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While Microsoft 365 subscribers can do real-time collaboration on PowerPoint presentations, some people prefer working independently and having that work reviewed and edited at a later date. Here’s how you can see and track what changed when the presentation comes back to you. To track the changes that the reviewer of your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation…

Apple The future is services. At least that’s the way the tech industry seems to be heading: less focus on individual devices, and more on ecosystems and ongoing subscriptions. Apple has a few of them: Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud. Starting today, you can bundle all of them and save, well, a…

Eugene Onischenko/Shutterstock If you’re shopping for someone whose favorite form of transportation is pedal-powered, these gifts are sure to be a hit! Bike Shorts For someone who spends a lot of time on their favorite bike, bike shorts are a must! They prevent the chafing, bruising, and blisters caused by the saddle. Below are a…

Khamosh Pathak Safari on the iPhone and iPad has a hidden feature that lets you quickly bookmark all open websites to a single folder. To keep things as you had left it, quickly bookmark all the tabs in Safari using this trick. Open the “Safari” app on your iPhone or iPad and then tap the…

Shutterstock/Ribkhan Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) is the process of automating application updates, from changes in source control, to automated builds, to automated deployments to your servers. GCP provides a service for this, called Cloud Build. Writing a Build Configuration The CI/CD pipeline featured here works pretty simply. GCP listens for changes in your source control,…

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…

So you’re incredibly excited for the new PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X-S (delete whichever is inappropriate). But apparently, they’ve made about a dozen each of these new world-conquering game machines, because you can’t find one for launch day. You’re not alone: all the new consoles have been plagued with low stock and pre-orders. So what’s to…

Shutterstock/asharkyu Whether you’re upgrading to more powerful servers, moving to new regions, or adding new instances, migrating a Linux server can be made easier by implementing the proper strategies and knowing the right commands. We’ll discuss how to move your server to a new machine with minimal hassle. Migration Strategies The simplest and most effective…

Everything You Need/Shutterstock The Windows 10 Menu key launches a context menu you’d normally access by right-clicking your mouse. However, some keyboards don’t have a Menu key. If yours is missing, you can create one by mapping the Menu function to another key you don’t use very often. Remapping with PowerToys Thanks to a free utility…

Iaroslav Neliubov/Shutterstock The most important part of your computer, if you had to choose just one, would be the central processing unit (CPU). It’s the primary hub (or “brain”), and it processes the instructions that come from programs, the operating system, or other components in your PC. 1’s and 0’s Thanks to more powerful CPUs,…

sitthiphong/shutterstockEffective today, Netflix’s two most expensive plans are getting a price hike. The most popular “Standard” plan moves from $13 a month to $14 a month. And the “Premium Ultra HD” plan jumped from $16 to $18. Existing subscribers get a short reprieve as the pricing rolls out to the next bill cycle. At $13…

Google If you are currently paying for the 2 TB plan on Google One, you’ll soon get a bonus new feature without a price hike. Google is announcing a new VPN by Google One service that will come included with your plan. The 2 TB plan is $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. The…

Elgato Elgato, a Corsair brand known for its content creation equipment, recently acquired smartphone video app EpocCam. The app lets you turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless high-definition webcam for your macOS or Windows computer. It works seamlessly with popular apps like Google Meet, Skype, OBS Studio, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom for streaming,…

BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock The Google Play Store is testing a feature that lets you directly compare multiple apps. It’s not widely available yet and currently only works with a select number of media player apps. But early testing looks promising. According to Android Police, the “Compare apps” section shows up near the bottom of the Play Store…

Anker Anker has been creating projectors powered by Android TV for years, and its two latest projectors—the Anker Nebula Series—are also powered by the Google platform. Both projectors launched this week in the United States and are now available to purchase on Amazon. Both the Anker Nebula Solar ($519) and the Anker Nebula Solar Portable…