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LibreOffice Writer bundles in a free auto-complete system, similar to the one you’re probably familiar with on your smartphone’s keyboard. But LibreOffice’s is a lot more powerful, and a lot more customizable—you can more or less tell it exactly which words you want to auto-complete, and which ones you don’t. How to Enable and Disable the AutoComplete Feature By default, the AutoComplete feature is already enabled. You can see it by typing any medium-to-long word more than once....

Apple’s Translate app, introduced in iOS 14, allows iPhone users to quickly translate between languages using text or voice input. With speech output, support for a dozen languages, and a comprehensive built-in dictionary, it’s an essential tool for travelers. Here’s how to use it. First, locate the “Translate” app. From the Home screen, swipe downward with one finger on the middle of your screen to open “Spotlight.” Type “translate” into the search bar that appears, then tap the “Apple Translate” icon....

Microsoft Outlook has been available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices for years, with occasional updates to the design and features. Microsoft is now planning a few significant changes to the mobile app, which will appear over the coming months. The Outlook mobile app is receiving a new tab bottom bar on Android, iPhone, and iPad, with shortcuts to mail, contacts, calendar, files, contacts, and other Microsoft services. If you use Outlook with a remotely-managed work account, the tab bar can also contain third-party integrations and custom services (much like Microsoft Teams), depending on what the organization has rolled out....

Should you leave your laptop plugged in and charging when you’re not on-the-go? What’s best for the battery? It’s a tough question, and there are quite a few contradictory recommendations out there. You Can’t Overcharge the Laptop’s Battery RELATED: Debunking Battery Life Myths for Mobile Phones, Tablets, and Laptops It’s important to understand the basics of how the standard lithium ion (Li-ion) and Lithium polymer (LiPo) batteries in modern devices work....

Hacking in the movies is crazy exciting: fingers fly across the keyboard, and the screen is an ever flashing array of cryptic characters. It’s all so…interesting. Real hacking, sadly, isn’t that intense. However illegal what you’re doing may be, you’re still just someone sitting at a computer. Most the time you’re just trying to get people to use a fake Google sign-in page. You’ll never be a Hollywood hacker, sadly, but you can convince you friends that you are—especially if they’re not tech savvy....

The Debt Collector Play Video The biggest star in B-movie action over the past decade or so has been English actor Scott Adkins. The Debt Collector is a great showcase for Adkins’ signature blend of martial-arts prowess, intimidating screen presence, and sardonic humor. Working with director and frequent collaborator Jesse V. Johnson, Adkins plays a trained fighter who reluctantly puts his skills to use convincing deadbeats to pay what they owe to a shady underworld figure....

Have you ever gotten DNS errors while trying to browse the web, but another computer on the same network is working just fine? There’s a good chance you need to clear the computer’s DNS cache to fix it. This fix may also be necessary after changing your DNS server, as it ensures your computer asks the DNS server for a website’s IP address rather than just using its already cached addresses....

Photography has a lot of confusing terminology, and often there are several ways to describe the same idea. One of the more annoying ones is when lenses are called “fast”. How can a lens have a speed? If you drop two lenses, they’ll both hit the ground (and break) at the same time. It’s an old term, so let’s find out. If you recall, the two basic things you have control over when you’re taking a photo are the shutter speed your camera uses and the aperture of the lens....

A macro lens is a lens designed for taking extremely close-up photos of the subject. If you’ve ever seen a photo of a spider’s eyes or the veins of a leaf, that was a macro photo. Most macro photos are taken with the camera within a foot or so of the subject. Non-macro lenses just won’t focus this close to the subject. Their Minimum Focus Distance (MFD) is normally around three feet....

Google does this thing where it uses bad names for products. Then it re-uses those names for other products, confusing everyone. Such is the case for Smart Lock, which is technically three different things, depending on whether you’re talking about Android, Chromebooks, or passwords. Here’s are the three different things that are housed under the Smart Lock name: Smart Lock for Android: Keeps your device unlocked when certain criteria is met....

Graphics Needs Specialized Hardware Modern computer graphics, with high-definition video and detailed 3D rendering in video games and professional applications, is a demanding job. While a CPU can create (“render”) graphics, it lacks the right type of architecture to do it quickly and efficiently. This is why we have GPUs, which are built from the ground up to be great at the sort of math you need to calculate the correct values of millions of pixels dozens or hundreds of times every second....

So you found something called trustd running on your Mac, and are now wondering if it can be…trusted. The good news is you have nothing to worry about: this is part of macOS. RELATED: What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My Mac? This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, like kernel_task, hidd, mdsworker, installd, WindowServer, blued, launchd, dbfseventsd, coreaudiod and many others....

Why Run Ethernet Over Coax? In a perfect world, all of our homes would be extensively wired for Ethernet the same way they are wired for electricity. Between old homes that predate the need for home networks and relatively new homes where the builders weren’t forward thinking about network needs, however, few homes are wired for Ethernet. That’s a shame because while Wi-Fi is a great invention, it’s a poor substitute for a proper high-speed hard-wired network....

Enjoy the Touch Bar, but wish you could get more out of it? There are all sorts of ways you can customize and better utilize this thin touch screen; here are five we recommend. There’s a lot you can do with the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro. You could change the buttons, removing things you don’t use (Siri) and adding buttons you do (Pause/Play). Or you could add entirely new features, like a way to switch applications quickly....

Figuring out whether you’re running a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows only takes a couple of steps and the tools are already built into Windows. Here’s how to find out what you’re running. Whether you’re running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows makes a pretty big difference. Running a 64-bit version of Windows means having better security and the ability to use more memory in your system. And, if you have a system that supports it, making the switch from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows is free—even if it does require a bit of work....

RELATED: How Do IP Addresses Work? What to Know About Changing Your iPhone’s IP Address A quick and easy way to change your iPhone’s IP address is to renew your IP lease. This method basically sends a request to your router to assign a new IP address to your phone. However, keep in mind that it’s possible you’ll get the same IP again, depending on how your router works....

VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, are a quick and easy solution to making your computer appear to be coming from a different location. They accomplish this by creating a virtual network that routes all of your PC or smartphone’s network traffic through an encrypted tunnel and out the other side, making it seem to the world that you’re actually in whatever location the VPN server is located. This can help you bypass geographic restrictions, avoid censors, or keep you (relatively) anonymous online....

If you use multiple Windows machines on your desk, you’re probably tired of swapping between keyboards and mice. There are hardware solutions—KVM switches, which use multiple inputs and outputs to share physical mice and keyboards. Synergy, a program that does the same thing over a network, is a more elegant solution, and it works with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Step One: Download and Install Synergy SourceForge has the latest version of Synergy available for Windows and macOS....

So you downloaded something really embarrassing on your Oculus Go headset, like a Linux fan club movie. Now you need to clean up your tracks, but where do you go? Here’s how to delete downloaded videos (or other files) on your Oculus Go. This is a good time to point out that if you’re going to be browsing Linux fan sites on the web using your Oculus headset, you should use the built-in Oculus private browsing mode, or at least clear your browser history when you’re done....

Just to make sure you understand: Software has bugs. Things crash sometimes. Disabling System Restore will keep you from rolling back changes. It is not a good idea to disable it. Click the Start button, type “restore,” and then click “Create a restore point.” Don’t worry. This doesn’t actually create a restore point; it just opens the dialog where you can get to all the System Restore options. Click the Configure button below the list of drives:...