By using Split View and Slide Over on your iPad, you can use more than one app at a time. There’s no opening and minimizing to see what you need at the time. Place the apps side-by-side and multitask like a pro. Enable Multitasking on iPad If you’ve used Multitasking on your iPad before, know that the old setting is no more. You used to be able to enable or disable the Multitasking toggle in Settings > Home Screen & Dock....

Facebook has a feature that analyzes photos uploaded by your friends using its facial recognition technology. If your face is recognized in a photo, your name is suggested to the friend who uploaded it so that friend can more easily tag you in the photo. If you’re concerned about privacy on Facebook and online in general, you can prevent your name from being suggested when Facebook recognizes you in a photo one of your friends posts....

Like most social networks, LinkedIn loves to send you emails. While they can be a handy way to keep up with important things, for the most part these emails are just a way to get you to check in with the site more often. And if you leave the settings at their default, you’ll get a lot emails from them. Here’s how to stop them. Control What Email Addresses LinkedIn Uses LinkedIn may have several email addresses listed for you, especially if you’ve used their connector to search for contacts....

Windows 10’s Anniversary Update broke millions of webcams. Microsoft released a patch, but there’s a registry hack you can use if the patch doesn’t work for you. Thanks to Rafael Rivera for discovering this registry hack. It’s nice to have a solution, but Microsoft should really be documenting this sort of thing on official support pages rather than making Windows users scramble to fix broken hardware and software on their own....

Microsoft regularly releases new firmware updates for its Xbox One controllers, and these updates fix various bugs. But, if you’re using an Xbox One controller with a PC, you won’t be automatically prompted to upgrade your controller’s firmware. How to Update an Xbox One Controller’s Firmware on Windows 10 RELATED: The Best Xbox Features in Windows 10 (Even If You Don’t Own an Xbox) If you use Windows 10, this process is fairly easy–although you’ll have to go out of your way to update the controller’s firmware....

Ubuntu and the other Linux distributions available on Windows 10 use the Bash shell by default, but that’s not your only option. Windows has a compatibility layer for running Linux software on Windows, and you can use it to run Zsh or whatever shell you prefer. The Zsh shell now works on Windows 10. You can have Bash automatically execute Zsh whenever you launch it. Oh My Zsh also works for customizing your Zsh shell in Windows, just as it does in Linux....

Viewing Pod logs is often the first step in diagnosing a problem with your cluster’s workloads. Here’s how to use Kubectl to live stream logs to your terminal, letting you inspect the output from your application. Getting Started Make sure you’ve got Kubectl installed and connected to your cluster. You can specify a Kubeconfig file by setting the KUBECONFIG environment variable in your shell: Then use Kubectl to list your Pods:...

Microsoft’s Windows 10 message hasn’t always been clear. They’ve declared the Windows 10 upgrade will be free for the first year and that going forward they’ll be pushing “Windows 10 as a service.” Some rumors going around say Windows 10 will require a paid subscription or a fee in the future if you want to continue using it or receiving updates. But Microsoft has said that won’t happen. Yes, Windows 10 is Really Free For Most Computers, No Subscription Required RELATED: Windows 10 Is Almost Here: Here’s What You Need to Know...

Right now, most current 5G implementations use 5G for download and LTE for calls and upload. T-Mobile will now be rolling out its 5G standalone (5G SA) network in a nationwide manner, meaning that users across the country will be able to get access to the full might of 5G connectivity, without relying on LTE. In other words, your phone won’t be falling back to LTE for non-download purposes, but it will instead be using an actual 5G connection for everything....

If you use OS X, you probably have perused its security preferences on several occasions. These preferences are fairly straightforward, but there are some notable features about them that merit further exploration. System security should always be one of a user’s primary concerns. We’re not just talking about strong passwords and firewalls, there are other considerations that you want to make such as encrypting your hard drive, which services can poll your location, and what apps you can install....

I’ve spent over two years with Linux as my daily driver. Though I do my share of proselytizing, I’d be lying if I said conversion to Linux is always totally smooth, or even that it’s always a good idea. There are certainly some issues that make Linux a dead end for some people, and that still vex even the most loyal Linux users. Initial Installation and Setup Unless you buy a computer with Linux pre-installed, making the switch to Linux requires you to install it alongside or in place of your PC’s current operating system....

What the GPU Does If you only use your computer for the basics—to browse the web, or use office software and desktop applications—there’s not much more you need to know about the GPU. It’s the part of the PC that’s responsible for what you see on your monitor, and that’s it. However, for gamers or anyone who does work that can be GPU-accelerated, like 3D rendering, video encoding, and so on, the GPU does much more work....

AirPods (2nd Generation): The Original The second-generation Apple AirPods, sometimes called the AirPods 2, are the closest you can get to the AirPods as they were when Apple introduced them in 2016. This model has a few nice features that the originals didn’t, mainly improved sound quality and better Siri integration. Even if the original AirPods were available new, there wouldn’t be any reason to buy them over this model. Everything positive about the original AirPods—the fit that some people love, for example—is also present in the AirPods 2....

Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant gets a lot of hate—some of which is fair—but it’s not as completely useless as some people may think. The “Bixby Routines” feature on Galaxy phones is surprisingly good. You should use it. Bixby Isn’t Just a Voice Assistant Most people think of Bixby as Samsung’s version of Google Assistant or Siri. That annoying thing that opens when you press the power button on a new Samsung Galaxy phone....

Chrome OS already has a ‘Phone Hub’ feature, which can connect to an Android phone and provide access to some of the phone’s apps and services (such as app streaming and a hotspot toggle). Google started testing a ‘Recent Photos’ section of Phone Hub as early as May, and now it’s rolling out to everyone. Google said in a blog post, “after taking a picture on your phone, it will automatically appear within Phone Hub on your laptop under “recent photos....

No one likes to think about a hard-drive going bad much less experiencing trouble with one, but how do hard-drive diagnostic tools actually know if sectors are bad or not? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. 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 Matthew (Flickr)....

It is always a good idea to be concerned about the security of your data, especially when it comes to your login credentials for websites. With that in mind, just how secure is the Windows Clipboard? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a worried 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....

If your mouse cursor is too hard to see comortably, Windows 11 provides several ways to make it stand out. You can make the mouse pointer larger, invert it, or change its color. Here’s how. First, open Windows Settings. The quickest way is by pressing Windows+i on your keyboard. Or you can right-click the Start button on your taskbar and select “Settings” from the menu that appears. In Settings, click “Accessibility” in the sidebar, then select “Mouse Pointer and Touch....

By default, your Dropbox folder is stored in your Users folder at C:\Users<username> (or your Home folder in OS X and Linux). If you want to move it somewhere else, though, the process is quite simple. Why would you want to move your Dropbox folder in the first place? It really depends on your setup. Perhaps you have a smaller drive for your operating system (like an SSD) and use a larger, secondary drive for storage....

iPhone battery life has increased significantly over the last few years, but it’s still possible to find yourself staring at a depleted battery by the end of the day. Extend the time between charges with the right battery case. Battery Cases Are Underrated There’s a long running complaint among a not-so-small number of iPhone users that goes something like: “I don’t want a thinner iPhone, I want better battery life!...