How To Use The History Command On Linux

Manipulating History As George Santayana famously said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Unfortunately, on Linux, if you can’t remember the past, you can’t repeat it, even if you want to. That’s when the Linux history command comes in handy. It allows you to review and repeat your previous commands. This isn’t intended to just encourage laziness or save time—there’s also an efficiency (and accuracy) factor at play....

December 15, 2022 · 10 min · 2061 words · Nancy Martin

How To Wrap Text Around Images In Google Slides

When a slide contains both text and images, you may want to wrap the text around those images to improve the readability and overall aesthetics of the slide. Here’s what you need to do. Unlike Google Docs or Microsoft Word, which have built-in text wrap options, you’ll need to make use of a small workaround to wrap text around your image in Google Slides. For this to work, you’re actually going to have to rearrange the positions of your text boxes....

December 15, 2022 · 3 min · 493 words · Myrtle Rose

Htg Reviews The Braven Brv X Weather Resistant Bluetooth Audio

Everywhere you turn, somebody is coming out with a new Bluetooth speaker with a “fun” design — shaped like animals, cones, or even old-timey radios. So are there any Bluetooth speakers that don’t suck? We reviewed the upcoming Braven BRV-X speaker, and it was pretty good, if a little pricey. It’s safe to say that at some point, most consumer speakers will be Bluetooth-enabled. That’s not to say you still won’t be able to hook them up via wire, but you will have the option not to as well....

December 15, 2022 · 8 min · 1499 words · Sandra Singer

Is Vr Bad For Your Eyes

Motion Sickness and VR People do get sick in VR from something known as motion sickness. Individual people have different levels of sensitivity to it, but it usually happens because motion information from your eyes disagrees with those from your other senses. That disorientation can make you feel nausea and unstable on your feet. A large part of modern VR development has been about making motion sickness a non-issue. Modern VR headsets and the computers that drive them to offer extremely low-latency visuals....

December 15, 2022 · 4 min · 689 words · Lois Walters

Linux Users Have A Choice 8 Linux Desktop Environments

There’s no one true desktop environment for Linux. Unlike competing operating systems like Windows, Linux users have a choice of many different desktop environments, all with their own styles and strengths. You can install one of these desktop environments after installing your Linux distribution and switch between desktop environments from the login screen. You can also choose to install a Linux distribution that comes with the desktop environment. For example, you can get Ubuntu in many different flavors....

December 15, 2022 · 5 min · 1041 words · Tracy Ogan

Myths Does Deleting The Cache Actually Speed Up Your Pc

Every time you ask somebody with a reasonable level of tech skills what you should do to speed up your PC, they start jabbering on about running ccleaner and clearing the cache. But does the act of clearing a cache really speed things up? Nope. Most people assume that all temporary files are just clutter created by lousy applications, but that isn’t actually the truth. Cache files are created by apps to store commonly used information so it doesn’t have to be generated or downloaded again....

December 15, 2022 · 4 min · 720 words · Alma Cheney

Think Your Pet Is A Work Of Art Find Out With Google

RELATED: What Are Algorithms, and Why Do They Make People Uncomfortable? Before this Pet Portrait feature rolled out, Google had a cool feature called Art Selfie that used machine learning to scan pictures of humans to match them with famous pieces of art. The company says that over 120 million selfies have been taken so far. The new feature brings similar technology to pets, so if you’ve ever wondered whether your pet looks like a famous work of art (let’s be honest, we all think our pets are works of art in their own right)....

December 15, 2022 · 2 min · 223 words · Margaret Ferrero

Virtualbox S Biggest Update In Years Has Arrived

VirtualBox has been a popular virtualization application for years, allowing you to run most PC operating systems on top of any Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. Oracle has now released VirtualBox 7.0, and it’s the most significant update in years. VirtalBox 7.0 has a laundry list of new features, but the most important ones might be support for Secure Boot and virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0 devices. That should make installing Windows 11 in a virtual machine a breeze, which previously required modifying the registry during installation to bypass the checks in Windows....

December 15, 2022 · 2 min · 344 words · Nigel Wilkes

What Are Planar Magnetic Headphones

The world of audiophile hardware is dense and hard to parse… and to be perfectly honest, audiophiles seem to like it that way. Even so, a technology called “planar magnetic drivers” is making its way into cheaper and more accessible headphones as of late, promising audio fidelity much greater than conventional cans. What makes planar magnetic headphones different—and allegedly better—than normal ones? Let’s have a listen. How Traditional Dynamic Headphones Work To understand what planar magnetic headphones are, first you need to understand what they are not....

December 15, 2022 · 4 min · 825 words · Clyde Rice

What Does Moq Mean And How Do You Use It

Minimum Order Quantity MOQ stands for “minimum order quantity.” In online buy-and-sell transactions, sellers use MOQ to impose a minimum number of units that a buyer needs to make a purchase. If the buyer cannot meet the MOQ, then the seller can decline the order. Sellers might also use this to specify the minimum quantity needed to get a special bulk price. An “MOQ” can refer to a number of units, weight, or volume....

