Belkin's Face-Tracking iPhone 12 Mount Does Less Than You'd Expect

Belkin is releasing a mount for the iPhone 12 that’ll track your face and automatically move with you. At just $65, it only costs a fraction of the cost of Amazon’s Echo Show 10 (which has a similar tracking feature and costs $250) and, oh yeah, means Amazon isn’t placing a camera in your home.

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IKEA's $8 TRADFRI HomeKit Smart Button Is Now Available Online

After launching in-store earlier this year, IKEA’s HomeKit-compatible TRADFRI Shortcut Button is now available for order online for just $8. The smart home button can trigger routines for your IKEA and HomeKit devices, adding a layer of automation to any room of your smart home.

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Fiat and Google Bring Voice Commands to Adorable Cars

Companies teaming up to make cross-branded products is nothing new (just see the evil incarnate that is Peepsi), but it’s rare to see a digital assistant so blazingly plastered to a vehicle. The new Fiat 500 Family Hey Google screams Google all over and comes with a couple of handy tricks.

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TCL's Bass-Rich Alto 8i Soundbar Is On Sale for $150

If you’re all about that bass but don’t want an expensive or over-complicated speaker setup, then it’s time to grab a TCL Alto 8i soundbar. The affordable Bluetooth soundbar with built-in subwoofers is on sale for $150 until June—that’s $30 off the regular price of $180.

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What Are Android Security Updates, and Why Are They Important?

Updates are a frequent topic when it comes to the Android operating system. There are actually different types of Android updates, one of which is a “Security Update.” What’s different about these updates, and why are they so important?

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Google Meet Extends Free Unlimited Video Calls Until June 30th

Google Meet will continue to offer free unlimited video calls until June 30th, the company announced in a Tweet. After June 30th, free calls will be limited to an hour. This is the second time that Google has postponed its 60-minute call limit after extending its initial deadline from September 30th, 2020 to March 31st of this year.

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How to Use the LEN Function in Microsoft Excel

If you’ve ever wanted to try and find the number of characters in a line of text, you can use Microsoft Excel to do so, thanks to the LEN function. Here’s how to use it.

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How to Search for a Seller on eBay

If you want to purchase an item from eBay, you can just search for that item in the search bar. Searching for a specific seller requires digging a little deeper in the search options, though. Here’s how it’s done.

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Installing Chrome/Firefox on a New Windows Server, the Easy Way

Windows Server comes with default “Enhanced Security Configuration” protections for Internet Explorer that block websites that aren’t trusted. The problem? This blocks you from installing a proper browser like Chrome and getting on with the rest of your job.

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Where Is the Music Folder on a Mac?

If you have a new Mac, you might be wondering where your “Music” folder is, since Apple doesn’t put it in your Finder’s Favorites sidebar by default anymore. But fear not: It’s still there. Here’s how to find it, and how to add it to your Favorites sidebar again.

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How to Set a Default Kindle Device or App for Amazon E-books

When you buy an e-book through Amazon, it gets automatically delivered to your account’s default Kindle device. This is fine if there’s only one Kindle on your account, but you might want to change which device is set as the default if you have more than one.

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How to Use State in Functional React Components

React components can possess internal “state,” a set of key-value pairs which belong to the component. When the state changes, React re-renders the component. Historically, state could only be used in class components. Using hooks, you can apply state to functional components too.

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How to Use “Here Documents” in Bash on Linux

The strangely named “here documents” let you use input/out redirection inside Bash scripts on Linux. They’re a great way to automate commands you need to run on a remote computer.

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The Tech We Can't Live Without: The Review Geek Staff's Favorite Gadgets

Testing different gadgets is part of the job for us here at Review Geek, but have you ever wondered what our favorites are? The things we choose to use on the daily and can’t (or at least don’t want to) live without?

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How to Choose a PC Case: 5 Features to Consider

When building a PC, the case is usually an afterthought. People pick a CPU, GPU, a good motherboard, RAM, a PSU, maybe a liquid cooler—and, with whatever budget is left, pick up a case. But your PC’s case deserves more thought than that. Here are five important things to bear in mind.

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Adobe Launches $15 iPad Bundle With Photoshop, Fresco, Illustrator, and More

Adobe just launched the Design Mobile Bundle, an iPad-only subscription that includes Photoshop, Fresco, Illustrator, Spark Post, and Creative Cloud access with 100GB of cloud storage. At $15 a month, the new bundle is 50% cheaper than paying for each iPad app individually.

