How-To Geek - Why Do Companies Hire Hackers?

November 17, 2021

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All of the chainmail seen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy was hand crafted by two people, Christopher Smith and Carl Payne. The duo spent two years crafting the suits and, in the process, linked around five million rings composed of a collective ten kilometers of wire.

Not all hackers are bad guys. To properly defend a network you need to know the type of attack you’re going to face. So does a hacker make the best type of defender too? Read More »

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Notifications are a big reason why people use smartphones, so you should make sure they work well. You can customize the notification sound for all notifications, but what about for individual apps? We’ll show you how it works for Android. Read More »

Microsoft is always trying new stuff with its Edge browser, and its latest move is rather interesting. Rather than going through a retailer, Edge will offer a buy now, pay later (BNPL) option on the browser level. Read More »

It’s official: the Windows 10 November 2021 update, codenamed 21H2, has arrived. And while it doesn’t bring very much in the way of new features, some people can still download it to your Windows 10 PC right now. Read More »

Keeping your data organized in your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets is important. One way of doing that is by alphabetizing your data, in either ascending or descending order. We’ll show you how to do this in both rows and columns. Read More »

Apple has announced a new program called Self Service Repair, which will let iPhone 12 and 13 owners get genuine Apple parts, tools, and manuals so they can repair their own devices without taking them to Apple or another third-party repair place. Read More »

Windows 10’s November 2021 Update was released on November 16, 2021. Also known as 21H2, this update debuted after Windows 11 was released. It was originally supposed to be a bigger update, but many of its features were added to Windows 11 instead. Read More »

If you just bought a new iPhone, now is the time to grab some MagSafe accessories for it. You can get anything from chargers and portable batteries to car mounts and wallets that attach via MagSafe magnets. Read More »

With Windows 11, Microsoft realized that significant updates every six months are too frequent, so the company switched to annual updates. The company is officially switching to the same update schedule for Windows 10, so you won’t get underwhelming feature updates as often. Read More »

A fried or roasted turkey is kind of a big deal on Thanksgiving Day. There are plenty of ways to spruce it up and make heads turn, but by far, the best is to create a booze-based and bacon latticed turkey. Read More »

Visual Studio 2022 has now been officially released alongside .NET 6, which it supports. It includes many new features and improvements, such as AI IntelliCode that can auto-complete chunks of code for you. Read More »

C# 10 was released in November 2021 alongside Visual Studio 2022 and .NET 6. It adds several new features which make it easier and more convenient to work with. Here’s a tour of some of the most useful additions and how they’ll enhance your workflow. Read More »

If you’d like to use alternative DNS servers with your Windows 11 machine—perhaps to speed up browsing with a free DNS service, enhance privacy, or simply use something better than what you ISP provides—it’s fairly easy to do in Settings. Here’s how. Read More »

Tab management is a huge part of using a desktop web browser. That’s where everything happens. There are a lot of tricks to help you make the most of tabs, but sometimes all you need is a simple keyboard shortcut. Read More »

The picture-in-picture (PiP) mode in Microsoft Edge lets you watch videos in a pop-out adjustable floating window that stays on top of your screen. You don’t need to use a third-party app to view videos like this, as it’s a built-in feature in Edge. Read More »

Graphs and charts give you visual ways to represent data. So, if you want to show parts of a whole, a pie chart is the way to go. You can create and customize a pie chart in Google Sheets easily. Read More »

Starting with Firefox version 94, you no longer get a warning when you attempt to close a Firefox window with multiple tabs open. Luckily, the feature is not fully removed, and you can enable it from Firefox’s settings menu. Read More »

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