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Sometimes you end up taking photos that are mirrored horizontally. This is quite common when you take selfies. Want to change the direction of a photo (or a face)? Here’s how to flip photos on iPhone and iPad. The photo editor on the iPhone and iPad comes with a built-in tool for flipping photos horizontally (sideways). It’s the fastest way to flip mirrored selfies. But if you want to flip photos vertically (upside down), you’ll need to use a free third-party app like Photoshop Express....

Getting a new drive is always exiting, but having 6 or 7 drives show up in My Computer isnt always ideal. Using this trick you can make your drives appear as folders on a another drive. Logically it will look like its one drive but any files in that folder will physically be on another drive. Note: This will only work with NTFS formatted drives. Press the Windows Key and R to bring up a run box, type diskmgmt....

Stores like Best Buy will charge you $49.99 to “optimize” and “tune up” your PC — either in-store or online. These services are generally a complete waste of money — you can easily do this all yourself for free. Electronics stores like these services because they’re very high-margin and almost pure profit. But don’t fall for it — we’ll show you how to do everything yourself without spending a dime....

During a Microsoft Teams meeting with your colleagues, any background noise can be distracting. The Teams desktop app for Windows 10 provides an option to reduce background noise and helps to keep participants focused on their meeting. The latest Microsoft Teams desktop app has an AI-based Noise Suppression feature that can reduce outdoor construction noise, the sound of kids playing, or ambient sounds. Let’s take a look at how to reduce background noise in meetings using the Teams app....

Whether you are a casual developer or a budding programming enthusiast, you likely have been using Microsoft’s VS Code IDE for some time now. You may have custom colors set, text formatting just right, and everything is set just to your liking. You undoubtedly have your VS Code all decked out with the extensions and settings that allow you to be productive. Until that eventual dreaded day. Your workstation needs replaced!...

Have you ever wished that you could stream video files from your computer over to your TV without actually hooking the two directly together? If you’ve got a PlayStation 3, you’re in luck, because that’s today’s geek lesson. If you’re wondering how to rip dvds to your PC, we’ve got you covered with an article on the subject, but you can stream video files that you’ve recorded yourself, or downloaded from somewhere....

Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera – they all offer bookmark synchronization. Internet Explorer users don’t have to be left out. There are several ways to sync your favorites, including an integrated method on Windows 8. If you’re using Windows 7 or below, try placing your bookmarks folder in a cloud-storage folder or using Xmarks. Windows Live Mesh users should switch to another solution as soon as possible – Live Mesh is being shut down soon....

Windows 10 automatically downloads and installs all updates. This includes security updates, feature updates, and driver updates provided through Windows Update. This is generally a good thing, but if a driver or update causes problems you can uninstall it and block Windows from downloading it again. Step One: See Which Updates and Drivers Were Recently Installed If you’re not sure which device driver or update Windows just installed that might be causing you problems, you can view the list of installed updates....

If you’re tired of building and releasing your application manually, it might be time to set up a CI/CD pipeline. Github Actions makes this process easy and free for most projects, and can save you time by automating your app’s building process. What Are Actions? Github Actions are tasks that run in the cloud. They can be set up with YAML configuration files, and triggered based off things happening in your account....

grep is a Linux utility commonly used for searching file contents, or any input passed to it. When searching through multiple files, it’s useful to display the filename and line numbers, especially when using it to automate in shells scripts. Displaying Filenames With grep By default, if you pass multiple files to grep, it will display filename: before the matching line for clarity. You can actually turn this behavior off with the -h flag, which will never display filenames:...

The ability to pin websites to your Start Screen is a nice touch in Windows 8, however by default the sites you pin open with the Metro version of Internet Explorer. Here’s how to change that. Making Pinned Websites Open With The Desktop Version Of Internet Explorer The settings that both Internet Explorers use are controlled through the Internet Options dialog, which can be reached from the desktop version of IE, so go ahead and launch it, then click on the tools button and select Internet Options....

Many cleaner-type apps have been available for Windows over the years, but nowadays, Windows can take care of most cache cleanup and other functions without external software. However, that isn’t stopping Microsoft from working on a “PC Manager” app that fills the role. A Windows app from Microsoft PC Manager is making the rounds online, following reports that it was published (but marked as hidden) on the Microsoft Store. However, the application has been available for months at pcmanager....

The specific vulnerability is found in log4j, an open-source logging library used by various apps and services around the internet, including Minecraft servers, Steam, and iCloud, according to LunaSec. Marcus Hutchins, a well-known security researcher, said, “Millions of applications use Log4j for logging, and all the attacker needs to do is get the app to log a special string.” — Marcus Hutchins (@MalwareTechBlog) December 10, 2021 In the case of Minecraft, attackers have already been actively using the exploit, and several servers were already taken offline....

If there is one thing the iPad doesn’t lack for it’s games. Unfortunately if you’re in love with retro games from a bygone era, you’re largely out of luck. Today we take a look at how you can play SNES games on your iPad (and iPhone too!) What You’ll Need You’ll only need a few things for this hack and you won’t even need to break anything open or solder any connections....

Have you ever wondered where Firefox keeps all of the history it has remembered from your previous browsing sessions… not just URL’s but saved password, form data and certain preference values? The answer, quite simply, is inside of SQLite databases in your Firefox profile folder. Using an open source program, SQLite Database Browser, you can not only see the structure of the individual databases but browse and, if you are so inclined, manipulate all the data in each of the tables....

Data Is Expensive Most of the big name cloud providers charge for data, and it’s usually unavoidable if you want to use those services. In an effort to be as efficient as possible, providers like AWS micro-optimize all of their pricing, and will charge you exorbitant rates if you want to run a data-heavy workload. AWS charges $0.09 per GB of data. Azure charges $0.0875 per GB. Google Cloud Platform charges $0....

Raspberry Pis have come a long way from a standalone board meant for hobbyists to complete kits for beginners, enthusiasts, and professionals. If you’re new to the Raspberry Pi, we have a detailed guide for the parts you’ll need to build a system. The latest Raspberry Pi 4 boards, at the time of writing, pack a quad-core 64-bit Broadcom processor, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band Wi-Fi support, two USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a compatible USB-C power supply, and more....

Looking for some last minute shopping for your favorite geek? We put a few holiday shopping items into the form of a song to show off just how geeky your Christmas can be. Make sure that you read through the list to the tune of the Twelve Days of Christmas. Yes, we’re really being silly today. Have fun! Image by dawolf On the twelfth day of Geekmas, a dear friend gave to me… 12 months of Pop Sci Geeks love learning, especially about science… [link]...

Steve Hoefer likes to wander the hardware store, looking at various parts and day dreaming of future projects. In this case, the future project was a pretty clever design for LED lights. He writes: Some things just seem useful, even if I can’t think of how at the moment. One time I found matched pairs of PVC caps and plugs that fit together into little airtight pods of various sizes....

The Password Problem The password has been the primary means of securing computer accounts since the 1950s. Seventy-odd years later we’re all inundated with passwords, mainly for online services. Out of curiosity, I checked my password manager. I have 220 sets of login credentials stored in it. Unless you’re particularly gifted, it’s impossible to memorize that number of complex and robust passwords. That’s why people re-use passwords and use passwords that are weak but easy to remember....