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It’s kind of wild to think that for the first few years Android existed, it wasn’t even possible to take a screenshot without rooting the phone. That’s changed, however, and all Android devices now have the same screenshot shortcut. But, of course, not all things are equal on Android, and depending on which company makes your phone, it could have more tools and tricks for taking a screenshot. Also: How to clear the cache on your Android phone or tablet (and why you should) While I won’t cover every way to take a screenshot on an Android phone – I simply don’t have access to enough phones to do that – I will cover the basics, and maybe even throw in an extra tip or two....

Let me give you a word of warning first. This upgrade is not for you if you’ve never used a Linux terminal. While you can just click your way to upgrading from Mint 20.x to a newer version of Mint 20.x, that’s not the case here. This is, as Mint’s chief Clement “Clem” Lefebvre said, a “major update,” which “can take several hours.” Materials needed: USB Pen Drive Estimated time:1 Hour....

This is absolutely crucial for some users and use cases. Consider you’re working on a public wireless network and you have to transmit sensitive data over a network and you’re not exactly certain how secure that network is. What do you do? Do you just go ahead and risk transmitting that data as you normally would? Not if security and privacy are important. If that’s the case, a top VPN service will be your best friend....

Still, at £549 (inc. VAT) for my review unit, or $479.99 in the US, the Chromebook x2 11 is overpriced if used as a secondary device. But is it capable enough to be your main computer? HP is certainly trying to push boundaries with the Chromebook x2 11: it is the first detachable Chromebook to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7c Compute Platform, which is designed to deliver a combination of octa-core performance and long battery life in thin-and-light fanless laptops....

The report found that HTTPS threats have increased by more than 314% while attacks on tech companies grew by 2,300% and retail companies saw an 800% increase in attacks. According to the report, the tech industry accounted for 50% of all attacks they tracked. Instances of malware were up 212% in the report and phishing rose by 90%. Also: Microsoft warns over uptick in password spraying attacks The report tracks more than 20 billion threats blocked over HTTPS and analyzes about 190 billion daily transactions through its Zero Trust Exchange that took place from January to September....

This debate over whether it makes sense to reevaluate the move to public clouds reached its peak with a blog post from Andreessen Horowitz. The argument in a nutshell: Some companies can do better if they run their own infrastructure. Think Snap, which pays billions of dollars to public cloud providers but is becoming more efficient.Think Dropbox, which took its workloads in house and weaned itself off of AWS. And think about companies where infrastructure is core to what they do....

It’s not deliberate. At least, not as far as I’m aware. Also: The absolute best iPhone deals It’s just that the company keeps running that iPhone XR ad with the people in colored jumpsuits running headlong, in search of a mythical Pamplona bull. Or something. It’s supposed to excite you about the XR’s Liquid Retina screen. Yes, the screen that isn’t quite as good as the one on the iPhone XS....

But you do them anyway because they might give someone else a little pleasure, even if not for long. That’s how I felt more than a year ago when I ordered R2-D2. I’m not a Star Wars person. For my wife, however, it’s something of a passion. So when I wondered what to buy her a couple of Christmases ago, I considered – for a fleetingly unimaginative moment – to get her something to do with the movie franchise....

Idera, a company perhaps best-known for database monitoring and management tools, also has gained an array of developer tools through acquisition. The Yellowfin technology will become part of the Idera’s Developer Tools business, even as it nicely complements the database management products. Underscoring that very point, Idera’s press release states, “Yellowfin expands Idera’s product portfolio and complements existing Idera brands in both the Developer Tools and Data Tools verticals.” Embedded or bust Finding a niche in the competitive BI arena can be tricky....

The Money by QuickBooks app is available for free on iOS and Android, providing users with an easy-to-use platform for various financial services. The app allows users to pay bills, manage debit cards, accept payments and more. Intuit said the app was designed for small business owners who “may not yet need our platform’s full range of accounting capabilities but are still seeking powerful tools to manage their money end-to-end....

