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The Foundation of TrustedServer The full workings of TrustedServer are laid out in this post on the ExpressVPN blog by Shaun S., an engineering fellow at the company and the creator of the technology. The full post goes into remarkable detail—we wish more companies were this transparent—so we’ll just quickly recap it here for the less tech-savvy among you. At the core of every VPN provider are its servers, computers that reroute your connection....

There are plenty of reasons why someone would need to backup their voicemails; perhaps for legal purposes or to save the voice of a deceased loved one. Whatever your reasons are, this guide will show you two ways to backup the voicemails from your iPhone in MP3 format. Note: This tutorial is for Windows. The same concepts will apply for Mac operating systems but not all of the programs mentioned here are built for a Mac....

Before we begin, it should be noted that almost every manufacturer slightly tweets Android’s user interface. As such, even though these instructions and screenshots were captured using a Google Pixel 4, some menus and settings options might differ depending on what device you own. When you’re ready to change the clock’s format to 24-hour, start by opening the Settings menu on your Android smartphone or tablet. The quickest way to do this is by swiping down once or twice from the top of the screen and then tapping the Gear icon....

Your phone stores a wealth of information such as apps you download, websites you visit, and searches you perform. Clearing out the caches and data for apps will clear out this information, however, you must clear the cache and data for each app separately. However, apps such as Gmail, Search, Chrome, and the various Google Play apps are all included in Google Play Services. The caches and data for these apps can be managed in one place....

Things You’ll Need Cleaning your Apple Watch isn’t dissimilar to cleaning your iPhone or sanitizing other “high-touch” gadgets. In response to the novel coronavirus outbreak of early 2020, Apple updated its cleaning guidelines to encourage the use of isopropyl alcohol to kill bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microbes. To properly clean your Apple Watch you will need: A soft, damp, lint-free cloth Isopropyl alcohol with at least 70% alcohol content and a clean cloth, or similar disinfecting wipes Cotton buds (Q-Tips) A sink with access to warm running water A soft-bristled toothbrush (optional) A wooden toothpick (optional)...

Not everyone is model pretty and capable of posing perfectly on a split second’s notice. For most mere mortals, photographs can be a risky business. If you’re caught mid-word, after a few drinks or, God forbid, while you’re dancing, no amount of work in Photoshop can ever save the photo. While most of the time these pictures are fairly harmless fun, if it’s a really bad photo (or perhaps you’re trying to curate a specific professional image) then you might need to do something about it....

What Happens When You Delete Your Tinder Account When you delete your Tinder account, you lose access to your matches, messages, and any other information associated with them. If you use a paid Tinder plan, and you purchased this plan from either Apple App Store or Google Play Store, your subscription continues even if you delete your account. You must manually cancel your subscription from the respective app store. However, if you subscribed to a paid plan from within the Tinder app on Android or from the Tinder website, your plan will be canceled when you delete your account....

What Are Your Options for Installing Apps? If you’re looking for an app that’s not available on Appstore, you’ll have to jailbreak your Fire TV Stick and sideload the app on it. This method’s a bit more advanced, but you can learn to do it by following our guide. Download Apps Using Your Fire TV Device To use your Fire TV Stick itself to install apps, then first, access your device’s home screen by pressing the Home button on your remote....

This battery reporting feature is built into the powercfg command, so you’ll have to pop into Windows Terminal, Command Prompt, or PowerShell to run the command. We’ll be using PowerShell in this tutorial, but either works just fine. You can also use powercfg to generate an energy report, which gives you recommendations for ways you can reduce your computer’s energy usage and extend its battery life. RELATED: Use PowerCfg in Windows 7 to Evaluate Power Efficiency...

Want your Android phone to play your favorite song when you get a call? If so, set your song as the default ringtone for all callers or specific ones. We’ll show you how to do that on your phone. Before you start, ensure your song is saved as an audio file on your phone‘s storage. You’ll pick this file when setting up the default ringtone on your device. RELATED: How to Copy Music to Your Android Phone...

