| The smallest county in the United States is City of Falls Church, Virginia (2 mi²) and the largest county is North Slope Borough, Alaska (88,695.4 mi²).  | |
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 Windows 10’s April 2018 Update brings “Core Isolation” and “Memory Integrity” security features to everyone. These use virtualization-based security to protect your core operating system processes from tampering, but Memory Protection is off by default for people who upgrade. Read More »
|  Apple’s macOS Mojave has new “Quick Actions” that you can use to rotate images, sign PDFs, and perform other tasks on files—right from the Finder. You can create your own Quick Actions using Automator, too Read More »
|  Google is changing how Gmail looks and works. They launched the new Gmail back in April, but until now it’s been optional. That changes in July, when the new Gmail starts rolling out to all users. Everyone will be switched over 12 weeks after the transition starts. Read More »
|  Standing desks are great. They’re arguably better for your health than sitting, have been known to increase productivity, and can improve focus. But you can’t just jump right into using one—there’s both a learning curve and a physical adjustment to go through. Read More »
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Add Checkboxes to Trello With This Free Chrome Extension
 Trello is the perfect to-do list except for one thing: it doesn’t offer checkboxes. Tasks for Trello is a free Chrome extension that fixes that. Read More »
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Overwrite | |
| Overwrite refers to the process of recording or copying new data over existing data on rewritable mediums. | |
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| Dogs rarely get cavities since their diet is low in sugar, but dental care is still important because of periodontal disease. Our canine friends typically don’t lose their teeth because of too many sweets, but due to unchecked inflammation of the gums.  | |
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| Google is changing how Gmail looks and works. They launched the new Gmail back in April, but until now it’s been optional. That changes in July, when the new Gmail starts rolling out to all users. Everyone will be switched over 12 weeks after the transition starts. Read More »
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 The “Getting Windows ready, Don’t turn off your computer” message appears while Windows is installing updates. Windows will normally finish the installation process if you give it time—but, if it’s been hours, you may just need to restart your PC. Read More »
|  Cryptojacking is the hot new way for criminals to make money using your hardware. A website you have open in your browser can max out your CPU to mine cryptocurrency, and cryptojacking malware is becoming increasingly common. Read More »
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Overstrike | |
| In the context of typography, Overstrike refers to typing or printing one character directly over top of another one. At one time or another, this has been used to create bold characters, unusual characters, or characters that were missing from a printer’s character set. | |
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