Summary Google Wallet is Android’s built-in mobile payment solution. You probably know it can store credit/debit cards to pay with your phone in stores, but it can do a lot more, too. Google Wallet can digitize essentially any ticket or pass as well. Let’s say you have a physical loyalty card, ticket, or pass that wasn’t accompanied with a digital version that could be seamlessly transfered to theGoogle Walletapp. There’s still an easy way to bring it over to Google Wallet so you don’t need to carry the physical card everywhere....

Quick Links Summary Disappointed by the low resolution of your Stable Diffusion creations? Or maybe you have older “real” photos you’d like to upscale? Stable Diffusion WebUI has tools for just that, and we’ll walk you through the process while sharing some tips we’ve learned along the way. In this guide we’re assuming you haveautomatic11111’s Stable Diffusion WebUI installed and running. It’s the definitive edition of Stable Diffusion and makes upscaling (along with many other aspects of work with AI images) much more simple and intuitive compared toa standard Stable Diffusion installation....

Quick Links So you’ve finally decided to get one ofthose mechanical keyboards everyone’s talking about. However, you might be overwhelmed by the choice of keyboards currently out there. And it can be very easy to get your purchase wrong. So how do you choose one? We’ll look at some of the most important factors you need to take into account when it’s time to buy a mechanical keyboard, so you’re able to get typing just the way you’d like to....

Quick Links Sometimes, we want all our groups related to a particular interest, such as family plans, work projects, or favorite hobbies, in one organized space. WhatsApp Communities lets you pool it all together for easy access. What Is a WhatsApp Community? WhatsApp Communities is a feature that lets you gather multiple groups under a larger one called a community. You could create a community for your book club, fitness groups, and travel buddies or set one up to organize family, neighborhood, and school groups all in one place....

Summary If you’ve encountered a “Your device is missing important security and quality fixes” error on your Windows 10 computer’s Windows Update screen (like I did), worry not, as you’re able to use Windows Update Assistant to fix your problem. There are other ways to resolve this issue, and we’ll show you how to apply them. 1. Use Windows Update Assistant The easiest way tofix your update erroris to use Windows Update Assistant....

Summary WhatsApp started to rolling out a new feature called channels in September 2023. The feature allows you to get private updates from any channel you follow. you may even create your own WhatsApp channels and share updates with your followers. What Are Channels on WhatsApp? WhatsApp’s new channel feature adds a new way to keep up to date with news that matters to you. According to Meta, “Channels are a one-way broadcast tool for admins to send text, photos, videos, stickers, and polls....

Quick Links Standby Mode is a nifty feature that transforms an iPhone into a smart display when charging. It’s essentially a screensaver with useful information and widgets. You may be wondering if your Android phone can do something similar—let’s give it a shot. Android’s Built-In Screensaver We’ll start withAndroid’s built-in screensaver, which is the closest we can get toStandby Modewith stock features. This is something that’s been present in Android for a very long time but, unfortunately, hasn’t gotten much love....

Quick Links Whether you’re writing a contract, some terms and conditions, or a cover letter, don’t waste time repeating the same names and words throughout your document. In Microsoft Word, you create auto-repeating fields, saving you from having to duplicate the details manually. Step 1: Create a Document Property Document properties in Microsoft Word are details about the file, also known as metadata. For example, a document might have an author, a subject, a category, or a company assigned to it, and you can insert these properties into your work as text fields, or use them to search for a document in Windows Explorer....

Summary Want an easy solution to managing group members and passwords on Linux? The gpasswd command will help you do that. It’s used for managing and administering the “/etc/group” and “/etc/gshadow” passwords, members, and administrators. Let’s get started. What Makes the gpasswd Command Useful The gpasswd command lets you administer groups on Linux. Group passwords don’t get used a lot in part because of the security risk they pose: multiple people sharing a password increases the opportunity for accidental or malicious exposure....

Quick Links Summary Excel’s IS functions return “True” or “False” depending on the contents of a cell. For example, =ISBLANK(A1) will return “TRUE” if cell A1 is blank and “FALSE” if it is not. Excel provides the following IS functions: ISBLANK, ISERR, ISERROR, ISLOGICAL, ISNA, ISNONTEXT, ISNUMBER, ISREF, and ISTEXT. When you want to test your data and receive a simple True or False result, the ISfunctions in Excelare just what you need....

Quick Links Summary Your privacy and security on the internet isn’t just dependent on your own behavior, it also relies on the websites and apps you use being secure. Unfortunately, this is often not the case, and sensitive information regularly leaks online. Here’s how to protect yourself for when it happens to you. How Do You Know My Data Will Be Breached? Your private data will leak (and probably has already), whether you’re aware of it or not....

I spend a lot of time looking at open source projects, for work and for fun. One of the things I’ll look at first is what kind of support and social links they have. I’ve learned to quickly tell, just by glancing at those icons, if the project is user-friendly and trustworthy. I won’t call any out, but I often come across open source software whose websites and repository read-me files will direct me for support to one horrifying place: Discord....

Summary While sitting idle, your computer could be searching the sky for undiscovered stars using Einstein@Home. Folks such as yourself who volunteer their computing resources for this project, have discovered more than 90 stars! Here’s how you can join this awesome mission. How It Works Einstein@Homeprocesses data from telescopes all over the world on your machine, searching for faint signals of far-off stars. More specifically, it looks for gravitational waves which Einstein predicted a century ago (hence the name)....