A tight budget is no longer an obstacle to getting smart devices – with thousands of smart products available for sale, you’re sure to find some in your budget. Also: The two smart devices I will never install in my house My family moved into a home with no smart capabilities that bordered between fixer-upper and money pit earlier this year. We started from scratch and made a list of what we envisioned for our smart home....
The problem is that developing accurate regional forecasts is notoriously difficult due to the complex physics driving heavy precipitation and extreme weather events. Regional forecasting requires supercomputers and trained local practitioners, making it only accessible to wealthy governments and communities. To address this, data scientists and researchers from startup ClimateAi have developed a machine-learning model that could democratize regional forecasting to an unparalleled degree. The model corrects the biases that currently exist in global weather models and offers accurate local forecasts without the traditional – and costly – constraints of current forecasting systems....
Wherever you are, the best way to access The Pirate Bay safely is with a VPN. It’s a simple app that lets you connect to global servers, including countries that permit The Pirate Bay. VPNs also hide your data, allowing you to download torrents privately. Some VPNs even come with built-in malware protection for added security on unsafe sites. After testing 50+ VPNs, I found ExpressVPN is the best for TPB....
The HomePod Mini is a small, spherical smart speaker that works as a hub for HomeKit, Apple’s smart home system. Beyond being a smart home hub, an Apple HomePod Mini makes for a fantastic speaker with surprisingly crisp, clear, and powerful sound for its small package. Also: 5 ways AirTags can help make your life easier If you’ve just gotten a HomePod for your home or have just reset your current HomePod, we’ll walk you through the ins and outs of setup to get you started....
With the arrival of Android 13, users can now set a specific language for a specific app. So, if you do work with a German organization in Trello, you can set that as the language for Trello and it won’t affect any other applications on your phone. It’s an elegant solution for what was a rather complex problem. If that sounds like a feature you could use, you’re in luck....
Similar to personal credit, your business credit score can affect whether you’re approved for a loan or business credit card. Three business credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Dun & Bradstreet) score companies between 0 and 100. You may be familiar with Equifax and Experian – they also measure personal credit scores. The higher the business credit score, the more likely your company will qualify for a line of credit or financing....
By looking at your IP address, the Play Store assigns you a region and controls what apps you can download. But if you change your IP address — which you can do with a VPN — you can access other Play Store regions. A VPN is a simple tool that can change your virtual location to one of your choice. By connecting to a server in the US, for example, you can get all apps (e....
Let me set the stage: You’ve been tasked to compose emails that are to be sent out to clients, customers, or various stakeholders. Normally, you might craft that email and then copy/paste it such that other team members might read it and give you suggestions on any possible changes. Once you receive the feedback, you work it in and then copy/paste the finished email into the Gmail compose window and send it off....
One such feature is the outline. Now, to some users, an outline won’t really matter. But when you start dealing with longer, more complicated documents, outlines can really make a difference in how easily you can navigate them. Consider this. You have a document that’s hundreds of pages and includes chapters in the double digits. Say, you know you need to do some work on chapter 25. You could scroll through the document until you find what you’re looking for....
Whether you’re a serious admin or a casual user, chances are pretty good you will eventually need to add a new user and/or a group to a Linux system. Let’s find out how. Requirements The process of creating users and groups from the command is the same, regardless of which Linux distribution you use, so it doesn’t matter which distro you use. You will, however, need a user with sudo privileges because this is an administrative task....
Privacy concerns about private messaging app Telegram were raised not long after its launch in 2013. The default setting of the app doesn’t encrypt communications between you and the recipient. If you don’t enable the Secret Chat feature, your conversations will be saved on Telegram’s servers, which are located across the globe. Telegram claims that your stored chat data is encrypted on their servers and that they retain the information in case you want to restore old chats....
The first thing to consider is that Tinder collects a lot more of your information than you might expect (more about this in the Downloading Your Tinder Data section). This information is used to present you with targeted ads and can also be used in any other way Tinder may choose, including selling it on to third parties. Furthermore, it wasn’t until 2018 that Tinder started encrypting their pictures. It was found that all photos from users’ phones were transmitted over HTTP (ie without encryption), which meant that anyone using the same network could get access to them....
The simplest way to get a Slovenian IP address is to use a VPN with local servers. Once connected, your location changes as if you’re in the country. Slovenian content becomes accessible from anywhere — plus your data gets encrypted, so you can retain your online privacy. Of the 45 VPNs I tested, ExpressVPN is my top choice for unblocking Slovenian content. Not only does it have super-fast local servers to watch Slovenian shows buffer-free, but also robust security measures to keep you safe online....
Believe it or not, free options are available. Here are three methods you can use to access the Office suite at no cost. What’s the catch? You may be asking yourself, “If I can access all of these apps and programs for free, why should I even pay for Microsoft Office?” While these cloud-based methods on the web and mobile come at no cost, they do require you to be connected to the internet at all times, the amount of storage that Microsoft provides is capped, and there are several software tools and features from the paid versions that are unavailable....
The leader in the space is Swiss company Climeworks, which operates a Direct Air Capture plant and actually performs the process of CO₂ removal and underground storage based on your purchase. Read on for instructions on giving carbon removals, plus other great environmentally friendly gift ideas this holiday season. First things first, what exactly are we talking about here? Carbon removal is such a mainstay of media coverage and corporate talking points that it can be easy to lose track of what exactly the various technologies are, and why they’re being deployed as a tool in the climate change fight....
However, the above process can sometimes be a bit tricky. Fortunately, you can set up a virtual router instead, which is much easier: Looking for a fast and secure VPN that works with Chromecast? We recommend NordVPN: Of course, this might be a new topic for you, which is why we’ve explained how to install a VPN for Google Chromecast below, along with some of the best VPNs for Chromecast based on their features....
Luckily, there’s a simple way to delete your account, but since you’re most likely using Google services on other platforms (like Youtube or Google search), it’s best to double check that the rest of your information won’t be deleted too. (If you want to delete all of your Google accounts, rest assured, you can do that, too. However, this article is geared towards those that simply want to delete their Gmail account....
As long as you earn at least $1 in rewards throughout the year, you get an annual credit card reward certificate. This Costco credit card rewards certificate can be redeemed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, but there are limitations on redemption you should know about. Unlike most other rewards credit cards, the Costco Anywhere Visa® Card can’t be redeemed whenever you want. You can only redeem it once per year in February for the prior years earned rewards....
I’ve been using SSH for a very long time, and that habit is pretty much ingrained in me. However, when I’m on my MacBook or iMac, those usernames don’t tend to be the same as my Linux servers. This means that command then turns into something like this, where Username is the username on the remote server: Okay, that’s not a huge difference, and adding a username to the command doesn’t take that much extra time....
One thing I appreciate about Fedora is how easy it makes sharing folders across a network. This comes in very handy whether you’re on a company or home network, so you can share files with co-workers or family members, without having to email them or set up an FTP server on your network. Also: The best Linux laptops Now, the work that went into simplifying this process doesn’t just come by way of the Fedora team but also thanks to those who’ve worked hard on making the GNOME desktop as user-friendly and rock-solid as it is....
