How to Watch Netflix, Hulu, and More Through a VPN Without Being Blocked

Did You Know? There are only 97 leap years in every 400 year interval (not 100 as one would expect) because every year that ends in 00 (such as 2000 or 2100) is skipped in order to keep the calendar on track. Geek Trivia Which Of These Tech Companies Was Named Based On A Coin Toss? Dell → Apple → Samsung → Hewlett-Packard → Advertisement Download iPad at Work for Dummies (Free eBook Valued at $16.99!) iPad at Work For Dummies provides essential and in-depth coverage for a variety of productivity-related tasks made possible on the iPad, from basics such as setting up and starting out with an iPad to tips on the best practices for enterprise-level word processing, spreadsheet creation, presenting, task management, project management, graphic design, and communication. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? 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Data Extrusion, Data Exportation, and Data Theft) is the unauthorized copying, transfer, or retrieval of data from a computer and/or server. The unauthorized theft can be carried out by someone with physical access to the computer or server in question, or use an automated approach via a network. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. An End to Parking? You've heard about how robocars are going to upend the economy. Have you thought about what they'll do to urban space? [Mother Jones] Numbers don't lie—it's time to build your own router With more speed available and hardware that can't adapt, DIY builds offer peak performance. [ArsTechnica] NASA's probes shed light on the Van Allen radiation belt NASA scientists are done analyzing the data sent back by its twin Van Allen probes, and its results have shattered our understanding of the radiation belt. [Engadget] Interactive Map Transports You to Every X-Files Location The new X-Files episodes has kicked off a massive wave of X-Files nostalgia. Check out this interactive map to see every location the agents visited over the long running series. [Wired] How to Manually Create Compound Characters in Word If you occasionally need to use mathematical symbols in your documents that aren’t available in Word’s "Insert Symbol" dialog box, there are a couple of easy methods for entering your own custom compound characters. Read This Article → How to Watch Netflix, Hulu, and More Through a VPN Without Being Blocked Netflix recently announced it plans to crack down on VPN, proxy, and unblocking DNS users trying to access content in other countries. The good news: watching streaming sites through a VPN may get a bit more difficult, but it will always be possible. Read This Article → Do Music CDs Contain the Necessary Metadata for the Tracks on Them? Most of the time our favorite music CD playing software offers to download relevant information from an online database, but is that step really necessary? Do music CDs actually have all of the needed information on them already? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Read This Article → How to Use Your Apple Watch as a Stopwatch Of all the myriad functions the Apple Watch can perform, an oft-overlooked but very useful option is the stopwatch function. The Apple Watch’s stopwatch does more than just start, stop, and lap. Read This Article → How to Create Checklists in the Notes App on iOS 9, OS X, and iCloud The Notes app in iOS 9 contains many improvements, like drawing sketches and adding photos, but arguably one of the more useful features is the undersung checklist. Here’s how to quickly turn text into a grocery list, to-do list, or wish list in the Notes app on iOS 9, OS X El Capitan, and iCloud. Read This Article → How to Upgrade Your Windows Phone to Windows 10 Now Microsoft is technically selling  two phones with Windows 10 built-in, but it hasn’t released the update for older phones just yet. If you have a Windows phone, though, there’s a good chance you can upgrade it to Windows 10 now, even if your cellular carrier is planning to delay or block the update. Read This Article → What Is SHA-1, and Why Will Retiring It Kick Thousands Off the Internet? On the first day of 2016, Mozilla terminated support for a technology called SHA-1 in the Firefox web browser. Almost immediately, they reversed their decision, because it would have cut off important internet access to thousands–if not millions–of people. But what does this technology do? Why would it cut off access? And why would they ever decide to remove it in the first place? Read This Article → Advertisement Download iPad at Work for Dummies (Free eBook Valued at $16.99!) iPad at Work For Dummies provides essential and in-depth coverage for a variety of productivity-related tasks made possible on the iPad, from basics such as setting up and starting out with an iPad to tips on the best practices for enterprise-level word processing, spreadsheet creation, presenting, task management, project management, graphic design, and communication. Click here to download