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Quick Links Summary Broken packages in Linux are software packages that have become corrupt or damaged. You can use package managers to identify and fix broken packages and prevent issues like program malfunctions, system instability, and data loss. Here’s how you may find and resolve broken package errors on Linux. How Does a Linux Package Break? Linux packages are files that contain installable software code. These packages have all the essential files, dependencies, and instructions for the software to function as intended....

Quick Links Summary Do you think someone might stalk your followers? Or do you just not want someone to view who follows you? In either case, there’s no official option to hide your Instagram followers, but you may use a few workarounds to prevent people from seeing who follows you. Here’s how. Make Your Instagram Account Private One way to hide your follower list from everyone but the people who follow you is toturn your Instagram account private....

Quick Links Summary You can try a few things to protect your art from AI generators: AI art generators might not be able to ape human creativity, but they sure can rip you off. This is a worry for both artists and those who dread the AI takeover, but all may not be lost. How to Protect Copyrighted Art from AI AI art generatorsare nothing without the datasets on which they’ve been trained....

Summary Screen sharing is a useful feature to have when you want to guide a friend or family member through a tech support issue, but need to see their screen in action. AWhatsAppfeature introduced in 2023 lets youshare your screendirectly from within the chat app. Here’s how it works. How to Use Screen Sharing on WhatsApp for Android Screen sharing on WhatsApp for Android can be activated only during an active video call....

Quick Links Excel’s Focus Cell feature is one of the program’s simplest yet most useful additions in recent years. It highlights the row and column of the active cell, helping you keep track of your position in the spreadsheet and making it easier to read across rows and down columns. How to Activate Focus Cell Before Microsoft added Focus Cell to Excel, I would click the row number or column letter to ensure I was reading or adding data to the correct cell....

Multiple monitors are all the rage right now. If you flip on the TV or watch a movie, you’ll encounter hackers and IT specialists with dazzling arrays of displays spanning the width of their desks. However, I’ve mostly given up on my triple-monitor setup in favor of a modest 13.5-inch display. Here’s why. It Doesn’t Help My Workflow Some of what I do benefits from having multiple screens—being able to simply look between two screens to compare data, for example, is very handy....

Summary Yet another buckle in the belt of Lenovo’s ThinkPad business computing laptops, theLenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 12seamlessly blends portability and power for everyday professionals who want a reliable, whip-fast processor and a pleasant, glare-free OLED screen to boot. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 laptop offers features like an OLED screen with an anti-glare coating, impressive battery life, and a powerful Intel Core processor....

Quick Links The new iPhone 16e repackages many features of the standard iPhone 16 while skimping on others to achieve its $200 cheaper price. If you’re considering upgrading, here are the high-end camera features from dual-lens iPhones that are missing from the iPhone 16e. Lack of an Ultra-Wide Camera Is a Bummer The ultra-wide camera is the most important feature missing from the iPhone 16e. The regular iPhone 16 models have a 12MP ultra wide camera, and the iPhone 16 Pros have a 48MP ultra wide camera....

Quick Links Summary Metal laptops offer better durability and heat dissipation, while plastic ones are more affordable with diverse styles. Performance depends on internal components, not material. Evaluate laptops individually based on specifications, build quality, and design, focusing on overall value to find the perfect balance for your needs and budget. When buying a laptop, you’ll mainly have to choose between ones that use plastic or metal for the laptop’s chassis....

Summary Writing is hard. Here’s how you can improve your prose without having to pay for online writing assistants or risk handing over your secret soon-to-be-best-selling novel for training AI models. Why Not Use Online Writing Tools? I do a fair bit of copywriting, and while some of those fancy online AI writing assistants would probably have been helpful, I’ve avoided using any of them. Why? Because I don’t want to risk my writing taking on that homogenized ‘AI’ tone....

Quick Links I’ve swapped out the default home screen launcher for an alternative ever since I started using Android. Samsung’s 7th version of One UI, currently rolling out to Galaxy phones, is the first I genuinely like. The ability to completely change how the home screen looks, and functions have long been a big part of why I chose to use Android in the first place. Yet so much attention has been paid to all the little details in One UI 7 that this time, I’m leaving my phone just as it is....

Summary Laptops with extremely high-speed ports—USB 4, Thunderbolt, and OCuLink—are becoming more common. One of the consequences is external graphics cards (eGPUs) becoming less of a niche product. Is it something you really need? Here are some things to consider. Pricing: eGPUs Are Still Very Expensive A good eGPU case will cost you no less than a few hundred bucks. That’s just for the enclosure, the actual graphics card requires yet another purchase....

Some Google Pixel owners are still unable to dial 911. This is a years-long problem that began in 2021 whena Reddit userstruggled to contact emergency services from their Pixel 3 smartphone. The reasons for this problem are currently unknown. If you own a Pixel phone, you may contact your localnon-emergencynumber to schedule a 911 test call — detailed instructions for scheduling a 911 test call are listedon the 911.gov website....