If your iPhone or iPad is displaying contact names in an unusual order with the last name before the first name (or vice versa,) you can fix it. Here’s how. This will change how names appear in Mail, Messages, Phone, Contacts, and other apps that obey this setting. First, open “Settings” on your iPhone or iPad. In “Settings,” scroll down and tap “Contacts.” In “Contacts” settings, tap “Display Order.”...

Start by visiting Hulu’s desktop website and then select the account icon in the top right-hand corner. Once the drop-down menu appears, select the “Account” link. You should now be able to view your account information. Click the “Change Password” link next to your current password within the “Your Account” section. The “Change Password” box will pop up. Type in your current password and then enter your new password twice....

Most of the time, your GoPro will be attached to a helmet, car, bike, or other piece of moving machinery. But if you want to capture better audio, and don’t mind a bit of added bulk to your setup, here’s how you can connect an external microphone to your GoPro. Why Would I Want to Do This? To be blunt, the built-in microphone on the GoPro is less than stellar, even when you don’t have a waterproof case on (the waterproof case seriously hinders the mic quality)....

Docker images are created from a Dockerfile that defines a base image and a series of instructions that add your own filesystem layers. What happens if you want to make your own “base image” though? Here’s how to start from scratch and create a complete container filesystem from the ground up. What’s An Image? Docker images generally use a popular Linux distribution as their base image. If you’ve written FROM ubuntu:latest, FROM debian:latest or FROM alpine:latest, you’ve used an operating system as your base....

Microsoft is no stranger to controversy in the world of privacy, so it’s not too surprising that its flagship Xbox One console comes with such an extensive range of customizable privacy features. Users can configure dozens of settings, from how visible their gaming content is on Xbox Live down to whether a profile can connect to Live at all. If you want to be sure your kids are kept safe and your living room isn’t being bugged by the microphone on your Kinect, here’s how to configure privacy options on your Xbox One....

Introduced in macOS Big Sur, Apple’s design language includes transparent menus and tinted windows that show a bit of the color from the wallpaper. Find this annoying? Here’s how to disable wallpaper tinting in windows on Mac. As design decisions go, wallpaper tinting is a weird one. Transparent menus and sidebars are easy to understand. They show the color from whatever is below the window. But wallpaper tinting takes up the color from the wallpaper, no matter if there are other windows below....

When you’re playing a game, the last thing you want is a dropping frame rate. If Discord is taxing out your CPU in the background, however, that’s exactly what’ll happen. You can overcome this by enabling hardware acceleration in Discord. Hardware acceleration is not necessarily the cure to all Discord issues. If your graphics card (or PC, more generally) is struggling under the strain of modern gameplay, hardware acceleration can cause even more issues, leaving you no option but to disable it....

Instead of forwarding several emails individually, you can send them all at once as attachments. With Gmail, you don’t even have to save the emails to your computer to do it–there’s a built-in option just for you. This feature isn’t available on the Gmail mobile app and on Gmail in mobile browsers. Forward an Email as an Attachment First, open your web browser on your Windows 10 PC or Mac and log in to your Gmail account....

It can be pretty embarrassing to forget someone’s birthday, especially if it’s a close loved one. Calendars are great for remembering birthdays, but if you want to make them even harder to forget, let Google Assistant remind you. Birthday reminders are part of Google Assistant’s “Your People” features. This is where you can give people roles (wife, mother, brother, etc.) and add them to your “Household Contacts” for smart devices....

Get Bike-Friendly Directions There are a few different ways you can get cycling instructions on your iPhone and Apple Watch. The basic method is to open the Apple Maps app, find wherever it is you want to go using the search box, then tap “Directions.” From here you can choose your mode of transport by tapping the appropriate icon, in this instance a bicycle. If cycling instructions are supported in your region, you will see them listed with the estimated duration of your trip, the total distance, and a visualization of the route’s elevation....

Microsoft Edge has a pretty stellar built-in reader mode. It removes all the stuff from the web page (including ads and extra content) and presents it in a customizable text format. RELATED: How To Use Reading View In Microsoft Edge The reader mode also has a Read Aloud feature (similar to Siri’s feature on Mac). In the past few years, text-to-speech has come a long way. When you use Microsoft Edge’s Read Aloud feature, you don’t feel like a robot is talking to you....

You can launch applications and programs using the Command Prompt—and Mozilla Firefox is no exception. You can also use Command Prompt to launch Firefox in Private Browsing mode or open a specific website on launch. Here’s how. To launch Mozilla Firefox using Command Prompt, you’ll need to have already downloaded and installed Firefox on your Windows 10 PC. Launch Firefox Using Command Prompt Open Command Prompt by typing “cmd” in the Windows Search bar and selecting “Command Prompt” from the search results....

Windows 10 makes copy and paste more convenient with a feature called Clipboard history. It allows you to pin items you frequently copy and paste to a list for quick access. Here’s how to use it. What Is Clipboard History? Clipboard history was introduced in Windows 10’s October 2018 Update. It allows you to see a list of the 25 most recent items you’ve copied to the Clipboard by pressing Windows+V....

Usually, you want Docker applications to be fully contained, but sometimes for development or automation purposes it’s useful to be able to work with Docker containers as if there were Linux VMs. Docker provides tools for running commands and even entire shells inside containers. Running Commands In Containers To run a command in a container, you’ll needs its container ID, unless you’ve set up a specific name for that container....

If you use a keyboard with your iPad, there’s a quick and easy shortcut that will show a “cheat sheet” of available keyboard shortcuts while using most Apple apps and some third-party apps. Here’s how to use it. With a keyboard connected to your iPad, hold down the Command key for about two seconds and a window will pop up listing the available shortcuts on that screen. For example, on the Home screen, the pop-up looks like this....

If You Want Money, Sell it Yourself If you want to get top dollar for an old phone or laptop, then you have to sell it yourself. That means you’re going to put in some extra effort. Yes, there are sites like Gazelle that can do the work for you, but they take a fat chunk of your profits in the process. There are a lot of places to resell your old device, but they all work the same way....

In Mozilla Firefox, you can set a Primary Password (previously called a “Master Password”) that can protect all of your stored logins and passwords. This password can secure your web accounts if you share a computer with others. Here’s how to set it up. When Do I Need to Use a Primary Password? Mozilla recommends using a Primary Password with Firefox in cases where you share a computer with others, perhaps including sharing a single user account....

Get started by swiping down from the top of the Galaxy S20’s display to open the notification shade. Now, tap the Gear icon next to the Power button to open the Settings menu. Alternatively, swipe up on your handset’s home screen to open the app drawer. From there, either use the search bar at the top of the display or scroll between the panels and launch the “Settings” app....

RELATED: The 10 Best Video Game Movies Available to Stream in 2022 Resident Evil Play Video Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson kicks off the live-action Resident Evil series with this adaptation starring Milla Jovovich as Alice, a new character created just for the films. As in the games, the sinister Umbrella Corporation has created a bioweapon that turns people into undead monsters. Trapped inside Umbrella’s underground facility in Raccoon City, Alice must fight her way out and prevent the deadly T-virus from escaping into the general population....

Google Maps shows the location of ongoing wildfires and its movement over time. If you live in an area prone to fires, you can use this feature to track the progress of any dangers that might be heading your way. Here’s how the feature works. The ability to view ongoing wildfires in Google Maps became available to users across the U.S. in August 2020. The data is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s GOES satellites and processed by Google....