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RELATED: Will the EU Make Apple Get Rid of Lightning on the iPhone? Based on the report, the European Commission will present legislation to set a common charger for mobile phones and other electronic devices in September. That means we won’t have to wait too long to determine whether this ends up becoming a rule in the EU. According to a study conducted by the European Commission, during 2018, 50-percent of phones in the EU were sold with micro-USB connectors, 29-percent had a USB C connector, and 21-percent had a Lightning connector....

RELATED: Everyone’s Making a PC Game Subscription: Are They Worth It? Good Luck, Have Fun! GLHF is an abbreviation for “good luck, have fun.” It’s used at the beginning of competitive online games to establish a feeling of sportsmanship or manners. GLHF is something you say at the start of the match, and GG (good game) is something you say at the end of the match. Both phrases serve the same function, but they’re used at different stages of gameplay....

“Got to Go” GTG stands for “Got to go” or, less commonly, “Going to go.” It can be used in both the uppercase GTG or the lowercase “gtg,” which is more common. It’s used to tell someone you’re speaking to (especially online) that you’re about to leave the conversation. Depending on the context, it could mean that you’re going somewhere else, or that you’re about to go offline and stop using your device for whatever reason....

Adaptive EQ Is a Marketing Term Apple attaches the “Adaptive EQ” marketing term to its premium noise-canceling wireless headphones. The company has been tight-lipped about exactly what is happening, but it has disclosed that the technology effectively tailors the sound coming out of the AirPods to the shape of your ear. The AirPods Pro and AirPods Max have microphones that sit inside the ear that perform this task. These microphones primarily aid the company active noise cancelation (ANC) implementation but also adjust the way sound is “scattered” inside your ear....

Cryptocurrency vs. Regular Currency Right now, you hopefully have some money in your pocket in the form of dollars, euros, or rupees, depending on what your country gives out as currency. This money is given value by a delicate system operated in part by governments, as well as certain market mechanisms that are too involved to get into here. This article from The Balance serves as a solid primer, though....

What Is Festivus? Play Video In the 1997 Seinfeld episode “The Strike,” Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) explains the tradition of Festivus, which he’s invented as an alternative to Christmas, calling it “a Festivus for the rest of us.” It’s a strange, off-putting celebration that’s perfect for the volatile Frank to unleash on his neurotic son George (Jason Alexander). Festivus was inspired by a similar holiday invented by author Daniel O’Keefe, father of Dan O’Keefe, a Seinfeld writer and story editor who co-wrote “The Strike....

If you take a screenshot on your Mac, where does macOS save the screenshot image files? We’ll help you find the screenshot location—and show you how to choose where they end up in the future. Screenshots Are Usually Saved to the Desktop By default, when you take a screenshot using Shift+Command+3, Shift+Command+4, or Shift+Command+5, your Mac saves any screenshots you take to your Desktop as PNG files. Each one will have the name “Screen Shot” with a date and time at the end (such as “Screen Shot 2022-06-03 at 10....

30 Rock: Christmas Special (Season 3, Ep. 6) This aptly named episode sees Jack trying to avoid his own Christmas traditions — namely being ridiculed by his mother — by forcing the TGS staff to put on a live Christmas special on NBC at the very last minute. Meanwhile, Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon is forced to create her own tradition because her mother “doesn’t feel up” to hosting Christmas this year, believing her 30-something daughter should “have her own family by now....

That means there’s no excuse to suck at selfies anymore. Here are some top tips that might help. Use the Best Natural Light Available to You Natural light is amazing in that it’s both free and flattering. You can use daylight to your advantage to create a range of effects, even in harsh direct sunlight. Smartphones have notoriously small camera sensors. The more light you can feed them, the better the image will be....

What Happened With Locast? Basically, Locast was a free streaming service that provided local channels over the internet to users in cities that had them. The networks didn’t approve of the company serving its channels without paying license and rights fees, so they jointly sued the nonprofit service shortly after it launched. Locast sent out an email to its users explaining what happened. It said, “As a non-profit, Locast was designed from the very beginning to operate in accordance with the strict letter of the law, but in response to the court’s recent rulings, with which we respectfully disagree, we are hereby suspending operations, effective immediately....

