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Samsung’s previous Eco Remote featured the ability to charge through the sun, and this one does that as well. However, it also receives juice from the radio waves emitted by your router. Samsung describes what the remote does as “collecting routers’ radio waves and converting them to energy.” You might be asking yourself why your phone can’t use this same technology to stay charged. Basically, the amount of energy generated is only sufficient for low-power devices such as a remote or something along those lines....

Both Android and the iPhone allow you to replace the standard keyboard with a third-party one. By its very nature, though, a keyboard has full access to everything you type on it—from private messages to passwords and credit card numbers. Some of the keyboard’s data is often sent over the internet, where it could be stolen—or even abused by the keyboard’s developer. This isn’t theoretical, either: this has already happened....

People have strong feelings about which direction video should be oriented. There are good reasons for that, but in some contexts, vertical video is completely fine and you should stop complaining about it. RELATED: How to Stop Facebook Videos from Auto-Playing You see the comments everywhere: “The real crime here is the vertical filming!”, “I wish this guy was capable of recording video horizontally like a normal person!”, and “Ugh, vertical....

If you click a word in Windows 10’s Settings app five times, it enables a hidden Retail Demo mode. You almost certainly don’t want to do this yourself, but knowing how to escape the Retail Demo Experience is essential if you ever see the name “Darrin DeYoung” on your login screen. WARNING: Enabling this mode will erase all the personal files on your PC and reset it to factory default settings....

RELATED: The 10 Best Horror Movies to Stream for Free in 2022 Battle Royale Play Video Before The Hunger Games, there was the Japanese movie Battle Royale. It’s also about a future in which school-age kids are pitted against each other in deadly games, with only one emerging as the victor. Director Kinji Fukasaku stages some brutal fights between the students, keeping the focus almost entirely on the island where a high school class has been trapped and forced into combat....

Looking for a bit of PC gaming nostalgia? You could dig those old floppy disks out of your closet…or you could grab the new, improved, open source versions of those games online for free. “Source ports” are older games like DOOM and SimCity that have been released as full open source code by their creators, then updated and improved by the community. The re-released games are passion projects, and almost always free to download on the PC....

If you’re at all interested in computer accessories, you’ve no doubt noticed the trend towards mechanical keyboards. Their satisfying click-clack and deep customization options are appealing to a huge range of people. But that range doesn’t include everyone…and if you aren’t a fan of mechanical boards, you’re probably feeling a little left out. RELATED: If You Haven’t Tried a Mechanical Keyboard Yet, You’re Missing Out Well fear not, non-mechanical connoisseur....

Shooter games dominate the medium, which can be discouraging if you’re not actually very good at them. Luckily for you, we’ve found quite a few great FPS games that are a blast to play no matter what your skill level. When you’re just starting out, you might not want to subject yourself to a bunch of really skilled players online, so it’s always worth it to train in a single player campaign first....

Windows 10 (and 8) consolidate various boot options into a single screen named the “Advanced Options” menu. This menu provides access to repair tools and options for changing Windows startup behavior — such as enabling debugging, booting into safe mode, and launching into a recovery environment. What You Can Do on the Advanced Options Menu The “Advanced Options” menu provides a number of actions you can take to troubleshoot or repair your PC:...

You’re scrolling through Activity Monitor when you notice a process you’re not familiar with: launchd. Should you be worried? No: this is actually a core 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, and many others. Don’t know what those services are?...

Microsoft Teams is the company’s answer to the need for user-friendly digital collaboration software in the modern workplace. It competes with Slack and will replace Skype for Business as the premier platform for remote telework. Also, there’s a free version! What Is Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is a collaborative communications app built for small businesses, large enterprises, and individuals like freelancers, clients, students, and teachers. Anyone who wants to work with others on files, especially those that use Office 365, can use Teams as the platform for getting the job done....

While checking the Activity Monitor, you noticed something called WindowServer occasionally taking up a bunch of CPU power. Is this process safe? 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, and many others. Don’t know what those services are? Better start reading! WindowServer is a core part of macOS, and a liaison of sorts between your applications and your display....

The Problem The idea of using Discord for group chats came from my own family. We had a private Facebook group, a few Facebook Messenger chats, and—for some reason—Instagram became the main place we communicated. It basically worked, but there was a lot of room for improvement. Facebook groups are nice for planning things, but it’s not a place for general conversation. Facebook Messenger is good for conversation, but it’s just one long thread....

Play Classic Games Bundled with Windows The games featured below are pack-in games that came with Windows, including classics like Solitaire. The Windows 7 versions of many of the games below can be found in the Windows 7 Games for Windows 10 and 8 pack from Winaero. We tested this pack under Windows 11 (the ARM version running on a MacBook Pro, no less), and they all work except for the online-dependent titles due to the servers being offline....

Your NAS is probably one of the most important devices on your home network, but are you giving it the attention it deserves when it comes to security? The last thing you want is for your NAS to get hacked and/or invaded by malware, like the SynoLocker ransomware that crawled its way onto Synology NAS boxes a couple of years ago. The good news is that there are ways to stay protected from future attacks and prevent your NAS box from getting cracked into....

The Ryzen 7000 series is the long-awaited successor to the Ryzen 5000 range introduced in late 2020. And it comes absolutely packed with improvements. The new chips debut the new AM5 socket, representing the first socket change since 2016 when AM4 was introduced one year before the launch of the very first Ryzen chips. Play Video The new chips switch from the PGA layout used by AMD for decades and make the switch to LGA, where pins are located on the motherboard’s socket rather than on the CPU....

If you’re new to the whole “data cap” life—or are just trying to get a better idea of how to tame your data usage—then there’s something you should know: it isn’t just about downloading. RELATED: How to Avoid Going Over Your Home Internet’s Data Cap Yes, uploads count towards your data cap for almost all internet providers, both mobile and home. So, not only do you have to take into consideration how much you download, but also how much you upload, which for many user can be much harder to mentally parse....

With wireless charging making its way into the new iPhones, there are undoubtedly a lot of questions floating around about how this technology works in practical application. The biggest question I’ve heard so far is: will it work with a case? The short answer is simple: Yes. For the most part, wireless charging works fine with a case. Direct contact isn’t necessary to initiate charging, so having a few millimeters between your phone and the charger isn’t going to hurt anything....

Update: This should also work on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and probably 8.2. It’ll also work on Windows 10. Note: Disabling UAC will lead to a less secure system, so be warned. Windows needs your permission to annoy the crap out of you: There’s a quick way you can enable or disable this annoying window from the command line: Disable UAC Enable UAC After you enable or disable UAC, you will have to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect....

Microsoft is ready to release Windows 10’s “April 2018 Update.” It was originally going to be called the “Spring Creators Update” and was codenamed “Redstone 4.” This is Windows 10 version “1803”, and it launches today, April 30, 2018. You can download the April 2018 Update today, even if Microsoft isn’t providing it to you via Windows Update yet. RELATED: How to Get Windows 10’s April 2018 Update Now...