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All About Processes Whenever a program is executed in a Linux or Unix-like operating system, a process is started. “Process” is the name for the internal representation of the executing program in the computer’s memory. There is a process for every active program. In fact, there is a process for nearly everything that is running on your computer. That includes the components of your graphical desktop environment (GDE) such as GNOME or KDE, and system daemons that are launched at start-up....

Widget stacks are a great way to cycle through multiple widgets on your iPhone’s home screen. Annoyingly, iOS automatically changes widgets based on the time of day and your usage. Here’s how to stop iPhone widget stacks from automatically changing. Starting in iOS 14, Apple introduced widgets on the iPhone home screen. There’s a built-in Smart Stack widget that automatically cycles through widgets in the stack. It’s supposed to show you the correct widget at the right time....

To do this, you just use your iPhone’s regular screenshot feature. Again, don’t do this while driving. Always pull over first or ask one of your passengers to do this for you. Your iPhone will also need to be connected to your vehicle via a USB cable if you’re not using CarPlay wirelessly. To take a screenshot, press one of the following combinations of buttons depending on which iPhone model you have:...

Signal, the secure messaging application, ties itself to your phone number. For extra protection against thieves stealing your phone number, you can enable Registration Lock, preventing anyone from registering another account with your phone number. What Is Registration Lock? Your Signal account is tied to your phone number, which means you don’t even need a password to log in. Your Signal account can only be linked to one phone number, so you can only have Signal active on one iPhone or Android smartphone at a time....

Upgrading Minecraft to get to the newest features is always fun unless it breaks your old maps and creates huge and ugly artifacts across them. Read on as we show you how you can take an old Minecraft map and bring it into a new version of Minecraft without risking really ugly glitches in your terrain. What’s the Problem? Minecraft’s enormous and procedurally generated map is created using a terrain generator algorithm fed by the world’s seed (an alpha-numeric string either generated at the time the world is created based on the system timestamp or supplied by the player)....

Docker containers make your app portable across environments. Once you’ve got a container image, you can use it anywhere Docker is available. Here’s how to containerize a PHP web application using the Apache server. We’ll use the official PHP Docker image as our base. Variants preconfigured with Apache are provided, so you won’t need to install the web server yourself. The PHP base image also offers convenience utilities for managing PHP extensions....

There are a variety of ways in Excel to remove decimal points and shortening number values. In this article, we explain how to use the TRUNC function and what makes it different from other techniques. What Is the TRUNC Function? The TRUNC function truncates a number to a specified number of decimal places. The key factor that makes TRUNC different from other functions that remove decimal places is that the TRUNC function does not round values....

You may not know this, but Google Search has the ability to put 3D objects in your environment through augmented reality. This feature doesn’t require any special apps, it simply works from the browser on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. RELATED: Become a Tiger King with These 3D Animals and Objects on Google The 3D objects include dinosaurs, a wide variety of animals, planets, and other miscellaneous things. Google also includes a handful of objects specifically for Halloween:...

Peacock Thanks to a deal swapping with CBS for the 2021 game, the home network for this year’s Super Bowl is NBC. That means that the game will be streamed on NBC’s corporate sibling Peacock, exclusively on the premium tier ($4.99+ per month). Peacock subscribers can catch the somewhat unlikely match-up between two teams that both entered the playoffs seeded fourth. RELATED: What is NBC’s Peacock Streaming Service, and What Shows Does It Offer?...

Which Anime Characters Are Available? Thanks to Google’s ARCore and Apple’s ARKit, many smartphones and tablets can view 3D objects without needing any additional software. Google Search includes a handful of the most popular characters from Japanese anime, games, and TV shows. Here’s the list of characters available at the time of writing: Evangelion Gomorra Gundam Odysseus Gundam Penelope Hello Kitty Kogimyun Little Twin Stars Pac-Man Pompompurin Taiko Master Ultraman Ultraman Belial Ultraman Zero Xi Gundam...

