Right now, you can sign up for HBO Max for $7.49 per month for up to six months, which is half off the regular price. That’s the ad-free tier, too, which makes this an even sweeter deal. Both new and returning customers can sign up for this deal through the official HBO Max website, so you don’t need to be one of the customers who were recently snubbed by Warner pulling HBO Max from Prime Video Channels....
To preserve the integrity of your PowerPoint presentation, you may want to try to prevent others from editing it. Depending on the Office version you have, there are a few things you can do to block editing, or at least make it more difficult. Use the Restrict Access Feature (Business and Enterprise Only) You can use the Restrict Access feature to protect your PPTX file from edits, but this feature is only available for Microsoft 365 for Business or Enterprise, and the feature must be enabled by your organization’s administrator in the Microsoft 365 admin panel....
Facebook Fantasy Games Are Here Facebook’s new fantasy games are all about predicting various sports and pop culture events with your friends to see who knows the most. Unlike most fantasy sports websites, Facebook is also rolling out culture games, so even people who hate sports can get in on the fun. The company said its games feature “simpler formats that are easy to play for people new to prediction games, while still engaging enough for more seasoned players....
Different Name, Same Purpose Both FreeSync and G-SYNC are variable refresh rate (VRR) technologies. They work in largely the same way and seek to solve the same problem in the gaming space: screen tearing. Screen tearing occurs when there’s a mismatch between the monitor’s refresh rate and the GPU’s ability to keep up. Under load, the GPU may not be able to get a full frame ready so a partial frame is sent instead....
The search engine giant is facing legal issues in Europe over its dominance in the search space. However, Google says that people choose to use its search engine rather than being forced to use it. According to 9To5Google, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, submitted evidence in court that the most common search term on Bing is actually “Google.” That means that many people who are forced to use Bing for one reason or another actually use it to try to get to Google....
With iPhone owners rushing to get their batteries replaced, wait lists at the Apple Genius Bar have been getting longer and longer. But if you don’t want to wait, you can actually replace the battery yourself. RELATED: You Can Speed Up Your Slow iPhone by Replacing the Battery Long story short, Apple has admitted that your iPhone will actively slow itself down if it has an old, degraded battery. To get back that lost performance, though, users are recommended to replace the battery with a fresh, new one....
How VPNs Work To explain split tunneling, we first need to go over how a VPN works. Right now, you’re reading this article on our site because your computer, through its browser, connected to your ISP’s (internet service provider) server, which in turn requested the How-To Geek server for this article. It’s not quite that simple, but for our purposes, it will work. Check out our article on how the internet works for the details....
How to Block a Sender from Mail iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 extend the blocked contacts functionality from the Phone and Messages app to the Mail app. RELATED: The Best New Features in iOS 13, Available Now To get started, open the “Mail” app and find an email from the sender that you want to block. Then, tap on their Profile Picture to reveal sender details. Now, tap on their name in the “From” field....
Canonical releases a new stable release of Ubuntu every six months, and a new long-term support version every six months. Here’s how to check which version of Ubuntu you have installed. You can check your version of Ubunto by using your desktop’s graphical settings window, or by running a command in a terminal window. Let’s take a look at the graphical method on both the GNOME and Unity desktops, and then at the terminal command....
Using a PDF with Calculations When it comes to software that can create files with formulas and automatic computations, you likely have a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets in mind. However, the nature and formatting of spreadsheets make them unwieldy and impractical to use as a form that you distribute to people. Fortunately, Adobe Acrobat, the top-of-the-line PDF creation suite, has several tools that allow you to make fields with automatic computations in them....
There are a few different apps you can use to crop videos on Android. The two that will be best for most people are Google Photos and the stock Gallery app on Samsung Galaxy devices. We’ll cover both of them. How to Crop Videos with Google Photos Google Photos may already be installed on your Android device. If not, you can easily install it from the Google Play Store....
If you have a Comcast Xfinity Internet connection and you’re renting your cable modem from Comcast, it’s probably hosting a public Wi-Fi network that passers-by can connect to. If you don’t like this, you can disable that “xfinitywifi” network. How Does the Xfinity Wi-Fi Hotspot Work? RELATED: Your Home Router May Also Be a Public Hotspot – Don’t Panic! There’s a good chance you’re renting your modem from Comcast — really, go look at your Comcast Xfinity Internet bill and you’ll probably see a $10 monthly charge for renting that box....
Keep up with your kids by seeing when they arrive home, or check in on a close friend who has been traveling. With Google Maps online or on your mobile device, you can see where they are when you’re worried. Request a Friend or Family Member’s Location In order to share real-time locations between you and your contact, you’ll both need the Google Maps mobile app. You can download it on Android or iPhone for free....
Programs often control operation through configuration bundled with the software, and environment variables allow users to set them at runtime. However, running processes in Docker containers complicates things, so how do you pass environment variables to a container? What Are Environment Variables Used For? Environment variables allow you to decouple the configuration from the application’s executable. For example, you wouldn’t want to store your production database password in your codebase—if you did, it would be visible from Git, and anyone with access to your code could take down your database....
What Is Microsoft Adventure? Microsoft Adventure is a port of Colossal Cave Adventure, an interactive fiction computer game created between 1975 and 1977 by William Crowther and Don Woods for the DEC PDP-10 mainframe computer. It’s an entirely text-based game with no graphics. You play it by typing verb-object commands such as “go north” and “get lamp” into a special command prompt within the game. Some consider Colossal Cave (commonly called “ADVENT” or “Adventure” for short) to be the first interactive fiction game, although in 2015, someone discovered a slightly earlier contender called Wander....
Ever been clicking around in your Microsoft Word document and ended up dragging text to the wrong place? If so, disable dragging and dropping for text to prevent that. We’ll show you how to do that in Word. In Word, there’s an option to turn off drag and drop for your text. When you enable it, you can’t move your text around by drag and drop. This helps you prevent accidentally moving any text around....
If your Nintendo Switch is having a serious problem—or you just want to wipe it before you sell it to someone—you may need to do a hard reset. The Switch has several options for nuking your data and starting over, so it helps to know which one does what. Until Nintendo launches its online service in fall of 2017, all your data is stored locally on your device. That means if you need to wipe your console completely, you’ll lose your Breath of the Wild save along with it....
An internet connection can be unpredictable at times, and a sudden drop of the connection while downloading a large file can be frustrating. However, Google Chrome lets you resume downloads if they unexpectedly stop. Resume Downloads Using Chrome’s Download Manager Google Chrome uses a built-in download manager to display all your downloads—active, failed, canceled, and completed. The manager opens in its own tab and shows a list of every file you’ve ever downloaded in Chrome....
Autoplay is one of those features that more and more people want to disable. It’s often distracting to have audio and video automatically start playing on a website. If you’re a Microsoft Edge user, here’s how to disable autoplay. You have two options to stop the automatic playing of audio and video in the Edge browser. You can either limit the autoplay feature or block autoplay on sites altogether. We’ll explain both below....
