You may not know that the Windows Calculator app also includes several hidden features such as scientific, programmer, date calculation modes, a currency converter, and more … making it a versatile tool for various tasks. Here’s how to use the hidden features: To Open The Calculator – Press Win + S and type Calculator, then […]
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If you’ve written content such as blog posts, articles etc that you’d like to check thoroughly for any mistakes and hear more clearly how it sounds being read back, try using Google Translate. Here’s how. – Go to Google Translate.- Copy and paste your content (up to 5,000 characters) into the left-hand window and select
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If there’s a particular and important chat you access frequently, you can create a shortcut for it on your device’s home screen. Here’s how: Long-press on the specific chat in the chat list until it’s selected. Tap on the three dots (top right). Choose “Add chat shortcut.” Tap on “Add”. This will create a shortcut
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If there’s a particular WhatsApp chat you would like to prioritise, you can pin it to the top of your chats list. Here’s how: – For Android: Tap and hold the chat you want to pin, then tap the Pin symbol at the top of the screen. – For iPhone: Swipe right on the chat
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If you’ve found a specific passage of text in a web page that you’d like to show to another person, Google Chrome has a built-in feature that allows you to share a link that goes straight to that text. Here’s how it works: – In Chrome, highlight the passage text in any web page that
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With many of the world’s coral reefs being damaged by heat and acidification, one startup has developed a system to restore reefs at scale with the help of trained AI robots.. Coral Reefs Struggling The world’s coral reefs only cover 0.2 per cent of the seafloor, but they provide a vital habitat to more than
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If you’d like to use WhatsApp to save time when asking a group of people the same question, making it look as though you’ve asked each of them individually and not having to open each chat to ask them separately, here’s how:
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If you’ve got a long list of bookmarks in Google Chrome that’s not in order, using ‘Bookmark Manager’ can help get your bookmarks organised and easily navigable. Here’s how to use it: – In Chrome, top right, click on the three dots and select Bookmarks > Bookmark manager. – Your bookmark list, with a border
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If you’d like to see, or remind yourself of what Google’s search engine was like back in 1998 when it started, here’s a fun, instant way to do just that: Type ‘Google in 1998’ into Google’s search bar. Google will immediately adopt the old look, complete with the logo + exclamation mark. To change it
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If you’re looking for a fast, easy, and effective prompt to make ChatGPT write in a specific stye, or the style of a specific person / type of person, try assigning a role. Here’s how: – To give ChatGPT a persona / a well-known personality, or make it write in the style(s) of a certain
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