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A mechanical keyboard is a great investment. You’ll type faster, with greater accuracy, and maybe enjoy some RBG lighting effects, too. The difficulty is finding an excellent mechanical keyboard that suits your budget. So, here are the best mechanical keyboards for under $100. 1.VicTsing Mechanical Keyboard Let’s kick things off with the VicTsing Mechanical Keyboard, a well-priced wired budget mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting. The VicTsing model is a full keyboard, giving you a proper 104-key configuration....

Granted, if you need stock photos of really high quality on a regular basis, subscribing to one of those sites is probably worth it, but if you only need a couple of images once or twice a year, why pay all that money? There are a lot of free stock photo sites that have large enough collections, so you’ll probably find what you are looking for. All of these sites use the Creative Commons CC0 license, which means you can download the images and use them for personal or commercial benefit without any attribution....

Linux is considered by many to be for pros and enthusiasts, but that’s not the case. There are plenty of Linux distros for beginners as well. Linux laptops can be great whether you’re new to the operating system or a power user. Below, you’ll find a couple of Linux laptops you’ve never heard of as well as some famous options that have been specifically built for optimal Linux performance. Additionally, we’re including a couple of Chromebooks on this list since ChromeOS is based on Linux and that means pure Linux distros will also perform well on them....

While many think about tournament brackets for March Madness, you might want one for playoff games or matches for sports other than basketball. Set up one of these free tournament bracket generators or templates before the games start. Here are several simple tournament bracket tools, whether you want a generator to save or print the bracket or a template for Microsoft Excel or Word that you can reuse each season....

Voice Memo on the iPhone is a great app for recording audio and leaving yourself voice messages. It has an uncomplicated interface, and you can even edit and clip your audio directly in the app. So, if you’ve put some work into a recording, accidentally deleting it can prove to be frustrating. The deletion may also not have been your fault and could have resulted from an iPhone update, a reset, or another internal issue....

With AirPlay enabled on your Apple TV, you can enjoy the convenience of streaming media files to your home entertainment system. Seamless screen mirroring from Apple devices to your TV screen is another benefit of the technology. You can also stream content from your Apple TV to your Mac computer and other AirPlay-compatible devices. AirPlay is no doubt a useful functionality. However, there are instances when the technology malfunctions, particularly on the Apple TV....

Chrome’s AI mode on iOS and Android just received an upgrade. You’ll now see an AI Mode button right under the search bar when opening a new tab. This shortcut is available today in the US, but it’s also coming to more than 160 countries soon. According to Google’s blog , more supported languages are in the works as well, “including Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and more.” Google AI mode was first introduced in March and has received several updates since....

There are several security functions on the average smartphone intended to protect your data from the outside world. Devices have always had several options for users to employ, but as mobile technology advances, the numbers of ways to unlock a smartphone only increase. Gone are the days when devices has only password, PIN, and pattern unlock options. In recent years, product makers have begun adding various biometric security features to smartphones....

With the latest releases of processors from Intel, it’s a certainty that most consumer desktops will be running machines with 2 cores, 4 cores and even 6 cores very soon. With Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake and Cannon Lake on the horizon, a quad-core consumer PC is going to be very affordable. So how many cores do you have on your current machine? In this article, I’m going to show you the different methods you can use to determine the core count on your PC....

Don’t let your Discord profile changes disappear into the void. Discord may sometimes struggle to save your profile changes. This is especially frustrating if you spent hours crafting your profile section. In this guide, we’ll explore what can be causing this issue and provide solutions for troubleshooting it in Discord. Why Discord Fails Saving Profile Changes While the problem with Discord not saving changes is often related to a buggy server, several factors could contribute to this problem....

Disney Dreamlight Valley has a lot to do. There’s fishing, farming, and loads of character-dependent quests. However, sometimes characters who need your help will go to bed. Remy is one of them. If you happen to find Remy sleeping, what can you do to wake him up? Why is Remy going to sleep to begin with? Why Is Remy Sleeping inDisney Dreamlight Valley? Remy going to sleep is an intentional mechanic of Disney Dreamlight Valley ....

If you have an HDMI display but only a DisplayPort output, you need a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. However, many people often find these don’t seem to work, left with nothing more than a “no signal” message. There are numerous compatibility pitfalls when it comes to this specific display standard conversion, but once you know what to look out for, it’s actually easier than it looks. 1. Did You Buy the Right Cable?...

Apple’s most spec’d out notebooks are in the MacBook Pro lineup. MacBook Pros have high-end specifications and features compared to their MacBook Air counterparts. Price-wise, the MacBook Pro series also houses Apple’s costliest notebooks. If you want a MacBook Pro but can’t afford one, we’ll put you on to some Windows laptops that perform just as well and retail cheaper. 1.Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED Key Features: 4K OLED display AMD Ryzen 9 processor 32 GB of RAM 60 Hz screen refresh rate Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU The Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED is a good option if you want a MacBook Pro alternative with an excellent display....

In Windows 10 there is a new feature called Hyper-V that is basically the same thing as XP Mode in Windows 7. It allows you to run as many guest operating systems on your Windows 10 host machine. However, Windows XP mode was based on Windows Virtual PC, which was the consumer version of their virtualization product. Now you get the more enhanced server version. Also, there is no XP Mode in Windows 10 with Hyper-V....

In the modern home, Wi-Fi isn’t a luxury–it’s a necessity. A solid connection means your kids can do schoolwork from their rooms, you can browse the web in bed at night, and the gamers in your family never have to worry about lag. The easiest way to achieve a great connection is with a mesh router: two or more devices that overlap with each other to provide redundant, thorough coverage....

Netflix is the reigning champion of streaming services and its earliest successful pioneer. The company has shaped what streaming services do and how they do it, but you may be wondering how Netflix works. Netflix’s History in a Nutshell Netflix started life as an internet-based DVD rental business. It took the pain out of going to a video store and offered lenient rules with no penalties. When Netflix was founded in 1997, internet bandwidth was incapable of competing with the image quality of cable or broadcast TV....

Unless you keep all of these files on your desktop, you really can’t access them with a few clicks. Even if you decide to store these files on the desktop, there’s a limited amount of space beyond which you can’t go. If you’re troubled by these limitations, there’s a hidden feature in the Dock of your Mac that will help you out. This feature helps add frequently accessed items to the Dock for you to quickly access them....

When you browse the internet on an Android or iOS device, you almost always interact with mobile-friendly versions of websites optimized for the smaller screen real-estate on your smartphone. However, these sites often lack various features present in their desktop counterparts. So if you want to access the full-fledged desktop version of a website on a mobile device, you must manually configure the browser to load it in desktop mode. Some browsers also feature the ability to always load sites in desktop mode....

As remote work and online collaboration continue to shape the modern workplace, integrating essential tools like Microsoft Teams and Outlook can boost productivity and streamline communication. Adding Microsoft Teams to Outlook is as straightforward as it gets, and only requires you to download both applications to your device. No more switching between multiple apps to coordinate schedules. Add Microsoft Teams to Outlook (Windows and Mac) The good news about integrating Teams with Microsoft Outlook is that the process is seamless, courtesy of Microsoft’s advanced ecosystem....

ms Windows 10 In Windows 10, the default search function indexes your Internet Explorer history, Start Menu, and the entire users folder on the system partition. What if you want to add a network folder to the search index in Windows 10? For example, let’s say you have a NAS (network attached storage) device and you have a bunch of videos, pictures and files on there that simply won’t fit on your PC?...