June 2019 – Page 17

4 Useful Freeware to Check and Repair Bad Sectors on SSD Drives

It’s frustrating to deal with a computer that is freezing, won’t boot, or has information that is unreadable. There can be any number of issues that could be causing these issues, and determining the cause is not always easy. One of the issues you should check for is the presence of any bad sectors on your hard disk. Bad Sectors Bad sectors occur when a portion of the hard disk can no longer be written to or read. When you store something on the hard drive, the information is saved on more than one sector, which may or may not be adjacent to one another…. Read more

How to Create Siri Shortcuts on Your iPhone and iPad

Apple introduced a number of new features and tricks in iOS 12, including Siri Shortcuts. These are commands for regularly-performed actions that you can activate using Siri voice commands. Siri will offer suggestions for actions to perform based on your past behavior. You’ll find these appearing on your lock screen or your search screen, but it’s also possible to create your own. This tutorial will show you how. Related: 7 of the Best Siri Shortcuts for iOS Power Users Siri-Suggested Shortcuts Some of the suggestions for shortcuts that Siri comes up with may be useful for you. Rather than waiting until these show up, you… Read more

Get the HOMIEE Video Baby Monitor with Camera for 15% Off

Baby monitors have come a long way. At one point they were nothing more than a pairing of a microphone and a speaker, and they were on frequencies that weren’t necessarily private. But now, such as with the HOMIEE Video Baby Monitor with Camera, not only do you get video, but you can pair additional cameras as well, so you can keep an eye on the baby crib and keep an eye on an older child as well who is playing elsewhere in the house. It should be noted that if you wish to pair an additional camera, you need to check out the documentation… Read more

Will You Trust Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency, Libra?

It’s understandable why politicians talk about breaking up the big tech companies. They just keep expanding and getting into more and more areas. Google, Amazon, Apple: they all just keep broadening their scope, taking on more and more capabilities. Facebook is no different. They are expanding beyond being just a social network. They’re a messaging service and also have introduced a screened-communication tool, Portal. Moving past that, this week Facebook announced a new cryptocurrency, Libra, that will make its debut in 2020. Will you trust Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra? Our Opinion Ryan believes adopting Libra is going to depend solely on how stable it is… Read more

How to Cool Your Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi single-board computer is a great choice for a wide variety of applications. Because it is designed to be tinkered with, one of the things users can do is overclock their Pi. However, overclocking can result in overheating and irreparable damage. The Pi is designed to run fairly hot; however, if you’re overclocking to get the best performance out of your Pi, you might run into problems. Fortunately, you can prevent this by adding sufficient cooling to your Pi. How Does Cooling Work? Electronics generate heat. This heat can be detrimental to the performance of those electronics, so keeping them cool is paramount…. Read more