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RELATED: Apple’s New Android App Detects Nearby AirTags How It Works: AirTags Use Bluetooth Here’s how this works: AirTags use Bluetooth so nearby devices on Apple’s Find My network can spot them. If you use a Bluetooth scanner app—the kind of app that shows nearby Bluetooth devices—you will see any nearby AirTags appear in the list of nearby Bluetooth devices. It’s a little more complicated than it sounds. The Apple AirTag won’t show up as an “AirTag” in the list, but it will appear as an unnamed Bluetooth device—and it does say it’s an Apple device, so it might be easy to spot the AirTag if you don’t own any Apple-made Bluetooth gadgets....

There’s a lot you can do with Microsoft’s Your Phone app if you own an Android device. It can control the music on your phone, mirror notifications to your PC, send texts from your PC, and more. It’s not useless on your phone, though. Before we get started, make sure you have the Your Phone experience set up on your Windows 11 or 10 PC and your Android device. The Your Phone app will already be installed on your PC, the companion app can be installed from the Play Store....

Is your Android device low on space? If your phone has a MicroSD card slot, you can use it to expand your space for music, movies or even apps, thanks to the improved SD card features in Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This seems like a big change for Google. After shunning SD card slots in Nexus devices and recommending manufacturers stay away from external storage, Android is now beginning to better support them....

Using Google Maps in dark mode can help you save power on your iPhone and iPad. It’s also helpful when you’re using it for driving directions at night. Here’s how to turn it on. The Google Maps app brings dark theme support for devices running iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 or higher. To get started, make sure you update the Google Maps app to the latest version on your iPhone and iPad....

Passwords and Scripts It isn’t a great idea to put passwords in shell scripts. In fact, it’s a really bad idea. If the script falls into the wrong hands, everyone who reads it can see what the password is. But if you’re forced to use a script, what else can you do? You can enter the password manually when the process reaches that point, but if the script is going to run unattended, that won’t work....

If you’ve decided to take Google Sites for a spin and create a free website, you’ll need to know the ins and outs. Here, we’ll walk you through the basics of using Google Sites: the navigation, features, and settings. Navigating Google Sites Like other Google applications such as Drive, Docs, and Sheets, you have a simple main screen. At the top you have templates and at the bottom you have your files....

Tired of scrolling to see formulas and results in cells that aren’t in view? With the Watch Window in Microsoft Excel, you can keep an eye on your formulas without constant spreadsheet scrolling. Available for all desktop versions of Excel, the Watch Window is a handy tool for seeing your formulas with their locations and results. You can view cells in your current workbook or another that you have open, which gives you the flexibility you need to stay on top of things....

In late 2020, the Google Play Movies & TV app was rebranded on Android as simply “Google TV” to go along with the launch of the Chromecast with Google TV streaming device. That’s the app that you can use to control your Google TV. RELATED: What’s the Difference between Google TV and Android TV? Remote Control from the Google TV App First, open the Google TV app on your Android phone or tablet....

The affected chips are the Intel Pentium, Celeron, and Atom CPUs on the Apollo Lake, Gemini Lake, and Gemini Lake Refresh platforms. These chips are found in lower-end desktops and laptops, so if you own one of these, you’ll want to be extra watchful over your device. As mentioned, the attacker needs to have physical access to the computer, meaning they can’t execute the malicious exploits remotely. But if someone does manage to steal your laptop, they can get around Bitlocker, trusted platform modules, anti-copying restrictions, and so on....

Are you struggling to find an Xbox Series X? Microsoft might have you covered, as the company is offering “valued customers” the opportunity to buy an Xbox Series X bundle without having to compete with the scalpers and bots. According to The Verge, Microsoft is offering a “limited supply of Xbox Series X bundles” to what it calls “valued customers.” It seems like Microsoft is offering this special bundle to people who have purchased from the Microsoft Store in the past, though it’s not clear exactly how much you need to have spent or if there’s some randomizing happening....

