Airplane mode disables all wireless communications on your Windows 11 PC, which is handy during an airline flight or when you’d simply like to disconnect. Here’s how to turn it on and off. Enable or Disable Airplane Mode in Quick Settings One of the quickest ways to turn airplane mode on or off in Windows 11 is through the Quick Settings menu. To open it, click the sound and Wi-Fi icons in the lower-right corner of the taskbar beside the clock....

Google Pixel 6 Pro For $649 ($250 Off) Google’s latest flagship phone, the Pixel 6 Pro, is even cheaper now than it was in July for Prime Day, bringing the price down to an all-time-low of $649 ($250 off). For the dough, you get a gorgeous 6.7-inch display, a first-generation custom Google Tensor chipset, and a free upgrade to Android 13, which just rolled out earlier this week. The Stormy Black and Sorta Sunny Pixel 6 Pros are both on sale for the same low price, while the Cloudy White seems to be out of stock....

Whether it is a matter of low remaining internal hard-drive space or just a personal preference, external hard-drives can be useful in many ways. With that in mind, is it safe to use an external USB hard-drive for the /home mount in Linux? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post discusses the question to help a curious reader. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

PowerPoint has been available on phones and tablets for years, but it still doesn’t have all the same features as the Windows and Mac apps. Another feature is now on the way: portrait slides. Microsoft announced in a blog post, “with a shift towards mobile-first content creation, we have heard from many of you that you prefer to do so in Portrait mode. Based on your feedback, We have added the capability to switch and in and out of Portrait mode when both creating and editing slides!...

Philips Hue bulbs make it easy and convenient to turn on and off your lights, thanks to the ability to control them from your smartphone wherever you are. However, you can also use your Philips Hue lights to make really cool flashing animations to step up your house party game. RELATED: How to Create Animations with Your Philips Hue Lights We’ve talked about creating your own Philips Hue animations in the past using an awesome iPhone app called iConnectHue, but if you want specific, themed animations like a lightning storm or maybe some flickering bulbs to go along with your Halloween party, creating these yourself can be a challenge....

There are many reasons you might want to use a third-party DNS server, from parental controls and security features to speed and reliability improvements. You can change the DNS server for your entire home network on your router, or set it individually on a PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android device, Chromebook, or many other devices. On Your Router RELATED: What Is DNS, and Should I Use Another DNS Server?...

RELATED: Which iPad Model Do I Own? Use Settings to Find Your iPhone’s Model Name and Model Number If your iPhone runs iOS 12.2 or later (which means it’s an iPhone 5S or later), use the Settings app to view your phone’s model name and model number. To do that, first, launch the Settings app on your iPhone. Then select General > About. On the “About” screen, next to “Model Name,” you have your iPhone’s model name listed....

You might have heard the enigmatic acronym “HDR” in reference to photography, or even seen it as a feature on your smartphone. It stands for “High Dynamic Range”, and it creates photos with gorgeous, impossible detail and clarity–though it can also help you avoid silhouettes and other issues in normal photos. Today we’ll learn about the different types of HDR imaging, demystify some confusing terminology, and look at the the various reasons that why HDR even exists in the first place....

As you learn about using the command line and what the various commands can do, you may wonder why you get such different results for what appears to be nearly identical commands. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a confused reader understand the differences. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

You are very much not alone if this is a complaint you’ve had. The Spotify Support forums and Reddit are littered with people airing their grievances about the shuffle feature. It’s clearly not working how people expect it to work. Let’s take a look at why that is. RELATED: Why Is It Called Spotify? Random Doesn’t Feel Random The core of this situation is our perception of what’s random versus how random works in the real world....

Have you ever noticed that your Internet service provider advertises their speeds as “up to” a maximum speed? You may think you’re paying for a 15 Mbps connection, but you’re actually getting an “up to 15 Mbps” connection that may be slower. We’ll look at why actual speeds differ from advertised speeds and how you can identify whether you’re actually getting the Internet connection speeds you’re paying for. Actual vs....

YouTube Premium is the paid subscription for YouTube, giving you access to an ad-free experience and the YouTube Music streaming service. Unfortunately, the price is going up for the family plan. YouTube Premium still costs $11.99 per month for a single person, just like before, but Google is planning to raise the price for the family plan (which supports up to 5 people). For billing cycles starting on or after November 21, 2022, the monthly price is jumping from $17....

Apple users have Siri, Windows 10 users can call upon Cortana, and Android users can use Ok Google. Ok Google can do a lot more than just look stuff up however, and it even rivals Siri in some ways. Ok Google can be accessed by typically saying “Ok Google” or tapping the microphone button on the Google search bar on your Android tablet or phone. It’s important to note that Ok Google is accessible if you have Google Now installed on your smartphone or tablet, so if you can’t access it, then you’ll first need to download and install Google Now from the Play Store if your version of Android supports it....

5 GHz vs. 2.4 GHz: What’s the Difference? Wi-Fi can run on two different “bands” of radio frequency: 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz. 5 GHz Wi-Fi went mainstream with 802.11n—now known as Wi-Fi 4—which was introduced back in 2009. Before that, Wi-Fi was largely 2.4 GHz. This was a big upgrade! 5 GHz uses shorter radio waves, and that provides faster speeds. WiGig takes this further and operates on the 60 GHz band....

When entering formulas in Excel, you may want to remind yourself, or someone else, what it was for in the future. Or you may want to add instructions to let users of your spreadsheet know what to do in certain cells. We will show you how to add a comment to a formula and a comment that displays when you move your mouse over a cell. Add a Comment to a Formula The N() function allows you add comments directly inside your cells on your formulas....

An opportunity to upgrade your computer’s hardware is always a good thing, but could you use two types of DDR3 RAM on the same motherboard if you have limited resources? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of Daniel Dionne (Flickr)....

People snicker about private browsing mode, but it isn’t just for pornography. In fact, it’s not even just for browsing privately–it has other uses. It’s named Incognito Mode in Chrome, Private Browsing in Firefox and Safari, and InPrivate Browsing in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer–but it’s essentially the same feature in all these browsers. This is all thanks to the way private browsing mode works. It gives you a temporary browser session that doesn’t share cookies with your main browser, and the data–including those cookies–is automatically erased when you close the private browsing window....

Altering or expanding the capabilities of a Wi-Fi network that you have set up in your own home is one thing, but what do you do when someone else performed the installation and did an exceptional job of “hiding” the router in a discreet, out-of-the-way location? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some useful suggestions to help a frustrated reader find an elusive router. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

Copy and paste is an amazing convenience we take for granted, but it can be improved. Like many other platforms, Chrome OS has a clipboard manager. We’ll show you how to use it on your Chromebook. What is a clipboard manager? Well, without one, your computer remembers one copied item at a time, which is then replaced by the next thing you copy. A clipboard manager stores several copied items so that you can go back and access more than one at a time....

If you have a table with many rows and columns, it can be difficult to read. Adding shading to the table can make reading the data in our table easier. For example, you can add shading to every other row and/or column using a color or pattern. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. To apply shading to a table, select the parts of the table you want to shade....