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Did You Know? Heterochromia iridum is a condition where the coloration of the eyes is different. The variation can be as subtle as one eye being light brown while the other one is dark brown, but is most noticeable when the contrast is significant such as with a blue eye and dark brown eye. In addition to humans, heterochromia iridum has also been observed in cats, dogs, horses, and cattle. Geek Trivia The First Vehicular Combat Video Game Was? Deathtrack → Spy Hunter → Bump 'n Jump → Crashing Race → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. 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The Beginner’s Guide to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) How to Enable a “Night Mode” in Android to Reduce Eyestrain How to Control Both Ringer and System Volume with the iPhone’s Volume Buttons How to Get the Most Out of Your Roku: Six Things You Should Do How to Password Protect Notes on the iPhone How to Sync Your Kodi Library Across Multiple Devices with MySQL How to Get Free Money From Google By Answering Quick Surveys What Is “Broadcast DVR Server” and Why Is It Running on My PC? How to Make Phone Calls With Your Google Home How to Disable Auto-Brightness on Your iPhone How to Pick (and Customize) the Best Mechanical Keyboard For You Geek Comic Today's Tech Term MDI An MDI (short for Medium Dependent Interface, a.k.a. MDI Port and Uplink Port) is an Ethernet port connection that allows network devices (hubs and switches) to connect with other network devices (hubs and switches) without the use of a crossover cable or null modem. 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. We say we want data privacy—then researchers put free pizza in front of us People claim they want privacy, but are willing to give up personal information in exchange for free stuff. Like pizza. [Quartz] NASA using asteroid's close flyby to test warning network Officials are comparing the test to a fire drill in an office building. [Phys.org] Google Buying Apple? Sorry, That Was Just a Test The Dow Jones Newswire pushed out a headline saying that Google bought Apple. People were...confused. [The New York Times] The Beginner’s Guide to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (aka PUBG) So you want  to try out the new Battle Royale sensation that’s sweeping the nation, but you don’t know how to get started. That’s understandable: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is a full game based on an old ARMA mod, and it’s still in early access. The game is missing a lot of features, chief among them any kind of tutorial or player guide for people just getting started. but if you’re ready to jump into the deep end of this winner-take-all online multiplayer arena, here are a few tips to get you on your feet…so someone else can blow you off them. Read This Article → How to Enable a “Night Mode” in Android to Reduce Eyestrain They say that blue spectrums of light are bad for your eyes, especially at night when you're more likely to be looking at your phone in a dark environment. This also supposedly leads to poor sleep, which leads to poor health. Here’s how to combat that on your Android phone. Read This Article → How to Control Both Ringer and System Volume with the iPhone’s Volume Buttons By default, the volume buttons on the side change the “system volume”, which affects things like music and video playback. But the volume of your ringer volume, which controls the ringer and notifications, stays the same unless you change it from the settings. Read This Article → How to Get the Most Out of Your Roku: Six Things You Should Do You finally worked out which Roku to buy, and set up the basics: Netflix, Amazon, and whatever other services you’re subscribed to. What next? Read This Article → How to Password Protect Notes on the iPhone If you tend to jot down sensitive information in the Notes app on your iPhone or iPad, you may want to keep them protected behind a password. Here’s how to enable the feature in iOS 11. Read This Article → How to Sync Your Kodi Library Across Multiple Devices with MySQL Kodi is still one of the most powerful media center applications around, and it works on everything from powerful media PCs to small Raspberry Pis. But if you have multiple TVs in your house, wouldn’t it be nice if they all stayed in sync? Read This Article → How to Get Free Money From Google By Answering Quick Surveys It is a truth universally acknowledged that a search engine in possession of a good fortune must be in want of more data. If you want to earn some extra money (in the form of Google Play Credit or PayPal money), Google will give you some in exchange for answering a few occasional survey questions. Read This Article → What Is “Broadcast DVR Server” and Why Is It Running on My PC? Look in the Task Manager on Windows 10 and you may see one or more “Broadcast DVR server” processes running. These processes have the file name bcastdvr.exe, and are part of the Windows 10 operating system. Read This Article → How to Make Phone Calls With Your Google Home After Alexa gave users the ability to call other Echo owners, Google upped the ante with true phone calls. If you live in the U.S. or Canada, you can use your Google Home to place a call to anyone’s phone. You don’t need to limit yourself to other people who have a Google Home. Here’s how to get started making phone calls. Read This Article → How to Disable Auto-Brightness on Your iPhone Auto-brightness is a feature designed to save battery life and make your iPhone's screen easier to read. When you're somewhere dark, like your bedroom at night, the screen will automatically dim. When you're somewhere bright, like outside on a sunny day, it’ll crank itself up to maximum brightness. Read This Article → How to Pick (and Customize) the Best Mechanical Keyboard For You Mechanical keyboards are a surprisingly resilient trend among gamers and power users. But as they get more popular, the various options and technical variations become more and more complex. If you’re looking for everything you need to know to get started in this surprisingly varied portion of the PC world, we’re here to help you out. Read This Article → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. And it doesn't just work on PCs — they have a Mac version too. Click here to download