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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a franchise that has captivated the hearts of millions, from the young to the young-at-heart. But what if you could actually be a part of that world, learn spells, fly on broomsticks, and uncover magical mysteries? Well, that’s precisely what Hogwarts Legacy (Published by Warner Bros and developed by Avalanche Software) offers, and if you’re an Xbox owner, you’re in for a treat. Let’s see how you can get your hands on this magical video game and what to expect once you’re in....

A Microsoft Office 365 (now called Microsoft 365) subscription starts at $70 a year, or you can buy a license for about $150. But don’t worry, you don’t necessarily have to pay these prices. It doesn’t matter if you need to use it on the go, or on a PC. It doesn’t matter if you’re going to be using it sparingly, or for 8 hours a day. There are ways you can get Office 365 for free....

Spoken Content (formerly Speech) is an Apple accessibility feature in iOS and iPadOS. It lets your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad read text aloud. It’s helpful if you have trouble reading small text or just when you’re multitasking. In this detailed guide and tutorial, you’ll learn to activate Spoken Content on your iPhone and customize the feature to work the way you want. Accessing Your Spoken Content Settings on iPhone To get your iPhone or iPad to read text aloud, you must first access your Spoken Content settings....

Trying to decipher a foreign language can often feel like you’re attempting to hack into an AES-encrypted server. You do what you can but in the end there was never much hope. The same thing happens when you stumble upon a website with the domain value of a country with an unfamiliar language. This is the sort of thing that keeps gamers up at night when they want to play a region-locked game from South Korea or the homebody attempting to shop from local online retailers abroad....

There are always some files that you want to keep away from prying eyes. It can be confidential information from work or even something as simple as a school essay. While online privacy is vital, you need to hide your local files and folders in Windows 10 too. Windows gives you a few basic ways to hide files and folders.They may not sandbag the knowledgeable snoop but the methods can thwart them for a while....

If you use Excel on a daily basis, then you’ve probably run into situations where you needed to hide something in your Excel worksheet. Maybe you have some extra data worksheets that are referenced, but don’t need to be viewed. Or maybe you have a few rows of data at the bottom of the worksheet that need to be hidden. There are a lot of different parts to an Excel spreadsheet and each part can be hidden in different ways....

The metaverse is getting a lot of hype at the moment, driven by companies like Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. The idea is appealing, but it’s not at all clear how you’re supposed to join the metaverse! The Metaverse in a Nutshell This article assumes that you already more or less know what the metaverse is. If you don’t and you have some time on your hands, head over to our What Is the Metaverse explainer for an in-depth discussion....

Since its release in 2011, Minecraft has become the best-selling video game of all time, with over 238 million copies sold and nearly 140 million monthly active players across several platforms, including PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Android devices. Minecraft players explore a virtually infinite world, mining raw materials, crafting tools and items, and building structures and machines. This tutorial will cover everything you need to know to make a campfire in Minecraft....

Venmo is a payment app that allows users to connect bank accounts or debit/credit cards and send money to other users. It’s a quick and easy way to send money and has become immensely popular. Users can see a feed of others’ public transactions on the app. Your own transactions will also be public, depending on how you set up your privacy settings. If you don’t want the world to see where your money is going, you can change your Venmo privacy settings to private....

The PlayStation 5 comes with a powerful solid-state drive that delivers lightning-fast loading times, but it can quickly fill up with games, save data, and media files. Luckily, you’ve got loads of ways to free up space and bring order to the internal storage. This tutorial will teach you how to manage your PlayStation 5 storage, so you can keep using your console without running out of room. How to Check Your PS5 Storage Your PS5 comes with a storage management console that lets you keep an eye out on the remaining space of the internal SSD, including a breakdown of used space by type....

Whether you’re working from home or in an office, social media is always the biggest source of distraction. On top of numerous ads, you get countless updates from family, friends, colleagues, and businesses. And while some of those updates you’re interested in, most of them are nothing but clutter. The problem with having too much information in your social media feeds is that it takes way too long for you to sort through all the unnecessary and get to the important stuff....

Have you recently downloaded a UIF file and now want to mount it so that you can view the contents? A UIF file is actually a MagicISO CD/DVD image file. The file can contain documents, photos, videos, etc. In order to view the contents, you have to first mount the UIF image file. There are many formats for creating images files of CD/DVDs, but UIF is used because it provides better encryption and also has better compression....

With more people working from home these days, services like Google Meet and Zoom are increasing in popularity. You can hold an online video meeting, see everyone’s face, chat, and take care of business. As with in-office meetings, notes with action items and recaps for online meetings are just as important. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always happen. To have official documentation for your meeting or share it with those who couldn’t attend, consider recording your Google Meet....

Have you discovered that “Service Host: Windows Event Log” or “svchost.exe” is using so much CPU on your computer? That specific process might be experiencing issues, or your Windows operating system might have a bug. There are ways to reduce this process’ CPU usage on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, and we’ll show you how to do that. Other reasons for the above process malfunctions are that a virus or malware has infected your PC, your system files are corrupted, a third-party app is causing the problem, and more....

SourceNews18 Microsoft Copilot, the AI assistant embedded into Windows 11 is now a significant part of the operational experience. Most of the people enjoy the help of AI-powered agents, while some of the users want a more classic setup without any automatic AI features. Consequently, after understanding the user’s demand, Microsoft has offered many ways through which you can disable or even remove Copilot . These features especially work in the latest Insider Preview builds of Windows 11....

Page breaks are handy for inserting a new page. However, there may come a time when you want to delete a break you’ve added. We’ll show you how to remove page breaks in Word on Windows, Mac, and the web. Along with manual page breaks are those that Word adds automatically. Although you cannot delete automatic page breaks, you can decide where or how they are placed at the end of each page....

ms word 1 Whether you’re drafting an essay, writing a novel, or editing an article, there’s nothing more frustrating than a solid horizontal line in MS Word that you can’t get rid of, no matter how hard you try. If you’re wondering how to remove a line in Word, there are a few easy ways to remove unwanted horizontal and border lines, and we’ll show you how. Use Formatting Symbols to Figure Out The Problem A solid line in your Word document could simply be a line you can easily delete....

Have you ever made two folders on your computer that should really be one? If you handle a lot of different files and documents on a daily basis, you’ve probably come across that issue often. If you’ve ever found two files on your computer with the same or slightly different names, there are two things you can do to free up space on your Mac . One way to do it is to replace one folder with the other....

You might think you’re stuck with a bad Xbox game purchase, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Microsoft lets you refund the game or cancel the subscription ; however, you must not abuse this system. You have to have a reason to refund your Xbox games . There are rules and regulations, and you might not be eligible for a refund. This article will describe everything you need to know about refunds and subscription cancellations, whether directly from an Xbox console or through a Microsoft account....

Changing your PC’s display settings might not always give you the results you’re looking for. You might end up with a weird screen resolution, text that’s too large, or colors that don’t look right. A simple fix is to reset your display settings to how they were before. Windows 11 does not have a one-click option to factory reset all display-related preferences, but it’s pretty easy to manually restore the most important settings to their defaults....