We’ve all experienced the stomach drop that happens when you accidentally delete something. That’s why we’re big fans of backing things up, whether you’re on a PC, a Mac, Android, or iPhone. You can back up your Outlook .pst file like any other file—and you should, even if that means moving it from its default location—but that won’t help you recover an email that you just deleted accidentally. Luckily, there’s a good chance you can recover your mistakenly deleted item if you’re using Microsoft Exchange Server as your mail server....

Many applications need the lowest latency possible, but still want to execute some form of logic. While Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are traditionally static, it’s becoming increasingly common to run code at the edge of the network, closest to the user. RELATED: A CDN Can Speed Up Your Website. Here’s What You Need to Know! Doesn’t AWS Already Have Lambda@Edge? CloudFront Functions isn’t the first or only way to run your custom code at the edge of a CDN....

Docker is a technology for packaging components of your stack as isolated containers. It’s common practice to run each of your processes in its own container, creating a clean divide between components. This enhances modularity and lets you access the scalability benefits of containerization. There can still be situations where you want to run multiple services within a single container. While this doesn’t come naturally in the Docker ecosystem, we’ll show a few different approaches you can use to create containers with more than one long-lived process....

Roombas may make it easier to vacuum your home, but they can be loud and get in the way. Fortunately, you can schedule them to run when you’re out of the house or when you’re asleep. Here’s how to set up a schedule for your Wi-Fi Connected Roomba. To set up a schedule on your Roomba, open up the iRobot HOME app on your phone and tap the schedule button in the middle of the app along the bottom....

Sure, maybe your parents don’t need any help with their PC and your kids are better at technology than you are. But many geeks are called upon to be responsible for a relative’s PC — often after it breaks. If you’re responsible for someone else’s PC, these tips will help you lock it down and secure it as much as possible. These tips aren’t for business PCs, just ones you may be responsible for in your personal life....

No problem. Here’s how. Copy the ClipOut Utility While Windows offers the command line tool ‘clip’ as a way to direct console output to the clipboard, it does not have a tool to direct the clipboard contents to the console. To do this, we are going to use a small utility named ClipOut (download link at the bottom). Simply download and extract this file to a location in your Windows PATH variable (if you don’t know what this means, just extract the EXE to your C:\Windows folder) and you are ready to go....

Whether you’ve enjoyed the adventures of Buddy the Elf (who’s actually a human raised by Santa’s elves) dozens of times or are new to Ferrell’s exuberant performance as Christmas’s biggest fan, here’s where you can stream Elf this holiday season. Starz Subscribers to Starz ($8.99+ per month after a seven-day free trial) can enjoy Buddy’s quest to find his biological father (played by an entertainingly grumpy James Caan). The journey takes him from the North Pole, where he grew up, to the scary world of New York City....

Apple has designed AirPods in such a way that you don’t need to turn them off. As a result, they don’t have a physical on/off switch. They always remain active for you to use with your devices. RELATED: How to Pair AirPods With a PC, Mac, Android Phone, or Other Device However, they do come with a power-saving mode that helps conserve battery. You can use this mode on all three models of the AirPods....

Thanks to a hidden virtual Wi-Fi adapter feature in Windows, you can even create a Wi-Fi hotspot while you’re connected to another Wi-Fi network or wireless router, sharing one Wi-Fi connection over another one. Turn Your PC Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot the Easy Way If you can’t get the built-in Windows Wi-Fi hotspot working, you should try using Connectify Hotspot instead — it’s a completely foolproof Wi-Fi hotspot with tons of options and a nice interface....

Using the spoiler formatting means other members won’t have to mute chats to avoid seeing spoilers. Spoilers are revealed only to the people who interact with them. Even if someone replies to the spoiler message, the formatting remains intact. This feature is available in the latest update of Telegram’s desktop app for Windows, Mac, or Linux, as well as the mobile app for Android, iPhone, and iPad. RELATED: How to Mute Chats, Groups, and Channels in Telegram...