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If you open multiple websites regularly, you can create a shortcut in Windows 10 to open all those sites in a single click (or a double-click). This trick uses Windows 10’s batch-scripting capabilities, but there’s also a pretty easy way to do it in any web browser. Create a Shortcut to Open Multiple Sites at Once on Windows 10 To open several sites at once in your browser, you need to create a shortcut file for these sites on your PC....

If you’re running a multiple-monitor setup in Windows 10, it is important to let the operating systems know how they’re arranged in physical space so they work properly. Here’s how to do it. How to Rearrange Your Displays To set up the arrangement of your monitors, you’ll need to head to the Display settings page. To quickly access it, right-click on Windows 10’s desktop and select “Display settings.” Alternately, you can open the Settings app by pressing Windows+i....

You should only run a single antivirus application at a time, but none of them are perfect. Some antiviruses may catch malware that other antiviruses miss. Luckily, you don’t just have to rely on a single antivirus program. The key to using multiple antivirus programs is running a single antivirus as your main background protection and running another scanner occasionally – say, once a week – for a second opinion....

Steam trading cards are basically free money. Assuming you own a few games on Steam, you’re probably generating Steam trading cards without even realizing it—and you can sell them on the community market for Steam Wallet credit, which you can use to purchase games. I’ve made at least $20 in free Steam credit using the below method. It’s not a lot of money, but it’s a free game or two for almost no work....

You can reset the default calendar on your iPhone or iPad from the Settings app. From there, you can switch the default option to any calendar from all of your linked accounts (including Gmail and Outlook). First, open the “Settings” app on your iPhone or iPad. Use Apple’s built-in Spotlight Search feature if you can’t locate the app on your Home screen. In the menu, scroll down and choose the “Calendars” option....

Quick Speed Up Tips Follow a few basic tips to improve your download speeds on any device—not just the PS4. Your internet connection shares its bandwidth among all your devices. Downloading a file on your laptop or streaming Netflix in 4K on another device can slow things down. For maximum speed, pause any other downloads and streams and let your PS4 consume all the bandwidth it wants. Queuing up multiple downloads on your PS4 has a similar effect....

RELATED: The 10 Best Sci-Fi Movies on Hulu Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Play Video The Harry Potter movie series launches with family-friendly director Chris Columbus at the helm, introducing the 11-year-old trio of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint). The three students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry discover the vast world of magic, while protecting the powerful sorcerer’s stone from nefarious forces....

Microsoft Excel offers multiple ways to sum the values of a specific column. You can use the status bar, AutoSum, and the SUM function to add up the values in your column. Here’s how to use them. RELATED: How to Add Numbers in Microsoft Excel Ways to Sum a Column’s Values in Excel One way to sum a column is to use Excel’s status bar. If you only want to see the sum and you don’t want to display it anywhere in your spreadsheet, use this method....

You Have Until June 30 to Import Tasks While Wunderlist is shutting down on May 6, 2020, Microsoft says it will continue letting people import data from Wunderlist to Microsoft To Do for a while longer. A blog post from Wunderlist originally said the migration feature will only be available “for a period of time” after the shutdown of Wunderlist. Now, it looks like you have until June 30, 2020, to import your data....

You might not realize it, but your Android TV (or set-top box) can take screenshots just like a phone or tablet. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple, but we’ll show you a method that works. Some Android TV devices, like the Nvidia Shield TV, include a built-in tool for taking screenshots. However, most don’t, so you’ll have to get a little more creative to take a screenshot on those devices....

Mozilla Firefox’s HTTPS-Only Mode provides extra privacy and security online. With it enabled, Firefox will try hard to only load encrypted HTTPS websites. If only HTTP is available, Firefox won’t load the unencrypted website without asking you. Why Is HTTPS Important? Unfortunately, not all sites support HTTPS, and some that do may fall back to non-encrypted HTTP versions of a site if you visit them through an HTTP link (such as http://www....

One thing to note is that all three handsets ship with the displays set to 1440p (WQHD+) with a 60Hz refresh rate. When you enable the 120Hz setting, the Galaxy S20 automatically drops down to 1080p (FHD+). RELATED: The Best Cases for Your Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra 5G Start by jumping into the Galaxy S20’s Settings menu. The easiest way to do this is by swiping down from the top of the screen to pull down the notification shade and then swiping down again....

There are a few different options for achieving this, so we’ll weigh up the pros and cons of each approach. Try Before You Buy With the exception of Sidecar (Apple’s own free solution), all of the products listed below have some sort of free trial. Before you sign up for a subscription or pay a one-off fee, make sure you thoroughly test the full set of features. Confirm that your solution works with your preferred creative apps, whether that’s free tools like Inkscape and GIMP or professional apps from Adobe or Affinity....

Here Documents Many commands in Linux have two or three letter names. This is partly what gives rise to the notion that Linux is hard to learn and full of arcane commands. But one of the weirdest names in Linux isn’t one of the cryptically short ones. “Here documents” aren’t documents, and it isn’t really clear what the “here” refers to, either. They are a relatively obscure construct, but they are useful....

Start by opening the Google Stadia app on your Android handset. From the “Home” tab, tap the controller icon. Your device will start looking for an available Stadia controller. It’s now time to turn on your controller. Start by pressing and holding the Stadia button for one second until the controller vibrates and the backlight starts to pulse. The controller should appear in the Stadia app after several moments. If your smartphone stops searching after not finding any controllers, tap the “Refresh” button....

Opera just released “Opera GX” and advertises it as the world’s first gaming browser. Beyond the gaming-inspired theme and Razer Chroma integration, there’s a very interesting CPU and RAM limiter feature. But will it speed up your PC gaming? What Is Opera GX? Opera GX is a desktop web browser for Windows PCs. Despite the name, it’s a browser meant for use within games, as Steam’s built-in browser works in the Steam overlay....

RELATED: The 10 Best Stephen King Movies to Stream in 2022 Crimson Peak Play Video Director Guillermo del Toro creates his own version of vintage Gothic horror in Crimson Peak. Set in 1887, the movie stars Mia Wasikowska as a young, aspiring novelist who’s plunged into her very own ghost story when she marries an English baronet (Tom Hiddleston) and moves to his remote, decrepit estate. Jessica Chastain gives a delightfully villainous performance as the baronet’s jealous sister....

Devices such as Apple’s AirTags aren’t included here because they don’t use GPS technology for positioning. GPS trackers are more expensive and have a much shorter battery life than a Bluetooth tracker, but you get instant and precise location data for your pet. Speaking of battery life, GPS trackers can vary considerably from device to device. Some of this depends on the size of the tracker, which influences the size of the battery, but additional features such as Bluetooth or WiFi connectivity usually mean the device is more power-hungry....

Positioning the text cursor on an iPhone or iPad can sometimes feel frustrating and imprecise. You tap the screen, and sometimes it doesn’t go where you want. Luckily, there’s a faster, more precise way called “virtual trackpad mode” built into your device’s keyboard. Here’s how to use it. On iPhone Switching to virtual trackpad mode is easy. It depends on whether your iPhone has 3D Touch, a feature Apple no longer includes on the latest iPhones:...

There are few things mothers love more than having their kids all together in one place. While social distancing makes this difficult, you can use any number of free video-chat applications to connect the whole family. Which service you choose will depend on which devices your mom has and can easily use. FaceTime: If Everyone Has Apple Devices If mom and the rest of the family all own Apple devices, the built-in FaceTime app allows you to easily make video calls on iPhone, iPad, or Mac....