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As of this writing, this feature is only available on Android smartphones and tablets. We will update this article if and when the feature goes live on iPhones and iPads. Once you finish scrolling through Netflix’s seemingly endless catalog of content and find something to watch, the on-screen interface will show the traditional playback controls along with several additional buttons. At any time while you’re watching, tap “Screen Lock” to remove all elements of the Netflix interface except a central button that allows you to unlock the interface....

The video queue feature is available on the newly redesigned YouTube website. If you see bigger video thumbnails on the homepage and a new “Add To Queue” button when you hover over a thumbnail, you have access to the feature. If not, you’ll have to wait until YouTube rolls the update for all users. YouTube hasn’t announced if it plans to bring the queue feature to its mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, or Android....

Google’s Chromecast works well for streaming videos from YouTube, Netflix, and other online services. But there isn’t an obvious way to stream local video files from your computer to your TV via the Chromecast. All the options below require the Chrome web browser. VLC can stream to a Chromecast, but this feature is currently unstable and only available in experimental builds of VLC. Fast and Easy: Videostream for Google Chromecast RELATED: How to Stream From VLC to Your Chromecast...

The company behind Raspberry Pi acquired IQaudio two years ago, which was already producing four external DACs compatible with various Pi boards. The accessories allowed Pi devices to output powerful and higher-quality audio, ideal for home theater setups, music studios, or anywhere else audio quality is a priority. Raspberry Pi announced today that it has updated all four boards. The most noticeable change is that they all use green boards, making them “a bit more Raspberry Pi-like” compared to the older black boards....

RELATED: The Best TV Shows on Netflix in 2022 The Amazing Race Play Video Taking a more upbeat tone than many reality TV competitions, this globe-trotting show hosted by Phil Keoghan follows contestants as they literally race around the world. The teams (typically two people with a personal connection) sometimes end up fighting as they crack under pressure. But the show is more about discovering the wonders of the world than watching people yell at each other....

A file with the .msix extension is a Windows application installer. Microsoft recently introduced MSIX as an alternative to EXE, MSI, and even AppX packages. Exercise caution and ensure you trust an MSIX file’s source before running it. Windows Has Too Many Different Types of Installers Currently, Windows has three common installer formats—MSI, EXE, and AppX. Each has different strengths and weaknesses. MSI installers are best for simple, possibly unattended, installations....

What Your PC Needs From a Hard Drive Before we get into the various types of hard drives, let’s define what we expect a hard drive to do in a regular old desktop PC. In the age of NVMe and SATA III SSDs, we can all agree that traditional, mechanical hard drives are quickly becoming secondary storage. M.2 and 2.5-inch SSD form factors, meanwhile, are the top choices for primary boot drives—but all this is beside the point....

What Is Android Nearby Share? Play Video The Google Play Store offers hundreds of apps that allow you to easily send links, files, photos, and other things between devices. However, there has never been a native built-in method for all Android devices. The closest thing was “Android Beam,” but that required physically touching devices, and Google has since abandoned it. RELATED: Android Launches ‘Nearby Share’ for Select Google Pixel and Samsung Phones...

What is Reddit Gold? Anyone on Reddit can reward posts or comments from other users with a visible gold, silver, or platinum commendation. These awards cost coins, which are paid virtual goods you can buy directly on the site. Usually, these awards are given to acknowledge a special post, whether it’s an incredibly good pun, an in-depth book review, or an act of kindness. Other times, Reddit gold is given just because someone in a subreddit happens to have a lot of money to spend....

Been wanting to get your hands on a new laptop? How does a MacBook Air sound? That’s what we’re giving away to a couple of lucky winners. So, how does this work? Simple. Two people will each win a 13-inch MacBook Air valued at $899. The giveaway ends on September 29, 2020. The winners will be chosen at random and alerted via email on 10/1/2020. Just follow this link to enter the giveaway for your chance to win, and good luck!...

Twenty years ago, the turn of the millenium saw some serious software bugs. No, we’re not talking about Y2K here: We’re talking about Windows Me. Dubbed “Windows Mistake Edition” by PCWorld, Windows Me is not remembered fondly by many. A Strange Pit Stop on the Way to Windows XP Microsoft released Windows 2000 on February 17, 2000. Windows 2000 was a forgotten masterpiece, offering a rock-solid, 32-bit operating system designed for business use....

No matter what you use Excel for, whether business financials or a personal budget, the tool’s data analysis features can help you make sense of your data. Here are several Excel features for data analysis and how they can help. Quick Analysis for Helpful Tools When you aren’t quite sure of the best way to display your data or if you’re a new Excel user, the Quick Analysis feature is essential....

AWS has many services for storing data, enough to fit most use cases, all of which have different pricing models. We’ll explain each one, what you would use them for, and how much they’ll cost you. Before we dive in, it should be noted that exact prices for each tier may be slightly different depending on the region you’re in. This guide was written for us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), which is the biggest (and therefore cheapest) AWS region....

Switch to Android arrived earlier this year, and walks you through copying contacts, calendars, photos, videos, and other data from an iPhone to a new Android device. The app also reminds you to turn off iMessage, so text messages don’t get sent to your old Apple devices after the process is over. Google revealed today that Switch to Android can now migrate data to any phone running Android 12 or newer....

Microsoft Outlook Online has a dedicated button for adding a Gmail account to your online email client. Here’s how to pull your Gmail emails into Outlook in just a few clicks. We’ve shown you how to add other email accounts into Outlook Online, but that process involved configuration pages that wanted to know things like port numbers and POP or IMAP server names. Granted, Outlook would usually fill that information in for you if it could, but it’s still a bit intimidating....

Windows users moving to macOS will notice differences in how the Apple Mac keyboard responds to input. If you find the arrow keys are too slow-moving through text, you can adjust the speed. Here’s how. Accessing the Keyboard Settings Menu on Mac Two options can impact the speed of your arrow keys on macOS: the key repeat speed and the repeat delay. To change the repeat speed, you’ll need to access the System Preferences menu....

How to Charge First-Generation Apple Pencil Charging the first-generation Apple Pencil is not the most elegant affair. The first-generation Apple Pencil is compatible with all iPads that ship with a physical Home button and a Lightning port. If you need help identifying which Apple Pencil you own, know that the first-generation accessory is completely circular. It’s paired and charged in the same fashion. Take your Apple Pencil and remove the cap from the top of the stylus....

When you use your keyboard for copying and pasting, your files are copied and pasted the same way as if you’re using a mouse or trackpad. This is because Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS come equipped with the ability to manage files with just the keyboard. RELATED: The Best Ergonomic Mice of 2022 Copy and Paste Items Without a Mouse or Trackpad To begin, open the app or the folder in which the text or files you want to copy are located....

Reduce tedious data entry and the risk of errors by creating custom lists in Microsoft Excel. By setting up a list ahead of time, you can use autofill or add a drop-down selection for the items, saving you time. Microsoft Excel comes with a few custom lists of its own. These include things like the days of the week and months of the year. This is what makes a feature like autofill so convenient....

To view your photos on your iPhone or iPad, you can use a cloud service to store them and then access them on your device. However, what if you want your photos available offline? Transferring your photos to your iPhone or iPad is easy using iTunes. You can automatically create photo albums on your device by organizing your photos into subfolders within your main photos folder on your PC before syncing them to your device....