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Spammers have found a way to add unwanted phishing and scam events to people’s Google Calendars without their permission. Here’s how to stop spammers from adding things to your calendar without your permission. As detailed on OneZero by How-To Geek’s former Editor-in-Chief, Whitson Gordon, Google Calendar (by default) shows event invites whether the user has accepted them or not. Spammers are using the loophole to flood people’s calendars with malicious links and other derogatory text....

Whether you live somewhere without 4G coverage, you live in a bad coverage zone, or you just want to conserve some battery life, it’s extremely simple to disable 4G / LTE on the new 3rd generation iPad and switch to 3G instead, which uses less battery life. Note: We’ve not done formal testing yet to figure out how much battery life you might save, but there’s no question that 4G LTE technology uses a lot more battery overall, and it’s useful to know that you can disable it....

Offline music is supported on iPhone, iPad, and Android. The screenshots in this guide might look slightly different depending on your device, but the steps are exactly the same. Next, tap the three-dot icon next to the song, album, or playlist. Select “Download” from the menu. That’s all there is to it. Simply do this for all of the music that you’d like to have for offline listening. To see all of your offline music in one place, go to the “Library” tab....

The Picture-in-Picture (PiP) extension for Google Chrome lets you watch videos on the internet in PiP mode. However, if you want to watch a video from your local drive, you can use Chrome to play it in a PiP window. For this guide, you can use either the built-in PiP mode or the official Chrome extension. If you haven’t already, head over to the Chrome web store and install the PiP extension to continue....

The Automatic substitution feature in Google Docs is a simple way to create text shortcuts for words or sentences you regularly use in your documents. Here’s how you can save time and effort with this handy tool. Fire up your web browser, head to Google Docs, and open a new or existing document. On the menu bar, click Tools > Preferences. From the Preferences settings, make sure the box next to “Automatic Substitution” is checked before you enter anything....

Option 1: How to Install Twoku on Roku As an alternative to the unsupported official app, Twoku is another unofficial app that provides access to Twitch. Direct any web browser to the Add Channel page. Enter the channel code “C6ZVZD” and click “Add Channel.” You may need to sign in again. Follow the prompts until the channel is added. As above, if the Twoku app doesn’t appear immediately in the Home menu, restart your Roku by navigating to Settings > System > System Restart from the Roku Home screen....

Moving to the cloud isn’t always as easy as flipping a switch. For companies who still rely on on-premises data centers, but want to leverage the unlimited space of cloud storage, AWS’s Storage Gateway can provide direct access to S3. Types Of Storage Gateway Additionally, Storage Gateway can be configured as a cache for frequently accessed data in S3, which can speed up access from connected applications. If your on-premises applications are suffering in performance from needing to access S3 over the internet (or using AWS Direct Connect), Storage Gateway can provide a speed boost by storing the important stuff locally....

You might think of libraries as old fashioned, or irrelevant in the age of the internet. You’d be wrong. Modern libraries offer books, yes, but they also provide internet access to people who can’t afford it, along with a bunch of excellent digital resources. Many libraries offer ebooks, audiobooks, streaming video, and even access to paywalled newspapers. All of these services are free to you, regardless of your income level, if you have a library card....

Patches Often Slow Down Existing CPUs The industry has been frantically scrambling to patch “side-channel attacks” like Spectre and Foreshadow, which trick the CPU into revealing information it shouldn’t. Protection for current CPUs has been made available through microcode updates, operating system-level fixes, and patches to applications like web browsers. Spectre fixes have slowed down computers with old CPUs, although Microsoft is about to speed them back up again. Patching these bugs often slows down performance on existing CPUs....

You don’t have to settle for this kind of experience. Some manufacturers release laptops that come with Linux pre-installed. These manufacturers officially support Linux on their hardware, so you know that everything will work properly and that the laptop will keep working with future software updates. Sure, it’s now much easier to run Linux applications on Windows 10 and Windows 11 thanks to the Windows Subsystem for Linux—and that’s a great solution for many people—but it’s not the real thing....