Microsoft is hosting an event on September 22, 2021, at 11 am ET, where the company is expected to announce a slew of new Surface devices. If you’re in the market for a new laptop, tablet, or possibly even a new smartphone, you’re going to want to tune in. How To Watch Microsoft’s Surface Event The event is available to watch all over the place when it kicks off on September 22, 2021, at 11 am ET....

“Voice access is a new experience that enables everyone, including people with mobility disabilities, to control their PC and author text using their voice,” said Microsoft in a blog post. With the new feature, you can control almost every aspect of your PC without ever touching a mouse or keyboard as long as you speak English-U.S. language, as that’s the only one supported right now. You can turn on voice access by going to Settings, clicking Accessibility, and finally, Speech....

A new app on the Mac App Store called Notchmeister is designed to spruce up the much-maligned MacBook Pro notch with some decorations. It’s not the most advanced app in the world, but it will help you embrace the notch you’ve been given. RELATED: MacBook Pro User’s Guide to Living With the Notch The Iconfactory, the company responsible for the app, points out that “If you have a new MacBook Pro, you also have a new notch....

“I Miss You” IMY is an abbreviation of the phrase “I miss you,” and is most often used in text messages and informal communication. It is a simple (and thoughtful) way of telling another person that you miss them. According to Google Trends, “IMY” has been searched most often in the United States, Armenia, and Lebanon. The search term really began to skyrocket on the web in 2004, and its popularity has increased, most notably during the start of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic with a focus on text messaging and the song “I....

“Sliding in” to Direct Messages “Sliding into DMs” means sending someone (who you might not know personally) a direct message on social media, often on Instagram or Twitter. It is commonly known as a flirtatious, romantic gesture to initiate a conversation or to ask someone out on a date. Therefore, if you message a person you’re attracted to on social media, you’re very likely “sliding into their DMs.” The phrase can also mean any instance where you directly message another user on social media, often in joking reference to its romantic origins....

Your Devices Will Expire In 2017, Reddit users discovered that Apple was using software updates to slow down or throttle the performance of old iPhones, supposedly to improve battery health. It eventually ended in 2020 with a $500 million lawsuit settlement. Apple’s lack of communication about the slowdowns—it wasn’t disclosed to consumers before researchers discovered it—brought a debate regarding “planned obsolescence” to the forefront of the tech world. Planned obsolescence is a way of designing a product to become obsolete after a certain time....

What Is the Wayback Machine? Founded by the Internet Archive on May 12, 1996, the Wayback Machine is a free online service that crawls and takes snapshots of websites at different time intervals and then archives those sites, preserving the Internet’s history. The Wayback Machine was named after the Wayback Machine from The Rocky and Bullwinkle’s Show’s “Peabody’s Improbable History.” Even though the Wayback Machine was founded in 1996, it was completely privatized and only certain people had access to the content....

If you’re unsure about whether to upgrade to Windows 11, perhaps the idea of getting the Windows 11 Store on your Windows 10 computer might make you want to stick around with the older version of Windows for a bit longer. In a recent blog post about Windows 11’s Store, Microsoft said, “The new Microsoft Store is available now on Windows 11, and we’re happy to share that it will be available to Windows 10 customers in the coming months, too!...

Find My iPhone The Find My iPhone feature lets you track your iPhone if you lose it. Anyone with access to your Apple ID account can access this feature, so it’s important to create a unique password and ensure other people don’t have access to your account. If you’ve set up Family Sharing, your family members can also track your iPhone’s location with the default settings. To track your iPhone, someone will need to use either the “Find My” app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac or the “Find My” tool on Apple’s iCloud....

Like other Microsoft applications, Microsoft Teams is packed with useful keyboard shortcuts. Become a Teams power user with this cheat sheet of useful hotkeys for Microsoft’s workplace (and home) communication tool. Hotkeys for Microsoft Teams on Windows All hotkeys below are for the Teams desktop app on Windows 10 and other versions of Windows. There are some slight differences on the web, so we’ve noted where the Teams web app’s keyboard shortcuts are different....