Apple, Please Let Me Disable Natural Scrolling Just For My Mouse

Natural scrolling has advantages, but right now this setting is all or nothing. It makes scrolling work the same way it does on a touch screen. This is a good thing! The problem is that when I sit at my desk, I use an external mouse instead. With natural scrolling enabled, that means the wheel does the opposite of what I expected. Unfortunately, you should probably install a third-party utility to do it....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 124 words · Alexandra Beasley

DuckDuckGo's New AI Chat is the Best Way to use ChatGPT

Here’s how to make the most of this feature. When using these models, your data isn’t used to train them. This ensures a private experience, which is a nice bonus! It offers a bare-bones, text-only experience with no multimedia support. Currently, users can engage with ChatGPT 3.5, ChatGPT 4.0-mini, Llama 3, Claude, and Mixtral. To access these AI models, load up DuckDuckGo and initiate a search. When searching for something, AI will appear in the search results....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 177 words · Carlos Morris

FTC Will Start Fining Companies for Fake Reviews

It also bans them from manipulating, suppressing genuine negative reviews. The original proposal was modified multiple times and finalized into six key points. The Federal Register catalog hadn’t been updated with the new FTC rules at the time of this writing. Generative AI has led to asudden spike in scams, especially fake reviews. That includes providing any incentive or reward for the reviewer to gain a favorable review. Businesses arent allowed to manipulate ratings or hide genuine negative customer reviews....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Mr. Gary Valdez MD

Google Search's Most Controversial Feature Goes Global

Google Search AI overviews automatically appear for complex web searches where traditional search results may not be very helpful. Well be rolling this expansion out gradually over the course of several weeks, Google wrote ina blog post. Google claims that directly showing links to supporting pages within AI overviews drives higher traffic to publisher sites. Lucas Gouveia / How-To Geek | Marco Lazzarini /Shutterstock Citation links are in addition to the links displayed in the AI Overview link cards....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 79 words · Cheyenne Johnson

How I Turned a Raspberry Pi into a Bluetooth Smart Speaker

Head over to their website, and create an account. Find the “Sign Up” button, and select it to start the sign-up process. you’re free to sign up with an email account, GitHub, or Google. Once you’ve created a BalenaCloud account, it will load up their dashboard. Creating a “fleet” allows you to monitor yourRaspberry Pi deviceremotely through the Balena interface. When you’ve created your fleet, Balena Cloud will take you to the fleet dashboard page....

August 15, 2024 · 2 min · 415 words · Susan Thompson

How Online Multiplayer Ruined Single-Player Games for Me

You know that you’re free to’t randomly bump into other players and play or interact with them. There’s also the fact that single-player can be overwhelming. Some of the more toxic implementations of these microtransactionssuch aslootboxesare not that different from gambling. That’s how I started playing games likeRocket LeagueandCall of Duty: Warzone. Eventually, I got hooked and started playing them even in my alone time. In addition to limited-time events, many online games have daily and weekly quests or challenges with powerful rewards....

August 15, 2024 · 2 min · 290 words · Cheryl Craig

How to Create Stickers (or Sticker Packs) in Telegram

Maybe you want to turn your favorite memes into stickers. Or you have pictures on your camera roll thatll make the perfect sticker pack. This is the only guide you need. Everything You Need You need three things to get started. Ive split this guide into three sections. First, I want to show you how to create a sticker. Then, well make a sticker pack out of multiple stickers. Finally, well learn how to share and use custom stickers....

August 15, 2024 · 4 min · 706 words · Joel Chavez

Origin PC EON16-X Laptop Review: Power Gaming at a Premium

TheEON16-Xgaming laptop is no exception, promising high-end gaming on-the-go with top-of-the-line power and performance. However, despite high-end components and big 16-inch display, this laptop is offered in a relatively understated package. The Origin PC EON16-X boasts premier gaming power with an understated and customizable design. Bill Loguidice / How-To Geek Other configurations will affect the final price. Although there’s no Wi-Fi 7 support for myTP-Link BE33000, the laptop does support Wi-Fi 6E....

August 15, 2024 · 2 min · 395 words · Samuel Turner

T-Mobile Faces $60 Million Penalty for Repeated Data Security Violations

T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint is the origin of today’s $60 million penalty. Evidently, the German-controlled telecom did not comply with these requirements. These failures “delayed CFIUS' efforts to investigate and mitigate any potential harm to U.S. national security.” The fact that these leaks occurredat allmay have also contributed to CFIUS' decision. But the data leaks in question had little to do withconsumerdata. It’s interesting to see that these data security failures have produced such a strong federal response....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Jodi Rogers

The Best Laptop Gaming Accessory Is a Controller, Here's Why

These range from headsets, and external battery packs to screen extenders and cooling pads. My favorite accessory, though, is the humble gaming controller. Their simplicity and stationary position also make them a poor ergonomic option for gamers. This brings us back to the classic “mouse or controller” debate. Yet for me, gaming mice are still miles behind controllers. One of the most obvious differences is the lack of physical feedback....

August 15, 2024 · 2 min · 242 words · Cheryl Adams

This Is How I Easily Browse Remote Linux PC Files

Its a quick and simple way to interact with headless systems like Raspberry Pi. What is SSHFS? SSHFS gets its name fromSecureSHell andFileSystem. Regular SSH lets you connect to remote computers from a terminal window. Your commands are executed on the remote computer. SSHFS mounts a remote file system on your local computer. The mounted file system appears as a normal branch of your local file systems directory tree. You pull up the remote files just like any other file on your gear....

August 15, 2024 · 3 min · 506 words · Billy Curry

WhatsApp Is Getting a Lot More Stickers

Meta has now added that library to WhatsApp. WhatsApp users on iOS can quickly create stickers using the built-incustom stickermaker app. They can share and save these stickers within the sticker tray. Meta has now brought this custom sticker maker feature to the Android app too. The Android app can generate AI stickers in Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia too. it’s possible for you to also hold and drag stickers around to quickly find them later....

August 15, 2024 · 1 min · 90 words · Joan Pearson

Why You Should (Or Shouldn't) Get a Static IP From Your ISP

I’ll clear up what this option means for you as simply as possible. What Is a Static IP? AnIP addressworks just like the address for your home. It’s a unique combination of numbers that identify a specific equipment on a computer web link. Your router has two IP addresses. There’s an internal address which devices on your home connection can all see. aurielaki /Shutterstock Then there’s your router’s “public” IP address, which all the internet can see....

August 15, 2024 · 2 min · 258 words · Aaron Gonzales