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When Microsoft was developing Windows 95, developers discovered that SimCity had a severe memory bug that caused it to crash on the new operating system—but instead of forcing the game studio to fix it, Microsoft engineers actually rewrote the core Windows 95 source code to detect if SimCity was running and safely allocate memory for it.

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Stop Chrome from Auto-Downloading Gemini Nano in Windows

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A Complete Guide to Dotfile Management with GNU Stow

The Easiest Way to Manage Dotfiles Using GNU Stow

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This AI Assistant Makes the Linux Desktop Much Smarter

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How to Manage Users from the Command Line in Linux

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The Myth of Linux Optimization Tools, and Why You Really Don’t Need Them At All

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Apple’s original 1984 Macintosh keyboard had no arrow keys, no function keys, and no numeric pad because Steve Jobs wanted users to reach for the mouse first. Then Apple quietly sold the missing keys as an accessory.

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Stop Forgetting Your Workday: This Mac App Tracks Everything Automatically

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Protect Yourself From the macOS Flaw that Bypasses Apple Privacy Controls

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You Can Now Share Your Chromebook Screen With Others

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8 of the Best Games to Play on Your Chromebook at School

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New Chromebooks Aren’t That “New”

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Chromebook Buying Guide 2024: What to Look for in Your Next Machine

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Setting Up PushBullet Desktop Client in Ubuntu with PB for Desktop

While PushBullet is great, it is lacking a desktop client with native notifications. PB for Desktop is a cross-platform-compatible PushBullet desktop client that comes with native notifications for various platforms.

By Derrik Diener – Oct 4, 2016

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How to Stop YouTube Freezing and the Crashing of Your PC

YouTube is prone to the occasional bit of crashing, which for a lot of people has resulted in the BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) or garbled videos. Here’s how to stop this from happening.

By Robert Zak – Oct 2, 2016

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Fixing Problems with iCloud Desktop and Documents Syncing in macOS Sierra

After you turned on iCloud syncing for macOS Sierra, you might find your files missing. Here’s how to fix the issue with iCloud Desktop and Documents sync.

By Alexander Fox – Oct 1, 2016

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How to Summarize Long Documents on Your Mac

Have a long document on your Mac that you’d like to have summarized showing just the main points? Here’s how to summarize long documents on your Mac.

By Mahesh Makvana – Sep 28, 2016

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6 Secret Tips and Tricks for Google Chrome in Windows

Google Chrome has plenty of hidden features and tricks that can make your life easier. Here are 6 you might not have heard about.

By Robert Zak – Sep 28, 2016

How to Automatically Change Ubuntu Desktop Wallpaper to Bing’s Photo of the Day

Surely many of you would like to have Bing’s photo of the day as your desktop wallpaper. Here is how you can automate it in Ubuntu.

By Himanshu Arora – Sep 27, 2016

How to Remove a Stubborn Program in Windows That Just Won’t Leave

There are many reasons why a Windows program cannot be uninstalled. Here’s how you can remove a stubborn program that refuses to uninstall.

By Karrar Haider – Sep 27, 2016

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Export High-Quality Photos from the Mac Photos App [Quick Tips]

If you’ve been getting low-quality exports of your photos from the Photos app, this tip will show you how to export high-quality photos on Mac.

By Mahesh Makvana – Sep 24, 2016

How to Improve Your English from the Linux Terminal

There are many ways to improve your English, but the geekiest one has to be from the Linux terminal. Here’s how you can do that.

By Himanshu Arora – Sep 23, 2016

How to Be a Windows Insider in Windows 10 PC

If you want to experience new features in Windows 10, want to report bugs and provide feedback, here is how you can be an insider in Windows 10.

By Vamsi Krishna – Sep 21, 2016

Unlock the Hidden Power of Preview to Better Manage PDF Files [Mac]

You might think you need Adobe software to manipulate PDFs, but MacOS’s Preview is much more powerful than it seems. Check out some of its hidden features that might save you trip into Acrobat.

By Alexander Fox – Sep 20, 2016

How to Configure Windows Defender to Better Protect Yourself

If you use Windows Defender as an antivirus, learn how to configure Windows Defender to use it to its full potential and better protect yourself.

By Vamsi Krishna – Sep 19, 2016

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How to Track Internet Activity for Free Using Windows Firewall Log

Did you know you can set up Windows Firewall to log connections that go through it? Here is how to track Internet activity using Windows Firewall log.

By Simon Batt – Sep 18, 2016

How to Get Your Mac to Auto Connect to VPN on Startup

Are you always connected to a VPN for security reasons? Here is how you can get your Mac to auto connect to a VPN on startup.

By Mahesh Makvana – Sep 17, 2016

PlayStation Now on PC – Here’s What You Need to Know

PlayStation Now launched on the PC, letting Windows users play hundreds of PS games on their rigs. Here we have the answers to some of the biggest questions about it.

By Robert Zak – Sep 16, 2016

How to Easily Change Windows 10 Lock Screen Timeout

By default, the Windows 10 lock screen times out in one minute. Here is how you can customize the Windows 10 lock screen timeout to your liking.

By Vamsi Krishna – Sep 15, 2016

How to Handle the Gigantic hiberfil.sys in Windows

You might have came across a gigantic hiberfil.sys file in your PC and wondered if you could delete it. Let’s find out what is it and how you can handle it.

By Karrar Haider – Sep 14, 2016

How to Set Up an Xbox One Controller in Ubuntu

The Linux kernel has supported the Xbox One controller officially, but setting it up is not as easy. Here is how to set up an Xbox One controller in Ubuntu.

By Derrik Diener – Sep 13, 2016

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How to Hide User Accounts on the Windows 10 Login Screen

If you want to hide user accounts on the Windows 10 login screen, you can easily do so with a simple registry hack. Check it out.

By Mahesh Makvana – Sep 12, 2016

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How to Disable Super Key in Ubuntu While Running Full Screen Apps

One way to prevent the accidental pressing of the Super key is to disable Super key when in full screen mode. Here is a simple script to do so in Ubuntu.

By Himanshu Arora – Sep 11, 2016

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When Sony shipped the first Walkman in 1979, chairman Akio Morita insisted on a second headphone jack and a “hotline” talk button, convinced it would be rude for one person to listen to music alone — and within a few years buyers had ignored the sociable features so completely that Sony quietly dropped them

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Russia still custom-builds the Soyuz return seats for ISS crew members using plaster casts taken weeks before launch, because astronauts grow as much as five centimetres taller during a long-duration stay and a seat moulded to their Earth-shaped spine would no longer fit the body that comes home

Jun 12, 2026

Mycorrhizal fungi colonised plant roots roughly 450 million years ago and biologists now suspect plants could never have moved out of the oceans onto bare rock without them, meaning every forest on Earth — including the redwoods, the Amazon, and the boreal belt — is still running on a partnership older than trees themselves

Jun 11, 2026

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The “CrackBerry” nickname stuck for a reason — and the variable-reward psychology that hooked early-2000s executives on their BlackBerrys is the exact same machinery now running every push notification on every smartphone in your pocket

Jun 11, 2026

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Suzanne Simard sealed paper birch and Douglas fir seedlings inside plastic bags, fed them carbon-14 and carbon-13 dioxide, and nine days later found carbon had crossed between species through fungal threads in the British Columbia soil beneath her boots

Jun 10, 2026

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A species of jellyfish called Turritopsis dohrnii can revert its adult cells back to a juvenile polyp stage when injured or starving, effectively restarting its life cycle, and biologists have so far failed to identify any natural limit to how many times it can do this.

Jun 10, 2026

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