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Google has announced a few new features and improvements coming to the Chrome web browser on Android, iPhone, and iPad. There are a lot of changes to search and the address bar, plus sports scores in the New Tab Page. First, there are new shortcut buttons that appear when searching for certain locations (like local businesses), giving you quick access to directions, reviews, and the location’s phone number. The buttons are now live in Chrome for Android, and they will be available on iPhone and iPad “later this fall....

Ahead of itsOctober 6th hardware eventand aftercountless leaksand rumors, Google has officially announced the all-new Nest WiFi Pro with 6E. The powerful new router is $199, comes in four stylish new colors, and will be available in late October. While it’s more expensive than the previous model,as expected, Wi-Fi 6E is a vast improvement over the older generation, plus Google is offering 2-pack and 3-pack options with heavy price discounts....

Summary Open up Terminal on macOS, and it’s easy to imagine you’re running in a full Linux environment. Those commands aren’t exactly what you’re used to, though. Fortunately, there’s an easy fix. What’s the Problem With macOS? Since the launch of OSX in 2001, macOS has shipped with a suite of command-line utilities that will be familiar to anyone who has used Linux: grep, find, vim, and many more. These are usually the BSD versions of each program, instead of the GNU versions that most Linux distributions ship with, but they are largely compatible....

Quick Links Summary In a world obsessed with all-in-one devices, I’ve found that using multiple specialized gadgets actually boosts productivity and enhances my daily life. Over the past year and a half, I’ve gradually shifted from a 2-device setup to a carefully curated collection of 10 devices. Here’s my journey! Why Less Isn’t Always More Remember Steve Jobs' iconic iPhone presentation? “An iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator” all rolled into one sleek device....

Quick Links Common wisdom seems to be that the quad-core CPU is dead as a viable gaming solution. Even mid-range PCs have more than four cores, but how many is the correct number when it comes to your gaming PC? The Basics of Cores and Threads A CPU core is essentially a complete, independent processor. A quad-core CPU effectively has four CPUs in it. Until the debut of dual-core CPUs on desktop computers, a CPU would have one core, so the term was used interchangeably with “CPU....

Quick Links Summary To create a new user named “maxn” in Ubuntu, use the command “sudo adduser maxn”. To delete the user and their home directory, you want the “deluser –remove-home maxn” command. You can also add them to groups (usermod), reset their passwords (passwd), or give them sudo privileges (visudo). The system administrator role includes creating users, deleting users, and reviewing existing users. They also control who can, and cannot, useroot’s elevated powers....

Quick Links Summary iPhones and iPads allow you to create encrypted backups on Mac, which is great—until you forget the password. If you’re trying to restore your iPhone but can’t remember the password, don’t worry. Here’s how to retrieve a lost iPhone backup password using Keychain Access. What Is an iPhone Backup Password? Apart fromusing iCloud, you can back up your iPhone locally on a Macusing Finder(on macOS Catalina and newer) oriTunes(macOS Mojave and earlier, or Windows)....

Quick Links Do you want to have a quick look at all your unread emails? If so, Gmail offers a couple of ways to do just that. You canperform a quick searchthat retrieves unread emails or make Gmail show all your unread emails first. Related:How to Search Gmail by Date In Gmail on both your desktop and your mobile, you canrun a quick searchto retrieve all your unread emails. To use this method, first, launch Gmail on your desktop or your phone....

Quick Links Summary Use the Linux Bash if statement to build conditional expressions with anifthenfistructure. Addelifkeywords for additional conditional expressions, or theelsekeyword to define a catch-all section of code that’s executed if no previous conditional clause was executed. All non-trivial Bash scripts need to make decisions. The Bash if statement lets your Linux script ask questions and, depending on the answer, run different sections of code. Here’s how they work....

Quick Links Formulas in Microsoft Excel can contain a wide range of symbols, such as the asterisk (*), the question mark (?), and the “at” (@) sign. Among the most important are parentheses, square brackets, and curly braces, and in this guide, I’ll explain how each of these works. Parentheses: Controlling the Order of Operations Parentheses—or rounded brackets—are used in Excel to define the order in which calculations are performed....

Quick Links Summary The Linux diff3 command detects differences between three text files. This helps you identify versions, understand their differences, and merge the changes. diff3’s great for source code, scripts, or any plain text file. What Is a Diff? A diff is the result of running adifferencing tool on a set of files. The resulting output contains a list of the differences inside each of the files. The differences are identified by line number, and which file the difference is in....

Are you running Kubuntu Linux or another distro that uses the KDE Plasma desktop environment? Then you’re missing out if you aren’t taking advantage of a little search bar called KRunner. KDE Plasma is well known as a productivity and power user-friendly desktop environment for Linux distros and FreeBSD. I’ve been using it regularly for years. In fact, right now I’m daily-driving two different versions of Plasma on both myKubuntu Focus laptopand my desktop computer running Garuda....

iOS 18.2 will bring additional Apple Intelligence capabilities, including generative AI features such as AI image creation, custom emoji, and ChatGPT integration in Siri. The first beta release is now live. The first wave ofApple Intelligence featuresfor iPhone, iPad, and Mac is scheduled to drop alongside iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoiaon Monday, October 28. However, Apple has already begun testing upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15....