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Last week’s biggest tech story was Apple and Google kicking Fortnite off of the App Store and Play Store on phones. But since Epic immediately launched a prepared social media campaign, complete with a parody of Apple’s iconic 1984 ad, it’s pretty clear that’s what the publisher wanted anyway. If you were in any doubt,…

Facebook Just over a year ago, Facebook unveiled its latest redesign, and now the company wants everyone to use it. If you’ve been holding off and sticking with Facebook “classic,” we have bad news. Facebook plans to do away with the classic design in September. First spotted by Engadget, Facebook recently updated its help pages…

Google Google Home and Nest smart speakers and displays allow you to make calls without using your phone. By setting up “Household Contacts,” anyone in your home can easily call friends and family members with Google Assistant-enabled devices. “Household Contacts” are the people everyone in your home knows. These might be parents, grandparents, aunts and…

AWS logically isolates your resources from everyone else, launching everything you use into your own virtual private cloud. It may run on the same hardware underneath, but AWS has built the systems to virtualize entire networks on their infrastructure. Your Instances Are Private When you first create an EC2 instance, a new VPC is created…

Starting in Chrome 86, Chrome will automatically block autofill on HTTP forms. Even if your site is secured with HTTPS, if your forms aren’t set to be HTTPS, data can still be transferred over HTTP. The Problem, and How To Fix It The problem lies in the fact that HTML forms can sometimes be set…

In C#, Attributes are metadata tags assigned to code, including classes, types, methods, and fields. Using reflection, you can examine the tags to change behaviors in your program. We’ll show how to use them, and how to write your own. What Are Attributes? Simply put, attributes are metadata tags that hold some information. The syntax…

It’s easy to accidentally trigger Apple’s voice assistant Siri on your iPhone by pressing and holding either the side button (on newer models), or the Home button (on older ones). Luckily, there’s an easy way to disable it. Here’s how. First, launch “Settings” by tapping the “Gear” icon. In “Settings,” tap “Accessibility.” In “Accessibility,” swipe…

dbrand Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra are the fanciest flagships of 2020. But if you want to make the most of your giant Samsung handset, you’re gonna need a stylish case, a screen protector, and accessories for productivity or gaming. There are already a ton of Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra…

Shaiith/Shutterstock During this summer of social distancing, you might be looking for fun, low-stress ways to get your family out of the house. If you have the space, a backyard movie night could be just the activity you all need! Right now, experts continue to advise against large indoor gatherings (among many other activities) to…

If you want to set up source control for a project, but prefer not to host it on a service like GitHub, you can run your own git server on a VPS to store your code and act as a master repository for any collaborators. Why Run Your Own Server? With how many free hosted git providers there…

Evan Lorne/Shutterstock.com Chrome extensions serve a variety of purposes, from making a particular process more efficient to saving you money; the possibilities are pretty much endless. And while you might already have a few extensions you like, there are a few that we think are essential—regardless of how you use Chrome. While each of the…

Windows 10 has a hidden emoji picker you can use to type emoji in any application, even desktop programs like Google Chrome. It’s accessible by pressing a keyboard shortcut combination. The emoji picker was added in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, and improved on in the April 2018 Update. How to Open the Emoji Picker…

Youproduction/Shutterstock Most of us can’t leave home without our smartphone, even if we’re going camping in the wilderness. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways you can keep your device charged, even in the middle of nowhere, come wind, rain, or shine. A USB Battery Bank It doesn’t get much easier than charging a USB battery…

Google Maps shows the location of ongoing wildfires and its movement over time. If you live in an area prone to fires, you can use this feature to track the progress of any dangers that might be heading your way. Here’s how the feature works. The ability to view ongoing wildfires in Google Maps became…

Adobe In a significant failing, Adobe accidentally wiped User’s photos and presets with a Lightroom App update. Adding salt to the wound, the company admits there’s no way to recover the data. Customers are already saying they’ve lost years worth of data. A new update corrects the underlying issue, but won’t help anyone already affected.…

Mobvoi When the $120 TicWatch S2 arrived, we called it a poor wearable due to its dated hardware and reliance on Wear OS, a smartwatch OS so bad we’d regret spending $15 on a device powered by it. So what makes the $60 TicWatch GTX so interesting? Well, it abandoned Wear OS for one. The…

ZAGG/Mophie Today, Mophie (a ZAGG Brands company) announced four new 18W powerstation battery banks , two of which support Qi-enabled wireless charging. The premium chargers are perfect for quickly charging devices at home or on the go, and offer Priority+ Charging for your devices. The powerstation ($49.95) and powerstation XXL ($59.95) have 10,000 mAh and 20,000 mAh…