Brace Expansion Before the Bash shell executes a command in a terminal window or a line in a script, it checks whether it needs to perform any substitutions on the command. Variable names are replaced by their values, aliases are replaced by the commands they’re shorthand for, and any expansion is performed. Brace expansion is one form of expansion supported by Bash. Brace expansion is available in modern shells, but it might be missing from some old shells....

Google Fonts aren’t limited to the web. You can download and use them locally in apps like Microsoft Word. We’ll show you how to download and use these fonts on both Windows and Mac computers. First, Download the Fonts First, download the font or fonts that you want to use in your documents from the Google Fonts Library. You can download specific fonts or grab them all at once....

Private browsing—often called “Incognito Mode”—is a standard feature in web browsers, but it can be useful in other apps, too. Google Maps has an Incognito feature that’s surprisingly powerful. We’ll show you how it works. You can see how much Google tracks your location by visiting your “Google Maps Timeline.” This information is not set in stone. Locations and the entire day’s worth of information can be removed. However, Google Maps’ Incognito feature can do this proactively....

For years, Apple Mail felt like an email client stuck in the past. And many users traded the service for premium, third-party alternatives. If you did too, you might be pleased to know that after many updates, Apple Mail can now hang with the best of them. Mail for macOS Feels Modern Now For years, Apple Mail for Mac felt like a different app compared to the iPhone and iPad versions....

Loop is essentially a rebranding of Microsoft’s Fluid work, which the company has been working on for a long time. It comes with three parts: Loop components, Loop pages, and Loop workspaces. Microsoft describes it as “a new app that combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that move freely and stay in sync across applications.” Loop is very similar to the popular collaboration app Notion in that both offer a blank canvas where multiple people can come together to get stuff done....

Strava’s Beacon Live Location Tracking Feature A subscription to Strava goes for $59.99 annually or $7.99 per month, and it comes with all sorts of features that are worthwhile for people who enjoy getting out there in the world and exercising. Now, Strava has decided to make its Beacon live location tracking feature available to all users, whether they pay for the service or not. Basically, you can enable the feature for safety purposes or just as a fun motivator to keep you moving....

New to Windows 11? Beyond the fresh look and feel, here’s a handful of our favorite Windows 11 features—including a new store, settings app, wallpapers, and more—that every PC user should check out. The New Microsoft Store Windows 11 ships with a brand new Microsoft Store app that brings a new layout for showcasing apps, games, and entertainment in an appealing way. It’s also far easier to navigate than the older version of the store (that shipped with Windows 10)....

RELATED: 7 Recipes to Pair with Classic Christmas Movies A Boy Called Christmas Play Video The early days of Santa Claus are reimagined as a fantasy epic in A Boy Called Christmas. Maggie Smith plays an eccentric aunt telling her nieces and nephew the story of Nikolas (Henry Lawfull), a boy living in long-ago Finland who goes on a quest to search for hope in a dark time. Nikolas’ story combines familiar Christmas elements (elves, reindeer, presents) with a grand adventure saga, as Nikolas faces off against a sinister elf leader (Sally Hawkins)....

Let’s start with the drone’s camera. The same general rules apply here as with any digital camera purchase. Make sure you look for drones that offer the resolution and framerate you want—the better the picture and video you want to take, the better resolution and framerate you’re going to require. If you’re looking to do more professional work, it’s also worth noting if the drone can take RAW photos or videos that have a flat color grade so that they can be graded later....

If you’re like me, you watch hockey, and…basically no other sports. You also, like me, would like to skip the cable subscription. So what’s the cheapest way to watch NHL hockey online so you can cut the cord? It depends. If you live outside the US or Canada, you can pretty much buy an NHL.tv account and watch everything for around $100 a year. Inside the US and Canada, however, broadcast rights make things complicated, meaning you’ll need to somehow get access to some combination of local, national, and out-of-market games....

With the Proton Drive app, you can now access the encrypted file storage platform on your iPhone or your Android phone. This means that you can now take advantage of all the perks Proton Drive gives you, such as end-to-end encryption for all your files and their respective metadata, ensuring you, and only you, have access to your files. Proton Drive’s mobile app also has some unique features, compared to the web experience....

As F*** AF means “as fuck.” On the internet, it’s an intensifier that emphasizes the meaning of a preceding adjective or adverb. For example, if you want to tell your friend that you’re very angry, you’d say, “I’m mad AF.” You can find this acronym on all corners of the web, from social media posts on websites like Twitter and Reddit to direct messages between friends. Internet users write the acronym in both the uppercase “AF” and the lowercase “af....

Seriously Serious SRSLY is an abbreviated form of the word “seriously” with all of the vowels removed. It’s often used as a shorter alternative to the term. For example, if someone does something you find rude, you might send them the message, “SRSLY?” However, given the context, it can take on an entirely new meaning. You can write this abbreviation in a variety of ways. You can write it in the uppercase “SRSLY” or the lowercase “srsly....

Aspect Ratio in Video and Photography Aspect ratio is the ratio of the width and the height of a four-sided shape like a TV screen or a photograph. Like any mathematical ratio, the aspect ratio of a rectangle doesn’t refer to its physical dimensions, but rather, how the width and length of an object relate to one another. A perfect square would have an aspect ratio of 1:1 because the width of a square must equal its length....

What Is Power over Ethernet? Power over Ethernet, or PoE for short, is a method of providing both power and networking to a device via network cabling. Just like with wireless networking, there are different standards for various PoE implementations, with newer standards providing more power for more demanding devices. Power over Ethernet is perfect for powering low-to-medium power devices like cameras, wireless access points, intercom systems, and keyless entry devices that can make use of both power and connectivity in a single cable....

Microsoft offers several different ways to run the various Office programs—as desktop apps, as mobile apps for Android or iPhone/iPad, and online in a web browser. As you might imagine, the online and mobile app versions aren’t as robust as the desktop version, but you might still find them useful. And for some of you, they might be all you need. Here’s the breakdown. The Different Versions of Microsoft Office Microsoft’s offerings can sometimes be a little, shall we say, perplexing....

If you’ve ever tried to take similar photos, however, you might have been disappointed to find that you came up short. Even applying filters, using paid Photoshop presets, or buying a dedicated camera can only get you so far. So, let’s explore some of what goes into professional-level photography. How It’s Shot While “Photoshopping” or image editing often gets the credit, a huge amount of the work is done “in camera”—or while the photo is being shot on location....

Most Gaming PCs are Modest It should be unsurprising that most PC gamers do not spend $5000 on their PC builds, and you won’t find many people in the real world with these prestigious machines. It’s very similar to buying a car. While supercars exist, almost every person who drives a car doesn’t have one. They represent the pinnacle of what’s possible but not what most people use in the real world....

Every year, Apple rolls out a major refresh of its iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems for iPhone and iPad as well as Apple Watch updates to watchOS. As always, iOS 15 is a free upgrade—if Apple still supports your device. Which iPhones Support iOS 15? The good news is that, if your iPhone supports iOS 14, you will be able to upgrade to iOS 15 in the fall. The full list of devices that will support the iOS 15 upgrade are:...

How Did Microsoft Fix The PrintNightmare Issue? Microsoft says that it managed to change the default behavior of Point and Print to make it more secure. Now, the Point and Print driver installation and update behavior will require administrator privileges, which should prevent the exploit to the Windows Print Spooler that could be used by malicious individuals to gain administrative privileges in Windows. An individual was able to use a custom print server to gain access through this exploit....