But before you dive into your account settings and delete your account, there are a few housekeeping items you need to do to ensure things like retaining a copy of your personal data, such as pictures you’ve shared on the network, or moving away from Facebook’s login service for apps and websites. It’s also important to note that deactivating your Facebook account doesn’t actually delete it. Also: Why I will never use Zuckerberg’s metaverse...

But how do you pull off such a feat? Is it something only the computer savvy should attempt? Believe it or not, Apple has actually made this process fairly painless – especially if you’re running macOS Monterey on M1-based hardware. I will show you how to do a factory reset on macOS Monterey, with both Intel and M1 (Apple Silicon) based hardware. This process will delete all of your data....

But things can go wrong. Also: Shaky photos? You’re holding your smartphone wrong. Try this Over the past few weeks, I’ve been inundated with questions related to taking better photos with a smartphone, especially photos at night or on low light conditions. Luckily, it seems that most people’s problems fall into one of a few different categories, and by knowing what the problem is, it can be overcome. I’ve simulated a few of the most common problems people have in an indoor setting using an LED light....

This means every device user needs to be careful with how they use apps and services. One application that you might think is safe from attacks is Android Messages. In that thinking, however, you would be very wrong, as hackers have many tricks up their sleeves. I’ve received countless SMS messages that, on the surface, seemed innocent. Fortunately, I know better than to respond to some random person whose message looks like nothing more than an attempt to contact someone else....

Take, for instance, Linux. With Linux, you have numerous options for everything. When you want to install a piece of software, you could either go the application store GUI route or install applications from the command line. Out of the box, MacOS doesn’t support command line app installation. However, there’s a tool that adds command line installation (CLI) functionality for such a purpose. That is called Homebrew. According to the Homebrew website, “Homebrew installs the stuff you need that Apple (or your Linux system) didn’t....

Also: 8 things you can do with Linux that you can’t do with MacOS or Windows The only way you’ll know if it works well for you, of course, is to try it yourself. Here’s how to first give Linux Mint a spin. It’s simple to try it. And, then, if you like what you see, I also explain how to replace Windows with Mint. Materials needed: Windows PC, Internet connection, and a DVD-RW or USB Stick with 3 or more GBs of storage....

Don’t worry. We have the universal solution for you. Just restart it. It turns out that there are three ways to restart your phone, depending on what phone you have. We’ve enlisted the help of some special friends to show you how it’s done. Also: How to factory reset your iPhone Restarting iPhone X, 11, 12, 13, and later If you want to restart a modern phone, press and hold the buttons Captain Kirk and Mr....

These delightfully furry broadcasts can be streamed online and on the go – we’ve explained how to tune in below. If you think you might want to check in on the Super Bowl from time to time, like to see all those ridiculous expensive ads, we have a streaming guide for that, too. Disclosure: ZDNet may earn an affiliate commission from some of the services featured on this page. ZDNet and the author were not compensated for this independent review....

Also: I forgot how useful digital clocks can be How to deregister your Alexa device In order to de-register an Alexa device, it has to be powered on and reachable via Wi-Fi. So don’t unplug it or remove it from your network until after you’ve done the deregistration process. If you have multiple Echo devices, in order to be sure you are removing the one you think you are removing, ask the one you want to remove, “Alexa, what is your device name?...

Fortunately, Google is simplifying the process by extending Fast Pair, its Bluetooth Low Energy technology typically used to connect a phone with wireless earbuds when near each other, all the way to the initial setup screen, allowing new users to now quickly pair Android phones for file transferring. As of this writing, Fast Pair data transferring is only available on the new Samsung Galaxy S23 series, though the device which the data is being pulled from can be from any manufacturer....

Also: The best March Madness apps for your bracket in 2023 In these tournaments, the lowest-seeded college basketball teams battle for the “privilege” of facing the top seed. But, remember, the University of Maryland Baltimore Country (UMBC) upset Virginia in the 2018 tournament. It can happen! March Madness basics March Madness began on March 14 with the men’s First Four on truTV and the women’s First Four on ESPNU and ESPN2....

