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Serving the Underserved Starlink is a satellite internet provider that is a part of SpaceX, a rocket manufacturer. It offers high-speed broadband connectivity. Although it started by providing internet access to people in the United States, the company has since expanded its availability to over a dozen markets worldwide. Over time, Starlink hopes to offer its services throughout the world. The company is primarily targeting consumers living in underserved or remote areas....

What if Windows let you quickly access administrative tools, backup and restore options and other important management settings from a single window? If that sounds good, look no further than the so-called “God Mode.” What Is God Mode? No, God Mode doesn’t unlock any extra secret features in Windows or let you do any tweaking that you can’t do in the regular Windows interface. Instead, it’s simply a special folder you can enable that exposes most of Windows’ admin, management, settings, and Control Panel tools in a single, easy-to-scroll-through interface....

YouTube Premium is a monthly subscription service that promises to improve your viewing experience on the internet’s largest video platform. Here’s what you get for your money, so you can decide whether it’s worth it. What Is YouTube Premium? YouTube Premium is the site’s paid subscription service. It offers ad-free viewing of all videos, offline playback, and exclusive, paywalled content primarily made by famous YouTube personalities. For U.S. subscribers, it currently costs $11....

Not all Ethernet cable is created equally. What’s the difference, and how do you know which you should use? Let’s look at the technical and physical differences in Ethernet cable categories to help us decide. Ethernet cables are grouped into sequentially numbered categories (“cat”) based on different specifications; sometimes the category is updated with further clarification or testing standards (e.g. 5e, 6a). These categories are how we can easily know what type of cable we need for a specific application....

Your smartphone rings and you see “Spam Risk” on screen. Who is this mysterious Spam Risk, and why do they keep calling? We’ll explain—and tell you what you can do about it. The Quick Answer If you see “Spam Risk” on your iPhone or Android Caller ID screen when you receive an incoming call, it means that your mobile carrier has already automatically detected that the call is likely from a fraudulent or deceptive source....

Based on the short video, it looks like the Snipping Tool will come with some more robust editing options than the Windows 10 version. Microsoft’s video calls it a “classic tool” with a “new experience.” The smooth drawing of an outline to select a portion of the screen and quickly annotating the image seems to reflect that statement. — Panos Panay (@panos_panay) August 4, 2021 It’s difficult to say whether the feature will be good enough to replace some of the best third-party screenshot tools, but once we get our hands on it, we’ll be able to make a solid judgment....

Watching The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on YouTube Google announced that starting today, you can head to The Paralympic Games channel to watch a large portion of the event live. Google says that there will be more than 1,300 hours of live sports across 219 countries and territories available, so there’s plenty to watch if you’re interested in checking out The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Outside of the live streams, there will be highlights, athlete interviews, and behind-the-scenes videos to watch on The Paralympic Games YouTube channel....

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Increasing Prices TSMC, the largest chip maker in the world, plans to increase its price by as much as 20% later this year or by early next year, according to a report from WSJ. Thankfully, most advanced chips made with processes under 16 nanometers will only go up by 10%, while older chips will see a more considerable 20% increase. Many companies, including Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm, rely on TSMC....

Warner’s new management has already made many unpopular decisions, including canceling the nearly-finished Batgirl film that was expected to arrive on HBO Max, and removing many existing shows and movies from the service. Westworld, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, Summer Camp Island, Minx, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, Raised By Wolves, and others have already been pulled from the platform. Notably, the price for HBO Max is staying the same....

Microsoft Office 2010 has just been released, and today you can purchase upgrades from most retail stores or directly from Microsoft via download. But if you’ve purchased a new copy of Office 2007 or a new computer that came with Office 2007 since March 5th, 2010, then you’re entitled to an absolutely free upgrade to Office 2010. You’ll need enter information about your Office 2007 and then download the upgrade, so we’ll step you through the process....

RELATED: What to Do if Your Facebook Account Gets “Hacked” Can You Contact Facebook By Phone? If you want to contact Facebook directly, you probably want a phone number. Facebook does have a couple of numbers you can call to try getting in touch with the company. However, both phone numbers only play a pre-recorded message. You can’t talk to a real human on either number. If you want to try your luck calling them regardless, Facebook’s support phone numbers are:...

Over time, a hard drive can begin to operate with less efficiency due to fragmentation in the file system. To speed up your drive, you can defragment and optimize it in Windows 10 using a built-in tool. Here’s how. What Is Defragmentation? Over time, the data blocks (fragments) that make up files can become scattered in multiple locations around the surface of the hard disk. This is called fragmentation. Defragmenting moves all of those blocks so they are located close together in physical space, which potentially speeds up read times when accessing data on the disk....

The Google Chrome browser on your desktop browser and mobile phone allows you to delete browsing history in increments as small as one hour. But what if you don’t want to erase everything that you’ve visited in the last hour? Maybe you just want to clear your most recent string of Google Searches. The Google app’s “Quick Delete” feature deletes the last 15 minutes of your Search history. This includes not only the search queries, but also, any of the websites that you’ve visited from the Google app in that short time span....

Incomes Below $66,000: IRS Free File Here’s a secret: If your income is $66,000 or below, you can use the IRS’s Free File service. This is a partnership between the IRS and tax software companies like TurboTax, H&R Block, TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and others. To use these free programs, you must head to the IRS’s Free File Software Offers website and click through to the tool you want to use. You can’t just go to the tax software’s regular website, or you won’t receive this offer....

Want to use your Windows 11 desktop in another room inside your home? Instead of walking there, you can remotely access it from your phone or tablet. But first, you need to enable Remote Desktop on your computer. You can also enable Remote Desktop connections on Windows 10 or earlier versions, but the process is a little different. How Remote Desktop Works You can use the Remote Desktop feature in Windows 11 to connect and access your computer using a remote access tool....

Finding someone’s phone number online is tricky. Cell phone numbers are private—there’s no public directory of cell phone numbers to replace those old paper phone books. However, there are a few ways you can find someone’s phone number (and business phone numbers are still easy to find). How to Find a Person’s Phone Number There’s no good perfect way to find someone’s phone number online. If you’re friends with someone on Facebook, you may be able to find their phone number there....

First: Ensure That iCloud Notes Is Enabled For notes to show up on other devices, they need to sync over iCloud. To do this, you’ll need to ensure that Notes is enabled within your iCloud settings, and check that you’re putting your notes into the iCloud account and not storing them locally on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. To check whether you have iCloud sync enabled for the Notes app on your iPhone, open Settings on an iPhone or iPad and tap on your name at the top of the list....

RELATED: What File System Should I Use for My USB Drive? FAT32 is a solid file system for external drives, so long as you don’t plan to use files over 4GB in size. If you do need those larger file sizes, you’ll need to stick with something like NTFS or exFAT. The advantage to using FAT32 is portability. Every major operating system and most devices support it, making it great for drives you need to access from different systems....

Macs offer a way to hide files and folders, just like other operating systems. But Mac OS X hides these options and doesn’t make it as easy as it is on Windows and Linux. To hide a file or folder, you’ll need to set the “hidden” attribute for it. The Finder and other Mac apps will then ignore and not display this file or folder by default. Hide a File or Folder on a Mac RELATED: How to Hide Files and Folders on Every Operating System...

The Hum to Search feature is available in the Google mobile app and works with humming, whistling, or anything else you can do to mimic a tune. The results aren’t always accurate, but it’s a good place to start if an earworm is driving you crazy. RELATED: How to Identify a Song on Any Smartphone, PC, or Tablet First, open the Google app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and tap the “Microphone” icon in the search bar....