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Save the Date: Apple WWDC 2021 is June 7-11 and All Online

Apple just announced the dates for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year: Jun 7-11. And as was the case last year, the 2021 WWDC will be held completely online and offer up new insights for the future of Apple. Submissions for the Swift Student Challenge are also now open.

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'Pokémon Go' Developer Niantic Teases Smart Glasses

Augmented Reality games are on the rise, and Pokémon Go is undoubtedly one of the most popular entries in the genre. But phone AR games only giving a tiny window into an augmented world. What if you could play on some smart glasses? Niantic teased something like that today on Twitter.

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T-Mobile Customers Can Now Stream MLB.TV for Free (A $130 Annual Value)

Another home run for T-Mobile customers! The MLB.TV streaming service is now free with most T-Mobile, Sprint, and Metro by T-Mobile phone plans. Download the T-Mobile Tuesdays app (iOS/Android) to redeem your year-long membership before the cutoff date on April 5th.

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Google Maps Adds Indoor AR Navigation for Malls and Airports

Google Maps are already many people’s preferred app for directions on the road. But new updates coming this year will make Google Maps more useful indoors thanks to new augmented reality directions. And soon, Google will offer fuel-efficient routes for the environmentally-minded.

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How to Add a Web Page to Google Chrome’s Reading List

The Google Chrome web browser on your desktop computer has a handy “Reading List” feature. It’s an easy way to save things for reading later, and it syncs with your iPhone or iPad. We’ll show you how to add web pages to the list.

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Buy 'Super Mario 3D All-Stars' Before It Disappears Wednesday, March 31st

Last September, Nintendo celebrated Mario’s 35th anniversary with a slew of new games and devices. But two of these products, the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection and the Mario Bros. Game & Watch handheld, are set to leave store shelves and the eShop after March 31st. If you want to play them, you’d better buy them now.

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How to Get the Word Count of Your PowerPoint Presentation

Knowing the word count of your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and speaker notes can give you a rough idea of how long it may take to present the slideshow and where you may need to cut back. Here’s how to find out.

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How to Find Recently Viewed Ads on Facebook

Ads are all over the place, but Facebook sometimes manages to show you the right product at the right time. Wondering how to find an ad you clicked on weeks ago? Here’s how to find recently viewed ads on Facebook.

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How to Use shfmt to Format Shell Scripts Better

Yes, formatting is necessary and helps tremendously with understanding complex code. However, for those who write shell scripts often, double checking formatting can become a tedious task. This article will show you how to shortcut the work using shfmt!

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How to Fix “Start, Taskbar, and Action Center” Accent Color Grayed out on Windows 10

Beginning with the October 2020 update, Windows 10 defaults to a light theme that prevents you from setting an accent color for your Start menu, taskbar, and action center. You may see the option grayed out in Settings. Here’s how to get the option back.

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Love Food? Devour These 9 Food-Related Memoirs

Memoirs by chefs, critics, and cookbook authors are beautiful in the way they dive into the connections between food, culture, and a love thereof. Here are some fantastic food-centric books for you to snack on.

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Does Your Kid Really Need a Smartphone?

Giving your child their own smartphone is a big decision for parents to make. After all, it’s an easy way to stay in touch with them, but there are tons of risks to consider as well, like online safety. To help you make the decision for your kids, we dove in and explored the pros and cons of doing so.

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The 10 Best Netflix Original Movies for Kids

Movies are a great way to spend time with the entire family. With so many Netflix Original kids movies to choose from, you could easily spend your entire night scrolling through the streaming service. Here are the 10 best Netflix Original movies you can stream with your kids right now.

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How Microsoft 365's MailItemsAccessed Event Helps Forensic Investigations

Microsoft has exposed the MailItemsAccessed event so that it appears in the Advanced Audit logs. We take a look at how this is used to investigate suspected compromised mail accounts.

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Skullcandy's New $25 True Wireless Headphones Are Downright Affordable

True wireless earbuds are everywhere, and you can almost count them as yet another category Apple launched. In the beginning, they were as expensive as they are convenient. Skullcandy’s latest Dime true wireless earbuds eschew that entirely by bringing the cost down to $25.

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The Difference Between Saturation and Vibrance in Photoshop Lightroom

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is incredibly powerful. Its global sliders are a convenient way to make complex adjustments to your images. For example, Clarity and Texture do similar things in different ways, while Saturation and Vibrance do the same thing to differing degrees.

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Why Old Phones Don’t Work on Modern Cellular Networks

If you find an old cell phone in a drawer somewhere, there’s a good chance it can’t connect to modern cellular networks. It won’t find a signal. By 2022 or 2023, many more old cell phones, including the iPhone 4, will be cut off. But why?

