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Parilov/Shutterstock.com A game’s score, dialogue, and sound effects go a long way to making it feel truly immersive and exciting. That’s why it’s worth investing in a high-quality gaming headset. With one, you’ll be better poised to hear approaching enemies, enjoy the background music, and hear what your teammates are saying during intense PvP rounds.…

Error handling is often one of the most time consuming and tedious aspects of programming. PowerShell advanced functions have the very useful ability to leverage a multitude of ways to validate parameters before they are evaluated by the function as a whole. Avoiding bad data through parameter validation makes a programmer’s job that much easier.…

Much like AWS, Google offers managed load balancing as a service, helping to distribute traffic across multiple servers. On Google’s Premium Network tier, there’s also Global Load Balancing, which uses a single IP across all regions. What Is Global Load Balancing? Load Balancers are network device which allows horizontal scaling, basically making multiple servers respond…

Michael Crider When a representative reached out to us to offer a new line of Gateway computers to review, I was intrigued. The brand has been revived for a new line of laptops and tablets, sold exclusively in Walmart. I decided to see if this new line, trading on the recognizable name, was worthy of…

MSI Afterburner is one of the most popular ways to see in-game PC performance statistics. And yes, it works on all systems, whether you have an MSI graphics card or not. Here’s how to set it up! What You’ll Need MSI Afterburner is primarily an overclocking tool for squeezing more performance out of your graphics card.…

Bestravelvideo/Shutterstock.com Netflix no longer offers a 30-day free trial in the USA, but it’s not the only option. Many competing services still offer free trials, and there are many ways to stream free with ads. Here are your best options. Hulu (30 days) Hulu offers a 30-day free trial of its service. You don’t have…

ESA The BepiColumbo spacecraft, a joint venture from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), just performed a slingshot around Venus to help slow it down as it continues on its path towards Mercury. The maneuver took place this past Wednesday night, just before midnight Eastern Time. The $2 billion…

Snapchat Better late than never! Snapchat is launching Sounds, a feature that lets you add music to your Snaps and Stories. Thousands of songs are available on Snapchat, including a yet-to-be-released song from Justin Bieber and benny blanco titled “Lonely.” Sounds is only available on iOS, and Snapchat hasn’t announced a date for the Android…

While Instagram lets you use nine different fonts in your stories, you’re stuck with a single boring sans serif for your profile details, regular post captions, and comments. Here’s how you can side-step the limitations and spice things up. How Custom Instagram Fonts Work Instagram uses the font Proxima Nova for small text like comments…

Sony/Logitech Back in August, Sony released a driver program to allow its cameras to be used as webcams on Windows 10, solving at least a small part of the webcam shortage that’s been going on since the pandemic forced millions into remote work. It took a little extra time, but now that driver program is…

Apple’s presentation software does all the heavy lifting for you when converting a PowerPoint presentation to Keynote. Doing the opposite, though, requires a few extra steps—we’ll walk you through them! First, double-click the Keynote presentation you want to convert in Keynote, and then click “File” at the top left. In the drop-down menu that appears,…

Syafiq Adnan/Shutterstock Since Instagram Stories disappear after 24 hours, it can be hard to track down past clips. Thankfully, Instagram now allows you to view your stories on a map, so you can browse them based on where you shot them. To do this, update the Instagram app in the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play Store (Android).…

On Twitter, your username serves as both an expression of your personality and a digital address that allows others to direct messages your way on the service. If you’d like to change your Twitter username, you can do so easily on iPhone, iPad, Android, and on the web. Here’s how. How to Change Your Username…

Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com Every musician knows what a hassle sheet music can be. It’s easy to misplace, tear, spill on, and even get back if you lend it out to a friend or student. But with a sheet music app, you can keep all of your sheet music in a central location, safe from harm, and easily…

Halloween may be fast approaching, but there’s still plenty of time left to bask in the fun vibes of the spooky holiday. From scary mobile games to fun ways to customize your phone, these apps will help you (and your smartphone) get the most fun out of the haunted holiday. So, put on some scary…

Miyuki Satake/Shutterstock You’ve probably seen the abbreviation NVM in a text before. Here’s what this common bit of conversational internet jargon means, and how to use it properly. What It Means Unlike most shortened slang terms on the internet, NVM isn’t an acronym. Rather, it’s a shortened version of “never mind.” You’ll also sometimes see…