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The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the number-crunching brain of your Mac. Its characteristics determine how fast your Mac processes information. The type of CPU varies based on which model you have. Here’s how to quickly check which CPU is in your computer. First, click the Apple menu at the upper left, and then click…

Google’s Cloud Platform offers many solutions for modernizing your existing database infrastructure. By moving to the cloud, and taking advantage of Google’s PaaS offerings, you can reduce the headache of database administration. Cloud SQL Cloud SQL is Google’s alternative to AWS’s RDS—a simple managed database solution for MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Rather than having…

Roku Whether you realize it or not, Roku is the most popular streaming platform in most parts of the world. Its popularity is thanks partially to a vast number of products that meet buyer demand. Roku is now expanding its family of streaming boxes with the addition of the Streambar and an updated Ultra set-top…

Apple Apple has spent the last few years trying to abandon Touch ID in favor of its hands-free Face ID system. But the company is backtracking with its latest product, an iPad Air with a Touch ID power button. And as mask-wearing continues to fowl Face ID, Apple needs to bring its new fingerprint sensor…

Shutterstock/REDPIXEL.PL One of the biggest problems indie game developers must solve when designing their game is deciding how the multiplayer is going to work. Do you have to run dedicated servers? Can you use peer-to-peer networking? Let’s talk about it. This article focuses on the general infrastructure behind your game, rather than the exact details…

Deepfakes make it possible to manipulate videos and GIFs. The technology has become so easy to use, you can now create deepfakes right on your phone. That’s right—you can now easily insert yourself into a meme. It’s also an impressive demonstration of how easy it is to create a deepfake. Swapping a celebrity’s face out of…

Diego Cervo/Shutterstock.com You’ve secured your computer with strong disk encryption and security software. It’s safe—as long as you keep it within eyesight. But, once an attacker has physical access to your computer, all bets are off. Meet the “evil maid” attack. What’s an “Evil Maid” Attack? It’s often repeated in cybersecurity: Once an attacker has…

dennizn/Shutterstock.com Amazon’s annual Prime Day event usually happens in July. Given the state of, well, everything at the time, Amazon decided to hold off. Today, the company is announced that Prime Day 2020 will take place on October 13th and 14. Prime Days, really. Heh. With basically every big name out there openly stating that Black…

Sling TV Hot on the heels of Facebook, Plex, Hulu, Movies Anywhere, and nearly every other streaming service, Sling TV now has a co-watching experience appropriately dubbed Watch Party. But unlike the others that came before it, Sling TV’s implementation includes video and text chat features. Sling Watch Party is only in beta for now,…

Khamosh Pathak After years of looking at the same grid of icons, it’s time to finally customize your iPhone to your heart’s content. Add some cool-looking custom widgets, and replace your apps with custom icons, just for a good measure. Starting in iOS 14, Apple brought support for third-party widgets on the home screen. And…

Nor Gal/Shutterstock.com Microsoft Office updates don’t come around every year. It’s more like every three years. With Microsoft’s focus on the Office 365 plan, and other software-as-a-service initiatives like Game Pass, it’s no surprise that some dedicated Office users were worried that the upcoming Office 2021 release would be subscription-only, à la the Adobe Creative…

Shubham Agarwal Keeping your Instagram profile public is key to reaching a wider audience. But it also leaves your posts’ comment sections exposed to spam. Fortunately, with Instagram’s privacy controls, you can have the best of both the worlds and pick who can comment on your posts. Here’s how to use them. Open the Instagram…