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As with any public social media platform, TikTok has its fair share of unpleasant comments, but it’s been working on a dislike button to (in theory) make identifying those comments a little easier. However, smashing that dislike button won’t make those offending comments disappear. The new button bears a resemblance to similar buttons with similar functions across other platforms—that being a stylized ’thumbs-down’—which sits next to the heart-shaped Like button....

Protect Your Equipment Priority number one is to shield your equipment from rain, moisture, and condensation. Always carry a few dry camera cloths with you. Microfiber cloths that can clean all parts of a camera, including the lens and LCD, are a great choice. Keep them in a sealed plastic bag when they aren’t in use to keep them dry. Never use your clothes to dry or clean the lens of the camera....

If you’ve decided that flying is an expensive pain (it is) and that you’re ready to take the plunge, it’s time to plan your first EV road trip. Unlike hopping in your gas car and just heading out, driving an electric vehicle for hundreds, maybe thousands of miles still require actual planning. That is unless you have a Tesla. Say what you want about Elon Musk (and don’t worry, he’d be happy to say things about you if he had the chance), Tesla’s Supercharger network is a top-notch almost worry-free network of stations that are tightly integrated with Tesla vehicles....

How to Use Conditional Formatting To make conditional formatting easier, Excel supports pre-set options that cover commonly used situations, such as: Dates Duplicate data Values above or below the average value in a range of cells In the case of dates, the pre-set options simplify the process of checking your data for dates close to the current date such as yesterday, tomorrow, last week, or next month. If you want to check for dates that fall outside of the listed options, however, customize the conditional formatting by adding your own formula using one or more of Excel’s date functions....

Cinematic Mode for Non-VR Games While PlayStation VR is designed for playing virtual reality games, the second best use for it doesn’t fall far from the tree. When you launch a game that doesn’t support virtual reality, the headset goes into “cinematic mode.” This mode mimics sitting about six feet away from a theater screen and comes in three different sizes: A 117-inch “Small” screen, a 163-inch “Medium” screen and a whopping 226-inch “Large” screen....

Find iTunes Movies to Rent To find a movie to rent from the iTunes Store: Download Movies From iTunes to Your Computer As the iTunes movie rental begins to download, a new tab appears at the top of the iTunes Movies screen entitled Rented. Go to the Rented tab to open a screen with your rental movies on it, including the one you just rented. It takes a while for a movie to download—how long depends on the speed of your internet connection....

There are two problems with record production right now. One is that the capacity for making it cannot keep up with demand. The other is that pressing vinyl, or PVC, records requires a lot of energy and uses some pretty nasty chemicals. Now, a Dutch company is pressing records out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), not PVC. PET is a greener, more durable plastic that is easily recyclable, but will the audiophiles accept it?...

The weBoost Home 4G Cell Phone Signal Booster is the classic signal booster for anyone looking to improve their signal in a few rooms, or an area of up to 1,500 square feet. It’s perfect for home offices or apartments, as it boosts an existing 4G LTE signal and is compatible with all major U.S. carriers, including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Straight Talk, and more. Design: Neither sleek nor particularly compact The Home 4G doesn’t have many, if any, standout design features, much to our dismay....

These filters aren’t limited to websites like Google. Any website with a search tool can incorporate additional search choices, including people search engines, music and video streaming sites, email programs and websites, social media platforms, and blogs. Common Advanced Search Option Filters The best web search engines like Google, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Bing all have tabs you can select after performing a search that limits the results to things like web pages, videos, images, map directions, news, etc....

When a customer travels outside of a service provider’s established network coverage, their smartphone will automatically switch to a network run by another company that their own provider has made a deal with. The entire process is completely seamless and, in most cases, doesn’t incur any extra fees. Data speeds on extended networks can often be slower though. What Is Extended Network LTE? Extended network LTE is one of many different phrases used by mobile phone carriers to describe the extended network feature or process described above....

Google Photos, which stores images in the cloud, has become a favorite app in part for its ability to easily offload photos from our smartphones to free up space without a physical computer. But perhaps the biggest draw to the service—its unlimited free storage for “high” quality photos—is going away on June 1, 2021. “In order to welcome even more of your memories and build Google Photos for the future, we are changing our unlimited High quality storage policy,” wrote Shimrit Ben-Yair, the vice president of photos at Google, in a Nov....

The website shut down in 2019 and now redirects to another streaming service, called CONtv, which is offered by the same company that purchased Viewster. The good news is that you can still watch some of Viewster’s movies on YouTube, as you’ll learn below. There are also lots of other similar, free movie streaming sites you can use instead. What Was Viewster? Viewster had free movies, TV shows, and other videos from partners like STARZ, 20th Century Fox, BBC, and HBO....

Creepers Were Originally Pigs The original creeper was brought into Minecraft on August 31, 2009. Accidentally altering the length and height of a pig, video game programmer Notch reversed the numbers and wound up with a pig was skinny and tall vs. short and fat. He was grey-green and didn’t have a name. Notch liked the flaw so much he decided to implement it into the game and create a new hostile mob....

Many kinds of registry values exist, all of which are explained below. They include string values, binary values, DWORD (32-bit) values, QWORD (64-bit) values, multi-string values, and expandable string values. Where Are Registry Values Located? Registry values can be found all throughout the registry in Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP. In Registry Editor are not only values but also registry keys and registry hives....

A smart speaker can serve as a central information source that offers the weather, a dictionary, traffic conditions, directions, and more. It’s also a home assistant that controls common household tasks, such as environmental control (thermostat), lighting, door locks, window shades, security monitoring, and more. Smart Speaker Core Features There are no official industry standards on what qualifies a product as a smart speaker. Still, the label is applied to standalone audio devices that incorporate the following core features:...

What Is a TikTok Challenge? In the most basic sense, a TikTok challenge is a call to take some sort of action and record it via TikTok video. Typically, these challenges originate from viral TikTok videos usually involving a song, dance move, movie quote, etc. Of course, a challenge isn’t complete without its defining hashtag in the video’s description. Types of TikTok Challenges There are hundreds of TikTok challenges to indulge in, such as dance challenges, reaction challenges, song challenges, and more....

What Is Airplane Mode on a Cellphone? Airplane mode on a cellphone turns off all network communications, including mobile connections, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. On some phones, it even turns off the phone’s GPS function. Initially, Airplane mode was designed to be used when flying, so you could keep your phone on, but turn off any wireless communication signals that might interfere with the plane instrumentation panel. These days, however, most planes have Wi-Fi available, and many planes may soon have cellular access, so what’s the point in using Airplane Mode these days?...

IP Webcams: The Basics An IP webcam is usually a small device that can be discreetly hidden in an area or easily mounted. However, they typically need to be plugged into a standard wall outlet or have batteries changed regularly. They range from straightforward cameras that take low-resolution black-and-white video to full-color HD devices that can automatically track people and animals within their range of vision with servos built into their mounts....

The RCA cable is named for the Radio Corporation of America, which first used it in the 1940s to connect phonographs to amplifiers. It entered popular home use in the ’50s and is still in use today. The two most common types are composite video and component. Composite Video RCA Cables The colors used in composite RCA cables are usually red and white or black for right and left audio channels and yellow for composite video....

Paper Size and Weight Bond paper has a basic size of 17x22 inches and, usually, a basis weight of 20 pounds. A paper’s basis weight is determined by the weight of 500 sheets of paper at its basic size. In the case of 20-pound bond paper, 500 sheets of 17x22 inch bond paper weigh 20 pounds. Even when the large sheet is cut down to other sizes, including the frequently used 8....