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LEGO fans and fans of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker can take advantage of a great sale on Amazon today, for the adorable little D-O droid. The feisty one-wheel droid is now available for just $55.99 on Amazon, which is $14 off its normal price. The 519-piece model has poseable antennas, and you can…

DoNotPay DoNotPay, the robot lawyer famous for getting you out of parking tickets, is back with a new service. And this time, DoNotPay wants to scan your emails to save you money. It’ll help you unsubscribe from costly services in one click, or join class action suits against spammers—all without changing your current email address.…

Slack Stories, Discord-like voice channels, and cross-business DMs may seem like impractical alternatives to standard working tools, but Slack thinks that the informal nature of these features can help coworkers connect to one another (and keep your nose out of Gmail or Zoom). Slack plans to implement these features in late 2020 and early 2021.…

Polar While exercise is something nearly everyone should do, we need to work out with moderation. If you exercise too long and too hard without sufficient recovery, you risk injuring yourself. That’s where Polar’s $499.95 Vantage V2 fitness watch comes in; it will help you track recovery time. The Vantage V2 kicks things off with…

Google For over a decade, G Suite was Google’s collection of professional productivity tools. As the way people work has evolved, so has G Suite. To signify this transformation, Google rebranded the service as “Google Workspace.” Let’s take a look. What Was G Suite? Before we talk about Google Workspace, let’s take a look back…

You can launch applications and programs using the Command Prompt—and Mozilla Firefox is no exception. You can also use Command Prompt to launch Firefox in Private Browsing mode or open a specific website on launch. Here’s how. To launch Mozilla Firefox using Command Prompt, you’ll need to have already downloaded and installed Firefox on your…

AWS is a very secure ecosystem, but they can’t guarantee that what you do in the cloud is going to be secure. That responsibility is left up to you, although AWS will try to nudge you in the right direction. This guide covers what you should do from the AWS Console to make your network and…

quangmooo/Shutterstock If you regularly use different watch faces for different times of the day, you might be tired of switching between them manually. What if Apple Watch did this automatically? Here how to automatically change your Apple Watch face during the day. Ideally, Apple Watch should have a built-in setting for changing watch faces at…

Jiggle Mode is the app-rearranging mode on the Apple iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and in Launchpad on Mac. Sometimes called “wiggle mode,” the shaking icons are a handy visual indicator that a fixed layout of apps has become fluid and changeable. Here’s where it came from and how to use it. The Origins…

Shutterstock/asharkyu Server security is vital to survival in today’s world. Protecting your server from hackers armed with the newest exploits is a never-ending job, but there are a few steps you can take to catch most of the attacks coming your way. Securing Your Server and Protecting Valuable Data Protecting user and work data is…

Ko Backpacko/Shutterstock.com If the bookworm in your life has plowed through their to-read list and is always looking for their next read, maybe they’ll enjoy one of these book subscriptions or an eReader. Or maybe a new reading lamp. Ooh, or a mug that keeps your tea warm all day while they read! These picks…

CokaPoka/Shutterstock The holiday season is great for bakers because it’s packed with reasons to make delicious treats. If you’re shopping for a baker, it’s also a great excuse to gift them supplies, so they can keep making yummy desserts for everyone! A Quality Rolling Pin Fox Run A staple for every baker’s toolbox, a quality…

Kibana Log files contain a lot of important data about how your infrastructure is performing, but when they’re thousands of lines long, gaining useful insights from them can be hard. Log management tools help fix this problem. Why Should I Care About Log Files? Every connection to your web server is logged; anytime a user…

Fatmawati Achmad Zaenuri/Shutterstock If you fine-tune the behavior of your Bash shell with shopt, you can control over 50 settings. We’ll show you how to tailor your Linux system just the way you like it. The shopt Built-in The shopt built-in is part of all versions of the Bash shell, so there’s no need to install…

Paulzhuk/Shutterstock.com Broken electronics are awful, not just because of the material loss, but because they’re very hard to repurpose or repair once something primary has failed. We won’t lie: Sometimes your options for safe disposal of hardware and for securing your personal data are limited. But we’ve created a rough guide on what to do…

Harry Guinness Bokeh is a term photographers throw around a lot. It refers to the shape and quality of the out-of-focus area in a photo. It’s most noticeable in how specular highlights and point lights are rendered, but it’s present everywhere. How to Pronounce “Bokeh” Pronounced “boh-keh,” this term comes from the Japanese word “boke,”…