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Alexa Skills Not Working? 11 Ways to Troubleshoot
Alexa’s full suite of more than 100,000 Skills is a powerful platform, but there are times when those Alexa Skills are not working. The server that powers the Skill might have a hiccup, or there may be a problem with the way the Skill is implemented within your smart home. If you find an Alexa…
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Software Apps To Effortlessly Convert Music Files To Different Formats
You’ve probably come across a situation where you have a music file in one file format, such as MP3, but you need it to be an M4R or some other audio type. Instead of scouring the internet for an M4R version of the same file, you can just use an audio file converter to convert…
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7 Great Firefox Extensions You Must Install Right Away
Last year, Firefox received a much-needed and long-deserved makeover in the form of Firefox Quantum, a new and improved browser that brought faster loading times, better memory allocation, and stronger security. On the other hand, it changed how extensions work. Under the old Firefox, a security flaw in an extension opened the entire browser to…
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How to Export and Import Outlook’s Safe and Blocked Senders
Microsoft Outlook’s Junk Email functionality works best when you train it by adding senders to the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists. Here’s how to export those lists and reimport them to a new machine or account. This functionality is only available in the Microsoft Outlook desktop app. If you’re using Outlook Online, then the…
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How to Disconnect Your Phone Number from RCS on Android
If you have an Android phone, you might have an upgraded version of text messaging called “RCS.” This is a massive upgrade over SMS, but it does come with some baggage. Here’s how to deregister your number from RCS. When switching from a device or messaging app that supports RCS to one that does not,…
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AWS EC2 Instance Hibernation Can Speed Up Startup Times and Save You Money
If you’re frequently stopping and restarting your EC2 instances, hibernation can save you money—It allows you to pause your instance like a virtual machine and restart it at another time, which can be used to drastically speed up loading times of On-Demand instances. Hibernation Speeds Up Load Times A common use case for On-Demand EC2…
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One Year Later, Google Stadia Still Can’t Stick the Landing
Michael Crider It’s been one year since Google released Stadia. It was something truly new: fully-contained, full-quality games, streamed from a platform created for the cloud from the ground up. Stadia’s start was rocky, with many (including me!) calling it a “beta” and waiting for the true launch when new players could join a free tier…
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How Auto-HDR Works on Xbox Series X|S (and How to Disable It)
Microsoft High-dynamic-range (HDR) video, is a game changer for movies, TV, and video games. Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S consoles both support a feature called Auto-HDR, which brings HDR visuals to older games that don’t explicitly support it. But, is it any good, and do you have to use it? How Auto-HDR Works HDR…
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35 Years of Microsoft Windows: Remembering Windows 1.0
Microsoft Microsoft released Windows 1.0 on Nov. 20, 1985. Starting as an environment that ran on top of MS-DOS, Windows became the most popular desktop operating system in the world. Let’s travel back in time, and take a look at what the original Windows 1.0 was like. When GUIs Were the New Hotness In the…
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Android Will Soon Have an iMessage Equivalent with End-to-End Encryption
Google We’ve all been there. You receive a video sent via standard text messaging and it’s the most pixelated piece of garbage you’ve ever seen. Well, that may change soon for Android users as Google has announced that it is rolling out its Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard worldwide. The even bigger news is that…
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The Best Windows 10 Video Game Subscription Services
The video game industry is changing. It is now becoming more affordable to pay a subscription to your favorite publishers and play their entire game library. In this article, we take a look at the best Windows 10 video game subscription services and compare them to each other. We’ll start with the Xbox Games Pass,…
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How to Add a Wireless or Network Printer in Windows 10
Just got a new wireless or network printer for your home or office and need to install it on Windows 10? Compared to the old days, adding printers in Windows nowadays is usually a pretty easy process, as long as the printer isn’t ancient. I’ve actually already talked about installing printers before, but my previous…
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The Newly-Announced LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR is Ready to Race
