Yes, some Android apps can be malicious — Apple, Microsoft, and the media seem happy to remind us about this. Take a few basic precautions and you can avoid these potentially dangerous apps. Google doesn’t manually approve apps like Apple does, but they do scan apps in the Google Play Store for malware. Permissions, reviews, and other reputation information can also tell us a lot. It’s Not In the Play Store RELATED: Does Your Android Phone Need an Antivirus App?...

Macs have had a handy app called “Caffeine” for years that allows you to temporarily prevent your computer from going to sleep. Windows PCs have a similar feature called “Awake” that can be found in Microsoft’s “PowerToys” suite. Windows has some conventional settings that control when your PC goes to sleep. However, you might, at certain times, want to keep your PC awake longer than normal. Maybe you have a download that you know will take a long time....

Most people have the basics of throwing a movie night down: you get a movie, you get snacks, you get comfortable, and boom, you’re done. When it comes to throwing a movie party in the backyard, however, things get a little trickier. Read on as we show you how to do it stress free. Sure, you can watch your movie indoors. There will be no bugs, no waiting for dusk, and likely zero prep work, but there also won’t be that magic of projector light, the glow of the screen against the twilight sky, or the sheer excitement kids (and adults alike for that matter) get when watching a movie outside in the fresh air....

If you’re transitioning from AWS to Google Cloud Platform, you might have a lot of data stored in S3 buckets. Luckily, Google provides a tool for automatically transferring the bucket’s contents to their own Cloud Storage platform. Transfering an S3 Bucket to Cloud Storage Cloud Storage works very similarly to AWS’s S3 service, and in most cases it should serve as a drop-in replacement for S3, with some minor tweaking to client applications....

Bluetooth can be a little finicky on its best of days. There are several possible points of failure between your iOS device and whatever accessory you’re connecting to. Here’s how to troubleshoot them. While it can be temperamental and a bit of a battery drain, Bluetooth remains a great way to connect to nearby devices and accessories. Pairing your devices over Bluetooth allows you to do cool things like trigger reminders when you get out of your car, and is also required for lots of devices like wearables and wireless speakers....

The new 5G wireless standard holds great promise in speeding up your iPhone’s wireless data transfer rates, but it also can take a heavy toll on your battery, quickly draining battery life while enabled. Here’s how to turn it off when you don’t need it. First, open Settings on your iPhone. In Settings, tap “Cellular.” In “Cellular,” tap “Cellular Data Options.” In “Cellular Data Options,” tap “Voice & Data.”...

Windows 11 includes animation and fading effects that add eye candy but can make your PC feel sluggish for some by adding a slight delay to certain actions. For a more snappy experience, it’s easy to turn animations off. Here’s how. First, open Windows Settings by pressing Windows+i on your keyboard. Or, you can open Start, search for “Settings,” and then click its icon. When Settings appears, look in the sidebar and select “Accessibility....

Players were looking for the Crossplay feature, but now that it’s here, some are unhappy. The Crossplay feature on Call of Duty: Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 allows players to play the game with friends across different consoles and PCs. While it’s a great feature, you do not want your PC friends to have mouse advantages for precise shooting and other benefits that can take the game away from you....

Google Search’s SafeSearch ensures you do not see explicit content in your search results. If you’d like to include that content, you’ll have to turn off SafeSearch first. We’ll show you how to do that on desktop and mobile. You only have to disable SafeSearch on one of your signed-in devices. That setting syncs across all your Google devices. RELATED: Why Parents Should Be Using Google Family Link Turn Off SafeSearch on Google Search on Desktop To disable Google Search’s SafeSearch filter on your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, first, open a web browser on your computer and visit Google Search....

It could be quite irritating if you get bombarded with notifications every time you open an app. Many Steam users have the same complaint as they receive notifications every time a friend joins a game. Although these notifications can be useful to stay updated with new game updates and what your friends are up to on a game. Still, many people don’t like notifications popping up all the time and want to disable them....

