How to Create the Ultimate USB Key Ring to Solve Any Computer Problem

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Not because of a sudden bloom of PC gamers, but because they’re the most efficient way of adding number-crunching power to cryptocurrency mining “rigs.” This makes building a PC very, very expensive. Read This Article → How to Customize Android Text Message Notifications Based on their Contents The Android notification system is arguably one of the best things about the OS. But what if you could make it better? An app called Converbration can do just that by allowing you to completely customize notifications for your text messages based on a number of factors. Read This Article → How to Stop iCloud Photo Library From Using Your Cellular Data iCloud Photo Library is one of those features that just works: take a photo or video on your iPhone, and in a few moments it's available on all your Apple devices. It’s not, however, great if you have a low data cap. Read This Article → How to Create the Ultimate USB Key Ring to Solve Any Computer Problem If you’re “the computer guy” (or girl) to your friends and family, you’re probably asked to diagnose and fix their problems on a regular basis. If you can’t stand to tell them to leave you alone, you might as well embrace your role and come prepared with one key ring full of flash drives to rule them all. Read This Article → How to Live Stream Your PC Gameplay With Windows 10’s Mixer Windows 10’s Creators Update added a new live game-streaming feature. You can broadcast your gameplay in real time to your friends without any additional software. Read This Article → How to Add Phonetic Names to Contacts on the iPhone Siri, like Google Assistant, can struggle with pronouncing your friends' names, especially if there are silent letters or odd combinations. But there’s a way to fix that. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between Microsoft Office for Windows and macOS? The Windows version of Microsoft Office has always been the gold standard for office suites, as far as features are concerned. Office exists on other platforms too, like the Mac—but those versions are missing some products and features. Read This Article → How to Stream From VLC to Your Chromecast VLC's developers have been working on Chromecast support for some time, and it's finally available…sort of. It still hasn't made it to the stable release of VLC yet, but if you run the bleeding edge nightly builds on Windows, you can stream video and audio files from VLC media player on your PC to your Chromecast. Read This Article → What Are "Right to Repair" Laws, and What Do They Mean for You? Ever wonder why it’s so difficult to repair a smartphone, computer, or game console yourself? It’s no accident: companies make them that way. But thanks to “Right to Repair” legislation, it could get a lot easier to tinker with your electronic toys. 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