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While Windows Security is more than enough on Windows 11, you might want to try other antivirus software for extra features. Some of the best free antivirus software on Windows 11 are Avast, AVG, Avira, and Bitdefender. They all can exist alongside Windows Security but be warned as most of them come with lots of bloatware baked in, which could slow down your PC.
Deactivating a Twitter/X account and not logging in for 30 days will permanently delete the account. However, restricting it will protect your Tweets/Posts from people who don't follow you, and should be used if you don't want to delete your X/Twitter account.
Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 Is Merely an Overclocked Two-Year-Old Qualcomm Chip
Sagnik Das Gupta
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 has silently released as a slightly overclocked successor to the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. The difference lies in the fact that the 6 Gen 3 uses performance cores clocked at 2.4GHz instead of 2.2GHz. It still uses the same four efficiency cores as the 6 Gen 1. Besides that, there's nothing extra that it brings to the table. What makes it all the more convoluted is that the 6 Gen 3 is also very similar to the 7s Gen 2 from the Snapdragon 7-series.
Arjun Sha
You can now end tasks from the Windows 11 Taskbar. You don't have to open the Task Manager to do it. It's hidden under the Developer Settings page. Once enabled, you can kill any task from the Taskbar. That said, it doesn't work for Windows Explorer.
Enough is Enough: Google, This Wear OS Feature Needs a Fix ASAP
Abubakar Mohammed
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Wear OS is cut for my usage but one thing I despise about the smartwatches is the unresponsive or excessively responsive tilt-to-wake features. It not only affects the battery life but could be quite annoying when it doesn't work. However, one of the best solutions to this is to add a tilt-to-wake sensitivity setting to Wear OS.
Kanika Gogia
If your iPad won't turn on, you can force restart your device, connect it to a charger, check battery health, or update iPadOS using a Mac or PC. In case there's an error in the iPadOS installation, you can update your iPad in Recovery mode or DFU mode. If nothing works, it could be a hardware failure and you must contact Apple in such cases.
In this guide, we have highlighted four ways that you can use to turn on dark mode for the X app and website. The first one is enabling dark mode on your mobile app, either that or you can enable default device theme and switch between theme by turning on or off dark mode from your smartphone. The other method is via the X website and if that doesn't work then you can resort to the Chrome flags route.
Apple's iOS 18 brings several new CarPlay features including, Color Filters, Voice Control, Sound Recognition, New wallpapers, Siri improvements, a revamped Settings app, and more. Here are all the new CarPlay features in iOS 18.
In this list, we dig into all the new features that are introduced on WhatsApp in the month of August. While there aren't any significant changes to the stable build of the app, there are some interesting new additions teased in the beta build of the app to look forward to. Like the Meta Voice chat, video call filters and effects along with PIN verification for unknown contacts and more.
PowerShell is used by power users and developers alike, and if you haven't updated it in a while, there are lots of ways to do it. Some of the best ways to update Windows PowerShell is using the Windows Store, downloading the installer, using the Winget utility, or updating Windows.
A Windows theme is a collection of images you can set to auto-change so you won't get bored seeing the same desktop wallpaper daily. The store has plenty of themes but not all of them are great. Hence, some of the best themes are Springtime Art, Architectural Structures, Rain in the City, and more mentioned in the article.
Ajaay Srinivasan
For the most part, an Apple TV remote can last you for years and will work with multiple Apple TV generations. There are only a few reasons when it may not work as intended. These include low or dead battery, glitches in tvOS software, or a hardware fault. If your Apple TV remote isn't registering any input, or is facing pairing failures, check out this post to get resolved.
Apple refreshed its most portable iPad lineup with the iPad mini 7 with A17 Pro chipset, upgraded 8GB RAM, Apple Intelligence, camera upgrades, Apple Pencil Pro, new color options, and more. Despite processor upgrades, AI support, and beefed-up storage options, the iPad mini 7 has a starting price of $499.
This guide explains how to use an iPhone as an Apple TV remote. To do this, you first add the Apple TV Remote to your iPhone's Control Center. Then, connect and set up your Apple TV with your iPhone. Once set up, you can navigate your Apple TV using your iPhone, which mimics the controls of the Siri remote.
