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How to See Which iPhone Apps Are Accessing Your Camera

Few iPhone privacy issues make people as nervous as whether an app is using your camera or not. Luckily, thanks to Apple’s Privacy settings, it’s easy to know which apps have access to your iPhone’s built-in camera. Here’s how t… Continue reading

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How to Stop Kids from Talking to Strangers on Nintendo Switch

If you have kids that use a Nintendo Switch, you might worry that they could potentially talk to strangers in online-connected games. Luckily, Nintendo provides an easy way to turn off communication with others in their Parental Controls app for smartp… Continue reading

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How to Change the Shortcut That Opens Windows 10’s Game Bar

Usually, Windows+G opens up the Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10. But if you’d like to launch the Game Bar with a custom keyboard shortcut, Windows Settings has you covered. Here’s how to set it up.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading

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How to Change the Shortcut That Opens Windows 10’s Game Bar

Usually, Windows+G opens up the Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10. But if you’d like to launch the Game Bar with a custom keyboard shortcut, Windows Settings has you covered. Here’s how to set it up.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading

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How to Change the Shortcut That Opens Windows 10’s Game Bar

Usually, Windows+G opens up the Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10. But if you’d like to launch the Game Bar with a custom keyboard shortcut, Windows Settings has you covered. Here’s how to set it up.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading

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How to Turn off 5G on iPhone (to Save Battery Life)

The new 5G wireless standard holds great promise in speeding up your iPhone’s wireless data transfer rates, but it also can take a heavy toll on your battery, quickly draining battery life while enabled. Here’s how to turn it off when you d… Continue reading

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25 Years of Making Connections With USB (After Three Attempts)

Version 1.0 of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard was released in January 1996. 25 years and three attempts later, we’ve gone from USB 1.0’s 12 Mbit/s speeds to USB4’s 40 Gbit/s speeds. Here’s how USB conquered the world.Re… Continue reading

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How to Close All Safari Tabs at Once on iPhone and iPad

If you have dozens of tabs open in Safari on iPhone or iPad and need to clear them out quickly, it can be tedious to “X” them out one at a time. Luckily, there are two ways to close all your Safari tabs at once, and they also work in Privat… Continue reading

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How to Enable an Extension in Chrome’s Incognito Mode

By default, Google Chrome does not run extensions in Incognito mode because they could potentially compromise your privacy. But, if you’d like to give an extension permission to work in private browsing mode, it’s easy to do. Here’s h… Continue reading

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How to Disable (or Enable) Windows 10’s Xbox Game Bar

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Bar in Windows 10 is a handy way to call up an overlay of useful widgets using the Windows+G keyboard shortcut. But not everyone needs it, and if you’d like to disable it (or enable it again later), all it takes is a v… Continue reading

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