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Jeep Will Install EV Charging Stations at Off-Road Trailheads

A Jeep electric vehicle with stick-shift transmission may sound awesome on paper, but it won’t do you much good if you can’t charge it. To that end, Jeep plans to install Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations at off-road trailheads, and Jeep 4xe will get free charging.

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Boston Dynamics' New "Stretch" Robot Can Move 800 Boxes an Hour

Boston Dynamics, the global leader in creepy robots, has unveiled its first automated machine for the logistics industry. Meet Stretch, an AI-powered robot that can move up to 800 50-pound boxes per hour. With its advanced vision system and omni-directional mobile base, Stretch could improve worker safety and, of course, fill in for box-moving warehouse workers.

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Disney+'s 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Begins Filming in April, Darth Vader in Tow

Disney+ finally announced when it will start shooting its long-awaited series Obi-Wan Kenobi: this April. Although filming is starting a month later than star Ewan McGregor originally said it would. We also know more about the show’s other cast members, including some large names set to appear.

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NASA's TESS Spacecraft Finds Evidence of 2,200 Possible Exoplanets

Launched in 2018 on a mission to spot planets outside our solar system, NASA’S TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has now discovered over 2,200 possible planetary candidates. The candidates are all orbiting bright nearby stars, and many are smaller planets. Some are even rocky, like Earth.

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How to Insert and Edit Tables in Google Docs

If you want to display data, images, or objects in your document, you can use a table. We’ll show you just how easy it is to insert a table in Google Docs and edit it to your liking.

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How to Disable iCloud Keychain on iPhone and iPad

Apple’s iCloud Keychain stores login details and payment information from your iPhone and iPad and syncs it across all your devices. If you are moving to a dedicated password manager, it might be best to disable iCloud Keychain first.

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How to Disable the “Empty Trash” Warning on a Mac

While deleting files on a Mac, are you tired of warning prompts slowing you down? Would you like to empty the Trash at light speed? If so, it’s easy to turn off the warning you see when emptying the Trash on a Mac. Here’s how.

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How to Change Windows 10’s Wallpaper without Activation

If you use an unactivated copy of Windows 10, you know that you can’t change your desktop wallpaper using the Settings app. But there’s a workaround to change the desktop background on an unactivated copy of Windows 10.

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How to Enable GitLab's Dependency Proxy for Docker Images

GitLab has an integrated Dependency Proxy which caches upstream Docker images. Formerly a premium feature, Dependency Proxy was open-sourced and made available to all GitLab versions in November 2020 as part of GitLab 13.6.

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ProtonMail vs. Tutanota: Which Is the Best Secure Email Provider?

When it comes to secure, private email services, two big names stand out: ProtonMail and Tutanota. Both services offer a free account so you can try them out, but what does each do differently?

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All The Smart Home Stuff You Need to Ditch Voice Commands Forever

Don’t you hate repeating yourself? Voice commands are unreliable, but yelling at a Google or Alexa is usually easier than pulling out a smartphone. Here are three ways you can streamline your smart home experience and ditch annoying voice controls forever.

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Everything Coming to Netflix the Week of March 29, 2021

The time has come, Netflixers! It’s the beginning of a new month, which means there’s plenty of new streaming content on the way. This week, you can watch a docuseries on British castles, then rewatch that Reese Witherspoon comedy classic, Legally Blonde.

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What Is The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)?

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard defining how external programs can provide information to web servers. CGI provides a mechanism for web servers like Apache to exchange data with programming languages such as Perl.

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What’s the Best Way to Buy a Vintage Computer?

As a hobby, vintage computing is on the rise. A generation that grew up with classic PCs is looking back and revisiting the glory days of the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s with the authentic machines. But what’s the best way to get the hardware? We’ll show you the options.

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Would You Buy This PlayStation 5 Made of Brass?

If you could actually get your hands on one, the Sony PlayStation 5 might be one of the most striking consoles you could wish to own. But what if instead of swooping white plastics housed around a black curved face, it were made of brass? Well someone made a brass PS5, and it looks awesome.

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This Poor Piano Was Murdered for Your 'Halo: Infinite' Game

The next Halo game is on the way, and this time it’s dubbed Halo Infinite. Any good game needs good music and sound effects, and audio teams are always looking for interesting new ways to create new sounds. And that’s apparently why the group from 343 Industries murdered a perfectly good piano.

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How to Adjust the Audio Bitrate on Discord

If you’re using Discord for voice communication, you may find that you need to tweak the audio bitrate to improve the quality of your calls. You can do this in Discord’s settings menu—here’s how.

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