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The new restrictions rolling out to users ages 13 to 17 in the coming months include a setting to choose who can watch minors’ videos and a private setting by default for videos made by 13- to 15-year-olds, according to Engadget. On the direct messaging front, TikTok automatically will turn off DMs by default to new 16- to 17-year-olds’ accounts (or existing accounts who have never used DMs before). This means users will have to manually change the settings on who can message them before using the feature....

Tinder on Friday announced a new option that lets users block people from their phone contacts. According to The Verge, you can use the feature to block your exes, friends, relatives, work colleagues, or just anyone you don’t want to appear in your matches. If you block someone, they won’t appear for you, and you won’t appear for them. Tinder says you can upload all of your contacts to the app, or add them individually, if you prefer....

The mobile site has four tabs at the bottom of the screen: Home, Trending, Subscriptions, and Library. Use these tips to navigate your way around the tabs and other settings. If you want to comment on videos or upload videos to your YouTube channel, sign in to YouTube with your Google account. Otherwise, as a guest, you’re limited to only watching videos. MusicGamingNewsMoviesFashion and Beauty If you don’t see the channel you’re looking for, tap the right-arrow in the upper-right corner to view more channels that you subscribe to....

Some dashcam apps compare more favorably to hardware types of dashboard cameras than others, and some apps provide functionality you can’t get from a physical device. For example, some dashcam apps can tie into an OBD2 Bluetooth scanner for a different experience from anything you can get out of a hardware dashcam. While these apps aren’t as convenient as a hardware device, they are the most useful dash camera alternatives available....

Double-click the clip in the timeline.In the top right of the screen, click the Adjust button. The second button from the right, after the i, is the effect icon.Click the Effect icon to reveal windows showing the available audio and video effects in iMovie. The audio effects function similarly. This feature showcases different effects and without time-consuming rendering. To add several effects to a clip or tweak the way an effect looks, export the project from iMovie to Final Cut Pro, where you can make more advanced edits....

The subscription service is available to download for $3.49 CAD ($2.88 USD) and $4.49 AUD ($3.44 USD). Twitter Blue will offer exclusive features to subscribers like Bookmark Folders; Undo Tweet, which allows you to set a customizable timer of up to 30 seconds to click “Undo”; and Reader Mode, which will make reading long threads easier. “We’ve heard from the people that use Twitter a lot, and we mean a lot, that we don’t always build power features that meet their needs,” Twitter wrote in its blog post announcing the feature’s availability....

The report was released after the seventeenth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and is entitled “Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue.” The report makes many bold statements regarding the right to Internet access and will spur global efforts to increase broadband availability in nations. Is Broadband Affordable Enough for Universal Broadband Access?...

Multiple photo libraries can be a great solution if you need an easier way to manage them. For example, if you run a home-based business, you might want to keep business-related photos in a different photo library than your personal photos. Back Up Before You Create New Photo Libraries Creating a new iPhoto library doesn’t affect the current photo library, but it’s always a good idea to have a current backup before manipulating any photo library you use....

Which Version of Disk Utility Is Right for You? Disk Utility has evolved, gaining new features with each new version of OS X. For the most part, Apple added features and capabilities to the original Disk Utility core app. However, when Apple released OS X El Capitan, it created a new version of Disk Utility. While it retains the same name, its user interface underwent a dramatic makeover. Therefore, there are two separate workflows for using Disk Utility’s First Aid feature....

The phone carrier announced a brand new Verizon Adaptive Sound system on Wednesday that it says will let you “experience music, games, movies, and meetings like never before.” The first phone with the new Adaptive Sound system featuring Dolby Atmos-enabled content is the Motorola One 5G UW Ace, which is available to purchase now. Droid Life reported that Verizon also will add Adaptive Sound to the Motorola Edge+ in a new update of the device....

Kat VR plans to release a gaming treadmill that works with VR headsets. The company claims the device will provide 360° of movement in VR from a single spot at your home. “An omnidirectional treadmill is tuned to your body, so while you’re running, they’re doing calculations to make sure you’re not going to run off the treadmill (there’s also safety harnesses),” Jake Maymar, the vice president of innovation at the VR company The Glimpse Group told Lifewire in an email interview....

No matter what you’re doing with your generator, from running an air conditioning unit to powering construction tools, simplicity is key. Essentially, you’ll want to get as close to plug-and-play as possible, and that’s where the Westinghouse iGen2500 excels. With an easy-start design, smart LED data center, and lightweight construction, the Westinghouse iGen2500 seems to be the ideal mid-range portable generator. In order to find out if it’s as promising as it appears on paper, we put the iGen2500 through 18 hours of testing under different loads....

What Is a Zip File? A Zip file is sometimes called an archive file. The Zip file is a container that holds the actual compressed files. The purpose behind the Zip file is transportation and storage. The Zip file acts like a sandwich bag: It holds contents inside for easy transporting and storage. This makes the ability to use Zip files (and their counterpart Rar files) valuable to file sharers and downloaders....

If a backup program doesn’t support backup sets, it just means that everything marked for backup follows the same rules for how often backing up occurs. How Backup Sets Work A backup set is just a specific schedule for a specific set of files and folders. In most cases, you’d give a new backup set a name, include the files and folders you want to have in it, and then set up specific backup rules for that collection....

How Email Priority Marking Works Some email services and programs allow you to manually mark an outgoing message as important or unimportant. When you’re ready to send the email, you can flag it as such for the recipient. Emails carrying the highest importance might be bolded, highlighted, starred, or otherwise flagged in the Inbox. Less important messages might be grayed out or moved down the list. Again, the specifics depend on the receiver’s email program....

Ringtones were originally built into the very first cellphones to enable the user to personalize the sound that their phone made with an incoming call. However, these factory preset sounds were limited in number and there were no alternative sounds commercially available at the time that users could buy. The first time ringtone files were available for people to import into their phones began in 1998 when Vesa-Matti “Vesku” Paananen had the vision to set up a ringtone business; users could now access many more alternative sounds to replace the factory preset ones on their phone....

My Nintendo Loyalty Program Much like its predecessor, My Nintendo encourages interaction with rewards and discounts on digital games, but a Nintendo Account is required to participate at My Nintendo. Anyone with a Nintendo Account can use My Nintendo for free. Creating a Nintendo Account If you already have a Nintendo Network ID (NNID), use it when you sign up for a Nintendo Account. You can create a Nintendo Account through the web, and you can use a Facebook, Google, or Twitter account to streamline sign up....

With 3D printing, you create a 3D digital design in a 3D modeling program, known as CAD software, and then use a 3D printer to produce layers of material to form the finished object. Businesses, researchers, medical professionals, hobbyists, and more use 3D printing for a range of applications. Here’s a look at how 3D printing came to be, how it works, what it’s used for, and what the future holds for this technology....

Where Are Barcodes Used? Barcodes are used for tracking information across a range of industries, most notably in product sales, travel, and food. Here are some examples of how barcodes are used: Tracking parcels and envelopes sent in the mail.Checking in passengers and luggage on planes, buses, and trains.Keeping stock of store inventory.Registering store or club membership cards.Storing a website address or contact information.Storing bitcoin or another cryptocurrency. How Do Barcodes Work?...

Replace the BIOS The biggest obstacle to most generic computers running the Mac operating system on their hardware has to do with UEFI. This system was developed to replace the original BIOS systems that allowed computers to boot up. Apple uses specific extensions to the UEFI not found in most PC hardware. Over the past few years, this has become less of an issue as most systems adopt the new boot mechanisms for the hardware....