What's New in Chrome 96, Available Today

November 16, 2021

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There is a bridge in Costa Rica called “Backstab Bridge” by the locals since it was financed, designed, and primarily built by Taiwan to sweeten relations between Taiwan and Costa Rica, only to have Costa Rica end ties with the country in favor of a relationship with China.

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Google will release Chrome 96 on November 16, 2021. Your Chrome browser will use more of your system’s RAM, but for a good cause: The back and forward buttons will get even faster. There are many more changes behind the scenes, too. Read More »

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Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa have called it quits, as Microsoft dropped the Cortana-Alexa integration. In fact, the company dropped it in September 2021, and it took the internet until November to notice. Read More »

There are many reasons why someone might want to hide an app—and Android has plenty of ways to do it. What if you want to do the opposite, though? Is it possible to find apps that have been hidden? Read More »

The only thing worse than incorrect data in your spreadsheet is missing data. If you want to count the number of blank or empty cells in Microsoft Excel, we’ll show you two quick and easy methods. Read More »

Intel has another mess on its hands, as a new vulnerability has popped up that lets anyone with physical access to a computer install malicious firmware on specific Intel chips. In doing so, they can defeat protections provided by Bitlocker and others. Read More »

Buying a White Elephant gift can be a little scary. How on Earth are you meant to buy something for someone you know barely anything about? Well, with our help, you can get a white elephant gift that’s universally loved! Read More »

Microsoft has made a lot of changes in Windows 11, and a lot of them make sense. One that made almost no sense, though, was changing the blue screen of death (BSOD) to black. Thankfully, Microsoft is changing it back to blue, so when your PC crashes, you’ll at least feel at home. Read More »

If you’ve ever tried to identify devices on a network or search for a nearby Bluetooth device, chances are you’ve dealt with MAC addresses. But what are they exactly, and how are they different from IP addresses? Read More »

LibreOffice is the premier open-source office suite, and it’s the default office package on most Linux distributions. But can a free product go toe-to-toe with one of Microsoft’s flagship applications? Read More »

Gimmicks are found in every industry, usually as a result of companies throwing stuff at a wall to see what sticks. Some of these work out, some don’t, but Marsback has a new one it wants to sell in the Zephyr Pro. While it may look normal from the outside, it has a fan inside to cool your hands. Read More »

Running your own DNS server is a great way to accelerate your network’s responsiveness, reduce your reliance on public infrastructure, and benefit from extra functionality like hostname routing. Here’s how to set up a DNS server on a Linux machine using Dnsmasq. Read More »

Most people use terrible passwords. If you’re one of them, you should change all your important passwords to something a lot more secure—and believe it or not, that includes Facebook. Read More »

Black Friday is rapidly approaching. The deals are going to start pouring in, and Adobe is no exception, as the company has announced massive discounts on its Creative Cloud subscriptions, including one that’ll get you all of the apps for $30 per month. Read More »

Both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides are solid presentation creators. But maybe you prefer Google Slides. If you have a PowerPoint slideshow (a PPTX file) that you want to convert to Google Slides, we’ll show you three ways to do it. Read More »

Going into the Xbox anniversary, many rumors circulated that Microsoft would surprise everyone by releasing Halo Infinite’s free multiplayer mode early, and that’s exactly what Microsoft did. The multiplayer beta is available now for Xbox and PC. Read More »

Once you’ve finished your private browsing, it’s fairly easy to get out of incognito mode in your various web browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. We’ll show you how to do just that. Read More »

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