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DANIEL CONSTANTE Last month, Microsoft announced its intentions to buy TikTok from parent company ByteDance. That set off a series of negotiations and talks that have now led to a decision—Oracle will probably buy TikTok. Nope, that wasn’t a typo. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Oracle will make the announcement soon according to…

Apple, Microsoft, Sony Apple’s Siri Remote allows you to navigate your favorite shows and movies with the swipe of a finger. But gesture controls aren’t always intuitive, and they often confuse family members and guests. If you want to simplify your Apple TV, then it’s time to pair it with an Xbox or PlayStation controller.…

If you need to perform a simple task like resizing an image on your Windows 10 PC, you don’t need to use software with a steep learning curve like Photoshop. You can do it using Microsoft Paint 3D. Here’s how it’s done. Open Paint 3D on your computer by typing “Paint 3D” in the Windows…

FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is a standard protocol for sending and receiving files from remote servers. It’s easier to use than command line alternatives like scp, especially with GUI interfaces like FileZilla. What Is FTP? In the olden days of the internet, public FTP servers were a very common way of making files available…

Jira is an issue-tracking application from Atlassian that makes it easier for teams to collaborate on software. It’s not open-source, but you can install it on your own servers rather than using the cloud version. Here’s how to set that up. Why Self-Host? There’s a lot of benefit to cloud applications—they’re generally very reliable, as…

If you have a number of Google Home or Nest speakers and Smart Displays scattered around your house, why not put them to use as a broadcasting system? That’s exactly what you can do with the Google Assistant. Google Assistant’s broadcasting feature works like a modern intercom. You can broadcast a message to your kid’s…

Rating: 9/10 ? 1 – Absolute Hot Garbage 2 – Sorta Lukewarm Garbage 3 – Strongly Flawed Design 4 – Some Pros, Lots Of Cons 5 – Acceptably Imperfect 6 – Good Enough to Buy On Sale 7 – Great, But Not Best-In-Class 8 – Fantastic, with Some Footnotes 9 – Shut Up And Take…

Acer You can get a good laptop, or you can get a cheap laptop. That’s the general wisdom, at least when it comes to something powerful enough to run Windows. At any budget under about $800, you’re looking at a bare minimum machine full of plastic and bargain bin parts. But the laptop market is…

It’s often a good idea to let your Mac sleep after a period of time when you’re not using it, but the way recent versions of macOS present sleep-mode options in System Preferences feels counter-intuitive. Here’s how to sort it out. First, a Note about Sleeping Mac Laptops Mac laptops automatically sleep when you close…

Shutterstock/Art Alex Two Factor Authentication, or 2FA, has been around for a while. It usually refers to using an SMS code as an additional step for logging in to your account. However, the term has been being replaced by “Multi-Factor Authentication.” What’s the difference? Password Authentication Sucks Before two-factor authentication was ever a thing, the…

Twenty years ago, the turn of the millenium saw some serious software bugs. No, we’re not talking about Y2K here: We’re talking about Windows Me. Dubbed “Windows Mistake Edition” by PCWorld, Windows Me is not remembered fondly by many. A Strange Pit Stop on the Way to Windows XP Microsoft released Windows 2000 on February…

Netflix/YouTube From the highly-anticipated Sarah Paulson-fronted original Ratched to the second season of Taco Chronicles—a docuseries all about, well, tacos—Netflix has a lot happening in the next few days. If you want to make your to-watch list, here’s everything coming to Netflix the week of Sept. 14, 2020. Sept. 15 America’s Book of Secrets: Season…