| The first black person in space was Cuban-born Soviet cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez–in addition, he was also the first Cuban in space as well as the first person from the Western Hemisphere who was not a U.S. Astronaut to travel into Earth orbit.  | |
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| If you're working with files in the Terminal and switching back and forth between two directories, we're about to save you some time. There is a shortcut command that allows you to toggle between two directories on the command line. | |
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| If you’ve ever noticed a process named "Windows Shell Experience Host" in your Task Manager window, you may experienced a fleeting curiosity and then gone on about your business. Here’s what that process is and why it can occasionally eat up some people’s CPU and Memory. | |
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| Your Mac’s menu bar can start to look a lot like the Windows system tray after you install a few programs. Here’s how to declutter the menu bar and get those icons under control. | |
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| Windows 10’s free upgrade offer is officially over. But, unofficially, free copies of Windows 10 are still available. There are quite a few ways you can still get Windows 10 for free, without using a pirated license. | |
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| The new iMessage for iOS 10 is jam packed with new features, including special effects for your messages. Let’s look at where to find the special effects and how to apply them. | |
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| Unless you’re a Mac user who’s terribly out of the loop, you probably know that Siri has arrived on the latest version of Apple flagship desktop OS: macOS Sierra. Thankfully, Siri can be easily turned on and off or configured to your liking. | |
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| Tired of keeping that tab open just to watch a video? In macOS sierra, you can pop out a video for picture-in-picture (PiP) viewing, floating them in any corner of your desktop while you continue to work on stuff. | |
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| If you’ve ever found yourself wishing you had a magnifying glass with you, iOS 10 can now serve as an excellent replacement. The new Magnifier–not to be confused with the Text Size and Zoom features that makes your on-screen text bigger–uses your phone’s camera and flashlight to make sure you can always read that receipt or dig out that splinter. | |
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| Whether you have an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, you can take advantage of SteamVR. Steam allows you to play any game in your library–even 2D games not designed for VR–in a virtual “desktop theater” mode on your headset of choice. | |
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| Getting a new phone is rough. You essentially lose everything you had on the old phone, which can be a little be a bit of a shock for the first several days. While some things—like pictures, for example—automatically come with you through your Google account, other creature comforts, like your text messages, don't automatically sync. | |
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| You can upgrade to the Professional edition of Windows 10 to get advanced features like BitLocker encryption, but many features aren’t available to normal Windows users. Some only exist in the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows, which require a volume-licensing agreement or monthly subscription fee. | |
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