While you can only mute other participants if you’re the meeting host or co-host, Zoom always allows you to mute yourself. In this article, we’ll cover how you can mute yourself or disable your microphone in Zoom on your PC, Mac, iPad, or mobile device. 1. Mute Yourself With the Zoom Toolbar The Zoom toolbar makes it simple to mute yourself, and the process is essentially the same for both the PC and mobile app....

Over time, the service has become somewhat a victim of its own success. The site is becoming quite mainstream making it a hassle to book a rental. Also, Airbnb often works out more expensive because the rates are higher than they were before. At busy times, you may not find your ideal property as they can book out a long time in advance. If you can’t find the perfect vacation rental, here are some Airbnb alternatives that will make your next getaway memorable....

Sitting with a massive video game backlog can be frustrating and feel like a real problem, but there are constructive ways to deal with this first-world problem, so you spend more time playing games than agonizing over how many games you still have to play. Also, do check out your YouTube channel where we go through some of other options to manage your gaming backlog: Play Subscription Access Games First...

Alexa is jam-packed with a ton of entertainment options that you can play alone or with friends and family. If you’re tired of the same stack of board games and in the mood to try something new, give Alexa a shot. From Deal or No Deal to Song Quiz, there are tons of games to play with Alexa. The Best Games to Play with Alexa There are many games officially included with Alexa, but you can also find more through the Alexa Skills options....

Just like Christmas, exchanging gifts is also an important part of Valentine’s Day. While flowers, personalized cards, chocolates, and other items are cool, gadgets and accessories are more memorable. If your valentine works in tech or they’re generally tech-savvy, they’d definitely appreciate a new piece of tech. This article contains 7 valentine gifts that we think your tech-savvy valentine would love. Check them out and let us know if you find something you like....

Mods like Slice of Life, Meaningful Emotions, and even small mods like the Height Sliders mods can make a world of difference in your Sims experience. Check out this list of some of the best Sims 4 mods on the internet and try them out for yourself, especially if you think you’ve already experienced everything the game has to offer. The 8 Best Sims 4 Mods to Try Bored of the standard Sims 4 experience, even with all of the expansions?...

Rather than having to spend an hour once a week moving emails from the Inbox to your categorized folders, email rules will help automate your inbox organization. This is very similar to using labels and filters in Gmail. Email rules may seem complicated and they can be if you really want to perform some sophisticated sorting, but if you simply want to move work emails to the Work folder automatically, then it’s a piece of cake....

Gone are the days when devices has only password, PIN, and pattern unlock options. In recent years, product makers have begun adding various biometric security features to smartphones. These measures allow device owners to use various body parts including fingerprints, faces, irises, and voices to unlock their devices. These functions can be set up in accordance with a user’s lifestyle. Smartphone users can also set up several unlock features for different security options on a devices....

Let’s look at DEP and how to configure it, or turn DEP off, depending on your needs. What Is DEP & What Does It Do? According to Microsoft, DEP is : “…a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system.” Dell simplifies it a bit and tells us that DEP “…can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely....

You might notice your computer slow down while these updates are installed in the background. After they are installed, the computer will normally automatically restart 5 minutes after the installation is finished. If you are sitting at your computer, you can either restart immediately or you can choose to postpone and be reminded again after a certain interval. However, if you are not near your computer, it’ll just restart after the time interval....

First off, the process for disabling visual effects in Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 is very similar. Secondly, it’ll make everything look like Windows 2000 again. If you hated that look, then don’t even worry about changing the settings. All the fancy buttons, sliding menus, shadows, glossy icons, etc will disappear when you disable visual effects. Ok, so if you really just want to speed things up a bit, here’s how to go about it....

In many cases, antivirus software won’t affect your PC’s gaming performance unless it’s performing a scan (a process that utilizes a tremendous amount of CPU power.) You can further improve performance without sacrificing security by utilizing game boosters or gaming modes. Under no circumstances should you disable your antivirus protection. Here are several ways to improve gaming performance without shutting off your antivirus. Activate Game Mode Many antivirus programs include a mode called “gaming mode” or “gaming boost....

Unfortunately, most people never mess around with network settings because they don’t understand what everything means and are afraid to mess something up. However, once you understand the settings, you can fix problems on your own, increase your privacy, and quickly setup file and printer sharing between multiple computers. In this article, I’ll walk you through the different aspects of the Network and Sharing Center and show you certain features you can use on a regular basis to make yourself more productive....

What Is a Cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is digital money that doesn’t rely on a central record keeper like a bank or a government institution to keep track of account balances and transactions. This grants cryptocurrencies a level of anonymity similar to traditional cash, although no cryptocurrency is genuinely anonymous, despite what you might have heard. Even worse, given how cryptocurrencies work, your cryptocurrency transactions may be de-anonymized in the future. How can this happen?...

With POP and IMAP access, you can manage your email from your favorite email client like Outlook, Thunderbird, the iOS mail app, etc. The main difference between POP and IMAP is that the former only allows for one-way sync and the latter can do two-way sync. Two-way sync means that if you delete an email in the Outlook client app, it will also be deleted from the email servers. With POP, the email would remain on your server and would still remain when viewing your email on other devices....

The process to backup PS4 data to the cloud is simple. You only need a PlayStation Plus subscription to access PlayStation’s cloud storage options. You can get a single month for as little as $10 per month, but the more cost-effective option is to invest for a year at a time, or roughly $60 per year. How To Backup PS4 Data To The Cloud The most obvious (and common) use for PS4 cloud storage is to ensure your saved games are not lost if your console is damaged....

You may be a little embarrassed by your music listening habits, but don’t be—there’s a way to hide your secret Friday night teen pop binges by keeping your public Spotify profile as anonymous as possible. If you want to change your Spotify username, here’s what you’ll need to do. Can You Change Your Spotify Username? Before you rush to your Spotify settings to change your username, it’s important to understand the limitations....

While the CPU can act like a GPU, it’s terrible at it. The GPU uses thousands of tiny processor cores that work together to perform a relatively narrow set of graphics-related tasks very, very quickly. In this article we’ll explain how to choose the right graphics card for you and how you’d change the graphics card currently in your desktop PC system. We’ll also touch on the few upgrade options that laptop users may have....

Of course, it can only do this if it has a solid Wi-Fi connection. Without Wi-Fi, Google Assistant can’t sync with your smart home devices, your Google Nest products, or basically any of the traits that make it so useful. Here is how to connect Google Home to Wi-Fi. How to Connect Google Home to Wi-Fi There are two ways to connect your Google Home device to your Wi-Fi network....

In this post, I’ll mention a couple of programs, some free and some paid, that you can use to create custom fonts. Obviously, the paid programs tend to have more features and better interfaces for working with the fonts, but there are some good free ones too. Free Font Editors Let’s start with the free ones since most people will be creating fonts not as a business, but just for fun....