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Google Search’s SafeSearch ensures you do not see explicit content in your search results. If you’d like to include that content, you’ll have to turn off SafeSearch first. We’ll show you how to do that on desktop and mobile. You only have to disable SafeSearch on one of your signed-in devices. That setting syncs across all your Google devices. RELATED: Why Parents Should Be Using Google Family Link Turn Off SafeSearch on Google Search on Desktop To disable Google Search’s SafeSearch filter on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, first, open a web browser on your computer and visit Google Search....

Microsoft wants to help you write faster in Word with its text predictions feature. As you type, the application anticipates your next words and displays them for you to accept and move through your document quicker than ever. Here’s how Text Predictions works. Enable Text Predictions in Microsoft Word Like many new features in Microsoft Word, text predictions are enabled by default. But we’ll show you how to confirm that the feature is turned on as well as how to turn it off if you prefer....

What Inline Message Translation Can and Can’t Do Microsoft Team supports more than 60 languages. Some of the more popular languages include Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Spanish, and Russian, along with lesser-used ones (e.g. Slovak and Welsh) For a list of all of the languages, visit Microsoft’s guide to the feature. Unfortunately, Microsoft Team’s Inline Message Translation feature cannot translate entire chat threads automatically or in real-time. Unlike Microsoft Edge’s ability to automatically translate entire websites, Teams forces you to translate each individual message one at a time....

Sony’s DualShock 4 controller is actually a standard gamepad, and you can connect it to any PC with a USB cable, standard Bluetooth, or Sony’s official wireless USB adapter. It will work in a variety of games, too, since Steam now offers official support for DualShock 4 controllers. Once you’ve connected a PS4 controller to a PC, you can also take advantage of PS4 Remote Play to stream games from your own PS4 console, or Sony’s PlayStation Now service to stream games from Sony’s servers....

Using virtual backgrounds in Microsoft Teams does bring some variety to your video conference, but the grid layout remains the same. Change it up with Together Mode, putting everyone on the call into a single virtual scene. Here’s how to use it. With Together Mode, the videos of the participants in a Microsoft Teams meeting appear in a shared virtual environment-like scene. Unfortunately, at the time of writing in July of 2021, Together Mode only offers one scene for the web version of Microsoft Teams....

Fubo TV The Xfinity 500 will be broadcast live on NBC at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and subscribers to Fubo TV ($64.99+ per month after a seven-day free trial) can catch the action on the NBC feed. See if driver Martin Truex Jr. can continue his streak after having won three of the last four races held at Martinsville. Hulu + Live TV Subscribers to Hulu + Live TV ($64....

In order to force your website to load over SSL, you will likely need to incorporate redirection to push all insecure URLs to their secure counterpart. This is necessary to be sure that all users and pages support and utilize your SSL certificate to encrypt communications between your web server and visitor. Why Would I Need to Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS? To properly secure your website with SSL certificates, you might decide to incorporate redirects on your website, forcing all http URLs to redirect to secure https URLs, (i....

Are you just getting started with Google Forms? Never heard of it before? Either way, here are some tips to help you get going with Google’s powerful form tool and start building surveys and forms online for free. What the Heck Is Google Forms? If you already know about Google Forms, feel free to skip ahead. If you don’t, here’s the crash course. We’ll go over the basics, and get you brushed up on what Google Forms is and how you can start using it right away....

In 2021, you have a lot more options for what you put on your desk than you did even a decade ago. 4K monitors are more popular than ever as people buy new computers capable of driving more than one screen at a time. Opting for a 4K monitor is a great choice as you get a higher pixel density for sharper text and images, plus more screen real estate....

What Causes a Dead Pixel Before jumping headlong into fixing dead pixels, it’s important first to understand how pixels work in a monitor. The primary technology that runs monitors is Liquid Crystal Display or LCD for short. How it works is that two polarizing filters sandwich a layer of liquid crystal, a name for a type of liquid that can also exhibit properties of crystals. Behind that sandwich is a backlight that provides the light source that you see from your monitor....