We have listed down the best offers, discounts and bundles for the Max (formerly HBO Max) subscription. The top deals include a Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max bundle, free HBO Max with select AT&T plans, a Cricket Wireless plan with free HBO Max, DashPass membership, an annual Max subscription a 50% off student discount.
Forgetting your passwords could be scary but finding out your account was compromised is scarier; If you forgot your Hulu password or found out your account has been compromised, you can reset or change the password effortlessly by clicking Forgot password or clicking change password in account details.
The Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Apple AirPods Pro 2nd Gen have similar features but differ in design and sound quality. The Buds 3 Pro has a more angular design and superior sound quality due to its high-quality audio codec, while the AirPods Pro 2nd Gen has a more comfortable fit and better spatial audio. Both have excellent noise cancellation and transparency modes, with the Buds 3 Pro having a longer battery life.
Best AI Video Quality Enhancer in 2024: Three Ways to Increase Video Quality with VideoProc Converter
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VideoProc Converter AI is a versatile video tool that offers functions like video compression, downloading, editing, and AI-powered enhancement features. Its AI capabilities include Super Resolution, Frame Interpolation, and Stabilization, which improve video quality, frame rate, and smoothness. It's suitable for various users, from students to professionals, and offers a choice between a yearly subscription or a one-time payment for the full version.
The current Apple Watch SE 2 feels like a general smartwatch with basic health-tracking features. Apple must make some significant changes to the upcoming Apple Watch SE 3 to justify it as a substantial upgrade. Here are the changes I expect to see with the SE 3.
Nvidia is the dominant player in the AI hardware space. However, there are other players developing powerful custom silicon, specifically for AI workloads. From Google to Amazon, Microsoft, Groq, and Cerebras, the race to build highly-performant AI accelerators is heating up. Read our piece to understand what makes Nvidia a unique company and what stops developers from using other hardware for AI training and inferencing.
Spotify added a large selection of audiobooks to its platform just couple of years ago. To listen to them, you need to search for the audiobook on the app or go to the Audiobook section on the app to play it. Users with Premium subscription get access to over 250,000 audiobooks from the subscribers catalog and get 15 hours of free listening time each month.
In this read, we have listed down a list of options that can help you grab the Peacock Premium membership for free or at a heavily discounted price given peacock does not offer a free trial anymore. You can use services like Instacart, Xfinity, Xumo TV, or get Comcast's Stream Saver bundle or student discount if you are eligible for it.
When you see "Notifications Silenced" in Messages on an iPhone, it means that the person has enabled a Focus Mode like Do Not Disturb that disables notifications. When you text a person who has enabled Focus Mode, they will still get your messages but they won't receive any notification until they turn off the Focus Mode. However, you can still choose to notify the person.
Google has finally rolled out custom Gems to Gemini. It allows you to create custom AI chatbots for your specific use case. You can add custom instructions to steer the model for your specific role. That said, you can't upload files to add extra knowledge.
Telegram is an excellent app but if you're looking for alternatives for whatever reason, some of the apps that stand out are Signal, WhatsApp, Viber, Beeper, and Discord. These apps offer great set of features while being mostly free. Some of them are open-source so you can be rest assured that your data isn't going anywhere.
You cannot change the username of your account unless you recently created it using your Google account or Apple ID and it's less than 30 days old. All you need to do is click Profile and Reddit will prompt you to change the username. Besides, you can always change the Display name with ease.
Intel's new Lunar Lake architecture is generating quite a buzz as the company moves to a mobile-first approach, emphasizing efficiency at every step. Intel is taking Qualcomm head-on to prove x86 chips can be as efficient as ARM-based SoCs. Intel has moved to TSMC's 3nm process node to manufacture its Compute tile and has added integrated memory directly on the SoC, similar to Apple Silicon. There are many such radical new changes Intel has opted for Lunar Lake. Go through our article to find all the key architectural changes.
Apple suggests that you try resetting your Apple TV remote if you're facing issues with pairing or unresponsive button presses. Regardless of whether you use the Siri remote or the Apple TV remote, the steps to reset it are the same. All you need to do is long-press the TV/Control Centre button and Volume Down button for about 5 seconds and your remote will restart and pair automatically with the Apple TV.
