Windows 10’s Creators Update adds a handy little feature that automatically cleans out your temp files and stuff that’s been sitting in your Recycle Bin for more than a month. Here’s how to enable it. RELATED: 7 Ways To Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows Windows 10 has always featured a number of storage settings that you can use to help manage your disk space. Storage Sense, a new addition in the Creators Update, works something like an automated, light version of Disk Cleanup....

How to Change Alexa’s Voice From there, tap on “Settings.” Tap on “Device Settings.” On the “All Devices” screen, you will see a list of all of your available Alexa-powered devices, with each displaying their respective icons and online/offline statuses. Tap on the Alexa-powered device that you would like to change the accent for. Once the Alexa-powered device’s page loads, tap on “Languages” and choose your desired language or accent. Some of the ones available include American English, Canadian, United Kingdom, and Australian accents....

If you want to change the user name associated with your Windows user account, you can — but there are different ways to change it depending on what kind of account you have. Here’s how you do it. How to Change a Microsoft Account Name If you’re signed in with a Microsoft account you have to change your user name on the Microsoft website. RELATED: How to Create a Microsoft account...

When you allow a site to track your location in Microsoft Edge, it can continue to track you without further prompts in the future. If you are not sure what sites you’ve given location access to, you can review a dedicated list in Edge. RELATED: Can Websites See Your Physical Location? Check Which Websites Can Access Your Location on Desktop To review the sites that can access your location in Edge on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, first, open Edge on your computer....

Android includes a number of tools for people who can’t interact with touchscreens in the typical ways. Moving around with your voice is a big one, but you can also use your eyes and face with a tool called “Switch Access.” RELATED: How to Activate Voice Access When Looking at Your Android Phone To get started, swipe down from the top of the screen once or twice—depending on your phone—to reveal the Quick Settings menu....

When your Windows 11 PC is locked, you’ll see a lock screen with a clock, date, and a special background image. Here’s how you can change the lock screen photo, remove the tips, and customize other elements on the screen. First, right-click an empty part of your desktop and select “Personalize.” Or you can open Settings with Windows+i and click “Personalization” in the sidebar. In Settings > Personalization, click “Lock Screen....

You can stream most music in lossless format except for broadcast radio, live and on-demand content, and music videos. Here’s how. What Is Lossless Playback? Music is compressed to save on space, particularly when it comes to streaming. The bitrate of a particular file or stream determines the quality of the music, with more bits generally meaning better quality. When you choose a higher bitrate, you will also consume more bandwidth (streaming) or space on your device (downloading)....

Many web browsers now have built-in password managers, including Google Chrome. If you use Chrome’s password manager on Android, Google Assistant can automate the process of changing compromised passwords. The feature is part of Chrome’s “Check Passwords” tool. This keeps track of any passwords that have been leaked or found in breaches. It’s a good place to keep an eye on things, and now Google can help you fix the vulnerabilities....

Want to turn the digits in your spreadsheets into proper US phone numbers, with area codes? Instead of manually inserting hyphens and parentheses, use Microsoft Excel’s phone number formatting option. In Excel, you can format your data in various ways. One such formatting is for US phone numbers, turning your numbers like “5555551234” into a readable “(555) 555-1234.” You can apply this formatting to several phone numbers at once if you want....

Apple makes some of the most long-lived mobile devices out there — iPhones and iPads basically just keep on ticking. Nothing is perfect, though, and sometimes things do go wrong. Here’s how you can enter Recovery Mode to fix your device. Reinstalling iOS on your iPhone or iPad always runs the risk of wiping your data, so it is prudent to make frequent backups on your computer via iTunes, or with iCloud....

How to See Your Current Wi-Fi Password on Windows 10 The Settings app in Windows 10 can’t directly display the Wi-Fi password of the current network you’re connected to, even if you have it saved — you have to dig for it a bit. Right-click the Wi-Fi icon on the taskbar and click “Open Network & Internet Settings.” Scroll down to the “Advanced Network Settings” section, then click “Network and Sharing Center....

When you collaborate on a document, it’s important to see what changes. In Google Docs, one way to do this is to review the version history. But for Google business users, there’s a quicker way to see specific content changes. How the Show Editors Feature Works This handy feature is called Show Editors and with it, you can see who changed certain content in Google Docs and when that change was made....

RELATED: What Is an EPUB File (and How Do I Open One)? Option 1: Kindle App First, you’ll need to download the EPUB file onto your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and find it in the file manager app—commonly called “Files.” Open the share menu and select the Kindle app. On Android, the app will open with a list of all your Kindle devices. Select your eReader and tap “Send....

We’ll be using a hidden feature flag to enable an extra keyboard shortcut to get this working. We tested the flag on ChromeOS version 103 in July 2022. RELATED: How to Disable Tablet Mode in Google Chrome First, open Chrome and type chrome://flags in the address bar and hit enter. The Chrome Experiments window will open. Use the search bar to find a flag titled “Debugging Keyboard Shortcuts.” Switch the flag to “Enabled” from the drop-down menu and then click “Restart” to reboot the Chromebook and apply the change....

Want to be able to quickly launch Google Assistant and perform your searches with it? Enable an option on your iPhone or Android phone, and then all you will have to say is “Hey Google” or “Ok Google” to launch the virtual assistant. Here’s how. On Android phones, the hotword to launch Google Assistant is “Hey Google,” whereas on iPhone, it’s “Ok Google.” Both use the same Google Assistant app, though....

When to Watch Microsoft’s Gamescom 2021 Stream Microsoft has announced that it’ll start streaming its Gamescom 2021 press conference to the world on August 24, 2021, at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT, 7 p.m CEST). Make sure you’re sitting near a device with a screen and an internet connection, as you absolutely won’t want to miss this one. How to Watch Microsoft’s Stream From Gamescom 2021 Since Gamescom is an entirely virtual event this year, you can participate in the festivities without hopping on a plane and traveling to Cologne, Germany....

The Dawn of Linux: Everything Big Starts Off Small Linux originated when University of Helsinki student Linus Torvalds began experimenting with MINIX, a low-cost, UNIX-like operating system developed for the IBM PC by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Tanenbaum had optimized MINIX for the 16-bit original IBM PC, but Torvalds wanted to use features of his newer, 32-bit 386-based PC with a UNIX-like operating system. To do that, he had to write his own operating system kernel....

Browser tabs are a blessing and a curse. It’s handy to have multiple pages open at once, but it can easily get out of hand. You probably have this very page open among a dozen other tabs right now. Are they all really necessary, or are you hoarding? RELATED: How to Collapse and Hide Tab Groups in Google Chrome It’s Not Good For Your Brain People tend to think that they’re “good” at multitasking if they’re able to perform multiple tasks at once....

What Is a Browser Hijacker Virus? A browser hijacker is probably one of the least aggressive and destructive types of malware, but that doesn’t mean you should allow it to exist on your computer. They are designed to make changes to the infected computer’s browser settings so that advertising or a page that is beneficial to the malware distributor is shown instead of the one you chose. Because the people who spread this type of virus are somehow benefiting from the change of search engine or homepage, it is unlikely that a hijacker will cause your computer to crash or become inoperable....

A lot of people have been testing Windows 11 through Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program. However, some of them are being forced back to Windows 10 because they previewed the OS on unsupported hardware, according to BetaWiki. Microsoft Forcing Some Users Back to Windows 10 When Microsoft first launched the Windows 11 Insider Program, the system requirements for Windows 11 weren’t fully locked down. As such, Microsoft wasn’t as strict about who could use it....