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Since Meltdown and Spectre are both fairly new and things are moving quickly, it’s not all that easy to tell what you need to look out for or what’s been fixed on your system. There are a couple of tools available that can help. They’re not perfect, but they can help you figure out what you need to know. Simple Test One of the top Linux kernel developers provided a simple way of checking the status of your system in regards to the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities....

Note: The brightness setting is only applicable if you are using a laptop. On a desktop, you can easily adjust the screen brightness on the monitor. Adjusting Screen Brightness from the Settings The easiest, and the most obvious way to adjust the screen brightness is via the System Settings. In the System Settings, you should see an option with the name “Brightness and Lock”. Going into the Brightness section, you will be able to drag the slider to adjust the brightness level (assuming you are using a laptop)...

Enter Vysor, a Google Chrome app, that allows you to fully control your Android device from any of your computers than run the Google Chrome browser. With this app installed on your computer, you will be able to see your actual device on your computer’s screen, and you can then work with it as you would when you are actually holding it in your hands. Here’s how it works....

Converting Images to Text on Android There are many OCR-based apps available on the Play Store, but not all of them work as precisely as we want. However, after enough testing, we have found a few apps that work well. The app used here is Office Lens, developed by Microsoft. It gave us the most precise results. Download Office Lens from Play Store and set it up. You will need an Internet connection for this app to process properly....

What You Need to Do On Flickr Begin by opening your web browser and making your way to Flickr. Sign in the way that you normally would. Once you are signed in, you will see a button on the toolbar near the top of the screen. Find the word “You” in this menu and click on it. This will take you to your photostream, a listing of all of the photos you have ever posted to Flickr....

What Are Symbolic Links? When you create a shortcut for a file or folder, all you are doing is pointing it to that specific file or folder, nothing more. Symbolic links are much more than a simple shortcut. They act as a virtual file or folder that links to the actual file or folder. When you create a symlink for a file, it appears as if it is the actual file, when in reality, it is redirecting you toward the real file in the background....

The nature of Twitter encourages “stream of consciousness” posts. The social media platform encourages people to post every and any thought that runs through their head as soon as they dream it up. As you might imagine, this has the potential to be very dangerous. Case in point, the scandals surrounding tweets sent out by celebrities and other public figures. Fortunately, if you think that you may have some questionable past Tweets, there are ways you can delete them....

With more displayed at once, programs like Microsoft Word often attempt to make things “better.” Depending on who you ask, these changes aren’t always an improvement. Just like changing to the Ribbon UI, displaying two pages at once on high-resolution displays has been controversial. Many people want to display one page at a time in Microsoft Word instead. Luckily, it is possible to change things to suit your own preferences....

How to have your machine’s IP displayed in Ubuntu’s system tray There’s a tool – called Indicator-IP – that lets you do this. To download and install the tool on your Ubuntu system, run the following commands: Once installed, you can launch the tool by running the following command either from the command line or through Unity (by pressing “Alt + F2”). Usage/features Given that the sole purpose of Indicator-IP is to display the IP address-related information of your Ubuntu machine, its usage is pretty straightforward....

If you want to support a smaller charity, there’s a good chance you won’t find it in the charity picker. If you can’t find it, don’t fret: you can use the charity locator to find it. Enter the name of the charity to find it, or type in your location to find charities in your area.

But apps can also be sneaky little things, and many of the most popular ones are secretly chewing up large amounts of battery, data, and crucial storage space on your device. Rather than just naming and shaming them, however, we’re going to convert websites into apps using a couple of different methods so that you can use these “Lite Apps” instead of the resource-intensive originals. Hermit Converts Websites into Lite Apps on Android Hermit turns websites into apps....

Why Hibernate is disabled by default in Ubuntu 12.04? Some of you who are used to the Hibernate feature in Ubuntu might be asking “why is this missing in Ubuntu 12.04?” The reason behind this is because Ubuntu’s Hibernate feature has always not been working well in many computers. For new hardware models, the Hibernate feature often don’t work by default. In some instances, the Hibernate feature will even lead to data loss....

What is Anti-Lag? AMD introduced the Anti-Lag feature in 2019, encouraging Nvidia to quickly follow with its own counterpart, NULL (Nvidia Ultra Low Latency mode). Since then, both companies have been hard at work improving these features in their latest driver updates, and Nvidia even further improved on the concept by releasing Nvidia Reflex in late 2020. The fundamental similarity between Anti-Lag and NULL is that they both serve as driver functions outside of the game, meant to better queue and pace frames than the game itself could without an FPS cap in place....

What Are Windows 11 File Explorer Tabs With Windows 11 version 22H2 (2022 Update), Microsoft has brought in new visible changes, such as Smart App Control, Suggested Actions on Copy, Taskbar Overflow items, and a more easily clickable Search button on the Taskbar. But the biggest attraction, by far, is a multi-tabbed File Explorer on top of the context-menu command bar. It is a long-awaited feature that removes the need to open several File Explorer windows at once....

What Is Base64 Encoding Base64 is an encoding technique, which converts binary data, such as images and video, into ASCII format (an encoding scheme for representing text data in a computer systems.). Since binary data consists of strings of 0s and 1s, Base64 encoding works by converting these characters into a definite set of ASCII. The result can be easily decoded by mapping the ASCII characters into the binary value. Below you can find a list of standard ASCII characters used in Base64 encoding....

After MPEG-1 came MPEG-2, which was chosen as the video compression standard for DVD video. It was also used as the underlying video standard for digital satellite (DVB-S) and digital terrestrial TV (DVB-T). MPEG-2 was also ratified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as H.262. After DVD came Blu-ray, which as well as supporting videos encoded in MPEG-2, also supported H.264 or MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (MPEG-4 AVC) as it was officially known....

1. Exporting Existing Passwords in LastPass Just like with bookmarks, you first need to export your passwords from LastPass’s web vault. Open your LastPass by clicking on the “Extensions” icon in the upper-right corner of your web browser. Once the LastPass manager opens, click on “Advanced Options,” then on “Export” under the “MANAGE YOUR VAULT” category. Then, you will be prompted to input your Master Password to proceed. After typing in your password, File Explorer’s window will automatically pop up, asking you where to save your “lastpass_export....

Here’s everything you need to know about the feature and how to make the most of it to give yourself at least a little peace of mind when you lose your phone. Setup and Features The first thing to do is switch on location settings on your device (Settings -> Security & location -> Location -> On). You can use a web browser on PC, Android, other devices, or head over to the Play Store to download the Find My Device app....

Here we explain the ‘Err_Connection_Reset’ error, then offer up a bunch of ways to fix it. What does “err_connection_reset” mean? “err_connection_reset” is an error you will come across when Chrome can’t form a connection or doesn’t have a very stable one. Your computer is not able to process the connection, and that’s when you see that dreaded error message. Clear the Cache in Chrome Over time, your cache in Chrome will build up with site data, images, and certain pages....

Why Does the Error Appear? This error appears because you’re trying to install drivers that your manufacturer did not give you directly. When a manufacturer builds a PC or laptop, they usually have a special setup between hardware and drivers. As such, if you try to install a driver the manufacturer hasn’t officially endorsed, the computer will let you know that it’s not verified. Unfortunately, there is no “install anyway” button on the error that pops up....