You might feel like you need a Facebook account to exist on the internet. It sometimes seems like you’ll have no way to keep in touch with friends without it. But that’s not true. In fact, you can actually use Facebook Messenger without an active Facebook account. There was a time when Facebook only required a phone number to use Messenger. However, around 2019, the social giant started cracking down on security and privacy....
Organizing windows on macOS is a pain—you’ve got to drag and resize everything manually. Happily, there are a bunch of apps that can help. Placing and resizing windows is tedious but necessary if you want to work with multiple windows at once, and macOS doesn’t offer a lot of ways to make things faster. It would be nice if Apple added features like window snapping and keyboard shortcuts for placement, but until that happens, we’ll have to rely on third-party applications....
Even if you’ve never noticed you were buying from a Marketplace seller before, the odds are you have. For more on spotting scammy sellers in the wild, check out our full guide.
An internet connection can be the thing that separates a smarthome device from a dumbhome device. If the internet goes out at your place, what exactly happens to your smarthome devices? Do they turn into bricks, or are they still somewhat functional? RELATED: How to Put Together Your First Smarthome (Without Getting Overwhelmed) The answer to that question is that it depends on the device. Some smarthome devices crap out and are completely useless when they can’t connect to the internet....
Have you ever been watching an auction on eBay that you have the top bid placed on and then, suddenly, right before the auction ends, someone places a higher bid than you, winning the auction? You’ve been bid sniped. What Is Bid Sniping? Bid sniping is the tactic many bidders use to swoop in and win an auction at the very last second. They do this by placing a bid higher than the current bid just seconds before the auction ends....
If you look on the back of your TV, you’ll likely see a few HDMI ports—but one of them may be labeled ARC, or something similar. This is no ordinary HDMI port. HDMI ARC can greatly simplify your audio cabling needs and setup if you know where to look for it and how to implement it. HDMI ARC: The HDMI Specification You’ve Never Heard Of Historically, an AV receivers was the heart of the home media experience, and everything connected through it....
If you recently got a new Mac, you might not see your Pictures folder in the “Favorites” sidebar of Finder anymore. But don’t worry, it’s still there. Here’s how to find the Pictures folder—and how to add it to your sidebar again. First, bring Finder to the foreground by clicking its icon in your Dock. In the menu bar at the top of the screen, select “Go,” then choose “Home” from the menu that appears....
It Motivates Me to Move One of the simplest, but greatest features on the Apple Watch is its ability to track when you move, exercise, or stand. Each of these appears on a ring, and your goal for the day is to “close your rings.” The Move ring is a bit different. Your Move goal is personal to you and your fitness level. Each week, the Apple Watch gives you a buzz to let you know how well you did last week, and what your goal for this week might look like if you want to increase it....
There are a few catches, though. The subscription will auto-renew at the normal $9.99/month price after your free year is up, so you have to remember to cancel it (or set a reminder for one year in the future) if you don’t want to be charged later. Grubhub+ also isn’t available everywhere, because Grubhub doesn’t have drivers in many local areas. The company says deliveries are available in “more than 4,000 cities....
How Is Public Facial Recognition Possible? Thanks to a branch of computer science called “machine vision“, it’s possible to create software algorithms that quickly match a face in a photo or video to one on file. Since modern cameras are so good and computers are incredibly fast, this can be done in real-time, even in large crowds. Wait, how do they have a photo to match your face? Well, if you’ve ever put a photo of yourself on social media or a friend has tagged you in one of their photos, then it’s simple to scrape the internet for photos that have already been identified....
According to a notice published by DoorDash, some app users were victims of a breach where an unauthorized party gained access to internal tools by using stolen credentials from vendor employees. The attackers gained access to the name, email address, delivery address, and phone number for some people. For a smaller subset of users, the attackers also gained limited payment information, such as card type and the last four digits of credit cards....
Picture a robot-controlled hot glue gun that uses plastic instead of glue, and you have the basics of a 3D printer. Strands of plastic are fed into a print head, which is heated up to melt the material. The print head moves around very precisely in three dimensions and drops lines of plastic onto the print bed—the table on which it prints. The printer does this over and over, building up layers of plastic until it forms a 3D part....
What We’re Comparing: Push Mower vs. Push Mower Electric mowers have come a long way in just a short few years and there is quite a variety of them on the market. You can find everything from petite and inexpensive 13″ push mowers all the way up to 54″ zero-turn riding mowers suitable for mowing multiple acres. As much as we’d love to compare everything across the whole range of the electric lawn mower market, that would make this article a wee bit long to read in a sitting....
Recently, an Oppo phone with a whopping 10 GB of RAM made rounds on most tech publications. That is, undoubtedly, an incredibly excessive amount of RAM. But it raises a good question: how much RAM does your Android phone really need? How RAM Works on Android First, we’ll need to take a closer look at how RAM works on Android. If you’re familiar with Windows computers, you know that more RAM is usually better and having free RAM is a basic necessity for a well-performing system....
Back in Android 4.2, Google hid Developer Options. Since most “normal” users don’t need to access the feature, it leads to less confusion to keep it out of sight. If you need to enable a developer setting, like USB Debugging, you can access the Developer Options menu with a quick trip into the About Phone section of the Settings menu. How to Access the Developer Options Menu To enable Developer Options, open the Settings screen, scroll down to the bottom, and tap About phone or About tablet....
HBO is famous for making great TV shows. Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, Silicon Vally, Entourage. Honestly, if not for Breaking Bad, as far as people in Europe are concerned, HBO is pretty much the only US channel worth watching. Let’s look at how to—somewhat—legally access it, no matter where you are. For US citizens who already have an HBO account, or have a US address and credit card, things are pretty straightforward....
The internet is full of unwanted content, so you might want to restrict access to certain sites. While there’s no built-in feature in Mozilla Firefox for blocking websites, there are extensions that will get the job done. Block a Website in Firefox on a Desktop To block a website in Firefox on your desktop PC or Mac, open Firefox and head to Mozilla’s official site for add-ons. In the search bar in the top-right corner of the window, type “Block Site....
What You’ll Need There are only a few pieces of software you’ll need to burn a video file to a DVD. Here is a brief word of warning before we get started: Downloads from unofficial or third-party sources are much more likely to be infected with potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) or malware than direct downloads from the software developers. The programs in this tutorial are no exception. As of August 2022, the official downloads for the software in this tutorial are malware and PUP free, so make sure you download everything from the official source....
Apple now finally lets you choose your preferred password manager on iPhone and iPad. Whether you prefer 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane, or anything else, you can use it just as conveniently as Apple’s built-in password manager. This is new in iOS 12, and it’s a significant change from iOS 11 and earlier. Previously, using a password manager was kind of an obnoxious experience. Many apps supported only Apple’s password manager and forced you to tap a few additional buttons to access third-party ones—but no more!...
When you sign in to Chrome using your Google Account, a whole bunch of your personal information gets saved and synced across all your devices, but what if you want to delete everything stored in the cloud? Here’s how to remove your synced information. RELATED: How to Turn Syncing On or Off in Chrome How to Delete Synced Information If you’re already signed in to Chrome and Syncing is turned on, fire up Chrome, click on your profile picture, and then, click “Syncing to....
