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What Is AppFlash on Android and Do You Need It?
Device carriers and manufacturers have never quite understood users – we don’t like or need bloatware. Yet, Verizon decided all Android users needed AppFlash on their devices. It quietly appeared on existing devices in 2017 and later became preinstalled. After a lot of opposition, Verizon eventually stopped supporting AppFlash and disabled it on existing devices through updates […]
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Why Unlimited Mobile Data Isn’t Actually Unlimited
“Unlimited” is a big word in the mobile world. Everyone wants a data plan with no limitations. That’s why carriers love to use the word, but “Unlimited” rarely means truly unlimited. There are a few reasons for that. There was a time when unlimited data plans were truly unlimited. You paid a certain amount every month and you […]
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How to Run a Linux Command Without Saving It in History
By default, every command that you execute on your terminal is stored by the shell (command interpreter) in a certain file called a history file or shell command history. In Bash (the most popular shell on Linux systems), by default, the number of commands persisted in the history is 1000, and some Linux distributions have 500. To check your history size in Bash, run this command: $ […]
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Facebook will stop Keep Track of Your Location History
Your whereabouts will soon be much more private if you’re a Facebook user. Unceremoniously, Facebook is ending two of its services that use your tracked location and will be deleting everyone’s saved location history eventually as well. Facebook’s Quiet Announcement Despite this being news most people would appreciate, facebook parent Meta Platforms didn’t bother to release this […]
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AMD Launches Three New Radeon RX Graphic Card & Games of FSR 2.0
AMD’s competitor Nvidia recently paid $5.5 Million as a penalty to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for not disclosing revenue boosts due to Crypto Mining. AMD expressed that these Radeon graphics cards are created on the step forward AMD RDNA 2 gaming architecture, including process optimizations and firmware & software enhancements. The newly launched graphic cards are […]
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Keep the Menu Bar on Mac in Full Screen Mode
When you put an app in full-screen mode by clicking the green traffic light icon at the upper-left corner of the window, macOS automatically hides the menu bar. This intentional behavior aims to deliver an immersive viewing experience by keeping the menu bar items away. Moreover, it also seems to be a neat implementation on […]
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Facebook to Remove Nearby Friends & Other Location Based Features
As a surprise move for Facebook, Meta has decided to discontinue a few location-based features on the social platform for users soon. These will include the Nearby Friends feature on Facebook that lets users locate and track their Facebook friends’ real-time locations, considering the feature is enabled. Additionally, the company will discontinue other location-dependent features […]
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How to Prevent WhatsApp from Saving Images to Gallery
By default, WhatsApp saves received images and videos to your phone. This option can be extremely convenient, allowing you to easily save all the cool memes and group photos for later use. The downside is that your phone’s storage can quickly fill up, especially if you’re quite active on the app. In this article we […]
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Google Acquired Raxium And Its MicroLED Technology
Google acquired the firm Raxium, a five-year-old startup from California that specialized in the development of microLED displays. Google’s take over of Raxium intends to improve displays for its own hardware portfolio and could be the key to building a new generation of headsets for augmented, virtual and mixed reality. Google previously acquired eyewear maker North […]
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VPN Providers will now Collect User Data Because of India’s New Policy
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India and the CERT-In recently announced the new policy for VPN providers in India via an official memo. The policy aims to give more power to CERT-In, which is responsible for monitoring cybercrimes in the country. “During the course of handling cyber incidents and interactions with the […]