Sometimes the best way to troubleshoot and operating system, application, or service is to consult the log file(s) that app or service generates as it goes about its business. But what is a LOG file and how do you see what’s in it? What Is a Log File? LOG is the file extension for an automatically produced file that contains a record of events from certain software and operating systems....

How Does Apple Card Family Work? The feature lets two people co-own one Apple Card and grant access to that card to others in the family-sharing group. So, a family with two parents and three kids could have the two parents as co-owners who allow the kids access to their card for payments. Goldman Sachs is partnering with Apple on the feature and makes all decisions regarding eligibility and credit as the issuing bank for Apple Card....

What Is FLoC? With tracking cookies on the decline—partially due to many browsers blocking third-party cookies by default—Google wants to come up with another way to track user data for targeted ads. That’s where FLoC comes in. FLoC lets advertisers use behavioral targeting without cookies. It runs in Google’s Chrome browser and tracks a user’s online behavior. Then, it assigns that browser history an identifier and adds it to a group of other browsers with similar behaviors called a “cohort....

Quibi is a new video-streaming app intended for watching on the go. It focuses on short-form TV shows, all less than 10 minutes in length, designed for watching on your phone. It launches on April 6, 2020. Update: Quibi has officially launched on iPhone and Android. You can download the streaming service’s app from Apple’s App Store or the Google Play Store. Quibi Is Short Episodic TV Quibi will be yet another name in the ever-growing list of subscription-based media platforms....

Google Chrome 89 brings integration between Android phones and Chrome OS, better support for gamepads in the browser, NFC for web apps, and native web sharing. It was released on March 2, 2021. Chrome OS Phone Hub for Android Devices Google has been working on a “Phone Hub” for Chrome OS for a little while. The functionality is similar to Microsoft’s “Your Phone” app on Windows 10. You can link your Android device and sync notifications, see recent tabs, and more....

Update: Google confirmed our theory, telling Bleeping Computer that Microsoft Edge doesn’t support Google’s Safe Browsing feature. Google can’t remotely remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge browsers. Why Does Google Warn Against Edge? Google shows you a warning message when you navigate to the Chrome Web Store in Microsoft Edge. The Chrome Web Store will let you install extensions in Edge, but it shows a big banner reading “Google recommends switching to Chrome to use extensions securely” along with a link to download Google Chrome....

We’ve often received blank stares and looks of confusion when mentioning that our credit card company is covering a repair via its extended warranty. Yes, your credit card may provide free extended warranties, too! Retailers of all stripes want to sell you extended warranties, but don’t forget: Your credit card may be providing you with a free warranty extension on such purchases already, saving you money. How It Works RELATED: Should You Buy Extended Warranties?...

YouTube TV and NBCUniversal Can’t Agree These sorts of disagreements are common in the cable industry. The cable company and a network need to renegotiate their deals when they’re close to expiring. The cable company wants to play less to air the content, and the network wants to be paid more. Usually, the two companies manage to meet somewhere in the middle, but it doesn’t seem like that will happen with YouTube TV and NBC....

Turn It off and on Again It might be a meme at this point, but “turning it off and on again” is the solution to many of life’s tech problems. Since a lot of issues are caused by software, turning your computer, smartphone, or other gadgets off and then booting them up again eliminates the problem by “starting over.” Operating systems have lots of processes happening in unison. When one or more of these processes encounters a problem, it can cause a chain reaction and lead to the device not functioning as expected....

An Alternative to Intel and ARM Designs Presently, two processor designs reign supreme: those created by ARM and Intel’s x86. While both companies operate at a tremendous scale, their business models are fundamentally different. Intel designs and manufactures its own chips, while ARM licenses its designs to third-party designers, like Qualcomm and Samsung, which then add their own enhancements. While Samsung has the infrastructure to fabricate its processors in-house, Qualcomm (and other “fabless” designers) outsources this important work to third parties....