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Google Will Verify Calls So You Can Answer Your Phone Again
Google Getting phone calls has turned into a modern-day scourage of scams and spam. If a call comes in and it’s not in your contact list, the easiest (and perhaps wisest) thing to do is ignore it. But that’s not always a great option—what if you’re expecting a delivery or interview request? Google wants to…
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Peloton Announces a Pricier Bike and a Cheaper Treadmill
Peloton Peloton suite of exercise equipment just jumped from two to four. The company announced the new $2,495 Bike+, a more expensive version of its existing bike system, that better supports yoga routines and your usual bike marathon. It also announced the $2,495 Tread, a cheaper treadmill option for just under two grand less than…
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How to Insert Emoji in Microsoft Word Documents 📝
Emoji work basically anywhere these days, including in Microsoft Word documents. Jazz up your documents with colorful emoji icons that work on all modern operating systems, including Windows 10, macOS, iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web. You can type an emoji in Word in the same way you can type an emoji in any other…
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The Solo Ludlow Tablet Sling Is a Perfect Little Bag for Little Laptop Trips
Rating: 8/10 ? 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…
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Tour de France: Bennett gewinnt zehnte Etappe
Die Sorgen waren groß, dass sich die Fahrer bei der Tour de France mit dem Coronavirus anstecken. Sportlich übernehmen kurzzeitig die Sprinter das Kommando. Auf der Île de Ré siegt der Ire Sam Bennett. Als der Ire Sam Bennett vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse der Île de Ré zum Sieg sprintete, saß der mächtige Tour-Patron Christian…
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Jazzfest Bonn: vielversprechender Neustart
Mit einem Kopfhörer-Konzert meldete sich das Bonner Jazzfest lautstark zurück. Künstler und Publikum trafen sich Corona-gerecht bei einem Open-Air-Konzert. Mittelalterliches Ambiente für das Vokalquartett Of Cabbages and Kings Mittlerweile sind die Corona-Auflagen kein Ausnahmezustand mehr, sondern alltägliche Routine: Jeder Konzertveranstalter, der derzeit ein Event plant, muss also zusehen, wie kreativ er die Vorgaben umsetzen kann. Das Team vom…
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How Does Google’s Firebase Realtime Database Work?
Firebase is a backend-as-a-service suite from Google that’s designed to make making mobile backends simple. While it offers a lot of features, at the core is the Firebase Realtime Database, a serverless database that can scale to millions of users. What Is Firebase? Firebase is a whole suite of products that offers many features, such…
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How to Stop Dropbox from Opening at Startup on Windows or Mac
Dropbox is a handy way to synchronize files across devices via the cloud. By default, Dropbox starts whenever you turn on your Windows PC or Mac, but sometimes you might not want it to. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t launch when you startup. First, open Dropbox. Click the “Dropbox” icon in the Windows…
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How to Open Firewall Ports on a GCP Compute Engine Instance
If you’re unable to access a service running on your virtual private server, it’s likely because the firewall in front of it is blocking the ports you need. We’ll show you how to work with and open ports on a Google Cloud Platform firewall. How Do GCP Firewalls Work? Compared to other cloud providers, GCP’s…
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How to Set Up Auto Scaling on Google Cloud Platform
Auto scaling is a feature offered by many cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud Platform, that will handle the creation and deletion of new servers in your network automatically, allowing you to scale your application to meet varying loads. What Is Auto Scaling? Say you have two servers behind a load balancer, both equally…
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The Best Twitter Apps for Every Platform
Fenice for Windows If you’re a dedicated Twitter user and have been relying on the website to get your fix, a standalone app is something worth looking into. These clients introduce new features and quality of life improvements to your Twitter experience, along with removing some of the frustrations of the official Twitter app. Why…
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Iranische Hardliner wollen mehr Netz-Kontrolle
Konservative iranische Abgeordnete machen einen neuen Anlauf, um die trotz Blockade fleißig genutzten sozialen Netzwerke unter Kontrolle zu bekommen. Im Visier ist Twitter, obwohl es von der Führung genutzt wird. Nasrullah Pedschmanfar sieht soziale Medien beim Militär am besten aufgehoben Nasrullah Pedschmanfar (Artikelfoto) ist der Initiator eines Gesetzentwurfs für den “Schutz der iranischen Netzwelt”. Der…
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Wer braucht eigentlich Nord Stream 2?
