Quite a few people have gotten into “interesting” debates and discussions about the true meaning of the term “Wi-Fi”, but what does the “Fi” portion of the term itself actually stand for? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader Guitar Shoe Dave wants to know what the “Fi” in Wi-Fi means:...

If you’re a Google Photos user, you’ve may have seen a new feature called “Archive” show up in the app’s sidebar. if not, don’t stress—it’s just now rolling out and not everyone has it yet. Since it’s new, here’s a quick look at what it is, why you want it, and how to use it. RELATED: 18 Things You May Not Have Known Google Photos Can Do In short, this is a way to keep your Photos more organized—it’s really not that different than archiving emails in Gmail....

The Windows Subsystem for Linux received a huge update in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update. It now supports multiple Linux distributions, not just Ubuntu. Ubuntu, openSUSE, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are available at launch, with Fedora and other Linux distributions set to arrive in the future. Microsoft isn’t calling this software “Bash on Windows” anymore, either. It’s now officially referred to as “Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux”, “OpenSUSE on Windows Subsystem for Linux”, and so on, depending on which Linux distribution you’re using....

Roku’s line of streaming boxes are still the most popular, beating out Google’s Chromecast and the Apple TV. Roku recently refreshed their hardware, but there are still four different options to choose from — not the single option you get with competing devices. RELATED: Which Roku Should I Buy? Express vs. Stick vs. Stick+ vs. Ultra Update: The Roku scene has changed a little bit, so check out our most recent Roku buying guide here for the most up-to-date info....

For the last lesson in this Geek School series, we’re going to show you how to use Styles, Style Sets, and Themes to save a lot of time when formatting your documents by creating reusable settings that can be applied to all of your documents. Styles Up until now, you’ve been learning about how to create documents and implement formatting bit by bit. In other words, you create a document and changes you make are typically localized....

There are a lot of really great smarthome devices that are truly useful, but a smart thermostat isn’t one of them. Don’t get me wrong; I’m someone who loves having all sorts of technology around the house, even if it isn’t necessarily needed or useful. I have smart lights, a video doorbell, security cameras, door sensors, and yes, a smart thermostat. But out of all that, my smart thermostat is perhaps the one smarthome device that doesn’t really need to be “smart....

Even if you’re familiar with Microsoft Excel, you might be surprised by the number and variety of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up your work and generally make things more convenient. Now, does anyone expect you to memorize all these keyboard combos? Of course not! Everyone’s needs are different, so some will be more useful to you than others. And even if you pick up a few new tricks, it’s worth it....

Apple has long offered a discount for students and people who work in education, but the company did a terrible job of actually making sure you were involved in education to get it. Those days are gone, as Apple is now using Unidays for verification in the US. Unidays is a third-party verification service that’ll verify that you’re actually involved in education, whether it’s as a student or an educator....

How nice would it be to walk through the front door and say “Hey Google, I’m home” to have the lights turn on, the thermostat set, and the TV turn on and fire up Netflix? With the upcoming “Routines” feature for Google Assistant, that will be a reality. RELATED: How to Set Up Alexa Routines to Control Multiple Smarthome Devices at Once How Will Routines Work? Basically, the scenario laid out earlier is exactly how this this should play out....

The iPhone Home screen hasn’t changed since Steve Jobs first showed it off in 2007. Come fall 2020, iOS 14 will drastically shake things up with a few features that will be familiar to anyone who used an Android device in the last few years. That’s not a bad thing. iOS 14’s new Home screen features will be a welcome change for most users. The same changes are coming to the iPad with iPadOS 14, too....

Don’t like the current screen saver on your PC? If so, you can quickly and easily switch to one of the other available screen savers on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. We’ll show you how to do just that. RELATED: How to Use Classic Screen Savers in Windows 11 Switch to a Different Screen Saver on Windows To start the screen saver change process, open your “Start” menu, search for “Change Screen Saver”, and select that option in the search results....

How to Check Your Warranty Status in Settings You can check the warranty status of your iPhone using the Settings app. This will tell you whether you are covered by the basic one-year limited warranty, AppleCare+, or whether your coverage has expired. To check, grab your iPhone and launch the Settings app, then tap “General.” From here, tap “About.” You should find an option between “Serial Number” and “Network” that describes your current warranty status....

By default, the Nest Guard (which acts as the main keypad for the Nest Secure security system) doubles as a motion sensor, and will sound the alarm if it detects motion. However, if you would rather just have it act as the keypad and nothing else, here’s how to disable the motion detection. To do this, open up the Nest app and tap on the settings gear icon up in the top-right corner of the screen....

Windows 10’s “Windows Defender Application Guard” feature runs the Microsoft Edge browser in an isolated, virtualized container. Even if a malicious website exploited a flaw in Edge, it couldn’t compromise your PC. Application Guard is disabled by default. Starting with the April 2018 Update, anyone using Windows 10 Professional can now enable Application Guard. Previously, this feature was only available in Windows 10 Enterprise. If you have Windows 10 Home and want Application Guard, you’ll have to upgrade to Pro....

Try to install an extension from outside the Chrome Web Store and Chrome will tell you that extensions “can only be added from the Chrome Web Store.” However, this message is incorrect – you can still install extensions from elsewhere. This restriction is in place to prevent malicious websites from installing bad extensions, apps, and user scripts. You should only install extensions from legitimate websites you trust – the LastPass website, for example....

Many Mac users store files on their desktops. Apple even lets you sync your Desktop folder via iCloud. The upcoming macOS Mojave release helps cut through the clutter with “Desktop Stacks,” a feature that automatically organizes the files on your desktop. How to Enable Desktop Stacks on macOS Mojave Desktop Stacks aren’t enabled by default on macOS Mojave. You can enable them from the desktop’s context menu. To open it, either Ctrl+click or right-click on your desktop....

Look, autoplaying videos are awful. No one likes them, and I honestly don’t understand why this continues to be a thing that happens on the web. Thankfully, if you’re a Chrome user, you can easily stop this from happening. RELATED: How to Automatically Mute New Tabs in Chrome and Firefox Unfortunately, this isn’t a click-click-enable sort of feature—it’s currently tucked away in Chrome’s flags menu. This is where Google hides experimental features and things that aren’t quite ready for prime time....

Cutting an object out from a white background can be a pain. Photoshop’s automated tools give uneven results in a lot of case. However, we do have a technique that, while not perfect, gives great results more than 90% of the time. More importantly, it’s nice and quick. Setting Up the Document Open the image from which you want to remove the white background from in Photoshop. I’m using this product photo of a Tissot Le Locle watch which was our sister site, Review Geek’s, pick for best affordable automatic gold watch....

Gmail’s conversation view was groundbreaking when it appeared 15 years ago, but it always shows new messages on the bottom of the thread instead of the top. That’s annoying to some long-time email users. Here’s how to change that. There’s No Easy Option to Change This Unfortunately, Gmail itself provides no easy one-click option that will put all new messages on the top of a conversation thread. Microsoft Outlook and Apple Mail both show new messages at the top of a conversation thread by default, but they offer an option to put those messages at the bottom....

Simply put, the Echo is a voice-controlled virtual assistant that lets you control smarthome devices, check the weather, play music, get news updates, and more. There are a handful of different Echo models that you can choose from. The main Echo is the $99 version which comes with a decent speaker for the price. There’s also the cheaper $50 Echo Dot on the lower end (which comes with laptop-quality sound in a smaller package), and on the higher end is the $150 Echo Plus, which has a built-in smarthome hub and a slightly better speaker than the $99 model....