Discord is one of the most popular online chat services , especially for gamers. It uses VoIP and instant messaging to keep users connected to one another, and it will also let your friends know what you’re currently playing. Discord is free to use, although there is an optional premium subscription that will provide users with animated avatars, emojis, and more. It’s also widely compatible across a large range of devices....
1. Check Your Internet Connection Your connection speed has a direct impact on Disney+ streaming quality and performance. Unstable, slow, or inconsistent internet connection can cause video buffering, audio lag, and other streaming issues. Connectivity issues can also trigger several Disney+ error codes , preventing you from streaming movies or shows. Disney+ recommends a 5.0 Mbps download speed for High Definition (HD) content and 25.0 Mbps for 4K content. Visit fast....
In today’s world, both Windows and Mac operating systems already come with a built-in firewall. When it comes to security, the built-in firewall does half the job while the firewall that comes with your preferred security suite does the rest. There’s not much reason to consider installing a standalone personal firewall anymore. Of course, there are specific situations in which you’d want to ensure the absolute minimum of security. This would mean you may need another firewall layer....
It seems RAM is getting faster every day, but does faster RAM matter? Does it make sense to buy 3000MHz or is something like 2400MHz good enough? Let’s take a look at what higher frequency RAM actually does for your system and whether it’s worth buying or not. Once you have finished reading, you will understand what faster RAM does, and whether it makes sense to purchase it or not....
Want to convert some of thoseold cassette tapes to digital MP3s? Want to use voice dictation software? Want to record some audio from a website that streams music? Want to use your PC as a makeshift karaoke machine? Getting Windows to record all those sounds isn’t always so easy or straightforward. Windows allow more than one audio device, a “feature” that usually makes troubleshooting audio problems needlessly complicated. This is particularly true when recording sound, given that Windows can only record from one source at a time....
Do you keep running into “Error code: 0x80070490” while using Windows Update or the Mail app in Windows 10/11? It’s an error that you can resolve quite easily (although you may run into instances that require advanced troubleshooting). Work your way through the instructions below to fix “Error code: 0x80070490” in Windows Update or the Mail app. If the error occurs in both, apply the fixes in the order they appear....
When setting up a new network in your home or office, you’ll use internet cables to connect a router or a modem to your PC. These cables are known as Ethernet cables . You’re probably already familiar with various types of Ethernet cables, such as CAT5, CAT6, CAT6a, or CAT7, but you might not know the difference between flat and round Ethernet cables. These two types of cables differ in their design and the materials they are made of, their insulation properties, and maintenance requirements....
RFID or Radio-Frequency Identification technology is everywhere. Employee ID cards, on items you buy at a store and even inside our pets. It’s a simple yet ingenious technology that is coming into its own in a world where everything is increasingly digitized. Quite impressive for a technology that’s been in use since World War II. Which makes this a great time to familiarise yourself with what RFID is and the various uses it’s used for today....
The GPU or Graphical Processing Unit is a dedicated microchip that is designed to specifically do graphics-related tasks at a much faster rate than a CPU or Central Processing Unit . In general, GPUs handle the visual side of video games as well as video editing software, graphic design, 3D design and other similar tools. Recently, GPUs have also been put to use doing certain non-graphics tasks like cryptocurrency mining, which works well with their unique internal design....
If you’re serious about creating an engaging website with compelling content, you’ll need answers to questions like: What content attracts the most visitors? Where is your website traffic coming from (ads, social media sites, links from other websites)? Are your visitors mostly on desktop or mobile? How long does a typical visitor stay on your site? When you collect relevant data about your website’s visitor behavior, it can help with making important decisions like:...
When you start your first Discord server , one of the first things you may want to do is to create roles within it that you can assign to your server users. Roles in Discord are positions that provide certain abilities within the group. For example, someone with an Admin role might have the ability to ban users, change names, or moderate the chat . Doing this is a very easy process, and as the owner of a server you can change the roles within it whenever you want....
A quick Google search will reveal dozens upon dozens of articles on “how to build the ultimate smart home.” Most all of these articles talk about smart lighting, smart locks, and sometimes even smart blinds—but few touch on the heart of the home: the kitchen! “Smart” kitchen appliances are everywhere, but most tend to come from smaller, lesser-known companies. And this also means that not all of them play well together....
If you’ve had Facebook for a while, then you’ve probably built up a large archive of posts. What was considered “cool” to post in the past may now seem inappropriate. It isn’t just our friends and family that may look through these older posts. Employers actively look at social media profiles before they hire. While you should certainly boost your Facebook privacy settings to prevent this, you may want to consider a more drastic approach....
Your Windows 10 computer saves your downloaded files in a certain folder on your hard drive. If you want, you can change this default download location on your Windows 10 PC to any other folder you like. There are many reasons you may want to change the default downloads folder on your computer. Maybe you want to keep your downloaded files on a certain partition? Or maybe you’re starting a new download task and you want all those files saved in a certain folder?...
Changing your email account password regularly is vital for online security, but the process can be confusing with the various ways to access mail on the iPhone. This tutorial will show you how to update your email password, whether using iCloud Mail, a third-party email client like Gmail or Outlook, or the built-in Mail app. The instructions below should also be helpful if you’re on an iPad or iPod touch....
Microsoft Outlook is an email app that is a part of the Microsoft Office 365 product line. Key features include adding Zoom meetings directly to your calendar and creating email templates. While designed for Windows, Microsoft Outlook can be used on browsers like Google Chrome or can be downloaded on Mac, Android, and Apple iOS. One of the benefits of Outlook is its customization, allowing the user to change the look and feel of their emails ....
Microsoft lets you add up to ten email addresses to your account. If one email address is locked or compromised , you can access your account with alternative email addresses. This tutorial will show you how to add and remove email addresses from your Microsoft account. You’ll also learn how to switch or change your Microsoft account’s primary email address. Microsoft calls the principal email address displayed on your Windows devices the “primary alias....
If you have PDF documents that you’d prefer to have in text format on your Google Drive account, being able to convert PDFs to Google Doc will allow you to do that. However PDF conversion isn’t as straightforward as many people think. Sure, it’s easy to quickly convert a PDF file to a Google Doc file. However, what you enjoy in convenience comes at a price in formatting and style, as you’ll see in the examples below....
If your Mac’s recovery partition is damaged or you want to install macOS on an additional volume, a bootable USB drive can be handy. Luckily, setting up a flash stick to boot into macOS Recovery is not difficult, so long as you know how. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through what you must do to download macOS and use that to create a bootable installer. We’ll also teach you how to boot a Mac computer with a flash drive....
Whether you’re creating an infographic, an informative online help file, or any other type of PDF document, it’s useful to know how to create a multi-page PDF if you’re using Photoshop. Thankfully, the process is very straightforward. There are some requirements that must be met to ensure the presentation appears clearly, but we’ll go over these and the steps necessary to make a proper PDF in Photoshop below. Creating a Multi-Page PDF in Photoshop To begin with, you’ll need to create each page of your PDF file individually....
