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Like many gaming apps, Steam will start automatically when you sign in to your computer. This can lead to clogged bandwidth, as games update automatically or appearing online when you don’t mean to. Steam’s auto-start is easy to quickly turn off. On Windows, click Steam > Settings to open the settings screen. On Mac, click Steam > Preferences to open the preferences screen. Once you’re in the Settings or Preferences menu, click the “Interface” tab on the left side of the new window....

If you’re not hearing system sound from a certain device connected to your Mac—such as a monitor with built-in speakers, a Bluetooth device, or a USB audio interface—it’s time to check your sound output device settings. Here’s how. First, click the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of the screen and select “System Preferences.” In System Preferences, click “Sound.” In the “Sound” preferences window, click the “Output” button. In Output preferences, you will see a list of connected and recognized audio output devices....

If you need to total values in a Word table, you can do so without breaking out the calculator or entering the data into Excel and then copying it back. Word can do simple calculations such as summing, multiplying, and averaging. Let’s say you have a table something like the following. You have the units sold and the per unit cost, and you want to multiply those to get a total....

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass lets you play as many games as you’d like for a monthly fee. If you’ve decided against renewing your Game Pass subscription, we’ll show you how to turn off recurring billing. How to Turn Off Recurring Billing for Xbox Game Pass from a Browser To stop automatic recurring payments for Xbox Game Pass, open your browser and visit the Microsoft Account Services page. Next, sign in with the account used for Game Pass....

What Is the Burn Bar in Apple Fitness+? First though, it’s worth understanding what exactly the Burn Bar measures. Strictly, it compares your calorie burn over the last two minutes of the workout (which is why it only appears after two minutes) and, at the end of the workout, your average for the whole thing, to other people who’ve done it. However, you’re not compared against absolutely everyone. Instead, you’re given a score—Behind the Pack, In the Pack, Middle of the Pack, Front of the Pack, or Ahead of the Pack—based on other people your age, gender, and weight....

Almost everyone who uses email at work types the same phrases multiple times a day. Save time by using “My Templates,” Microsoft Outlook’s add-in for one-click text entry, to store and add phrases of your choice. “My Templates” is a simple but effective tool for storing phrases and letting you add them into an email with a single click. It is an Outlook add-in, but it’s installed automatically in both the Outlook client and the Outlook web app as long as your email account uses a Microsoft Exchange server....

React components can possess internal “state,” a set of key-value pairs which belong to the component. When the state changes, React re-renders the component. Historically, state could only be used in class components. Using hooks, you can apply state to functional components too. The Traditional Approach React class components have a state property that holds their state. They provide a setState() method you can use to update the state, triggering a re-render....

As first reported by The Verge, multiple U.S. police and law enforcement agencies are taking to Twitter and other social media platforms to let citizens know that anyone calling you about a COVID-19 vaccine is attempting to scam you. A perfect example, as seen below, is from the Daly City Police Department. According to the agency, the person on the other end of the line might ask you for your credit card and/or social security number to “reserve” a vaccine....

Widgets on the Home Screen For the first time in iPhone history, the Home screen is changing. You can now place in-line widgets on the Home screen, along with app icons. Or, you can remove the app icons altogether and just have a wall of widgets. Adding a widget to the Home screen is easy. Just tap and hold an icon until it wiggles (or tap “Edit Home Screen” in the popup)....

Laser Printer vs. Inkjet: What’s the Difference? While it’s not necessarily paramount to know which is better, it’s a good idea to understand how each technology works and why it’s called what it’s called. Inkjet printers do what they sound like they do: they have a little nozzle that drops a tiny drop of ink onto a page. Depending on the printer, this might be one color in the case of monochrome printers or up to six with really high-end multi-color printers....

The New M2 Chip The main thing Apple has changed in this revision is the brains of the operation. Gone is the first-generation M1 chip in favor of the higher-end M2 with an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU. While the CPU core count remains unchanged, the GPU gets an extra two cores on last year’s model which should help things move a little more swiftly in graphically-intensive applications. Apple is promising a 1....

What Is OLED? OLED or Organic Light-emitting Diodes are a type of light-emitting electronic component used in OLED flat panel screens to reproduce images. Unlike LED LCD screens, OLEDs produce their own light, so they are notable for deep perfect blacks and rich, sharp images. LED LCDs work by shining an LED backlight through an LCD panel. This means that LED LCDs can’t show true black, since the light is always shining through the panel even when a given pixel is turned off....

Emoji are a nearly ubiquitous method of communicating in the digital age. These little icons can convey emotions you sometimes can’t express in text. Did you know emoji don’t look the same everywhere? You could be sending the wrong message. It’s true that emoji are everywhere. Whether you’re using an iPhone, Android device, Windows PC, or a Mac, you can send and receive emoji. However, emoji may be universally available, they are not universally standardized....

Slack Play Video Slack is the 800-pound gorilla in the chat room. It’s the app that started it all, back in 2013. The pitch was simple: Use Slack instead of email to communicate with your team. Slack ditched email in favor of constant, real-time connection with the entire team. It’s easy and fun to use, which is why it became so popular. Slack has dedicated channels in which you can discuss specific projects, send direct messages, or chat as a group....

RELATED: The Best Free Roku Channels for Kids Browsing through the channel store can be frustrating, because so much of what’s offered requires a cable login or other subscription. But there’s free content all over the place. Here’s a list of some of the best (legal) Roku channels that offer free TV shows and movies you can start watching immediately. (And if you have kids, be sure to check out our kid-friendly list, too....

There are two main types of keyboards—membrane and mechanical keyboards. Membrane keyboards are the type of keyboards you’d see in an office setting. They’re named after the membrane underneath the keys that register key presses. These tend to be less expensive and generally basic in terms of feel and features, but they’re fine for typical day-to-day office work. On the other hand, mechanical keyboards use spring-loaded switches underneath each key instead....

For example, if you’re in the US, you’ll only see content in Netflix’s US library. The reason for regional variation in content is copyright laws. If Netflix has rights to a certain movie or TV show only in the US, you won’t find it in Netflix UK. This content is geoblocked, i.e., only accessible in specific regions. Netflix checks a user’s IP address to determine their physical location. Then, the streaming service understands which content library a user should have access to....

It All Began in the Typewriter Era Way back in the olden days, most typewriters only produced capital letters. In the 1870s, typewriter manufacturer Remington figured out an economical way to type both upper- and lowercase letters. It did so by placing two symbols or letters (such as upper and lower case) on each typebar—the piece of metal that struck the letters onto the paper. To switch between the two symbols, you used a Shift key, which physically moved the entire type bar apparatus....

Android is open, flexible, and all about choice. Unfortunately, that flexibility comes more potential security issues. The good news is that Google has a system in place named Play Protect that helps keep Android secure. Google Play Protect represents Google’s entire Android security philosophy under one name. Play Protect is a multi-part system, designed to keep your phone safe from front to back—it’s part malware scanner, part Find My Phone, and part Safe Browsing....

If you have an account with Google cloud services, such as Photos, Drive, or Gmail, your content is subject to being deleted. Inactive accounts will have their data cleaned up after a certain amount of time. Google’s storage policies are intended to clean up inactive accounts to make the experience better for everyone else. In other words, Google doesn’t want people who aren’t using its services to clog things up for people who are....