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By default, Google Chrome asks for confirmation when a site tries automatically to download files in succession. However, if you want to block all attempts regardless of the site, or maybe you would rather blacklist a specific website, here’s how. Sometimes when you download a file in a browser, the website will try to download another file immediately after the first finishes. While there are legitimate circumstances—like a file conversion site—there are sites who used it maliciously to force virus or harmful scripts to download without your knowledge or permission....

Luckily, the iPhone and iPad make it easy to find and launch the app you’re looking for. Here’s how to do it. Find Apps Using Spotlight Search Near the middle of the Home screen, use one finger to tap and swipe down. This launches Spotlight Search. An on-screen keyboard and search bar will appear. Spotlight can be very powerful—for more information, see our full Spotlight search guide for iPhone and iPad....

What Safari’s “Significant Energy” Warning Really Means This warning will appear at the top of a tab, right above the content of a web page. It doesn’t mean that the web page has crashed or has become unresponsive, but rather, that the web page is consuming more resources than you might be comfortable with if you’re running on battery power. Safari is telling you that keeping this web page active will deplete your battery faster, likely due to some element on the page like a script or embedded video....

Steam’s wishlist feature is handy, but it’s not always useful. If you’re waiting for a significant discount on a $60 game, five bucks off probably won’t change your mind. There’s a better way. IsThereAnyDeal.com can connect to your Steam account, import your wish list, and send you an email notification when a game goes below a specific price level or a percentage value. It’s a great way to save money on new titles and on all that stuff on your wish list....

Everyone has apps they may not want other people to know they use. That’s why many Android home screen launchers allow you to hide apps. We’ll show you how to set it up so you can keep prying eyes away. A home screen launcher is the app you see when you press the home button. It has your wallpaper, app shortcuts, widgets, and the full app list. We’ll show you how to hide apps on Samsung phones and with a third-party launcher....

Ever wonder how radio and podcast hosts get their signature sound? While some of it comes from their better hardware, a lot of it comes down to post-processing, which is editing the audio after it’s recorded (or sometimes while it’s live) to make it sound much better. You can use the same techniques to make your microphone sound better. The two apps we will be using for post processing our audio are Adobe Audition and Audacity....

Your iPhone has lock screen widgets that give you quick access to information regarding your schedule, the weather, and more. You can even tie these widgets to specific Focus Modes so that different widgets appear (or disappear) depending on what you’re doing. These were added in iOS 16. Using the Lock Screen Gallery Tap and hold your lock screen to show the lock screen gallery, then tap on the plus “+” icon to add a new lock screen....

After changing your Windows 10 account picture to something with a little more personality, the three most recent images are stored as thumbnails in the Settings app. Here’s how to remove those old thumbnails if you’re sick of seeing them and want to start fresh. Whenever you change your account picture from Settings > User accounts > Your Info, Windows displays thumbnails of the three most recent images It also stores every account picture you’ve ever used....

The ability to directly respond to a specific message is a feature in Instagram’s cross-platform messaging update. If you don’t have it already, you can enable the feature from the app’s Settings menu. From the Instagram app on iPhone and Android, go to your “Profile” tab and tap the hamburger menu button in the top-right corner of the interface. Here, go to Settings > Update Messaging. Now, choose the “Update” button....

Every photo you take on your iPhone includes EXIF metadata, which records information about how, when, and where you took the photo. Previously, you needed a special utility to see EXIF metadata on iPhone, but with iOS 15 and up, you can see it directly in the Photos app. Here’s how. First, open the Photos app on your iPhone. Locate the album that contains the photo you’d like to find metadata for, then tap it....

In photography, there’s a rule—well, more of a guideline—that says you shouldn’t use a shutter speed slower than the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens with a handheld camera. In other words, if you’re using a 200mm lens (accounting for crop factor), you shouldn’t use a shutter speed slower than 1/200th of a second without a tripod. For a 50mm lens, your minimum shutter speed should be 1/50th of a second, and so on....

Back in Outlook 2010, Microsoft introduced the Conversation View, which works something like Gmail’s conversation threading. It’s turned on by default in newer versions Outlook, but not if you upgraded from an older version where it was switched off. So, if you didn’t know it was there, it might be time to take a look. What is the Conversation View? Although Microsoft talked up the Conversation View a lot when they introduced it, most people outside of corporate IT departments and readers of high-quality tech websites probably weren’t aware of it....

Great music playlists take a long time to curate, and when you change computers, you don’t want your playlists getting left behind (or maybe you just want to share your work with a friend). If you’ve got playlists in Windows Media Player, here’s how to transfer them to a different computer. RELATED: Create Custom Playlists in Windows Media Player 12 Note: Transferring a playlist does not copy the files associated with it, just the link to where those files are stored....

If you need glasses, taking good pictures might seem a little tricky. There are a few things you can do to make it easier. Needing glasses—or even being totally blind—is not a barrier to taking great photos. You still need to understand the basics of exposure and composition. It’s just that using your camera and, in particular, focusing shots will be a bit harder. Let’s look at what to do....

A ConfigMap is a Kubernetes resource for injecting configuration into your containers. They let you maintain your stack’s settings separately from its code. Here’s how to work with ConfigMaps and supply them to your Pods. What Are ConfigMaps For? ConfigMaps are specifically designed to encapsulate small amounts of non-sensitive configuration data. They’re a mechanism for getting arbitrary key-value pairs into your Pods. They’re commonly used to store your database server’s IP address, the outgoing email address for your application, and other application-specific settings which you need to be configurable outside your Pods....

What Is “Mindless” Scrolling? First, I should be clear that not all scrolling is bad. It would be foolish to say that nothing good has ever come from checking Twitter or making a Reddit post. It’s very possible to learn new things, make friends, and have valuable experiences online, but you’re probably also wasting a lot of time. The distinction we’re making here is mindless scrolling. Mindless scrolling is swiping through TikTok because you’ve got 10 minutes to kill....

It’s been a long time coming, but Google is upgrading its Project Fi cellular service with a new name, more features, and compatibility with a lot more phones. Even the iPhone is along for the ride now. The first big change here is the name—no longer considered a project, that part of the name has been dropped and replaced with “Google,” so the service will be called Google Fi moving forward....

RELATED: The 10 Best HBO Originals on HBO Max Boys State Play Video Filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine capture a microcosm of the American political system in the documentary Boys State. The movie documents the Boys State program in Texas, which brings together more than 1,000 teenage boys to form a mock government, including establishing political parties, running campaigns, and holding an election. Moss and McBaine combine personal profiles of several participants with an overview of the week’s events....

Finding a new job is a challenge—the right company, the right position, the right pay. These job search engines will make the process of finding your next job easier and faster. Monster.com Monster.com was one of the first job search engines on the internet. While it may not be the undisputed champion of job search today, it still is relevant and popular with job seekers and employers. You can search for a job you like using the job title or relevant keywords, or use the extensive filters to shortlist available jobs....

NFC or Near Field Communication is a protocol that helps two devices communicate wirelessly when they are placed right next to each other—for instance, smartphones or smart watches can be used for payments or boarding passes. Here’s how it works. NFC hardware is being included in more and more devices — particularly smartphones, but also some laptops. NFC could be the future of payments, security keys, and boarding passes. NFC is also an upgrade over clunky QR codes....