Windows 10’s Task Manager has detailed GPU-monitoring tools hidden in it. You can view per-application and system-wide GPU usage, and Microsoft promises the Task Manager’s numbers will be more accurate than the ones in third-party utilities. How This Works These GPU features were added in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, also known as Windows 10 version 1709. If you’re using Windows 7, 8, or an older version of Windows 10, you won’t see these tools in your Task Manager....

Copying and pasting content in Word documents is a common task. However, you can also copy and paste formatting from one block of text (including images) to another. This can be handy if you want to apply the same formatting to multiple areas in your document. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. To copy the formatting from a block of text and/or images, highlight the content....

In versions of iOS before 9.0, saving a voicemail message meant you to use a third party app and jump through several hoops–or worse, hook up an external recording device. iOS 9 makes it a simple task by including a share sheet in the voicemail interface. Of course, you’ll need to have Visual Voicemail for this to work, so if you have to dial into a number to retrieve your messages, you’re out of luck....

By default, when you create a new table, all the cells have black borders that print with the document. However, there are also table gridlines that make it easier to see where each cell is located in a table if you turned off the cell borders. The following image shows a table with solid borders applied to all cell borders. However, if you don’t want any borders on your table and there are no gridlines showing, it may be hard to view and reference data in large tables....

Animated GIFs can be a fun way to spice up reactions on social media, or get a point across in an article–but they can also be annoying, and take forever to load if you have a slow connection. If you’d rather not see them, here’s how to stop them from automatically animating. Animated GIFs are technically images instead of videos, so click-to-play plugins and video-blocking extensions like FlashBlock won’t stop them from automatically playing....

Raise to Wake is a new Lock screen feature available in iOS 10. It allows you to wake your phone’s screen simply by picking up your phone. This feature is on by default, but if you’d rather not use it, it’s simple to turn off. RELATED: How to Install the iOS 11 Beta on Your iPhone or iPad If you have an Apple Watch, you’re already familiar with this feature....

While the iPhone X, XS, and the XR no longer feature Apple’s iconic home button, they still have power buttons. Unfortunately, when it comes to turning off the device, the power button alone doesn’t cut it. Usually, when you turn off an iPhone, you hold down the power button for a few seconds and then swipe on the screen to turn off the device. On the newer iPhones, though, holding down the power button activates Siri....

Apple’s MacBook Air, along with many other Macs, no longer includes an optical drive. But you can still use CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and other optical discs on your Mac. The tricks here are similar to how you’d access an optical drive on a Windows UltraBook or similar PC that doesn’t include an optical drive of its own. Option 1: Get an External Drive RELATED: How to Share CD & DVD Drives Over the Network on Windows...

Your smartphone already does an amazing variety of stuff. It’s your camera, navigation guide, compass, it can even serve as an impromptu level so all your pictures hang straight. You may not know that it can also function as a barometer or altimeter, too. How Barometers Work Many of us have that amateur meteorologist inside of us, so while we can always pull up the weather forecast using an app or a website, it’s a lot more fun to track atmospheric pressure trends on your own using a barometer....

Anti-exploit programs provide an additional layer of security by blocking the techniques attackers use. These solutions can protect you against Flash exploits and browser vulnerabilities, even new ones that haven’t been seen before or patched yet. Windows users should install the free Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit program to help secure their web browsers. Unlike Microsoft’s also-useful EMET, Malwarebytes doesn’t require any special configuration — just install it and you’re done. Update: On Windows 10, the built-in Windows Defender antivirus now includes exploit protection....

What Is DLSS 3, and How Does It Compare to DLSS 2? DLSS 3 is the third revision of NVIDIA’s DLSS super sampling/game performance-boosting technology. It was introduced with NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace graphics card lineup launched in 2022 , and just like the two revisions before it, it’s a feature that can make use of the magic of artificial intelligence to give you a boost in your games. Up until now, DLSS has been all about taking your games, rendering them at low resolutions, and then, using the Tensor cores in NVIDIA’s RTX graphics card, upscaling them into a higher resolution....

NoScript was considered, by many Firefox users, a must-have extension, and it’s now available for the new Firefox Quantum. But what is NoScript, why do so many people swear by it, and should you use it? NoScript is, essentially, a Firefox add-on that disables things like JavaScript from running on web sites you visit. So before we talk about NoScript, we should actually talk about JavaScript: the programming language that makes the web we have today possible....

You’re Running Out of Storage One of the most common reasons you’d upgrade your USB flash drive is for more storage capacity. If you find yourself constantly running out of space, it’s a good idea to invest in a higher-capacity drive. If you haven’t purchased a USB drive recently, you’ll be amazed at how much storage you can get for your money. While it’s possible to find drives going as high as 2 TB, this is likely more storage than you have on your computer, and unless you have incredibly high storage needs, it’s unlikely you’d fully utilize it....

New Software Must Be “Actively Signed” By Apple To install software on the iPhone or iPad, software must be signed by Apple. This means that other operating systems like Android or Linux cannot be installed on Apple smartphones or tablets, only Apple-approved software. In addition to this requirement, the software must be actively signed, which means that Apple must approve the installation using an online check before it can be installed on an iPhone....

If there’s something everything seems to agree on, it’s that Google’s Android is more “open” and Apple’s iOS is a more “closed” operating system. Here’s what that actually means to you. “Open” vs. “closed” means a lot of things, from the source code to the app store to how much the operating system allows you to customize and tweak things. Open-Source (Partially) vs. Closed-Source RELATED: 8 Reasons to Install LineageOS on Your Android Device...

PHP doesn’t let you define typed arrays. Any array can contain any value, which makes it tricky to enforce consistency in your codebase. Here are a few workarounds to help you create typed collections of objects using existing PHP features. Identifying the Problem PHP arrays are a very flexible data structure. You can add whatever you like to an array, ranging from scalar values to complex objects: In practice, it’s rare you’d actually want an array with such a varied range of values....

Kindle for PC is a great application that has brought the volume of the Kindle Store to PCs, letting you turn your netbook, laptop, or desktop into a super-sized Kindle. Most Kindle books let you keep them on up to 5 devices at once, so you can read your books on a Kindle device, computers, and your mobile device. However, if you’ve activated too many devices or simply need to move to a new or upgraded PC, you may want to deactivate Kindle so you can free up your books for more devices or to put them back on the same PC after you upgrade it....

Linux and Wi-Fi: It’s A Love-Hate Thing Historically, Linux has had a somewhat strained relationship with Wi-Fi cards. In recent years, the situation has changed considerably—and for the better—but it is still possible to boot into your new Linux installation and get that sinking feeling when you realize you’ve got no Wi-Fi. Installation routines are very good at identifying the various components of the target computer and configuring itself to work with that hardware....

Google said in a blog post today, “our team has spent many months traveling across the country, having conversations with cities looking for the best way to get better internet to their residents and business owners as quickly as possible.” Fiber is currently only available in 12 metro areas across the United States, including Atlanta, GA, Huntsville, AL, Nashville, TN, and Orange County, CA. A few more cities have Fiber Webpass, where high-speed internet is delivered with wireless technology, like the home internet services offered by mobile networks like Verizon and T-Mobile....

With the old Windows Start menu, you could add the Control Panel as a menu or a drop-down list. With Windows 8 or Windows 10, you can pin the Control Panel to the Start Screen and taskbar but first you need to know where it is. One of the chief complaints about Windows 8 (or any new version of Microsoft’s operating system) is “where did such-and-such go?” With Windows 8, when MS removed the Start button and Start Menu, it threw a lot of people for a loop....