Disclaimer: We are not lawyers. We’re basing the advice in this article from cases in the public record. It’s primarily focused on the US legal system, although there are similar cases in other Western countries. If you are being sued for anything you’ve written online, contact a lawyer and get professional legal advice immediately. People Have Been Sued for Bad Reviews The reality is that anyone can sue anyone at any time for any thing....

So you don’t want your kids on YouTube. That makes sense. There’s a lot of garbage on that site, and that’s before you even get to the comments. It would be nice if Google helped curate it all, and the YouTube Kids app was supposed to solve this. In recent months, however, the growing plague of creepy, fake kid-friendly videos has made YouTube Kids a completely unviable option for many parents....

Much like GPS is able to track your precise location outdoors, the 802.11mc Wi-Fi standard will be able to do something similar indoors. This feature is generally referred to as RTT, or “Round Trip Time.” Why Would I Want This? In a world where everyone is concerned about privacy, the thought of your phone not only tracking your outdoor movements, but also where you go indoors can be a bit rattling....

Do I Need a “Merchant Account”? A Merchant Account is a special kind of holding account opened with an actual bank. It allows you to take payments directly, without a middleman like PayPal. Generally, you don’t have direct access to the funds, it’s just where they land before being transferred to your business’s primary bank account after being verified. Every time you swipe your debit card at a brick-and-mortar store, it’s usually linked to someone’s merchant account behind the credit card terminal, and your card’s info, CVV, and PIN are used to transfer the money....

Your eyes are important, and staring at a monitor all day does them no favors. There are a number of preventative measures you can take to avoid eyestrain—organizing a functional workspace and modulating light exposure, for example. Let’s take a closer look. The Basics of Eye Strain Eyestrain is a symptom that manifests when you over-exert your eyes for an extended period of time. This can happen with any prolonged activity where you’re focused in at one distance for long enough, but is especially true when you’re viewing an electronically-lit screen....

After over a decade of staunchly restricting users to 140 characters in each message, Twitter just flipped the switch and enabled 280 characters in most supported languages. And not everyone is happy. Most users seem at least grudgingly accepting of the new dynamic, but if you just can’t stand all these Double Stuff tweets for some reason, here’s how to hide them in your browser. On the Twitter Homepage There are already multiple Chrome extensions that will either completely hide 141+ character tweets, or simply truncate them down to the original limit....

What You’ll Need There are only a few pieces of software you’ll need to burn a video file to a DVD. Here is a brief word of warning before we get started: Downloads from unofficial or third-party sources are much more likely to be infected with potentially unwanted programs (PUPs) or malware than direct downloads from the software developers. The programs in this tutorial are no exception. As of August 2022, the official downloads for the software in this tutorial are malware and PUP free, so make sure you download everything from the official source....

If you play Pokémon GO, then you of course want the best possible Pokémon you can get. The thing is, knowing how good an individual Pokémon is goes far beyond just looking at its CP and move set. Each Pokémon has its own IVs—Individual Values—that define how it will actually perform in battle. Individual Values are actually broken down into three categories: attack, defense, and stamina (HP), with each category getting a numerical value from zero to fifteen....

When you arm and disarm your Abode home security system, it delays it for 60 seconds by default, presumably to give you enough time to leave the house before the whole system is armed. Here’s how to change the delay time or disable it completely. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Abode Home Security System To do this, you’ll need to visit Abode’s web interface, as the app doesn’t support making these changes....

When you’re working remotely, you need to let people know if you’re available or not. Microsoft Teams has a visible status you can change depending on your availability so your colleagues know whether they can bother you or not. Your status is displayed as a colored circle next to your profile. You can see this at all times in the top-right corner of Teams. You can also see a person’s status in their profile next to a chat....

New versions of Bluetooth bring more features, but you need compatible hardware to take advantage of them. For example, you’ll only get the benefits of Bluetooth 5.0 when you pair a Bluetooth 5.0-compatible accessory with a Bluetooth 5.0-enabled system. You can check this information from within Windows or macOS. The hardware specifications for your model of Windows PC or Mac will tell you which version of Bluetooth it supports, too....

If you’re tired of accidentally killing your buddy while fighting enemies in close quarters, or your kids are screaming because one of them 8-bit-murdered the other again, this is the tutorial for you. Read on as we show you how to disable player vs. player damage in Minecraft once and for all. Why You Would Want To Do This If fighting your friends in Lord-of-the-Flies-style island combat is the whole reason you enjoy playing Minecraft, than this certainly isn’t the tutorial for you....

Apple’s Podcasts app automatically downloads new episodes of podcasts you subscribe to, storing them on your device. That’s convenient, but it can strain all those 16GB iPhones and iPads. The Podcasts app offers quite a few options for recovering your storage, from quickly deleting entire shows to limiting how many episodes are stored on your device. See How Much Space the Podcasts App is Using RELATED: How to Free Up Space on an iPhone or iPad...

The public beta of iOS 12 is now available for iPhones and iPads. Anyone who wants to play with iOS 12’s new features can install it today. However, we recommend backing up your device first so you can easily restore the stable version of iOS 11 afterwards. When to Update to the Beta (And When You Shouldn’t) Before we proceed to even single step into this tutorial, let’s be perfectly clear: you’re signing up for a beta release....

Back in the earlier days of Android, if you wanted to beta test an application, you generally had to sideload it alongside the current stable version of the app. But now, Google has “beta channels” in the Play Store, making it a lot easier to give beta apps a shot. RELATED: How to Get Early Access to New Android Apps and Games in the Play Store Instead of these beta builds running alongside their stable counterparts, however, when you enroll in a beta through the Play Store, you’re effectively opting to use the beta instead of the stable version....

For reasons I cannot fully understand, I decided to use Outlook on my Mac. That’s when I discovered that Outlook was making me click “Download Pictures” on every single email, which is really annoying. Here’s how to make Outlook download the stupid pictures automatically. The whole reason Outlook doesn’t download pictures by default is for privacy reasons—somebody can theoretically find your IP address by embedding a hyperlinked image in an email that you open....

Getting a smart thermostat to control the heating and cooling in your house can potentially save you money depending on how you use it, but a thermostat isn’t going to save you money all by itself. Your home also needs good airflow and insulation, and the attic is the biggest piece of the puzzle. RELATED: Can a Smart Thermostat Actually Save You Money? Make Sure It Has Proper Ventilation It might not make much sense, but in order for your house to stay cool during the summer and warm during the winter, the attic needs to have the proper ventilation, so that hot air can easily escape....

Every router needs a reboot occasionally, when it’s acting wonky. If you have an Eero Wi-Fi system, you don’t have to go hunting for the plug—you can reboot your Eero routers from your phone, without even getting up from the couch. RELATED: Why Rebooting Your Router Fixes So Many Problems (and Why You Have to Wait 10 Seconds) Eero recently updated their app to include this functionality, which is nothing more than what typical restart would be on a computer—only in this case it’s for your Eero setup....

If you have Location Services enabled for the Camera app on your iPhone or iPad, every photo you take includes GPS info about where it was taken. Starting with iOS 13, though, you can choose to share photos without location data. Turn Off Location Data When Sharing One Photo (or Group of Photos) To get started, open the Photos app and browse to a photo (or photos) you want to share without location data....

Your Mac tracks the “energy impact” of each running application in a few places. Like on an iPhone or iPad, you can see exactly which apps are using the most power, and adjust your usage accordingly so you don’t run out of juice. Applications aren’t the only thing draining battery power, of course. Hardware components like the display, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth will use battery power as long as they’re on, so this list of apps is only part of the picture–but it’s a big one, and one you have a fair amount of control over....