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Did You Know? In decades of service, the SR-71 “Blackbird” long-range reconnaissance aircraft was never hit by an enemy missile thanks not only to its stealthy profile, but its speed. When targeted by a missile, the standard operating procedure was to simply accelerate (the craft is capable of exceeding mach 3) and leave it behind. Geek Trivia Which U.S. State Has The Lowest Average Elevation? Louisiana → Delaware → Maryland → Florida → Advertisement Download: Free Tips and Tricks Guide The Microsoft Office Toy Box - 5 Programs, 50 Tips This guide covers tips and tricks courtesy of Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel. The 5 programs included are: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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[The New York Times] How to Hide the “Creation Club News” Spam in Fallout 4 A long time ago in the far-off year of 2015, Bethesda tried to copy the incredible variety of user mods for its big RPG franchises, and make money off of them. It was a bad idea, so they stopped doing that. In 2017, Bethesda had the exact same idea, and it’s still bad, but this time they don’t seem to be listening to anyone. Read This Article → How to View Notifications You’ve Dismissed on Android Android’s notification system is arguably one of its strongest features, but it can also be annoying if you accidentally dismiss those notifications. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to view all the notifications that have hit your phone. Read This Article → How to Turn Off Comments on Your Instagram Posts Instagram, for the most part, is a pretty lovely social network. People tend to post the good things that are happening in their lives, rather than rants about everything that's wrong with the world. It keeps things positive. Read This Article → Cord-Cutting Is Losing Its Luster Remember a few years ago, when online services were going to slay the anti-consumer demons of DirecTV, Time Warner, and Comcast? Here in 2017, the market for cord-cutting, streaming TV looks a lot more bleak. And thanks to confusing and expensive channel lineups, weird sports restrictions, and more and more exclusive content, the situation isn’t going to get better any time soon. Read This Article → How to Update Your iPhone or iPad to iOS 11 Apple released iOS 11 on September 19, 2017. You can upgrade by tapping “Install Now” when an update message appears, but you can also check for the update and install it immediately. Read This Article → How to Install (and Remove) Application Packages from Your Synology NAS Packages are the applications that make your Synology NAS more than just a glorified network drive. Let’s look at how to install packages, remove them, and even how to add repositories to gain access to even more functionality. Read This Article → How to Schedule an Uber Ride for the Future If you’re planning on being somewhere at a specific time and need to arrange transportation to get there, Uber allows you to schedule rides in advance so that you don’t have to do it when the time actually comes. Read This Article → What’s New in macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Available Now The next version of macOS is out now, with improvements to Safari, Mail, Photos, and a lot under the hood. Here are the best features you’ll see in macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”. Read This Article → How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication on Your Nintendo Account Nintendo now allows you to enable two-step verification, a form of two-factor authentication, for your Nintendo Account. Whenever you sign into your account—from a Nintendo Switch, on the web, or via a mobile app—you’ll need to enter a code generated by an app on your smartphone as well as your password. Read This Article → The Best Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboards It’s odd that, given their booming popularity among all kinds of computer users, mechanical keyboards still have so few wireless options. Between gamers, computing purists, and pragmatists, there doesn’t seem to be much desire for Bluetooth mechanical boards. But if you’d like a mobile-friendly keyboard, or just a more aesthetically pleasing one for your desktop, there are a handful of options out there. Read This Article → How to Block Calls from a Certain Number on an iPhone If you keep getting calls from someone (anyone) you don’t want to talk to, the best thing you can do is block them. There are a few different ways to do this on the iPhone, and we’re going to take a closer look at how to manually keep those people out of your life. Read This Article → How to Use Multiple Apps at Once on an iPad iOS 11‘s new multitasking features make the iPad even more powerful. The ability to access the dock in any app allows you to more easily launch apps in split-screen mode. iOS 11 also adds a new drag-and-drop feature that allows you to move content between apps. Read This Article → What's the Difference Between the "Program Files (x86)" and "Program Files" Folders in Windows? There’s a good chance you have both the “C:\Program Files” and “C:\Program Files (x86)” folders on your Windows PC. If you poke around, you’ll see that some of your programs are installed in one folder, and some are installed in the other. Read This Article → Advertisement Download: Free Tips and Tricks Guide The Microsoft Office Toy Box - 5 Programs, 50 Tips This guide covers tips and tricks courtesy of Microsoft Certified Trainer Melissa Esquibel. The 5 programs included are: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote. Click here to download