Apple announced that its longtime Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will step down from his role on January 1, 2025. The Indian-origin engineer, Kaven Parekh, currently serving as Apple’s Vice-President of Financial Planning and Analysis will be Apple's new CFO. Luca Maestri will continue to lead corporate service teams focusing on IT, security and real estate development.
Anmol Sachdeva
Apple Intelligence offers a new summarize feature that allows you to get AI-generated summary of a webpage in Safari. This is how it works.
If you still prefer listening to music offline and are searching for the best music players on Android, we've got you covered. PowerAmp, Salt, and FiiO are great for audiophiles, whereas Namida, Frolomuse, Eon, Musicolet, and Retro music players are excellent for those who want a minimal music player.
YouTube Music Should Steal This Cool Spotify Feature, Like Right Now!
Abubakar Mohammed
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After switching to YouTube Music, I miss Spotify's Lyrics Translate feature. Since YouTube uses lyrics from LyricFind, similar to how Spotify uses Musixmatch, they could go ahead and implement this feature in the future if they want to. However, are there any other ways it could be implemented? The answer is yes, and here's how.
We ran several tests to evaluate the performance difference between Tensor G4 and A17 Pro. Put simply, A17 Pro has a much more powerful CPU, GPU, and NPU. Google's Tensor G4 doesn't come close to Apple's flagship A17 Pro chipset.
All the models of the upcoming iPhone 16 series are likely to arrive with an all-new Capture Button that works with camera apps and facilitates functionalities like adjusting zoom and focus levels. Let's find out if the new Capture Button will be a useful addition or not.
"WYLL" is an abbreviation used in online chats, which stands for "What You Look Like?". It's a request for a photo or Snap to reveal the other person's physical appearance. It can also refer to personality or nature. You can respond to it with your photo if you feel comfortable sharing your true identity with the person.
To delete a WhatsApp contact, you need to use the Android or iOS mobile app instead of the web and desktop app. On Android, open the WhatsApp chat with the contact you want to delete -> tap contact name at the top -> three-dot icon -> view in address book -> three-dot icon in Phone app -> Delete. Meanwhile, on iOS, once you access the profile details of the WhatsApp contact through the profile bar -> tap on Edit -> Delete contact. Note that this deletes the contact from your phone's address book, and there's no way to directly delete the WhatsApp contact from the messaging service itself.
In this guide, we have outlined five different methods that can help you download Reel videos from Instagram in no time. We take you through the official option that is available for Android and iOS, screen recording, using third party apps and online tools. Each method should work flawlessly for you without any hiccups on the way.
In comparison to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, the Tensor G4 has a weak CPU, GPU, and NPU. In our tests, the Tensor G4 performed poorly on Geekbench, AnTuTu, and 3DMark tests. You can check out the full benchmark numbers from our detailed article.
The Google Pixel 9 series has launched with a bunch of AI features, of which the Pixel Screenshots app is one of the highlight tools. Using this app, you can easily describe a screenshot and it will show the one matching the description best using Gemini Nano. All you have to do is head to the Pixel Screenshots app and use the floating search bar on the home screen to type or voice the description. Right now, it's only limited to the Pixel 9 phones though.
Switching to Pixel 9? Here’s How to Copy Data from your Old Phone After Setup
Anshuman Jain
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In this guide, we have discussed the new "Back up or copy data" option in the Pixel 9 devices which for the first time let you transfer files and copy data from an old phone after you have set up the device. We take a good look inside what the feature has to offer and talk about what other new additions it includes.
Spotify lyrics are available on all major platforms and have a few really nifty features. For example, you can tap a phrase to quickly jump to that part of the song. It could be extremely helpful if you like the beat or pre-chorus of a song but don't want to keep searching for the part with the seek bar. Some of the other lyrics features on Spotify include lyrics card sharing, lyrics translation, and jumping to parts of the song using lyrics.
Apple's iOS 18 will be available for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max. So you can enjoy iOS 18 features like revamped Control Center, customized lock screen & home screen, and more on your iPhone 11. However, there's a caveat. Even if your iPhone 11 is compatible with iOS 18, it doesn't mean you can access Apple Intelligence features. The AI suite of features is exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, and upcoming iPhone 16 models.