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a streaming service is increasing prices. Disney+ and Hulu recently increased their monthly prices, and now DirecTV’s internet TV service is next on the list. DirecTV Stream, previously known as DirecTV Now and AT&T TV, is a TV streaming service offered as an alternative to DirectTV’s satellite-based TV. Like most TV packages, it has steadily gone up in price year after year, and now another increase is about to affect customers....

Physical Connectors Aside from compatibility and capability differences, DisplayPort and HDMI connectors differ too. DisplayPort features a 20-pin connector with an asymmetrical shape. Most tend to include a mechanical latch that prevents the cables from being accidentally disconnected. HDMI has a 19-pin connector and a shape that’s symmetrical. Unlike many DisplayPort cables, HDMI tends not to feature latch or locking mechanisms. This can cause HDMI cables to become loose over time....

Tech companies love to wave big numbers and fancy sounding words around in their ads, and camera manufacturers are no exception. Although it isn’t as bad as it was a few years ago, “megapixels” is normally their go-to buzzword. But what is a megapixel and does more really mean better? Let’s find out. What Are Megapixels? On every digital camera sensor, there are tiny little “photosites”. Each of these is a sensor for a single pixel....

Meet Telegram’s “Group Video Calls 2.0” Telegram added support for group video calls in June, which means the company has significantly accelerated its video efforts in a short time by ramping up the capacity to 1,000. The feature allows up to 1,000 users to watch a group video call on Telegram. That means that 1,000 users can’t participate in the call; that would be utter chaos. Instead, 30 people can participate in the call, as was the limit with the original implementation of Telegram’s group calling, and the other 970 people can observe....

One way to make spreadsheet data easier to read is by applying color to alternating rows. Microsoft Excel offers a couple of ways to alternate row color so you can whichever method works best for you. Use a Table and Style By using a table with an alternating row color style, you can easily apply this shading with little effort. You can do this by converting your data to a table or choosing a style for an existing table....

If you want to display hierarchical data in a compact visual, you can use a treemap chart. In Microsoft Excel, you can create and customize a treemap in just minutes. We’ll show you how. About Treemap Charts As mentioned, treemaps are intended to work with hierarchical data, and this data has one-to-many relationships. Treemaps are a good tool for displaying things like best-selling products, location population, regional sales, and similar parent-child structured data....

If you’ve downloaded files to your iPhone or iPad, accessing them might be confusing compared to a Mac or PC. There’s a special folder where iOS and iPadOS store downloads, and you can find it via the Files app. First, locate the Files app on your iPhone or iPad. The quickest way to do this is with Spotlight Search. Swipe one finger downward from the middle of the Home screen, and then type “Files....

Android actually supported lock screen widgets long before the iPhone did. It was officially added way back in 2012 with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. However, the feature was removed two versions later with Android 5.0 Lollipop. So let’s bring it back. RELATED: The 10 Greatest Versions of Android, Ranked Lock Screen Widgets for Android Since Android doesn’t officially support lock screen widgets, we’ll need the help of a third-party app....

When you need to see how many formulas, pivot tables, or form controls you have in a spreadsheet or workbook, check out the Workbook Statistics feature in Microsoft Excel. Here’s how it works. Viewing statistics in Microsoft Word is helpful for seeing the number of pages, words, or characters. But getting statistics in Excel can be just as useful. You may have a workbook for a class with specific requirements, or you may have a spreadsheet for business that you want to review for unnecessary elements....

In Windows 11, fonts put personality into your writing with new typeface styles. In addition to the default fonts, you can easy to install new fonts—or remove fonts you don’t need. Here’s how to do both. How to Install a Font on Windows 11 To install a new font in Windows 11, you’ll need a compatible font file. You can download free fonts from the web, copy them over from another system, or purchase them online....