What Is a “Whale?” In internet jargon, a “whale ” is someone who consistently spends enormous amounts of money on one or many online transactions. While the most common use of the term refers to spending in video games, whales exist across many online platforms, from online retail stores to trading and investment platforms selling assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs. From the perspective of a business, whales are a minority of a customer base but make up an outsized proportion of all revenue....

Don’t Worry, Be Happy DW stands for “don’t worry.” It is used to tell someone to relax and stop worrying about something. It can be sent as a complete message on its own or paired with other phrases. For example, “dw about it” or “dw too much.” It’s a widespread term in text messages and chat apps, such as WhatsApp and iMessage. You can also find it used in social media websites like Twitter and Instagram....

We Been Knew WBK stands for “we been knew.” If you’re still confused, don’t worry. While WBK and “we been knew” have gained widespread usage across a younger generation, they might be a little bit difficult to get a grasp on. “We been knew” means that something that’s been said is something you already know and is incredibly obvious to most people. It’s essentially the slang equivalent to “yeah, obviously.” WBK implies that you’ve already known about this for a long time, and you think the other person is OOTL or “out of the loop....

What Is an Ultralight Mouse? An ultralight mouse is a computer mouse that has shed as much additional weight as possible. There’s no “official” definition for what qualifies as an ultralight, but our sister site Review Geek and gaming enthusiasts over at Digital Foundry classify any mouse that weighs less than 80g (2.82 oz) as ultralight. Some mice come in at considerably less than this, and it isn’t uncommon for an ultralight to weigh 50g (1....

Apple announced a new privacy-focused set of features called iCloud+ at WWDC 2021. The features will be rolled out free of charge to existing iCloud subscribers in the third quarter of 2021. They include internet traffic encryption, burner email addresses, and better support for home security cameras. What Is iCloud+? iCloud+ is the new name for a premium iCloud subscription. Apple is not raising the price of iCloud, and anyone who currently pays for an iCloud storage plan can take advantage of the new features at their current tier....

Spotify Enters the Social Audio Space The drop-in audio social network Clubhouse launched in 2020 to great success. The app hosts thousands of audio rooms where users can listen in to a talk or join a discussion. However, as of June 2021, access to the app is only available via an invite from an existing user or by trying your luck on a waitlist. Since its launch, established tech giants have started launching their own social audio services, such as Discord Stage Channels and Twitter Spaces....

Why Sideload Applications? The main reason anyone would want to sideload an application onto their device is that official channels simply don’t offer the software the user needs. That’s only part of the story, though, since there are many different reasons why a given application isn’t in the official app store of your device. For example, the application may not comply with the requirements of the app store in question or the developers may not want to pay the app store commission....

What Is Stream Sniping? Stream sniping is the act of using someone’s live stream against them. For example, in a competitive multiplayer game, knowing where an opponent is can allow you to sneak up on or flank them simply by watching their stream to work out exactly where they are. The phenomenon only affects multiplayer games but isn’t necessarily limited to only competitive titles. While stream sniping may be used to gain a competitive advantage, it can also be used to harass and grief individuals....

Sony’s PlayStation 4 has been out since 2013, but there’s a pair of new, updated players on the stage: The PlayStation 4 Slim and PlayStation 4 Pro. But what’s the difference, and which one should you buy? Figuring out which PS4 to buy can be interesting—even more if you already have a PS4 and are considering an upgrade to the new PS4 Pro. The good news is that the PS4 and PS4 Slim are, for all intents and purposes, the same machine for the most part, and all three machines will play the same games....

The initial retail release of Windows 11 in October 2021 doesn’t allow you to resize either the Start menu or the taskbar like you could in Windows 10. We share your frustration and puzzle out some potential workarounds. An Incomplete, Borrowed Legacy From Windows 10X Windows 11 traces its origins to Windows 10X, which Microsoft developed for a different kind of hardware platform with two screens. On the way, the firm redesigned the taskbar and Start menu to simplify them....