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Summary Imagine personalized study plans, having Einstein as your personal tutor, and getting essays proofread in seconds with constructive feedback. With ChatGPT, you can transform your learning in all these ways and more. Here’s how I turned ChatGPT into my personal tutor—and how every student can, too! 1Have ChatGPT Create a Study Plan for You ChatGPT can create a tailored study plan that’s optimized for you. It considers your current knowledge, learning goals, available time, and preferred learning methods and creates a custom study plan personalized to your specific needs and requirements....

Summary Shoulder surfing is a common way for criminals to get access to your accounts, whether it’s social media, your bank, or anything else. Let’s go over what it is, how it works, and how you can avoid falling victim to it. What Is Shoulder Surfing? Shoulder surfing is a catch-all phrase referring to any method used to obtain people’s data in public. It got the name since this usually takes the form of looking over somebody’s shoulder while they’re on their phone or laptop....

Quick Links Some of us recall a time when the internet was a place you visited. When you sat down at your computer, you were offline, and going online was a conscious choice. That has since been inverted. We’re online by default. What if we turned off Wi-Fi, what would that be like? Would anything good come of it? 1​Disabling Wi-Fi Improves Your Battery Life Some laptops offer all-day battery life....

EcoSmart and Kidde have announced two new smart home products, available through Home Depot. The Universal Select Light Bulb and Kidde Smart Smoke & Smart Combo Alarm will be released very soon, but the Light Bulbs are pretty innovative. The first device coming from EcoSmart is its Universal Select Light Bulb, which is coming this month or April. This bulb lets you adjust the brightness and choose from six shades of white light, ranging from warm White to bright Daylight Deluxe....

A solar eclipse is one of the most incredible things you can witness on Earth. The sky dims, leaves miniature crescents all over the ground, and if it’s a total eclipse, you’ll see rippling shadows racing on the ground. Sadly, eclipses are also dangerous for your vision. Here’s how to stay safe. How to Safely View a Solar Eclipse to safely view any eclipse, you must wear special protective glasses, usually called “solar viewers” or “solar eclipse glasses....

Quick Links Summary Google Maps is often a reliable travel companion, yet occasional glitches can leave us stranded. Issues like server outages, lack of internet connectivity, incorrect time and date settings, or restricted background data usage can contribute to these issues. Here are some troubleshooting steps you can take to resolve the problem. Perform Some Preliminary Checks Begin the troubleshooting process with some basic checks. First, reboot your device to rule out any temporary disruptions....

Quick Links Summary If you keep getting bombarded with notifications fromweird subredditsyou don’t even remember visiting, take a deep breath. We know how irritating those can be. Fortunately, there is an easy way on both desktop and mobile to limit your Reddit notifications or–if you wish–block them entirely so you can focus on what matters. How to Manage Your Reddit Notifications on Desktop There are two ways to manage Reddit notifications on your desktop....

Summary You’ll find a Size column in File Explorer, but it only shows the size of files, such as images and executables, and not folders. So, what’s the reason behind this, and is there any way to display folder sizes in this column? Why File Explorer Doesn’t Show Folder Sizes Performance is the primary reason Microsoft has not included the functionality to display folder sizes in the Size column. For example, if you have a folder on the C drive, Windows would need to scan all the contents within the folder—including subfolders and both large and small files—to calculate its total size....

Have you been scrolling through Google settings looking for the button that turns off AI overviews in search? I tried it too and learned two things. First, there’s no official way to disable AI overviews. Luckily, there are workarounds to get rid of those experimental search results on Google. Google Doesn’t Let you Turn AI Overviews Off To Google,AI overviewsare like any other feature on the search page. Just like you can’t disable carousels or snippets, you can’t turn off AI overviews....

Quick Links Apple bundles a lot of apps with the iPhone. These span multiple categories, enabling you to get things done on your iPhone right away without the hassle of downloading additional apps. While these built-in apps are free and should meet the needs of most iPhone users, I have had more success replacing some apps with third-party counterparts. Gmailis my primary email service provider. When I’m on my desktop, I use its web version for all my email-related activities....

If you’ve been playing vanillaStarfieldsince launch, there’s a good chance you’ve started to run dry on content. Fortunately, like other Bethesda titles,Starfieldhas a thriving modding community that’s constantly building ways to expand and enrich the experience far beyond what the base game offers. Whether you’re after UI upgrades, visual overhauls, performance tweaks, or fresh additions, there’s likely a mod that does exactly what you’re looking for. One ambitious mod in particular adds so much content that you’ll probably never again find yourself without something to do....

KDE Plasma is a powerful desktop environment that gives you tons of customization over how your system looks and feels. However, you need to pair it with the right base distro to get the perfect user experience. To help you make your pick, here are five awesome distros running KDE Plasma. 1Kubuntu: KDE Plasma for Ubuntu Fans Kubuntuis theofficial flavor of Ubuntuthat ditches the heavily customized GNOME desktop environment in favor of KDE Plasma....

Summary Instead of keeping track of three different cables and power adapters when you travel, theMophie 3-in-1 Travel Chargercombines multiple spots to boost iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods batteries. The charger folds up neatly and will power devices at their top speeds. It’s convenient but less sleek than Apple’s previous MagSafe Duo. mophie 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe The 3-in-1 travel charger with MagSafe has dedicated charging spots for all your main Apple devices....