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Google Assistant can do many things, but it can’t intelligently adjust its volume. If you ask a question, it will blurt out the answer, sometimes louder than you want. Avoid those awkward moments by turning off speech output on Android smartphones. If you don’t want Google Assist…
Read moreVideo meetings can feel dull and repetitive, especially if you’re doing them every day. Zoom has plenty of tools like virtual backgrounds to help liven things up a bit. If that’s not enough, you can change up your appearance with some fun, AR facial effects. In addition to the vi…
Read moreReddit has a perfectly fine mobile website, but the social network seems to really want people to use the mobile app for Android or iPhone instead. The constant pop-up messages asking you to open posts in the app instead of the site can get annoying. Thankfully, you can turn them…
Read moreTired of seeing backgrounds provided by Microsoft on your Windows 10 lock screen? With a trip to Settings, you can choose a custom background image or even set up a custom slideshow from a group of images. Here’s how to set it up. First, open “Settings” by clicking the “Start” bu…
Read moreThe best way to experience a sporting event is to watch it live, but that’s not always possible. So how do you track the scores in real-time? If you own an Android smartphone or tablet, you can put live sports scores in floating bubbles on your screen. This feature is possible th…
Read morePixieMe/Shutterstock Instagram is a popular outlet for spontaneous texts thanks to its variety of goofy filters and options. These are also the kind of conversations you don’t want others to save permanently. Here’s how to send disappearing messages on Instagram using Vanish Mode…
Read moreIf you started to enter data in a vertical arrangement (columns) and then decided it would be better in a horizontal one (rows), Excel has you covered. We’ll look at three ways to transpose data in Excel . The Static Method In this method, you can quickly and easily transpose dat…
Read moreIf you’re like most, you surf the internet across multiple devices, including a smartphone and a computer. The key to making those work together is allowing tabs to sync between devices. Thankfully, Microsoft Edge syncs tabs and history, but only after you set it up. If you’re un…
Read morepcruciatti/Shutterstock It’s not often that there’s a real frenzy around a new social media network, but Clubhouse created a real buzz when it arrived on the scene. So what makes this celebrity-backed social media app special? And what is an audio-only social network anyway? Club…
Read moreGoogle Screen savers don’t have many purposes beyond looking cool and hiding your screen. If you have a Chromebook, however, you can enable a screen saver with personal photos and information. Any Chrome OS device can look like a Smart Display. The Chrome OS screen saver looks si…
Read moreKhamosh Pathak Signal protects all one-on-one and group chats with end-to-end encryption by default. But you still might be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. To stay safe, here’s how to verify a Signal contact’s identity using a 60-digit safety number. Each contact in Sign…
Read moreFirst, we need to learn that IPTV devices do not play the stream automatically. Firstly, make sure you have uploaded the M3U playlist correctly. Then, verify the proper function of the app installed on your TV. For instance, if you use the SIPTV, you have to add the M3U line and …
Read moreArthur_Shevtsov/Shutterstock.com Telegram and Signal are widely popular privacy-focused messaging apps. However, the two apps have some big differences: While all messages sent via Signal are always end-to-end encrypted by default, Telegram messages aren’t. End-to-end encryption …
Read moreKhamosh Pathak Instagram (commonly abbreviated to IG or Insta ) is an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook , created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger , and originally launched on iOS in October 2010. The Android version was released in Apr…
Read moreSony Some of your PlayStation 5 (PS5) games might be PlayStation 4 (PS4) games in disguise. Here’s how you can tell the difference between console versions and change these games to their next-gen versions. The PlayStation 5, unlike its predecessor, is backward compatible with on…
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