Excel includes a feature that allows you to quickly apply some basic formatting to inserted rows, columns, or cells in your worksheet. When you insert any of these items, a small, floating button, called “Insert Options”, displays next to the inserted row, column, or cell. This “Insert Options” button has a small paintbrush on it. When you click the button, Excel displays options for quickly formatting the inserted row, column, or cell....

Microsoft wants to help you write faster in Word with its text predictions feature. As you type, the application anticipates your next words and displays them for you to accept and move through your document quicker than ever. Here’s how Text Predictions works. Enable Text Predictions in Microsoft Word Like many new features in Microsoft Word, text predictions are enabled by default. But we’ll show you how to confirm that the feature is turned on as well as how to turn it off if you prefer....

What Inline Message Translation Can and Can’t Do Microsoft Team supports more than 60 languages. Some of the more popular languages include Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Spanish, and Russian, along with lesser-used ones (e.g. Slovak and Welsh) For a list of all of the languages, visit Microsoft’s guide to the feature. Unfortunately, Microsoft Team’s Inline Message Translation feature cannot translate entire chat threads automatically or in real-time. Unlike Microsoft Edge’s ability to automatically translate entire websites, Teams forces you to translate each individual message one at a time....

If your iPhone 4s won’t turn on, the first thing you should try is charging it. If it’s not charging, there may be a problem with the battery. You can try replacing the battery yourself or take it to a repair shop. If your iPhone 4s still doesn’t turn on, there may be a problem with the logic board and you’ll need to take it to a repair shop....

There are lots of tips out there for tweaking your SSD in Linux and lots of anecdotal reports on what works and what doesn’t. We ran our own benchmarks with a few specific tweaks to show you the real difference. Benchmarks To benchmark our disk, we used the Phoronix Test Suite. It’s free and has a repository for Ubuntu so you don’t have to compile from scratch to run quick tests....

PayPal is one of Discord’s supported payment methods. If you don’t wish to use PayPal to pay for Discord purchases like Nitro, it’s easy to unlink both your accounts. We’ll show you how to do that using two different ways. One way to unlink PayPal from Discord is to use the Discord app itself. The other way is to cancel your automatic Discord payments from the PayPal website. Both do the same thing....

Xiaomi has launched its latest flagship device and a successor of earlier released Mi Mix known as Mi Mix 2. The device comes with a 5.99-inch Full HD display with nearly bezel-less achievement from Xiaomi. Today we will guide you on How to Unlock Bootloader on Mi Mix 2 Smartphones. So before installing TWRP, Mi Mix 2 smartphones should be unlocked. So here is the full guide to Unlock Bootloader on Mi Mix 2 Smartphone....

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a huge, powerful Android phone with some big upgrades over the Galaxy S20 Ultra. The device comes with a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, Contour Cut Camera, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 or Exynos 2100 (Global). Have you bought the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra handset or planning to get one? If yes then you should be one of the active Android users who love to customize their devices a lot due to the facility of bootloader unlocking, third-party firmware flashing, rooting, etc....

But you will need to complete a few pre-requisite quests before you can accept that from E-Sumi-Yan. We’ll explain the exact process below: Quick Step-by-Step Unlock Guide Detailed Unlocking Guide To unlock The Lost City of Amdapor Questline, you need to finish the Main Scenario Quest (MSQ) “The Ultimate Weapon” from Raubahn in Northern Thanalan (X:15.0, Y:16.0). This quest is part of the Main Scenario Questline for patch 2.0 of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, so you need to finish every MSQ leading up to “The Ultimate Weapon” before you can start unlocking the dungeon....

Most cell phones sold in North America—especially on contract—are “locked” to a particular cellular carrier. You can only use them on that carrier’s network, so you can’t switch to another carrier without “unlocking” the phone first. RELATED: What’s the Difference Between Jailbreaking, Rooting, and Unlocking? Phone locking applies to nearly any type of cell phone, from the lowest, cheapest dumb phone to the highest end smartphone. Unlocking is different from jailbreaking and rooting, which bypass other software restrictions on mobile devices....