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Lutris is an open-source Linux game manager, but it’s more than that. It aims to provide a single unified way to handle gaming on Linux. It brings together all aspects of Linux gaming into one place. Steam, Wine, HumbleBundle, GOG, and even a whole range of emulators are all brought together for a relatively seamless experience. Lutris also provides methods for installing games. It integrates with Steam, and it provides installer scripts for even the trickiest Wine games....

Tracking cookies are the epitome of predatory data capitalism, say privacy experts who believe Meta’s latest record-setting settlement shows the regulators are finally waking up to the harm they cause to end-users. Key Takeaways Meta has paid $90 million to settle a decade-long privacy lawsuit.The lawsuit questioned the use of tracking cookies by Meta’s Facebook social network.Privacy experts believe the settlement could force online services to adopt a privacy-first approach. On February 15, 2022, Meta agreed to pay $90 million to settle its decade-long data privacy lawsuit for its use of tracking cookies to follow Facebook users across the internet....

Microsoft has released a new Chromium version of its Edge browser, which comes with many cool features. However, when you go to download it, you have four different options to choose from. You can either download the regular Edge, the Beta branch, the Dev branch, or Canary. What does each one do, and which one is the best version for you? Let’s break down each of these versions and look at where they shine to see which one you should use....

We all have memories or just pretty images that we’d quite happily be reminded about every single day. What’s the best way to do this? To set them as your background, of course, on your computer or Android phone. It used to be a bit fiddly setting images as your Android wallpaper because instead of cropping images that were too wide, it would sprawl them across your several home screens. Nowadays, a wallpaper stays stationary by default, and Android has a quick and easy way of cropping it down to size....

In this tutorial we will show the best ways for you to unlock an Android phone in case you forget its pattern or PIN. While you will find many different options online, they might involve a factory reset which will certainly erase all your data. A few of them require an external toolbox or app which is again a complicated thing. Instead, the methods described here do not require a hard reset of the phone or downloading any apps....

Stray is an adventure game created by BlueTwelve Studio where you roam around a Cybercity inhabited by Robots. You play as a Stray Cat, going about living the adventure & completing Objectives. During your Quests in the game, you will collect certain Items. One such Item you can get is the Poncho. It is an item of Hand-knitted clothing that will keep you warm. In this guide, I will show you how to Use & Wear the Poncho in Stray....

The introduction of iOS 14 added many new and exciting features to Apple’s operating system. Default apps, App Clips and the App Library are just a few of the great additions. App Library in particular is likely to be one of the most popular inclusions allowing users an entirely new way to organize their iPhones. With a few swipes to the left on the home screen, App Library’s new folder structure will help you rethink how you use and organize your phone....

You can use a photo to harness the power of Google’s search tool directly from your iPhone. Google Lens for iOS turns objects within a photo, or your camera, into a search. Instead of typing, just send a photo and ask Google to tell you what it is. What to Know Download and open Google Photos. Give the app permission to access your library. Open an image and tap the Google Lens icon....

Paint.NET is a free photo-editing software for Windows PCs. It has a remarkable range of features for free software. One of those features is the Clone Stamp tool. As its name suggests, the tool clones pixels from one part of an image and applies them to another area. It is basically a paintbrush that uses one part of an image as its palette. Most professional and free pixel-based image editors have a similar tool, including Photoshop, GIMP and Serif PhotoPlus SE....

If typing is painful for you or you just think better when speaking, voice dictation might be a good option for creating written documents. Not the inaccurate voice recognition of the early 90s, but the current iteration of voice typing that’s become increasingly popular on mobile devices. If you have Google Docs, all the better because Google Docs voice typing is the feature you never knew you were missing. Here’s how to use it....

This article explains how to watch free movies on your Roku device. Additional information covers which channels offer free content. What to Know Select a channel on your Roku device to see its available free programming.Popular channels: Roku Channel, Crackle, Popcornflix, Crunchyroll, Midnight Pulp, Tubi, Pluto TV, Prime Video. How to Watch Free Movies on Roku On Roku, apps are referred to as channels, as they function much like traditional channels....

JBL has just announced the Tour Pro 2 wireless earbuds, complete with a touchscreen-enabled charging case. The company calls it “the world’s first smart charging case.” The case features a 1.45-inch LED touchscreen with control methods similar to a smartwatch, allowing users to change the volume, control streaming apps, and even receive calls and social media notifications. Of course, the case also, you know, charges the earbuds, but the touchscreen controls allow you to keep your phone snug in its hidey-hole while still retaining some of its most-used features....

With the explosion of scanners, digital cameras, and the World Wide Web, the JPEG image format has quickly become the most widely used digital image format. It’s also the most misunderstood. Here are some common misconceptions and facts. JPEG Is the Proper Spelling: True Although the files often end in the three-letter extension JPG or JP2 for JPEG 2000, the file format is spelled JPEG. It’s an acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the organization that developed the format....

An e-reader is a convenient way of consuming digital books. Unlike using a tablet or iPad, which have short battery lives, are expensive, and have displays that aren’t as easy on the eyes, e-readers are a lesser distraction and have longer battery lives. They’re also cheaper, lighter, more compact, water-resistant, and can hold lots of books, making them a fan-favorite for voracious readers, as they can carry their book libraries on the go....

Microsoft quietly has launched one of the most delightful apps I’ve used in a long time with its Journal for Windows 10 notetaking app. Key Takeaways Microsoft’s new Journal app is a great note-taking tool. One key difference with Journal compared to other note apps is that it’s focused on pages. I was able to easily find past ink notes that I had created in Journal. I’m a scribbler by nature and a fan of paper notebooks, but inked missives seem always to get lost....

Windows 10 will get a new Microsoft Store app by the fall of 2021. The new app will provide a new modern design and improve discoverability. The new system will make it easier for developers to submit and monetize apps. Microsoft is reportedly building a new app Store for Windows 10 with a more user-friendly interface, modern design, and significant policy changes to be more open for end-users and developers....

Microsoft continues working hard updating to Metro style its line of software and online services to have them ready at launch of Windows 8 on October 26th. This time the software maker has unveiled a totally new and more productive preview version of its popular web mail service Hotmail — now re-branded to Outlook.com. Even though the old service will remain operational, the new version of the service brings tons of new features and new design, among the new changes users will see: a brand new experience with a Metro style user interface, Exchange ActiveSync compatible clients, and POP3 capabilities....

There are times when you use an Ubuntu machine that contains some cool customizations, especially those related to Unity. The next thing you want is to have all those (or at-least some of those) on your machine. But what prevents from you from doing this is the time and effort that you’ll have to put in to apply each customization on your machine. If you’ve been through such a situation, here is some good news: there are certain tools that make this process a cake walk, with some of them even providing an option to automate the whole process....

The Legend Status rewards in NBA 2k22 My City is quite a well-known and popular part of the basketball game franchise. It is an achievement that you will need to acquire by meeting a few requirements. If you are new to the game, however, this might be a little easier said than done. To make things much simpler, we’ve got just the guide for you. Here, we will show you all you need to know to unlock the Legend Status in NBA 2k22....

Have you ever sent a message to the wrong person or regretted sending a message to the intended person? If you have, that’s something you won’t have to worry about anymore on WhatsApp, since it has rolled out a new feature that allows you to erase messages and attachments after they have been sent. To take full advantage of the feature, there are some tips you need to keep in mind or else the feature won’t work as intended....