security Warning Macros are used to automate tasks by mapping a sequence of keystrokes to perform a specific task. In Office, you can record a macro with no development background, but macros are code....

After using my new Macbook Air for the last week, it’s almost painful to switch back to my PC laptop—using two finger scrolling has become second nature. Here’s how to get the same feature on (most) Windows laptops. This technique only works for laptops using Synaptics trackpads—if your laptop is using an Alps or something else, you’re probably out of luck, since we’ve not been able to find a solution for those....

There are two ways to enable noise cancellation for AirPods Pro on the Mac. You can do this using the stem of your AirPods Pro, or the Volume menu on your Mac. Toggle Noise Cancellation for AirPods Pro Using the Mac Menu Bar The quickest way to switch between different noise-control modes on the Mac is using the Volume menu from the Mac menu bar. If you don’t see the Volume button in the menu bar, you can enable it from “System Preferences....

Sometimes, you want to add data from a Google Sheet into a Google Doc or Slide. Although you can’t directly insert cells and rows from Sheets, you can create a table, chart, or slide, and then insert that into your Doc or Slide. Note: We will be using Google Docs in these examples but inserting a chart into Slides works virtually the same way. First, you’ll need to generate a chart in your Google Sheets spreadsheet....

To manage your Kindles and their content, first click on the dropdown menu next to “Your Account” and then click “Manage Your Content and Devices” from the list. You may need to log in on the next page. The “Manage Your Content and Devices” page is divided into three categories: “Your Content”, “Your Devices”, and “Settings”. Of the three, “Your Content” has the stuff you’re going to most want to use....

Desktop computers make a certain amount of noise and light during operation. Unless you’ve custom-built a monster gaming machine with awesome obnoxious lighting effects, these are probably limited to a power indicator and a drive light. You can turn your computer off, of course, but if you’d prefer to let it run without the lights (like if you’re using your PC in a dorm room or studio apartment), it’s easy to turn those lights off for good....

Begin by heading into the handset’s Settings menu. The easiest way to do this is by swiping down on the home screen to view your notification shade and then swiping down again to access the quick tiles. Next, tap on the gear icon to enter the Settings menu. Alternatively, you can swipe up from the home screen and open the “Settings” app from the app drawer. Scroll down and select the “Security” option....

Microsoft now lets you browse Windows 10 apps from your phone or another device and remotely install them on your PC. It’s just like installing games on your Xbox or telling Steam to download games when you’re away from home. To do this, head to the Windows App Store website in your browser. You can use a browser on a Mac, Chromebook, iPhone, iPad, Android device, or anything that isn’t Windows 10....

Google Chrome keeps shortcuts to your most visited sites on its home page. If you don’t find this list useful, you can either individually remove these shortcuts or hide all the shortcuts at once. We’ll show you how to do that. When you delete a shortcut, that item’s gone forever. However, you can bring back all your hidden shortcuts at once with a few clicks. RELATED: Chrome Shortcuts You Should Know...

Parallels 17 for Mac makes it easy to run Windows 11 on an Intel or M1 Mac using a seamless virtual machine. On an Intel Mac, you can easily run your favorite Windows programs side-by-side with Mac apps. Here’s how to set it up. Why Use Parallels? Parallels is a virtual machine program, which means it runs a separate operating system within a simulated computer (called a virtual machine) on your Mac....