This new charging feature is not among the many features Apple did disclose during the year-long iOS 16 beta, such as satellite emergency calls, and deleting or undoing a text already sent in Messages. At the bottom of the announcement, Apple mentions a “Clean Energy Charging” feature that will come in an iOS update later this year. SEE: iPhone 14 Pro vs. iPhone 13 Pro: Is the newest iPhone worth the upgrade?...

That holds true with the newly released Samsung Galaxy A23 5G. The device comes equipped with a large 6.6-inch, FHD+ LCD display that can ramp up to a 120Hz refresh rate, a promising 5,000mAh battery, 64GB of internal memory (with support for up to 1TB via microSD), a quad-camera setup that’s headlined by a 50MP main lens, and a Snapdragon 695 processor powering the Android 12 software. As the name implies, the A23 5G also supports 5G networks within the US, though the capacity is limited to sub-6 and AT&T and T-Mobile – the two carriers that will be selling the phone....

At $119.99, the Jabra Elite 4 Active true wireless earbuds are not exactly a budget option, but they are excellent value for money. Jabra has a lot of experience of producing personal audio kit, including sports buds, and that really shows here. My review sample was a lovely navy blue colour, but black and mint-green options are also available. The build material is a soft silicone. The buds weigh just 5g each, three sizes of gel are included, and these are nicely pliable to bend to each ear shape....

Mike Hamilton, former CISO of Seattle and now CISO of ransomware remediation firm Critical Insight, told ZDNet that a customer, who asked not to be named, was one of the few Kaseya victims to pay a ransom to the REvil ransomware group. Hamilton explained that the company paid the ransom and received the decryption keys from REvil but have found that they aren’t working. REvil typically offers a help desk function that aids victims with getting back their data....

Both Netblocks and Cloudflare reported significant internet shutdowns in the country on Tuesday evening after protests began in the western town of Zhanaozen. Alp Toker, director of NetBlocks, told ZDNet that they have been tracking the disruptions since their onset on Tuesday. NetBlocks found that initially, mobile services and some fixed lines were affected before there was a country-wide blackout around 5 pm on Wednesday affecting all connectivity in the country....

Local carriers, which commercialised 5G back in 2019, had previously only offered 5G non-standalone (NSA) services so far, where 4G LTE and 5G networks are used together. KT claimed the use of 5G SA over 5G NSA would reduce latency and power consumption for smartphone users. The telco will offer a software update for its subscribers that will allow them to switch network settings from NSA to SA. KT’s 5G SA service will first be available on the Galaxy S20 series of smartphones, before it expands to the Galaxy S21 series later this year....

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Learn to use React and Redux to create professional web applications in “Introduction To React & Redux: Code Web Apps In JavaScript”. Then follow that up with “Building Modern React Apps (With Redux Toolkit + Typescript)” to find out how to make both simple and complex apps that will provide the basis for you to make more real-world programs. Multiple courses take you deeper into Javascript, including “Redux with React JS: Learn Redux with Modern React JS” which is an enormous favorite of students, who rated it 4....

Many retailers have scaled back on doorbuster-style deals for this Black Friday, happy to extend sale prices for up to weeks at a time. Lenovo, however, is sticking with the doorbuster approach, as many of its best deals will occur at a specific date and time through Cyber Monday. In some cases the savings are minimal and the discounts are already baked into the online price, but for other systems, the price cuts are significant enough to make you set an alarm if you’re interested....

First things first, they talked about the actual date of Linux’s birthday. Hohndel noted that Torvalds “has redefined the birthday of Linux everyone used to use – August 25 – and then said, ‘well, actually it’s September’.” Indeed Torvalds and I have talked about this very point before, and you can choose between four dates for Linux’s “official” birthday. Torvalds is just fine with that: What did he expect to happen once Linux was out in the wild?...