Websites in Safari often bug you to let them access your location services to detect where you are. You can turn off those prompts on iPhone and iPad and even prevent the browser from accessing location services altogether. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Stop Websites From Asking For Your Location How to Disable Location Requests in Safari on iPhone and iPad To get started, open the “Settings” app on your iPhone or iPad....
By default, pressing Alt+Tab in Windows 11 will show thumbnails of both open application windows and all tabs open in the Microsoft Edge browser. Here’s how to turn that off. First, open Settings by pressing Windows+i on the keyboard. Or you can right-click the Start button and select “Settings.” In Settings, click “System” in the sidebar, then scroll down and select “Multitasking.” In Multitasking settings, locate the “Alt+Tab” section and click the drop-down menu located there....
First, open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android device, and navigate to the person’s profile. If you aren’t following them, and they’re following you, you’ll see a “Follow Back” button instead of the normal “Follow” button. If you see the “Follow Back” button, the puzzle is solved. That person or account is following you on Instagram. But if you are following them, the button will say “Following.” If you want to check if they follow you, the process is slightly more difficult....
How to Turn On the Raspberry Pi To start up your Raspberry Pi, all you have to do is plug it in. Beginning with the Raspberry Pi Model 4, you simply need a USB-C cable and any 5V power source. Older models of the Raspberry Pi still require a 5V power source, but use a micro USB connector. RELATED: USB Explained: All the Different Types (and What They’re Used for)...
I have one question: why do you have so many apps installed on your Android TV? You know, like that all those things you installed “just to try out,” then never used again? Yeah, that stuff. It’s about time you cleaned up that little set-top box of yours, that way you can make room for new stuff that you’ll only use once. It’s a vicious circle. There are actually a couple of different ways to go about uninstalling apps on Android TV....
RELATED: How Often Does Google Update Chrome? How to Update Google Chrome While Google Chrome downloads and prepares updates in the background, you still need to restart your browser to perform the installation. Because some people keep Chrome open for days—maybe even weeks—the update could be idly waiting to install, putting your computer at risk. RELATED: Why You Should Update Your Web Browser In Chrome on Windows, Mac, or Linux, click the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner, hover your mouse cursor over “Help,” and select “About Google Chrome....
The Wi-Fi adapter in your PC is one of its smallest but most crucial components. If yours has gone out, or you want to upgrade to a newer one, here’s how to replace it. What Exactly Is A Wi-Fi Card? That’s a question you’ll need to answer before you can upgrade your system, and the answer is different based on what kind of PC you have. Desktop Options Let’s start with the easy one: desktop PCs....
Low Power Mode disables settings like mail fetch, Hey Siri, and other things that people commonly change when they want to make their iPhones live longer between charges. For whatever reason, Low Power Mode is only available on iPhones, not iPads. Starting with iOS 11, you can also enable Low Power Mode right from the Control Center. How to Activate (and Deactivate) Low Power Mode When your iPhone reaches 20 percent battery power left, you’ll see a “Low Power Mode” prompt appear....
Similar to the feed you see when you log into a social media app, Microsoft provides this tool in OneNote. The feed in OneNote combines notes, shows page changes, and lets you add Sticky Notes in one handy spot. About Your Feed in OneNote Here are a couple of things to keep in mind if when using your OneNote feed: The feature is available in OneNote for Windows 10, OneNote desktop, OneNote for the web, and OneNote for Android....
Turn Off Orientation Lock on iPhone If your iPhone display is stuck in portrait and won’t rotate to landscape even when you hold your handset sideways, the Portrait Orientation Lock might be the culprit. Fortunately, we can quickly disable this lock from the iOS Control Center. If you’re using an iPhone X-style device with a notch, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen to reveal the Control Center....
Anyone who purchases the game before the end of January 5, 2022, will be eligible for a free game, as reported by VGC. So whether you already own a copy of the collection or you purchase it within the next few days, you can grab one of the following: Bully: Scholarship Edition Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition Grand Theft Auto V: Premium Edition LA Noire Max Payne 3 A Great White Shark Cash Card for GTA Online 55 Gold Bars for Red Dead Online...
Is your Mac getting a little long in the tooth? Has Apple announced that the new macOS will leave your Mac behind? Fear not, for you still have options like soldiering on, installing a new version of macOS against Apple’s will, or ditching macOS entirely. Apple Decides When Support Ends Apple has no official written policy on what happens when your Mac is no longer supported by major operating system upgrades....
There are several types of outdoor solar lights on the market. For example, floodlights are typically used for security purposes, whereas you can use spotlights to highlight trees or other parts of your landscape. Similarly, path lights are suitable for lighting up the walkway, driveway, or sidewalk. In addition, while some types of solar lights have a single dusk-to-dawn mode for all-night operation, others can be motion-controlled or timer-based. Again, you can decide which will best suit your needs....
Enter Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. First developed in the 1990s, VoIP is now widely used in homes and businesses large and small. VoIP enables users to communicate over an internet connection instead of via copper wires or cellular service. For homeowners, VoIP provides benefits such as keeping the existing landline phone number and cost savings on local and long-distance calling. For businesses, VoIP enables teams to do more with less....
Drag and Drop Files and Folders Terminal requires that you type commands in order to perform actions, but these commands need to be typed perfectly to execute. One of the easiest mistakes to make when typing a command is to get the location of a file or folder wrong. This is especially true when folders have spaces in their names since you need to “escape” the space. For example, ~/Documents/My Stuff must be typed as ~Documents/My\ Stuff/ instead....
For Real, For Real FR stands for “for real.” It’s an internet initialism that you can use in direct messages to emphasize your point, agree with someone else’s point, or react to something unbelievable. It also has a common derivative acronym, FRFR or “for real, for real,” a more intense and serious version of FR. FR and FRFR are valid in both uppercase and lowercase. However, since both of these acronyms became extremely popular in the direct messaging age, most people use the lowercase versions “fr” and “frfr” instead....
“Be Right Back” BRB stands for “be right back.” It’s used in online messaging and chatting when you have to leave your device to do something else temporarily. It’s typically used when you’re going to be gone for a short time to do a quick activity, such as going to the bathroom or answering the door. It implies that your conversation partner should wait for you to come back. It’s closely related to the acronym AFK, which stands for “away from keyboard....
F*** My Life FML stands for “fuck my life.” It’s an acronym you use when you’re under a lot of stress, or something very unlucky happens to you. It usually comes after a story about a recent unfortunate event as a way of punctuating how bad someone feels about what just happened. Depending on the situation, FML can be either humorous and ironic or genuinely angry. You can write the acronym in both the lowercase “fml” and the uppercase “FML....
I Am Not a Doctor IANAD is an internet initialism that stands for “I am not a doctor.” It’s a disclaimer given by people who are not medical professionals but provide some health-related advice. IANAD is a valuable warning that should cause you to take any particular post with a grain of salt, especially since your health is essential. In some instances, bad advice can mean life or death. You’re most likely to see IANAD in forums and social media posts, where people may be giving advice they’ve seen on the internet or heard from family members....
What It Means Unlike most shortened slang terms on the internet, NVM isn’t an acronym. Rather, it’s a shortened version of “never mind.” You’ll also sometimes see it as “NVMD” or “NM.” Never mind can be abbreviated in both upper- (NVM) or lowercase (nvm), however, the latter is much more common. You’ll frequently see it online, in messaging apps, chat rooms, or texts when someone wants everyone else in the conversation to disregard their last message....