LEGO The LEGO Technic McLaren Senna GTR looks absolutely stunning with its authentic details, and you can order yours at the beginning of 2021.LEGO just officially announced a brand new addition to its marvelous Technic line: the McLaren Senna GTR. The 830-piece set retails for $49.99 and will be available for purchase everywhere on January…
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Christmas Miracle: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Hits HBO Max and Theaters Simultaneously
Warner Bros Hollywood’s typical summer blockbuster run has been devastated by the COVID pandemic, with studios holding on to billion-dollar releases for fear of low ticket sales and theaters hit hard by health edicts. Warner Bros. is tired of waiting: Wonder Woman 1984, the sequel previously scheduled for release in June, will now come out…
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Stadia Announces iOS Browser Version, Free Premiere for ‘Cyberpunk’ Pre-Orders
Google Hot on the tail of NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW, Google’s streaming game platform Stadia is also coming to iOS. As with competitors, it will use a browser-based version of the service in order to get around Apple’s block on streaming games on the iPhone and iPad. Google says the beta browser version of Stadia will…
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Twitter Pauses Its Fleets Rollout as Users Experience Lag and Crashing
Twitter You may need to wait a few more days for Fleets. Twitter says that it’s slowing the rollout of its new Stories-like feature to address “performance and stability problems.” Many Twitter users (including the writers here at Review Geek) experience lag while using Fleets, and some people report that the feature crashes their Twitter…
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Step Into the 10th Doctor’s TARDIS in the ‘Doctor Who: The Edge of Time’ VR Game
Maze Theory Doctor Who is the kind of SciFi show that begs for a virtual reality (VR) experience. Luckily, 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) fans have two options, including Doctor Who: Edge of Time. But a free update to Edge of Time will have Whovian devotees of the 9th (Christopher Eccleston) and 10th Doctor (David Tennant) yelling, “Fantastic!” Because now…
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5 Best Netflix Original Anime You Can Stream Right Now
Japanese animation, commonly known as “Anime” in the West, has reached heights of popularity we couldn’t have imagined just a few years ago. With scant few dubbed and heavily-edited shows airing on US screens, fans resorted to swapping bootleg VHS tapes and later digital video fan-subtitled copies from the internet. Now every major streaming service…
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How to Show Formatting Marks in Word
If you have ever created a complex Word document, you’ve probably run into those frustrating issues where you just can’t seem to get a bullet point or paragraph of text aligned correctly or some text keeps breaking off onto another page when you need it to be on the same page. In order to fix…
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How to Insert Bullet Points in an Excel Spreadsheet
Adding a bulleted list in an Excel worksheet isn’t straightforward, but it’s possible. Unlike Microsoft Word—or even PowerPoint—there’s not much in the way of visual cues to guide you when adding these lists. Instead, we’ll try some manual trickery to get the task done. Insert Bullet Points From the Symbol Menu First, select any blank…
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Fitbit Software Update Adds Google Assistant to the Versa 3 and Sense
Fitbit When Fitbit launched its latest watches, the third-gen Versa and flagship Sense, it was under the looming specter of a Google purchase. Previously the company had featured Amazon Alexa integration, and that’s still around, but it announced it was working on Google Assistant tools, too. With the latest software update, Google’s voice-activated Assistant now…
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How to Take Square Photos on an iPhone
The updated iPhone camera app in iOS 14 has shuffled some settings and controls around. If you like to shoot square photos, don’t worry; the option is still there. Here’s how to do it. Open the “Camera” app. Either swipe up anywhere on the screen or tap the chevron (arrow) icon at the top of…
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What’s New in Outlook 365 for Mac’s Fall 2020 Update
Microsoft Outlook 365 received a nice update for Mac in the fall of 2020. Along with an enhanced look came new and improved features. With everything from a customizable toolbar and better search to the ability to snooze emails, let’s take a look at all that’s new in Outlook 365 for Mac. Try the New…
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GeForce NOW Game Streaming (and ‘Fortnite’) Now Available on iOS via the Browser
Razer Apple is still steadfastly refusing to allow any of the new crop of streaming game platforms into its walled garden…so they’re coming in the back way. Today NVIDIA announced that its GeForce NOW service, which streams PC games users’ already own on Steam and other stores, on iOS. The service uses an iPhone or…
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