June 11, 2021

Did You Know?

1816 is widely referred to as “The Year Without a Summer” because volcanic activity the year before triggered such a significant decrease in global temperatures that many areas of the world had frost and snow throughout their spring and summer seasons.

In June 2021, Microsoft enabled a News and Weather widget (called “News and Interests”) on Windows 10’s taskbar. It shows weather, sports scores, news, and more at a glance. Here’s how to show, hide, and configure parts of the widget. Read More »

Google Recorder is sneakily one of the search giant’s coolest apps on Pixel smartphones. It can transcribe audio recordings into text, which makes them easily searchable, and those recordings can be accessed and shared from the cloud, too. We’ll show you how. Read More »

Microsoft OneNote allows you to insert a Word document as an attachment in your Notebook. If you update the Word document, you can reflect those changes in the Notebook with just a few clicks. Here’s how. Read More »

Once you pair a smart plug with Alexa, you can turn any appliance on or off with your voice using an Amazon Echo or other Alexa-powered device or app—making any appliance or device a little smarter. Read More »

If you’d like to use the images embedded in PDF files somewhere else, you can extract the images and save them to a folder. We’ll show you how to do this using two different methods on Windows 10 and Mac. Read More »

On the web, pop-up windows are often considered a nuisance. But sometimes, you need to enable pop-ups in Microsoft Edge for certain websites to work properly. Luckily, it’s easy to allow pop-ups on all sites or only specific sites in Edge for Windows 10 or Mac. Here’s how. Read More »

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Apple estimates that your AirTag will last roughly a year before its battery dies with average use and tracking. Thankfully, unlike most Apple products, you can replace the built-in battery. Here’s how to change your AirTag’s battery. Read More »

Android fans love to joke about how Apple brings features to the iPhone long after they’ve been available on other platforms. There’s one area in which iOS is firmly ahead of Android, and the gap is only widening. Let’s talk privacy. Read More »

Browsers are critical tools in many people’s lives, but they come with security risks. Occasionally, vulnerabilities are exploited, and companies rush to send out fixes. That’s exactly what happened with Chrome 91, and a patch is available now. Read More »

First Candy Crush and now this: Windows 10 will soon beg you to set up a $1 subscription (recurring at $10 per month) while setting up a PC. Don’t you want Xbox Game Pass? Are you sure you want to say “No thanks” and just use your new PC? Read More »

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