No F***ing Way! NFW is one of the most popular acronyms on the internet. It generally stands for two phrases: “no freaking way,” or more commonly, “no fucking way.” Both of these essentially have the same meaning, though the latter is a more aggressive form. You use NFW when you want to convey intense disbelief, shock, or surprise at a situation or piece of information you just learned about, whether it’s good or bad....
Bluetooth: You’ve probably seen it on your smartphone, tablet, Mac, or PC laptop, and you might know it has something to do with wireless communications or peripherals. But what is Bluetooth—and is it similar to Wi-Fi? We’ll explain. What Is Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications standard designed specifically for replacing wired connections in nearby peripheral devices like headsets, speakers, game controllers, mice, and keyboards. It can also be used to transfer files between devices in the same room....
Here’s what you need to know and how it applies to the displays and devices in your home. A Higher Color Depth Means More Colors Modern displays use red, green, and blue channels (or sub-pixels) to create the image that you see on screen. A display capable of 8-bit color means that each color (RGB) can have one 8-bit string, which allows for a total of 256 different gradations per channel....
Overclocking is the action of increasing a component’s clock rate, running it at a higher speed than it was designed to run. This is usually applies to the CPU or GPU, but other components can also be overclocked. Increasing a component’s clock rate causes it to perform more operations per second, but it also produces additional heat. Overclocking can help squeeze more performance out of your components, but they’ll often need additional cooling and care....
Twitter makes it easy to blast your thoughts out for everyone to see. However, you may not always want all your followers to see every single tweet. That’s where a feature called “Twitter Circle” comes in. For a long time, Twitter essentially only had one way to limit your tweet’s audience—making your account private. However, that still doesn’t give you controls for individual tweets. Let’s take a look at how Twitter Circle improves the situation....
Say goodbye to Windows 10: Windows 11 is on the way. We played with the first leaked build of Windows 11, which appeared on June 15, 2021. Here’s what Microsoft has in store for your PC. Is Windows 11 Just a Renamed Windows 10X? Microsoft may have axed Windows 10X in name only. The new Start menu design being tested for Windows 10X makes an appearance here. Live tiles are gone....
Windows 11 is getting all sorts of exciting new features for computers that are actually able to run it. Microsoft just announced another cool goodie in a Microsoft 365 widget that’ll bring lots of handy functionality right to your desktop. Microsoft 365 Widget in Windows 11 Microsoft pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.168 to the Dev and Beta channel. One of the standout features offered by the update is a Microsoft 365 widget that brings documents, news, and meeting recordings to enterprise users....
Microsoft allows anyone to download Windows 10 for free and install it without a product key. It’ll keep working for the foreseeable future, with only a few small cosmetic restrictions. And you can even pay to upgrade to a licensed copy of Windows 10 after you install it. Whether you want to install Windows 10 in Boot Camp, put it on an old computer that isn’t eligible for a free upgrade, or create one or more virtual machines, you don’t actually need to pay a cent....
With the release of iOS and iPadOS 15 in September 2021, Apple placed a renewed focus on privacy with some big strides forward for iPhone and iPad users. Let’s run through what’s new and how you can take advantage of the new features to protect yourself. Private Relay Hides Your IP Address Private Relay routes your web traffic through several servers in a bid to keep your IP address and location private....
First, Google announced an update to the Pixel’s Quick Tap feature. Now, you can quickly open Snapchat from the lock screen, so you can post to your Story or send stuff to your friends quickly. Google says, “Quick Tap to Snap is available to all Pixel 4a with 5G or newer Pixel phones. Plus, starting this month, you’ll be able to add a new Pixel-exclusive Lens — Pixel Face — to your Snaps....
Before you rush off to hack your Switch, you should think long and hard about whether the risks are worth it. Why We Recommend Against Modding Again, we recommend against modding your Nintendo Switch console. Here are some problems that could occur if you do: You could brick your Nintendo Switch, rendering it unusable. Nintendo might ban your online account, removing access to all your legitimate purchases. Nintendo could ban your Nintendo Switch console from ever connecting to online services....
9to5Google shared the details of the latest Google Pixel foldable leak, and basically, some code was discovered in the Google Camera app that provides some detail about the device. The somewhat hidden code suggests that the Pixel foldable, which is now codenamed “Pipit,” will feature a 12.2-megapixel IMX363 sensor as its main camera. This is a sizable downgrade from the camera offered on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro....
You’ve no doubt heard the terms gigabytes, terabytes, or petabytes thrown around before, but what exactly do they mean in terms of real-world storage? Let’s take a closer look at storage sizes. Words like byte, megabyte, gigabyte, and petabyte all refer to amounts of digital storage. And they sometimes get confused with terms like megabit and gigabit. It’s useful to know exactly what these terms mean (and how they relate to one another) when comparing storage sizes on hard drives, tablets, and flash storage devices....
If you’d like to move files or folders from one folder to another on your Mac, you can “cut and paste” them in a method similar to Windows, although it’s not immediately obvious how to do it. We’ll show you how. Why Can’t You “Cut” Files on a Mac? It might seem confusing if you’re coming to Mac from Windows, but Finder’s “Cut” option in the “Edit” menu is reserved only for text....
By adding someone as a contact to your Gmail account, you can quickly find that person’s contact details to send them an email. You can save someone as a contact whether you have or have not received any emails from them. In case you don’t already know, Google uses a universal contact system. This means that the contacts you add to Gmail become available on all of your devices that sync with your Google account....
How Image Files Get Metadata Some of this metadata, such as information about the lens you used, is added automatically by your camera. However, other pieces of metadata, such as information about when a file was last opened, are kept up to date by your computer. But you can also add some important bits of metadata yourself, such as copyright information and contact details. Here’s how to do it in Adobe Photoshop....
A Z-Score is a statistical value that tells you how many standard deviations a particular value happens to be from the mean of the entire data set. You can use AVERAGE and STDEV.S or STDEV.P formulas to calculate the mean and standard deviation of your data and then use those results to determine the Z-Score of each value. What is a Z-Score and what do the AVERAGE, STDEV.S, and STDEV....
When you start typing a query or a website link in Google Chrome’s address bar, the browser displays various search suggestions beneath the bar. If you aren’t a big fan of these suggestions, you can turn them off. We’ll show you how. If disabling images in search suggestions isn’t enough, Chrome will stop offering any suggestions retrieved from your default search engine after making this change. Any suggestions from your browsing history, however, will continue to appear....
Chromebooks locally sync some data, so you’ll want to wipe that personal data when selling or passing on your Chromebook. You can also reinstall Chrome OS — particularly useful if you’ve messed around in developer mode. Performing a factory reset will wipe all local data stored on your Chromebook — for example, files stored in the Downloads folder. Most data on your Chromebook syncs online, so you can get it back by signing in with your Google account....
You may not have really thought about Windows build numbers in the past unless it was part of your job to do so. But they’ve become more important with Windows 10. Here’s how to find out what build—and edition and version—of Windows 10 you’re running. What Do Build Versions Mean? Windows has always used build numbers. They represent significant updates to Windows. Traditionally, most people have referred to Windows based on the major, named version they’re using—Windows Vista, 7, 8, and so on....
