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In my previous post I showed you how to block websites from asking for your location. But that’s not the only annoying thing that modern browsers allow websites to do. In fact, most websites, including YouTube, will not ask for your location but for permission to show you notifications. Web notifications are not all that bad and can be useful at times. For instance, by clicking “allow” you grant permission to that website to show you notifications whenever a new article is published on a blog, or when items on your wishlist are available for sale....

This article explains how to install Reflector 3 and OBS Studio on your computer and set them to stream your gameplay from your mobile device to your computer and on to Twitch. What to Know Install Reflector 3 and OBS Studio on your computer. Project the mobile display via AirPlay (iOS) or Cast settings (Android).Link OBS Studio to your Twitch account and then select the + (plus) under Services. Choose Window Capture > Reflector 3 > OK....

Did you know that you could throw money in Fallout 76!? If you are suffering from an abundance of money and wish to flaunt it around, you can very well throw it at a target and see them explode with a spray of caps. Caps are the in-game currency of Fallout 76. That means you can throw money to earn money. Yes, you read it right, the money you throw will act as a grenade, critically injure your target and they might just explode into a shower of money....

Do you know what Northlander Claymore Prototype is in Genshin Impact? If not then you should know that it is one of the most important crafting materials used in Prototype Aminus and Whiteband recipe. There are various ways to obtain the Northlander Claymore Prototype to make a deadly weapon in Genshin Impact. Also Read | How To Get Mist Grass In Genshin Impact If you are wondering how to get it then don’t worry, here we have a guide on how to obtain the Northlander Claymore Prototype in Genshin Impact....

Fire Emblem Engage is all set to release on January 20, 2023, reviving all the RPG action of the popular franchise. Luckily, Nintendo is as excited as the players as they are providing a free Order of Heroes Item Set. If you are looking to grab the rewards from this Item Set, then this guide got you covered. Read till the end to know the steps to get the Order of Heroes Item Set in Fire Emblem Engage....

Do you have your birthday on Facebook for everyone to see? Maybe you’re trying to prevent friends and family from asking you to throw a party. Maybe you get annoyed when seeing notifications from random people greeting you on your birthday. Or maybe, having your birthday out for the public to see is just something that you don’t feel comfortable with. After all, other people knowing your birthday can pose a risk, as it’s often one of the security questions required to access someone’s financial information....

In this Windows How-To article you are going to learn the step-by-step instructions to hide certain hard drives that you specified from showing up in My Computer and from the Windows Explorer to keep your data a little bit safer. There are times when people have only one computer and they have to share it with family members or friends. Many times the people you share the computer with are not tech savvies, and you may not want them to be saving or deleting files in Windows “C” drive or in another hard drive that may have data that you are not open to share with everyone....

You don’t need a bootable USB flash drive or Media Creation Tool to install Windows 11 on a computer already running Windows 10. You can simply mount the ISO file to File Explorer and run the upgrade setup. Although you would typically use the Media Creation Tool to perform an in-place upgrade or a bootable USB flash drive to do a clean installation, it’s also possible to use the Windows image mounting capability to load the ISO file to launch the Windows 11 setup and continue with the installation....

Windows 8 Release Preview has been already made available for download, this new build comes seven months after the Developer Preview and five months after the Consumer preview, since then there has been many changes and tweaks that it seems that all the hard work from the Windows team paid-off. Windows 8 RP feels solid, loads faster, and it started to feel more like a finished product. There are many ways in which you can install Windows 8 Release Preview, it would be if you test the new OS on a spare PC, this way you can experience all the features and effects at its full potential....

Most Mac machines that you buy these days come with a retina display that show’s the content on the screen far more sharper and crisper than a normal display. This is because retina displays have higher pixel-per-inch amount, so everything that you see on your screen is really very crisp and without any blurring. While that is a really good thing for many of the apps on your Mac, there may be some apps on your machine that you would like to launch in low resolution rather than what the retina display offers....

WhatsApp has set a time limit for the videos that you post as your WhatsApp status. Now, you can only post 30 seconds of short clips or videos on your WhatsApp status. The videos or pictures that you post on your WhatsApp status disappear after 24 hours. This WhatsApp status feature allows you to share videos and pictures with your contacts on WhatsApp easily. However, this 30 seconds time limit for videos can be a barrier to posting longer videos....

On Windows 10, starting with version 2004, Cortana becomes a regular app that is no longer attached to the operating system and updates to the Microsoft Store. The new experience brings a new chat-based interface with the ability to type or speak to the assistant. The only caveat is that once you set up the app for the first time, it’ll always start minimized in the taskbar after a reboot, even if you’re not planning to continue using the assistant....

Skype is a proprietary voice over Internet application that allows you to call other Skype users or real telephone lines. If you happen to use Skype for business or some other important calls that you might want to record, you will need additional software. There are several ways to record inbound and outbound audio in Linux, but Skype Call Recorder (SCR) is specifically designed for Skype. It is a free and open-source application with which you can record calls in MP3, Ogg Vorbis, or WAV format....

Your Android is cramming up with lots of unwanted SMS and you’ve decided to finally clear them. Now you head to your SMS app and delete selected SMSs one by one or delete them all for ease. Then, you suddenly realize that there were some important SMSs there. Well, don’t panic because there is still hope. There are many apps and tools that you can use to retrieve lost text messages from your android....

Microsoft introduced the Ribbon UI in Windows 8 and 8.1 to replace the classic toolbar UI that has been around since the beginning of Windows. The Ribbon UI is first introduced in Microsoft Office and was then ported to the operating system. This new user interface lays out all the menu items in a nice horizontal view which can be easily toggled on and off with just a click. Since the pros outweigh the cons, most Windows users welcomed the change....

The @ Reply confuses many people when they first start using Twitter, especially because it’s hard to keep straight who can see a reply and where it appears. What Is a Twitter Reply? A Twitter Reply is a tweet sent in direct response to another tweet. It’s not the same as sending someone a tweet. Here’s how to reply to a Tweet: Navigate to the tweet you want to respond to and select the Reply button underneath (it looks like a chat bubble)....

Apple’s release of iOS 14.5 was notable for a variety of reasons, but one which has gone somewhat unnoticed is to the Maps app. You are now able to report incidents in real time for other Apple Maps users. Not only can this save you time, energy and money, but it can also potentially save lives as well. For now, the feature is only available in the U.S. and China but is expected to be available internationally in the future....

This article discusses how to reset the password of an administrator account on a Mac. What to Know Log into a different administrator account and reset the primary account’s password in Preferences.Use the Reset it using your Apple ID option after trying to log into your computer three times.Use the resetpassword Terminal command after logging into the Recovery HD partition. Use an Existing Administrator Account to Reset Another Administrator Account Resetting an administrator account isn’t difficult, as long as you have a second administrator account to use....

There are many kinds of problems that can be solved when you reset the iPhone 12. This article explains the major different types of iPhone 12 resets and how to do them. What to Know To restart, first hold Volume Down and the Side button until the slider appears; swipe it to turn off your phone.Then, hold the Side button to start your phone back up.For a hard restart, press Volume Up, Volume Down, and then hold the Side button until your phone restarts....

If you are a Linux user and prefer the Terminal to any other graphical applications, then you will be happy to know that you can also resize, convert, and optimize your images directly in the Terminal with ImageMagick. ImageMagick is a suite of tools for Linux which allows you to manipulate images from the command line. It’s also the image processor behind many graphics-related applications. Here we will show you how to resize your images from the Terminal....