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LiteDB is a .NET native NoSQL embedded database. Built-in .NET, LiteDB is easily accessible to PowerShell and works wonderfully as a local and flexible database. Built-in encryption, SQL-like commands, and ACID-compliant with full transaction support LiteDB is simple and easy to use. In this article, we will talk about you can use LiteDB within PowerShell…

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft You were lucky enough to get your hands on a Nintendo Switch, a PlayStation 5, or an Xbox Series X/S. But before you call Christmas a wrap, you gotta grab a subscription for Switch Online, PlayStation Plus, or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. These subscriptions are the key to playing games with friends,…

Nintendo If you’re looking to complete your Pokédex in Pokémon Sword and Shield, your friends can help you out. Once you’ve reached Route 2, you can begin trading with your friends (or random players) via Y-Comm. How to Trade Pokémon with Friends There are over 400 Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex. If you want to…

Can you believe that it’s already Black Friday? Retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and Gamestop are running their best end-of-the-year deals this weekend, just in time for some hardcore Christmas shopping. So what are you waiting for? Scroll down and check out the hottest deals available on Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2020. Deals…

If you place multiple orders on Amazon, but want to receive all your packages on the same day, try Amazon Day Delivery. Available for Prime members, this feature tells Amazon to deliver all your orders on the same day each week. What Is Amazon Day, and How Does It Work? Amazon Day is a service Amazon…

Shutterstock/LookerStudio Organizations have a digital footprint and all their staff do, too. These footprints can contain a wealth of sensitive or weaponizable information. OSINT lets you see what the hackers can see. Open-Source Intelligence Despite the name open-source intelligence (OSINT) is not related to open-source software—although there are many open-source software tools that can help you…

Art Silpakorn/Shutterstock.com Are you a homeschool teacher, college student, parent of a college student, K-12 teacher, or faculty member? If so, Apple offers discounted Education Pricing on Macs and iPads. Here’s how to save some cash on your Apple hardware purchase. Who Is Apple’s Education Discount for? According to Apple’s sales terms, the following people…

Time might be constant, but your time zone doesn’t have to be. If you’re part of a global team, you might prefer to switch your time zone in Google Calendar to make sure you’re not missing important meetings or events. Thankfully, Google Calendar offers various settings for Google account users to change to different time…

Arcade1Up Who doesn’t love killing time in some classic arcade games? From Pac-Man to Marvel Vs. Capcom, these video games hold a special place in many people’s hearts. And while playing them on a console port is fine, playing them on a home arcade machine is so much better. So if you’ve got some arcade fanatics in your life,…

Microsoft Word makes it easy to add the same text to multiple documents. This is especially handy for text with special formatting, the kind of text that often breaks when pasting it into a new document. The time you find yourself changing the same details in a dozen documents, try this instead. Open a new…

Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock.com While a deal or discount may look great at first glance, you can probably get an even better one. Whether it’s Prime Day, Black Friday, or a regular old Tuesday, a quick deal-check can save you some cash. Deal-checking is a relatively straightforward (albeit, tedious) process. In essence, you’re just checking that a…

PowerShell 7.1 may not look like it has huge changes at first glance, but there is a lot more going on under the hood than one may expect. There are also a number of very useful features and tools that can enhance your scripting and help you develop even better scripts. PowerShell 7.1 was released…

Khamosh Pathak The Mac menu bar is constant. It’s always available at the top of the screen, with menus, Control Center, and utilities. But it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how to automatically hide or show the menu bar on Mac. The easiest way to reclaim some screen space on your Mac screen (other than…

Yuliasis/Shutterstock.com The holiday shopping season is in full swing, but even if you were lucky to check off every item on your list, there are still a few accessories you might unwittingly be forgetting. Fortunately, we’ve rounded up a helpful list of the most common things you’ll need to power up your new electronics: batteries…

If you use extensions with Mozilla Firefox and would like to add or remove extension icons from the toolbar, it’s as easy as drag-and-drop using Mozilla’s Customize Firefox function. Or you can quickly remove an icon with a right-click. Here’s how to do it. First, open “Firefox.” In any window, right-click the Firefox toolbar and…

Little Passports/Tinker Crate/Bits Box It’s the season of gift-giving, but why not treat your favorite kiddos to a gift that gives all year? Whether it’s a monthly recipe kit, a box of new books, or some cool science experiments, we’ve got something for everyone. Although your kids might not get to experience their first box…

Eric Francis/Shutterstock Sleighbells ring, are you listenin’? Want to automate the things that glistenin’? A beautiful sight is smart Christmas lights that you don’t need to turn on all by hand. Parody songs aside, plugging in your Christmas lights, blowups, and other powered-decorations to turn them on is annoying. Here’s what you need to automate…

Storage Lens is a new analytics tool for AWS’s Simple Storage Service (S3) that can help customers optimize their storage. Storage Lens can give you a great overview of your buckets, as well as provide useful insights into cost efficiency and data protection. What Is Storage Lens? Storage Lens is a visualization dashboard for bucket…