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The State of the Union (SOTU) is an annual event (with some exceptions) where the President of the United States addresses a joint session of Congress to highlight their achievements in the past year and propose their legislative agenda for the following year. All the major broadcasters carry the event, and it’s easy to live stream State of the Union. When a new president takes office, their first address to a joint session of Congress is not called The State of the Union, though it serves a similar purpose....

For decades, the conventional wisdom surrounding video games has been negative, but new insights suggest gaming has become a balm for the socially isolated as material conditions continue to unravel amid the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty of 2020. Key Takeaways Research suggests the uniqueness of social gaming and the pandemic has led to a connection between playing video games and happiness.Video games have been a reprieve from the unique isolation people have experienced due to COVID-19....

An outage Wednesday night led to multiple hours of downtime for some Instagram users. During the overnight, Instagram suffered multiple hours of outages across several countries. Still, according to Android Police, the outage appears to have mostly affected India, with users in countries like the United States and Germany remaining mostly unaffected by it. Down Detector, a website that gathers reports of outages for various websites first reported major outages on the platform around 10 or 11 p....

When you need to launch an app in Windows 8, you often have to search for it, or go to the Modern screen and click the app’s tile. Wouldn’t it be great if you can access all the applications on your desktop and launch it directly? In Windows 8, right click on the Desktop and select “new -> Shortcut”. Enter Explorer Shell:AppsFolder in the “Location” field and give a name for this shortcut....

There are 5 bosses in Loop Hero namely The Lich, Omega, The Priestess, The Hunter and the Secret boss. These main enemies are pretty tough to beat – you need the right tile combination and cards to make sure that you don’t die in this nostalgic RPG game. When you do end up dying, though, you will be able to keep only 30% of the resources you have accumulated so make sure to retreat at the right time....

Learn how to survive in the Last Oasis? Available for early access on steam, this game brings out the fun of exploration and stealing. Last Oasis is a survival MMO game, your mobile base is Walkers. A kind of walking ship that is used to explore the open world. To survive gathering items like food and water is important. With this, you have to save yourself from pirates who will loot your valuables....

Your Mac’s sleep mode is a low-power state that gives both the battery and the processor a break. From the outside, it seems like all sleep modes are the same, but Apple has implemented several types that affect different parts of the computer and how they return to work. Here’s what you need to know about sleep mode on your Mac. Types of Sleep Mode in Macs Apple supports three main types of sleep modes for desktops and portables....

Now that EA Sports has released Madden 23 onto multiple platforms, it might just be a great addition to the long-running NFL series. Though the game brings fresh changes compared to Madden 22, the element of football is still exciting. While touchdowns win you matches, it is the right players that will get you those. Whether you play a regular team campaign or your Fantasy draft, player recruiting is a key element of the game....

There are tons of ways to make Firefox runs faster. One of the ways is to turn off the tabs animation so the opening and closing of tabs will be immediate and doesn’t take up much memory. In Firefox, open a new tab and type “about:config” in the address bar. Search for “browser.tabs.aimate” and double click to change the value to “false”. Close the tab. That’s it. Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry....

Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has died on Monday in Seattle, at the age of 65 as a result of further complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He has been battling this disease for more than three decades. He was first diagnosed in 1982, received treatment in 2009, but it returned in 2018. Allen was one of Bill Gates’ closest friend, and together, they started Microsoft in April of 1975. Alongside starting one of the biggest software company in the world, Paul was also investor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who has a profound effect in technology and science....

Microsoft is planning to remove Cortana from its Microsoft Launcher app and retiring the standalone Cortana app. According to notes in recently published support document, the company will be discontinuing the digital assistant for Android and iOS outside the United States on January 31, 2020. Cortana was originally available on the Microsoft Launcher in the early months of 2018, and since then, the feature received a number of updates, but now, it seems that Cortana will cease to exist in mobile devices very soon....

Microsoft just released the second update for the Technical Preview of Windows 10 and on a surprising note, the company has also announced that it will be releasing ISO files for each build of the operating system. The news comes days after the company finally started making the installation files for Windows 8.1 available for download to the masses for free to easily recover when reinstallation of the operating system is needed and you don’t have the recovery discs....

After coming to the market with the Surface Headphones, Microsoft is now reportedly creating a pair of wireless earbuds, which are also expected to carry the Surface brand in some form. According to a new report from Thurrott.com, source familiar to the project, reveal that the software giant is working on a new set of earbuds under the “Morrison” codename to expand its portfolio in the headphone market. If the device ever becomes available, the Surface earbuds will compete with the popular AirPods from Apple, which are by far one of the best in-ear headphones that offer the right balance between sound quality and price....

Known for its safety features, Life360 was developed with a mission to enable family tracking. Apart from location sharing, the app can determine the speed of travel, battery percentage on smartphones, devices in use or not, and much more. Disguised as a tool for emergencies, parents often use this app to secretly supervise their kids’ activities. Privacy being at the forefront for teenagers, you must be wondering whether one can turn off location on Life360 without anyone knowing, or if you are a parent, pondering can you track someone on Life360 without them knowing?...

It is hard to imagine life without the modern keyboard when all typing was carried out by the ancient and noisy typewriter. With time, while the original layout of the keyboard remained the same, its functionality and usage have become highly advanced. Despite being a huge upgrade from the conventional typewriter, the keyboard is far from perfect. One major element that has been elusive for far too long is the ability to type with accents....

With Microsoft retiring Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype, starting version 6.0 of the messaging service for Windows and Mac OS X, the company is already prompting users to merge their Skype accounts with Microsoft accounts. What people may not know is that linking the two accounts is permanent and they cannot undo this process. Chances are thin, but it could happen that during the linking process you mistakenly used an email address (Microsoft account) that you didn’t want to use to begin with or you’ll simply change your mind later....

You can improve your Instagram experience in a variety of ways. One of these options is to customize your story feed. You may determine which people’s posts and stories you want to see more of and which ones are unnecessary and skip them. Fortunately, there is a mute option on Instagram, so you don’t have to unfollow or block someone to avoid viewing their posts and stories. However, this does not always imply that you wish to keep them muted....

You should upgrade your players in MLB The Show 22 if you want to have better matches. When starting, your Ballplayer will have very average stats, but that can be changed. While the method may not be easy but definitely a thing that you can do. So in this guide let us check how to upgrade your Ballplayers in MLB The Show 22. How to Upgrade Players in MLB The Show 22 You can upgrade players by completing Road to the Show Challenges in this game....

“Windows 10 22H2” is expected to launch in October, and you can upgrade to the latest version manually whether you have version 21H2, 21H1, 20H2, or an older release. Although you shouldn’t install the new feature update quickly to avoid potential bugs and other problems during the early days, you can upgrade manually in at least three ways using Windows Update, Media Creation Tool, and Update Assistant. If you have a device with versions 21H2, 21H1, or 20H2, the best way to install the version 22H2 release is using Windows Update because the new release of Windows 10 is a minor update, and you only need an enablement package to upgrade....

Over the years there have been many talks of Microsoft buying Discord but they all reached no conclusion. So, here’s finally some sweet news for the Xbox players that have been waiting for the Discord voice chat feature on their consoles. This update will allow players to connect with their friends and other players using Discord’s voice chat feature. But is it out yet? Here’s everything to know about the Discord voice chat on Xbox One and Series X|S....