Quick Links If you’ve never spent time using Microsoft Excel, it can feel a bit overwhelming at first. We’ll teach you the basic tasks you need to know to use this popular spreadsheet application. From entering data and formatting numbers to adding cell borders and shading, knowing these essentials will ease the stress of learning to use Excel. Entering Data in Excel You have two easy ways to enter data in the cells of an Excel sheet....
Quick Links Summary To fix the “message has not been downloaded” error, first try killing the Mail app, followed by restarting your device. If that doesn’t work, removing the mail account and adding it again should force your iPhone to re-download all messages. Have you received an email that won’t show up on your iPhone? You’re not alone. Here’s what you can do to try and address the pesky “Message Has Not Been Downloaded From the Server” error that shows up when an email download is interrupted....
Google has launched a new feature in its iOS app that automatically adds links to other websites when you use the app’s browser. This feature, called Page Annotations, highlights certain words on a website and links them to Google Search results. Google is injecting the links into pages you visit through the Google app’s built-in web browser, which display a pop-up panel of Google Search results related to the word or phrase....
Read update Did you know that you’re able to share Google Bard conversations with friends, family, and coworkers? Well, if you’re lucky, this is your first time hearing of Bard’s sharing feature. It seems that Google Search is unintentionally indexing shared Bard conversations, including conversations that are clearly supposed to be private. We’ve reached out to Google for a comment on this situation, and we’ve asked if indexed conversations are an intentional “feature....
For a long time, Google’s Imagen image generation engine had a big issue compared to competitors such as DALL-E—it could not properly generate images of people. Now, Google is finally opening up the option to all users again. I played around with it for a bit and found that it still has limitations. For one, it is only good for generating pictures of random people. When you ask it to generate a picture depicting someone identifiable, like a celebrity, it will attempt to generate it but it will ultimately shut down before it is done, telling you that it can’t generate images of “identifiable” people just yet....
Quick Links Google’s suite of productivity apps includes some of the most useful collaboration tools. You can work on a document together in real-time, add and resolve comments, assign tasks, and much more in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Document Sharing Collaboration in one of Google’s apps starts withsharing the document. You can add collaborators and choose their permissions for viewing and editing. Related:How to Share Documents on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides...
Quick Links Is your iPhone’s Wi-Fi acting up? Don’t fret, I’ve developed some tried-and-tested troubleshooting tips over the years of playing tech support for family and friends. These fixes help me diagnose Wi-Fi issues when I can’t get online. Toggle iPhone Wi-Fi on and Off The first thing I do to troubleshoot intermittent internet issues is switch off Wi-Fi in Settings > Wi-Fi and wait at least a minute before turning it back on....
Quick Links Summary To resolve Windows' “VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR” error, use the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter, run the SFC tool, reinstall your graphics card drivers, update DirectX, restore system, update your Windows version, or turn off Fast Startup. Facing a BSOD with the error code VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR on your Windows PC and not sure how to get around it? Worry not, as there are a few possible ways to fix this problem and use your PC normally....
Quick Links Starfieldis one of the biggest game releases of this year, but its performance on PC leaves a lot to be desired. Fortunately, modders have already addedNVIDIA’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS)support to the game through alternative means. Check out our step-by-step guide on how to add DLSS 3 support toStarfieldthrough mods. What AreStarfieldDLSS Mods, and Why Use Them? Starfieldis a new game from Bethesda, the studio is known for popular action role-playing games like Fallout and the Elder Scrolls series....
Quick Links While Chromebooks were not originally intended to be gaming devices, they’ve evolved a lot over the years.Thanks to Linux support, you may play full-fledged Steam games on compatible Chromebooks. We’ll show you what you need to get playing. Which Chromebooks Can Run Steam? The first thing you’ll need is aChromebookthat supports Steam. At the time of writing, there’s a decent number of new-ish Chromebooks that are compatible. Here’s the full list as of January 2023:...
Quick Links An “error budget” describes the amount of time a system can be offline before it has tangible consequences for your business. Error budgets are used alongside service level agreements (SLAs) and service level objectives (SLOs) to inform organizations when a system’s unavailability has tipped into a breach of contract. Incorporating error budgets into your application reliability strategy provides a methodical approach for balancing risk-taking with stability. Error budgets acknowledge that occasional outages, buggy deployments, and simple mistakes are inevitable....
Summary It’s pretty normal these days to see someone walk around with a pair of wireless earbuds plugging up their ear holes, but thanks to pass-through audio, we expect that they can still hear what’s going on. However, what if those buds couldreallymake you hear what’s going on? Beyond what your mortal ears are capable of? AirPods Are Now Hearing Aids Apple announced that its AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro 2 offerclinical-grade hearing aid functionalityas part of an overall hearing health feature set, including a hearing test to figure out if you need the help to begin with....
Quick Links With Windows 11’s minimal File Explorer design, Microsoft sacrificed a lot of useful features found in the old Windows 10 ribbon-style File Explorer. There are some ways you can still use that old File Explorer inside Windows 11. Access the Old File Explorer from Control Panel The quickest way to accessWindows 10 File Exploreris through the Control Panel. Go to Search and enterControl Panel, then go to the top result....