Was wären die wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen, wenn das Pipeline-Projekt gestoppt oder gar beendet würde, als europäische Reaktion auf den Anschlag auf den russischen Oppositionellen Alexej Nawalny? Rohre für die Pipeline Nord Stream 2 im Hafen von Sassnitz Auch wenn Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel lange das Gegenteil behauptete: Die Nord-Stream-Pipeline war nie ein rein wirtschaftliches Projekt. Sicher, es…
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Egan Bernal und sein langer Weg nach Paris
Nach den ersten anderthalb Wochen der Tour de France liegt Vorjahressieger Egan Bernal hinter Primoz Roglic auf Rang zwei. Der junge Kolumbianer ist dieses Jahr Kopf von Ineos, der Über-Mannschaft der vergangenen Jahre. Sein Sieg bei der Tour de France im vergangenen Jahr war das Ergebnis einer langen Zeit der Anstrengungen, und er erfüllte die…
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Robert Capa – Fotograf des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Robert Capa machte die berühmten Bilder von Soldaten am D-Day. Doch der Mythos des bekannten Kriegsfotografen hat Kratzer bekommen. Zu Recht? Robert Capas berühmtestes Foto vom “D-Day”: “Man in the Surf” (1944) Die Aufnahmen sich verwackelt, unscharf. Und doch sicherten die elf Fotos, die Robert Capa am 6. Juni 1944, dem sogenannten D-Day, am Strand der Normandie…
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Mairead McGuinness soll neue EU-Kommissarin werden
Mairead McGuinness soll künftig für die EU-Finanzmarktpolitik zuständig sein. In der Karriere der konservativen Irin, die seit 2004 im Europa-Parlament sitzt, gab es zwei Konstanten – und immer wieder auch Niederlagen. Die bisher größte mediale Aufmerksamkeit als EU-Politikerin bescherte ihr wohl ein Auftritt Anfang Januar dieses Jahres: EU-Abgeordnete der Brexit-Partei rund um Nigel Farage feiern…
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How To Watch Netflix With Friends
For many people, the new social distancing protocols have not only destabilized their work life, but also their social lives. Hanging out with family, friends, or colleagues is not the same anymore, at least not without restrictions. However, just because you can’t meet with your loved ones in person doesn’t mean you can’t still hang…
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What Is Facebook Pay and How to Use It
Facebook Pay is Facebook’s effort to make moving money online easier and more secure. You can use it as a money sending app to split a bill with friends or as a service to order things online. Facebook introduced Facebook Pay on November 12, 2019. There has been a payment platform on Facebook and Messenger…
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How to Use Firefox Addons
Even though Firefox usage has been on the decline over the last few years, it’s still in second place behind Google Chrome in terms of usage. The main reason behind that is add-ons. Firefox can be customized in a million different ways, something no other browser can replicate to that level. In Firefox lingo, add-ons…
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How To Revoke Third-Party Website Access On Facebook, Twitter & Google
We’ve seen these buttons so many times already as they have become an integral part of the Internet. If you are too lazy to sign up for services using your email address, you can just use your social media or Google accounts to sign up to those services with. These websites then contact Facebook, Google,…
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Why Netflix Asks “Are You Still Watching?” (and How to Stop It)
When you go on an extended tv viewing session on Netflix, you’ll sometimes be interrupted by a prompt that asks if you’re still watching the show. Here’s why Netflix keeps bugging you. “Are You Still Watching?” Netflix, like other streaming services, seems designed for binging tv shows. For most of the titles on the platform,…
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How to Program Your Own Dash Buttons with AWS
While Dash buttons may have been discontinued, their design lives on with AWS’s IoT Buttons. Instead of ordering junk food, these can be set up to trigger AWS Lambda functions, allowing you to script your own functionality with NodeJS and Python. What Does the IoT Enterprise Button Do? The concept is pretty simple. You press…
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Why You Shouldn’t Spend More Than $500 on Your Next Phone
The Pixel 4a might be the best Pixel ever. And it’s $350. Cam Flagship phones are great. They push innovation forward with (mostly) thoughtful improvements. But we’re at a point where even budget and midrange smartphones are generally impressive now, mostly thanks to trickle-down technology from their flagship brethren. The affordable phones of today are…
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Where You Should Splurge When Building a PC (and Where You Shouldn’t)
Alberto Garcia Guillen/Shutterstock Building a PC on a budget is a delicate balance between price and performance. How much should you spend on the motherboard and CPU, and what about the graphics card? Which parts are worth spending some extra cash on? Picking Parts for Your PC Build The biggest decisions come down to what…