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In case you’re struggling to come up with a perfect Valentine’s Day gift idea, or on the contrary – can’t choose from a great variety of options – we’re here to help you pick the best nerdy Valentine gift for the technophile in your life. This gift guide includes tech gifts for various budgets and purposes. We’ll start with the cheaper options and move up to the more expensive gadgets so that you can find the perfect gift for your favorite nerd, no matter how big or small your budget is....

Antennas are relatively inexpensive, and as long as you live in an area with great TV signals, you can watch your favorite shows and events. In this article, we’ll show you the best HD TV antennas you can buy for any budget. Get one for your smart TV and watch almost anything you want. 1. ClearStream MAX-V HDTV Antenna This is a versatile antenna that can work inside and outside, and it is one of the best in this price range....

On the other hand, it could become a booming community filled with varying personalities, some of which may have no qualms with saying anything and everything on their minds. Much to the dismay of the rest of the community who may not find it as culturally enriching as one may believe. Vulgar behavior and words are nothing new to an online community, especially within a gaming environment. Racial slurs and hateful rhetoric can almost be considered the norm when dealing with keyboard warriors who think anonymity grants them the power of immunity....

Face swapping was made possible thanks to the deepfake technology that can synthesize human images and videos. You can now use face swap apps to create funny images, GIFs, audio and video files to have fun with your friends and colleagues. 6 Best Face Swap Apps If you haven’t tried it yet, here are the best face swap apps that you can run on your smartphone or PC. Snapchat If you’re a Snapchat user, you don’t even have to download any extra apps to create funny face swap effects....

This means it’s always a good idea to have at least one USB to HDMI adapter in your technology kit. Whether you want to use your phone to give a PowerPoint presentation or just want to watch some Netflix on a hotel TV, these cables have endless use cases. We’ve rounded up some of the best USB C adapters that offer great value, quality, and compatibility. What to Look for in a USB to HDMI Adapter Consider the maximum video resolution supported by the adapter and make sure it matches the resolution of your HDTV or monitor....

There are lots of items to choose from that are specifically designed for people who are visually impaired. This article will suggest the following products to make your shopping a little easier. Mechanical Gaming KeyboardTalking Wrist WatchBig Button RemoteOrCam MyEye 2Extra Large Talking Button Clock3X Large Full-Page MagnifierHandheld Portable Video Digital Magnifier Mechanical Gaming Keyboard A rainbow LED backlit gaming keyboard, ABKONCORE K595 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard is an ideal gift for visually-impaired techies who use computers for gaming....

While there isn’t an official Google PDF editor for Chrome, there are several third-party add-ons that offer great features and little extras for PDF documents. We’ve put tons of tools through the ringer to bring you this list of the best Chrome PDF editor extensions (in no particular order). 1. Adobe Acrobat Edit, print, sign, and fill in PDF forms for free with the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome. Open the extension using the toolbar button and select an option from Convert, Edit, or Sign....

Whether the Playstation 5 can repeat this success remains to be seen. But as the PS4 starts reaching the end of its time, we think it’s a good opportunity to take a look at the best games on PS4. Spider-Man Marvel’s Spider-Man might very well be the best game ever made to bear the Marvel brand. This is also, without a doubt, the best video game adaption of the popular web slinger’s franchise....

Whatever the reason for changing the boot sequence, the process of accessing the BIOS can vary by computer. The difference will depend on whether you have a legacy BIOS or the newer UEFI BIOS on your computer or both. I won’t go into details on the differences between the two types of BIOS, other than how to access them. Once you have gotten into the BIOS on your computer, you’ll then be able to change the boot order....

We’ve compiled some printable Valentine’s Day gift ideas below. With some of these designs, you can put your skills to the test by customizing the 3D models while others are ready to print with few to no adjustments. We’ve scoured sites like Makerbot’s Thingiverse, MyMiniFactory, Prusa, Instructables and Cults to find designs that will make great DIY gifts for Valentine’s Day. 1. Conversation Hearts While the debate rages on over whether candy conversation hearts are delicious or disgusting, everyone will agree that these 3D printed conversation hearts are the perfect way to ask your loved one to be your Valentine....

Starting from today, you will now be notified on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn when we have published something. You can also do your usual liking, sharing, discussing and poking, as one does on social media. We have individual dedicated pages set up for the four websites in the AKIC publishing family and here are the links. We would be immensely happy if you would subscribe to everything and tell all your tech-loving and tech-curious friends to subscribe too....

Discord is free to use, although there is an optional premium subscription that will provide users with animated avatars, emojis, and more. It’s also widely compatible across a large range of devices. Sometimes, Discord may not be opening when you expect it to. If you boot Discord only to receive an error message, try these methods to fix the problem. 1. Update Discord to the Latest Version Discord receives frequent updates to ensure no one can take advantage of exploits or bad code....

Usually, the Back button in a browser fails to function correctly due to reasons such as redirecting links and conflicting browser extensions. But rarely, you could be dealing with something as serious as a malicious add-on or browser hijacker. Work your way through the list of suggestions and solutions below to fix when the Back button is not working in Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Apple Safari. Switch Tabs or Windows Most links that you click on tend to open in the same browser tab....

So, when we talk about browser fingerprinting, you probably have the general idea right already. As you probably thought, it’s a way to identify who has visited a site by identifying the unique aspects of their browsers. What aspects are these? Glad you asked! What Is This Fingerprinting Stuff Anyway? Let’s imagine that you have a freshly-installed copy of Windows and have just installed the web browser of your choice....

I had previously written about a third-party program with parental control features, but I have found that Windows 10 works quite well and is easier to use since it’s built in. Before you can start using any parental control features, however, you first have to create a new family member account for your child. In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps for creating a new Microsoft family member account....

Luckily, you can add fonts to Google Docs. There are a couple of ways to do that including accessing more pre-installed fonts in Google Docs and using an add-on for external fonts. Can You Use Your Computer’s Fonts With Google Docs? As of this writing, you cannot upload fonts from your computer to Google Docs. You can only use the fonts that come with Google Docs and you can get a few more fonts with an extension....

There are actually multiple ways you can change opacity in Procreate, depending on how you try to use it. In this article, we’ll explain how opacity works in the program, as well as the different ways you can change and use it. How To Change Opacity for Tools When you start up Procreate and open a project, you’ll see a few different toolbars with some features. For changing opacity in Procreate, you’ll most want to pay attention to the sidebar on the left of the screen....

We’ve already covered flowcharts in PowerPoint. So in this article, we’re going to show you how to create a flowchart in Word and Excel. We’re going to use Microsoft Office 2019 for the demonstrations, but you can follow the same steps using Office 2010 or Office 365. If your Microsoft Office suite version isn’t older than 2007, you can create flowcharts using our methods. How to Create a Flowchart in Word Using Shapes Microsoft Word is a popular word processor used everywhere in the world because it’s compatible with all computers....

In this Word tutorial, we’ll create a greeting card from scratch to show how easy it can be for anyone. How to Create a Greeting Card with Microsoft Word Before you sit down to design a greeting card in Word, you have to decide whether you want it to be flat like a postcard or a folded card like a Hallmark card. Greeting cards also come in all shapes and sizes from A0 (84....

If you chose to create the system image file, you would end up with a large VHD file. This file could then be used to restore your entire system at a later point. This tool was so popular that they kept it in Windows 8 and Windows 10. If you go to the Control Panel, you’ll see one applet there called Backup and Restore (Windows 7). The nice thing about backing up your computer using this method, other than being able to restore it fully later on, is that you can attach this VHD file to any Windows 7, 8, or 10 computer and access the data just like a normal hard disk....