Google's starting to enable Calendar spam protection by default

Spam is manageable as long as it’s limited to your physical mailbox and your email inbox, but the instant it shows up on a connected calendar or planning app, it graduates from nuisance to aggravation. Google Calendar is one of thebest calendar apps around, but a couple of months ago, an ongoing problemreared its ugly headfor at least the third time in about as many years: spammers could auto-generate event reminders just by sending emails with specific text....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Shane Kramer

Here's What to Do If Disney+ Isn't Working on Your Google TV Streamer

Are you having problems using the Disney+ app on the Google TV Streamer? You’re not alone. We’ll take a closer look at the issue and provide a few troubleshooting options. Working Audio Without any Video First noticed by9to5Google, users started reporting issues over the weekend. While the Disney+ app works normally, when starting, content audio plays as normal, but there is just blank video. The problem doesn’t seem to be widespread, but is affecting a number of users....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Tara Mckinney

House Of The Dragon Season 2's Latest Casualty Sparks Devastated Reactions

Warning: Spoilers for House of the Dragon season 2, episode 4. Summary House of the Dragonseason 2’s latest casualty sparks devastated reactions from audiences. Since theGame of Thronesprequel series returned for its second season on June 16, the Targaryen civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons has heated up in earnest and claimed the lives of several characters, including the six-year-old Prince Jaehaerys and the Cargyll twins, Ser Erryk and Ser Arryk....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 688 words · Deanna Franco

How to Become a Freelance Programming Teacher

How to Become a Freelance Programming Teacher Do you have a passion for solving problems and think you’d enjoy helping IT or computer science students do the same thing? Being a programming teacher can be an incredibly rewarding career. With the right tools at hand for the job, industry experience, and knowledge of programming, you could be a professional that teaches many interested in the field of information technology. What Is a Programming Teacher?...

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1085 words · Jonathan Sims

How to change from Windows to ChromeOS

The Microsoft Windows desktop operating system is flexible and can be used for entertainment, work, school, and gaming. Windows PCs have many menus, versions (like Windows 10 and 11), and capabilities, making it hard to find and maximize them. This complexity also leaves Windows laptops vulnerable to attacks if you don’t install all the updates and patches. An alternative to Windows is ChromeOS, the operating system that powers Chromebooks. ChromeOS is a simple, secure operating system that can do most tasks a Windows device can do....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1317 words · James Diaz

How to Create the Perfect Fitness Lock Screen on Your iPhone

How to Create the Perfect Fitness Lock Screen on Your iPhone Apple introduced a terrific element to your iPhone lock screen in iOS 16 with the advent of lock screen widgets. These little icons sit on your lock screen, making it easy to see key information from a wide variety of apps. And, with more useful widgets being added all the time, it’s a great idea to set up a lock screen specifically for your fitness activities....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 696 words · Sharon Bowers

How to Delete Your History and Activity Data on Google Bard

How to Delete Your History and Activity Data on Google Bard Google Bard, a popular alternative to ChatGPT, does not save your conversation history like other AI models. But it does maintain a record of the prompts you share. Google uses this data to improve Bard’s performance and generate more accurate search results. Sign up forfree Forgot your password? Create an account *Required: 8 chars, 1 capital letter, 1 number...

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Alyssa Ritter

How To Get To Casterfell Woods In Atomfall

Atomfallfeatures a huge open world to explore spread across multiple maps, and especially if you play on default difficulty settings, it doesn’t hold your hand when it comes to objectives. That is to say, the only thing you really get is a compass to work with. Not everyone likes that sort of thing, but if you enjoy exploration over aggressive convenience,it’s a blast. Regardless, finding some key locations may prove a challenge, which is a big problem when you’ve got places to go, people to see, and outlaws to kill....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Andrew Cantrell

How to reduce spam in Gmail

Many of us use Gmail for work, to stay in touch with friends and family, and to track online purchases. Gmail is easily accessible from a desktop PC, an Android phone, an iPhone, or abudget Chromebook. However, its ease of access also makes it a target for spammers. Gmail has a robust spam filter, but its built-in safeguards may let annoying spam through. In this guide, we show you how to manage and reduce spam emails in Gmail....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Joseph Kelley

How to Sell Your Used Books on Amazon

How to Sell Your Used Books on Amazon If you want to become a book reseller or just have lots of books lying around, consider selling them on Amazon. It’s an easy way to hand out great reads and make a profit while you’re at it. Signing up as an Amazon seller takes a few steps and comes with rules, so it’s best not to go in blind. Before joining Amazon’s marketplace and selling your used books, get to know what it all involves....

August 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1136 words · Lori Schultz

How to Use React Context for State Management in Next.js 13

Next.js offers several approaches to state management. While some of these methods require installing new libraries, React’s Context API is built-in, so it’s a great way of reducing external dependencies. With React Context, you may seamlessly pass data through different parts of your component tree, eliminating the hassle of prop drilling. This is especially useful for managing global state like the the current user’s logged-in status or their preferred theme....

August 2, 2025 · 5 min · 866 words · Haley Hughes

If Harry Potter Took A Chance On This Romance, It Would Have Fixed A Major Character Arc

In following a group of kids throughout their formative years, TheHarry Potterseries saw its characters develop various friendships and dynamics, with many evolving quite a bit as the story progressed. Soon, couples began to form between some of the most beloved characters, not every pairing as well received as the next. However, the series missed one perfect opportunity for one expectation-subverting romance althoughthe Harry Potter remake might fix a lot of old complaints....

August 2, 2025 · 5 min · 911 words · David Bryant

Love Island USA Season 6 Episode 28 Recap: A Trio Of Dates Led To A Surprise Elimination

Summary Love Island USAseason 6 episode 28 brought back a bombshell from last season, changing everything about the competition andsending one Islander packing by the end of the episode. As the Islanders have gotten used to the status quo onLove Island USA,they’ve been able to anticipate what’s happening from day to day in the villa for the majority of the season. With three of the women having been eliminated in the last episode ofLove Island USAseason 6, a wrench was thrown into the mix when a contestant from last season was brought back to the villa....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 672 words · Ashley Maldonado