You buy them, they work for a while and the ink costs more than a decent meal, with wine. Then one day, seemingly not so long after you bought them, they make a noise like a breaching whale and stop. It’s hard, therefore, to embrace the notion of a printer as anything other than a mercurial necessity. HP, however, believes a printer is the most uplifting piece of technology you can buy....

The company outlined its growth initiatives on its 2021 Securities Analyst Meeting. HP reiterated its fiscal 2021 outlook given on its third quarter earnings call and projected non-GAAP 2022 earnings of $3.86 a share to $4.06 a share. HP also raised its annual dividend 29% to $1 per share and said it will return 100% of its fiscal 2022 free cash flow to investors via dividends and share repurchases. Throughout HP’s analyst day on Tuesday, CEO Enrique Lores and team emphasized that the company was strengthening its core PC and printing business, streamlining and creating growth via trends like 3D printing, hybrid work and digital services....

Design Two things stand out about the design of the Huawei MateView: its slim, elegant design and the 3:2 aspect ratio of its 4k+ (3840 x 2560) IPS display. The MateView’s panel is impressively thin, tapering from around 13mm at the bottom to 9.3mm at the top. It’s attached to an equally elegant stand that allows for 110mm of height adjustment and 23° of tilt (18° down, 5° up). The upright part of the stand has an array of ports towards the bottom, at the back and on the right side, and a speaker grille facing towards the user....

“The chip contains 8 processor cores with a deep super-scalar out-of-order instruction pipeline, running with more than 5GHz clock frequency, optimised for the demands of heterogenous enterprise-class workloads,” IBM said. “The completely redesigned cache and chip-interconnection infrastructure provides 32MB cache per core, and can scale to 32 Telum chips. The dual-chip module design contains 22 billion transistors and 19 miles of wire on 17 metal layers.” The chip was built on 7nm extreme ultraviolet technology created by Samsung, and represents the initial involvement of the IBM Research AI Hardware Center....

IDrive, on Sept. 9, launched Remote Desktop, a new cloud service that enables users to remotely access their RDP-based Windows computers and servers from any PC, Mac, Android, or iOS device at any time from any location. The company claims that this is the first cloud app to perform these functions. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol originally developed by Microsoft in 1997 that provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection....

In dollar terms, the total value of these contracts is AU$188 million, a 1,300% increase from the AU$13 million worth of contract awarded to Indigenous SMEs through the DTA’s marketplaces from 2018-19. Of the total, almost AU$123 million was awarded via the Digital Marketplaces, AU$35.2 million through the Hardware Marketplace, and AU$30.4 million through the Software Marketplace. The awarded IT contracts to Indigenous firms is off the back of work under the Indigenous Procurement Policy (IPP), the federal government said....

The legislation was drafted following a recommendation made by Treasury’s Black Economy Taskforce for a sharing economy reporting regime to be introduced. The taskforce back in 2017 had found that, without a reporting regime in place, it would be difficult for the ATO to gain information on compliance of sharing economy participants unless targeted audits were used. The Bill, introduced into Parliament at the end of last month, is currently being reviewed by the Economics Legislation Committee....

Some of our picks are among the laptops being discounted: $70 off HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop at Target ZDNET Recommends The best gaming laptops These top gaming notebooks provide the power you need to get your game on anywhere. Read now Core i5-10300H8GB of RAM256GB solid-state driveNvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics1080p HD 15.6-inch display $100 off Acer Nitro 5 at Micro Center Core i5-10300H 16GB of RAM512GB solid-state driveNvidia GeForce RTX 3050 graphics1080p HD 15....

The biggest change for many as a result of the iPhone 14’s lack of nano-SIM slot is that it removes the old and very familiar (if occasionally awkward) process of inserting a physical SIM card in a phone to set up or change a cellular account. Also: eSIM vs. SIM: What’s the difference? “iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models will arrive ready to activate with eSIM.* Note, these models cannot activate with a physical SIM,” Apple notes in its iPhone 14 ordering page....