December 15, 2022 · 4 min · 751 words · Adrienne Abram

What Is Spatial Audio And How Does It Work

A New Way to Listen Spatial audio is an audio experience intended to heighten immersion by simulating a surround-sound setup. Whereas achieving surround sound in your home requires an array of speakers placed methodically around the room, you can use spatial audio to simulate the experience using just your headphones. When talking about spatial audio, people usually are referring to one of two things. The first is Apple’s spatial audio implementation, which they added through the iOS and iPadOS 15 update....

December 15, 2022 · 3 min · 628 words · Jeffrey Kopp

Why Do Laptops Need System Fans But Tablets Do Not

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader Jonathan is curious about the hardware differences between tablets and laptops. He writes: Let’s dig in and see what everyone has to say about the hardware divide between the two. Then I thought maybe it’s because tablets don’t multitask like laptops can, but some Android tablets can have 2 (at least) apps open at once, and even jailbroken iPads can....

December 15, 2022 · 3 min · 462 words · Troy Cann

Why Do Ssds Come In Unusual Sizes

SSDs seems to come in quite a variety of ‘new’ sizes these days, but why is that? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to one curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of Jung-nam Nam (Flickr). The Question SuperUser reader Dudemanword wants to know why SSDs seem to come in weird GB sizes:...

December 15, 2022 · 3 min · 532 words · Stephen Masuda

Why Does Firefox Use The Chrome Protocol In Internal Schemas

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader ChocoDeveloper really wants to know what the deal is with Firefox and the “chrome://” schema: It is a rather curious designation, no? It’s almost like finding out that the secret configuration menu on your new Ford truck has the password “Honda”. What’s the story?...

December 15, 2022 · 1 min · 203 words · Adela Porter

Will Glasses Free 3D Finally Put 3D Tvs In Every Home

3D TVs are gone, right? Wrong. At CES 2015, some TV manufacturers were pinning their hopes for the future of 3D TV on so-called “glasses-free” or “glassless” 3D TV technology. The big push for consumer 3D TVs is mostly over, and most manufacturers are pushing other technologies like 4K, quantum dot, and even questionable curved displays. But 3D TV could yet make a comeback — maybe. Glasses vs. Glassless 3D RELATED: The How-To Geek Guide to 3D Monitors and TVs...

December 15, 2022 · 5 min · 1043 words · Melissa Leiva

Windows Xp End Of Support Is On April 8Th 2014 Why Windows Is Warning You

Microsoft won’t be releasing new security patches for Windows XP come April 8th, 2014, and they’re making sure all Windows XP users know it. You’re on your own after this point — no more security updates for Windows XP! The Windows XP End of Support pop-up will appear once per month, starting March 8. This pop-up is designed to ensure every Windows XP user knows they’re on their own and Microsoft is no longer protecting them....

December 15, 2022 · 5 min · 887 words · Nancy Werner

You Can Now Buy The Dell Xps 13 Plus With Ubuntu Linux 22.04

Dell was already selling an XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition, which was largely unchanged from the Windows-powered XPS 13 Plus that arrived earlier this year, except that it comes with Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS instead of Windows. Starting this August, Dell will ship the XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition with a newer Ubuntu 22.04 LTS software experience, and people who already bought the Developer Edition will receive the same optimized update....

December 15, 2022 · 2 min · 342 words · Paul Gerow

4 Geeky Tricks That Reduce An Android Phone S Security

Android geeks often unlock their devices’ bootloaders, root them, enable USB debugging, and allow software installation from outside the Google Play Store. But there are reasons why Android devices don’t come with all these tweaks enabled. Every geeky trick that allows you to do more with your Android device also peels away some of its security. It’s important to know the risks you’re exposing your devices to and understand the trade-offs....

December 14, 2022 · 4 min · 821 words · Virginia Peterson

6 Popular Operating Systems Offering Encryption By Default

Popular operating systems are increasingly using encryption by default, giving everyone the benefit of encryption without the hassle. This helps protect your data from device thieves. In some cases, this encryption is automatically enabled. In other cases, it’s offered as an easy option you can enable with a single click in the operating system’s installer or first-time setup wizard. Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 offers a default encryption feature known as “device encryption....

December 14, 2022 · 4 min · 788 words · Deborah Nathan

6 Ways To Actually Use 1 Tb Of Cloud Storage

The cloud storage wars are heating up. Microsoft now offers 1 TB of cloud storage along with Office 365, and both Dropbox and Google are offering 1 TB at just $10 per month. Flickr even offers 1 TB for free. But the real reason companies are offering so much storage is because they know most users will never actually use anything near 1 TB of storage. Here’s how you actually could....

December 14, 2022 · 6 min · 1106 words · Elizabeth Perales