Modding the default functionality of your OS with third-party apps is fun. We’ve covered how to set up custom hotkeys for everything imaginable, how to turn your trackpad into a power user’s dream, and even how to replace the default TouchBar completely. Here, we’ll look at how various replacements for Apple’s built-in dock stack up. Removing the Default Dock If you intend to replace the dock with a third party program, you’ll probably want to disable the default dock so it doesn’t get in the way....

If you have a thirst for scientific knowledge, there are many websites that can start to quench that thirst. From news about scientific discoveries to resources for teaching science, you can find a wealth of scientific information on the web. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the USA PNAS publishes cutting-edge research reports, commentaries, reviews, perspectives, colloquium papers, and actions of the Academy that cover the biological, physical, and social sciences....

Sometimes while browsing your iPhone or iPad home screen, you’ll see a blue dot beside certain app names. What does the dot mean? We’ll explain. Why Are Blue Dots Next to Some Apps? If you see a blue dot beside an app name on your iPhone or iPad home screen, it means that the app has recently been updated. In this way, the blue dot suggests that there might be new features added to the app since you last ran it....

If you ever lose your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch, you should put it in “Lost Mode.” Lost Mode locks your device to protect your personal information, tracks its location, and places a customizable message on its lock screen. When Should You Use Lost Mode? Apple’s Find My iPhone and Find My Mac tools let you remotely track and erase your devices. You can even play a sound on them—which will help if you drop your phone in your home’s couch cushions, for example....

Chrome 73 is set to hit the stable channel on March 12, 2019. Google’s new browser update features the beginnings of a built-in dark mode, tab grouping, media key support, and more picture-in-picture powers. Before we get into the details here, it’s worth noting that none of this is guaranteed. While these features are expected (and even planned) to be part of Chrome 73, there’s always a chance something gets pulled before it hits the stable channel and may not make its way out of the beta (or even dev) channel until Chrome 74 or beyond....

If those few sentences were a jumble of meaningless words to you, this article intends to decrypt all those specialized terms and help you figure out what’s most important for your gaming experience. There are all kinds of unique terminology for PC parts, including processors, graphics cards, and motherboards. Many of those terms you can safely ignore and get whatever’s considered the best part for your price range. Monitors are a little different....

If you have a new Mac, you may have noticed the words “Out of Space” under many of your Desktop icons and documents. Don’t worry, your computer’s hard drive isn’t actually out of space—your iCloud Drive is. What is iCloud Drive? iCloud is Apple’s cloud storage service, and it keeps your photos, contacts, and just about everything synced within Apple’s ecosystem. iCloud Drive and “Optimized Storage” are relatively new additions to the iCloud lineup, letting you store some of your files in iCloud and saving space on your Mac’s hard drive....

It’s Like a New Car Smell Everybody knows the smell of a new car. It’s a crisp, clean, and somewhat mysterious scent. It’s often the key factor in confirming that a car is genuinely new, and as it turns out, it’s actually just the smell of vaguely-toxic chemicals. (These chemicals don’t pose a serious health risk, but more on that later.) See, cars are full of adhesives, flame retardants, chemical starches, and plasticizers....

Right on cue, Apple announced macOS Monterey at WWDC 2021, bringing with it big updates to apps like Safari and Mail. While the upgrade is free for all Mac owners, not everyone will be getting it—especially those with older Macs. Which Macs Support macOS Monterey? macOS Monterey will be available as a free download to anyone who owns a compatible Mac in the third quarter of 2021. Like other upgrades that have come before it, you can install the update by downloading it from the Mac App Store....

Locking your Windows 10 PC is the best way to secure your computer when you step away. This won’t quit or interrupt any running applications, and you have to type your PIN or password to get past the lock screen. Here are 10 ways you can lock your computer. Lock Your Computer in the Start Menu Unsurprisingly, the Start Menu offers an option for locking your PC. Just click the Start button (the Windows icon), select your account name, and then click “Lock....