If you’ve ever used an iPad or iPhone, you know how frustrating it is when iOS switches the orientation from landscape to portrait mode (or vice versa) when you don’t want it to. Luckily, you can easily fix this with iOS’s built-in Orientation Lock. To enable it, launch the Control Center in one of the following ways: iPhone X or newer/iPad running iOS 12 or later: Swipe down from the top right of the screen....
The File System Is the Key Windows 10 and macOS use two different file systems by default. A file system determines how an operating system writes data to a hard disk or a USB drive. Windows 10 uses a file system called NTFS, and macOS currently uses APFS by default. If you’re frequently using both Macs and PCs with the same drive, the ideal solution is to configure a USB drive with a file system that both operating systems can read....
Smarthomes still aren’t very smart, and voice assistants don’t truly understand you. Beyond using groups, you should name your devices carefully to avoid overlap, hard to remember names, and confusion—both for you and your voice assistant. Similar Device Names Introduces Command Confusion Have you ever asked Alexa or Google to turn off the living room light, only to get asked repeatedly which living room device you want off? You can try to enunciate better or be more specific, just to be left frustrated because Google and Alexa don’t understand what you want....
Smart tags can be very useful in Excel to quickly change the action a spreadsheet performs on your data. They appear automatically as you work in Excel, but each smart tag can be removed if you do not use them. What Are Smart Tags? A smart tag is a small button that appears as data is entered or selected on a spreadsheet. This button provides actions based on the data in the cells....
At some point, you’ll need to restart your Windows 11 PC to troubleshoot an issue, install an update, complete an installation, or otherwise. While you’ll often see a “restart” option when updating, here are several other ways to restart your PC manually. RELATED: How to Turn On a Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC Use the Power Button in the Start Menu One of the quickest and most obvious ways to restart is by using the Start menu....
Whether you have coworkers, friends, or family in different time zones, keeping track of it all can take some effort. Windows lets you add multiple time zone clocks to the taskbar, making this much easier. This is much more convenient than searching the web for “time in [city].” It may even be more accurate than trying to remember time zones yourself. For example, let’s say you have coworkers in Arizona, which mostly doesn’t observe Daylight Saving Time....
Google Home devices are a great way to get voice assistants, music, and possibly video throughout your home. But you might consider enabling Google Filters to exert some control over the content that children or guests can play. Filter Out the Bad Content for Everybody or Just the Children Once you have a voice assistant in multiple rooms, you’ll find yourself taking advantage of the easy access to music and videos....
Some Office 365 subscriptions automatically install Microsoft Teams along with the rest of Microsoft Office. Teams will automatically open at boot after it’s installed, but you can stop this by disabling the Team startup program. Whether you use Teams or not, you can now disable the startup program easily—without actually signing into a Team. Locate the purple Microsoft Teams icon in your notification area or system tray. Right-click it and select Settings > Do Not Auto-Start Teams....
How to Stream UFC 273 Live in the United States Play Video The UFC 273 main card streams exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States. Current subscribers to ESPN+ ($6.99 per month or $69.99 per year) or the Disney bundle (which includes ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu’s ad-supported tier for $13.99 per month) can stream UFC 273 for an additional $74.99. New subscribers to ESPN+ can get a year of the service plus UFC 273 for $99....
After testing it, it turns out that privacy isn’t the only area where Mullvad cinches it. It has a clear pricing policy, a great app, and is lightning-fast, even beating ExpressVPN in this regard. The only thing it doesn’t do as well is getting through to Netflix, but in every other way Mullvad can tunnel through anything, just like the mole it’s named after. Using the Mullvad VPN App Let’s first take a look at the Mullvad VPN app, which is almost identical across devices, whether you use it on Windows, Mac, Linux (one of the very few VPNs that offer a GUI for Team Penguin), Android, or iPhone/iPad—there’s also a browser extension, but only for Firefox....
There’s a story spreading in the news today that Google is letting companies scan through your email and sell the data, but this is really misleading. So what’s actually going on? The way the story is framed makes it sound like something very nefarious is being allowed. Google is letting companies scan my Gmail account? What? As usual, the reality is a lot different than the headlines, and Google isn’t doing anything wrong here....
Facebook or Instagram may be a great place to share your pictures, but sometimes you need to do more than just share your photos with friends and family. Let’s take a look at our favorite free image hosting websites for all your other needs. Imgur The chances are that you’ve already used Imgur, whether you realize it or not. It’s one of the world’s most popular image sharing sites. You can upload unlimited images to Imgur, and they will stay there forever....
Here are five common PC upgrades and which systems will see the most improvement from them. We’re also marking how hard we think these various upgrades are. Most are easy to do, though some might take a little more thought and planning than others. Add a Solid-State Drive Upgrade difficulty: Easy Device type: Desktop or laptop This is the classic rudimentary upgrade that makes a dramatic difference—especially for aging systems....
It Goes Way Back to Apple The story of Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V shortcuts for Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste in Windows goes back to the very early 1980s. The earliest ancestor of these shortcuts appeared on the Apple Lisa computer in 1983. The Lisa was a precursor of the Macintosh and Apple’s first mouse-based computer. While developing the user interface for the Lisa, Apple programmer Larry Tesler chose to use the Z, X, C, and V keys in conjunction with the Lisa’s Apple key to represent Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste....
Why Routers Need Rebooting It’s an annoying problem that most of us deal with, but it’s one of those things that we never really think about because it’s second nature, until now! RELATED: Why Rebooting Your Router Fixes So Many Problems (and Why You Have to Wait 10 Seconds) We’ve explained before why routers need rebooting from time to time, but here’s the gist: Your router is nothing more than a simple computer, so when it starts to take on issues, restarting it usually fixes the problem....
Esports Can Be Any Form of Competitive Gaming From the outside, the world of competitive gaming looks like it’s built around large-scale tournaments, with a strong focus on team-based games such as Fortnite, Counter-Strike, or Overwatch. These tournaments are typically held in large arenas (sometimes dedicated gaming arenas), schools, nerdy arcades, and bars. They’re usually livestreamed via Twitch or YouTube, or broadcasted by a major network such as ESPN or the BBC....
Streams Join Two Points As soon as you start to learn about Linux and Unix-like operating systems, you’ll come across the terms stdin, stdout, and stederr. These are three standard streams that are established when a Linux command is executed. In computing, a stream is something that can transfer data. In the case of these streams, that data is text. Data streams, like water streams, have two ends. They have a source and an outflow....
Apple recently released its Series 4 Watch and everyone is talking about the new heart monitor feature—the electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG). While the app isn’t available yet, the hardware is in place, and it promises to be one of the Apple Watch’s most compelling new features. Your Heartbeat and What Can Go Wrong To understand how an EKG works, we have to look at how the heart beats. The Human heart is a two-stage pump, divided into two sides....
If you’ve used the mailbox cleanup tool, then you’ll have seen the AutoArchive button, but you may be wary of how it works and what it’ll do. Here’s what it does and how you can put it to use. Clicking the AutoArchive button causes a process to swing through all of the folders in Outlook and apply any AutoArchive rules you’ve set up (don’t worry, the default AutoArchive rule is to do nothing, so you can’t do any harm by clicking the button)....
Jamboard by Google is a cloud-based kiosk meant for businesses to use in conference rooms to facilitate collaboration in meetings. Despite a hardware aspect of the product, you don’t necessarily need the smart display to use it. What Is Jamboard? Jamboard is an online interactive whiteboard tool designed for cross-platform collaboration developed by Google as part of the G Suite family. Initially released in May 2017, Jamboard is Google’s entry into the digital whiteboard market to compete with Microsoft’s Surface Hub....
