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It looks like the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro might not be getting full Android support past the three-year mark. Google’s new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones could have a shorter shelf life than you might expect. According to a Google support page on the Pixel, the company’s five-year coverage plan actually only includes security updates—Android support may end much sooner. According to Google, both the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will receive (and continue to receive) security support through updates until “at least” October 2026....

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is an anti-piracy protocol that some HDMI devices honor. It’s a cable standard that’s put into place to prevent piracy. It can, however, interrupt signals even in otherwise innocuous situations. ERROR: NON-HDCP OUTPUTHDCP ERROR However, given the way the HDCP standard works, you may be able to bypass this problem. Causes of HDCP Errors HDCP is a type of Digital Rights Management encoding intended to prevent piracy by providing an encrypted tunnel between an output device (like the Blu-ray player or Chromecast) and the receiving end (for example, the HDTV or media center)....

Sleep is a blessing, but not everyone gets to enjoy eight hours of sound sleep. Whether you spend too much time in front of the TV/PC before going to sleep or you have a sleep disorder, not having proper sleep will surely disrupt your life. If you are having trouble going to sleep and thinking of going for sleeping pills like millions of other people, it might be healthier to give technology a try....

Mail.com offers free and premium email addresses for use at its website, which is accessible from any web browser. In addition to email, the site includes a news portal. While the site is functional, you may prefer to access your Mail.com emails using a separate client such as Outlook. To synchronize your Mail.com account with an outside email server, you must give that server “instructions” for how to retrieve your Mail....

Hiway Nylon Braided Lightning Cable Made of durable material Compatible with wide range of Apple devices Doesn’t tangle easily Provides charging and syncing Not MFi certified No warranty coverage The Hiway Nylon Braided Lightning Cable is an inexpensive option to the proprietary Apple Lightning cable, with a little bit of design flair and similar performance as the original cable. Design and Durability Charging Speed Price Competition Final Verdict Specs If you’re an iPhone user and you want a more visually interesting and heavier-duty alternative to the traditional white Apple Lightning cable, the Hiway Nylon Braided Lightning Cable serves up strong performance and more design interest as well....

Getting smart home devices from different companies to work together is about to get a lot easier, thanks to Project CHIP. Key Takeaways Project CHIP is an open-ended program created to help unify smart home devices.The first CHIP-supported devices are expected to arrive by the end of the year and will make connecting smart home tech from different companies easier.If picked up widely, CHIP could revolutionize the current state of the smart home industry, making smart devices easier for users and manufacturers to work with....

You should get at least five years out of a well-maintained iPad. This article will help you decide if it’s time to move on from your iPad and offers a couple of reasons why it might be worth keeping, too. How Many Years Should an iPad Last? Apple usually supports a new iPad with iPadOS updates for at least five years and often several years longer. Most iPad models hold up well in performance, features, and storage over this timeframe which means that five years is a standard lifespan for any iPad....

Social media has become the dominating tool for activists, and the explosive international intrigue around the Nigeria-based #EndSARS movement illustrates that its ability to connect international audiences is as salient as its capacity to activate domestic interests. SARS stands for, in this case, Nigeria’s secret police, the now-dissolved Special Anti-Robbery Squad. Key Takeaways Through the power of social media, the #EndSARS movement (a social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria) has garnered international interest in an often overlooked part of the Global South....

The “I’m Feeling Lucky” option feels like a throwback to more innocent times – a time before Google became a corporate monolith with a wide menacing smile that feeds relentlessly on our online data. The feature lets you enter a search query, then click “I’m Feeling Lucky” to take you directly to a well-rated site ranking for your search instead of showing you a list of search results. While the Feeling Lucky box is one of the few remnants from the early days of Google still with us, it’d be nice if Google thought to integrate it into the address bar (much like it’s integrated the regular search)....

This article explains how to add friend codes to your Nintendo 3DS so you can communicate, play games, and share profile information with friends. What to Know Friends need your friend code. To find it, tap Friend List icon (smiley face) > tap your Friend Card icon.To register a friend, tap Friend List icon > Register Friend icon > Internet > enter friend’s friend code > OK.You can add up to 100 friends....

This article explains how to export and save your Firefox bookmarks in universal formats, like JSON and HTML, so you can store them someplace safe or import them to another computer running Firefox, or even Chrome. What to Know Select the Library button and choose Bookmarks > Show All Bookmarks. In the bookmark library window, click Import and Backup.Next, select Backup, choose a destination, and click Save. (If you’d rather export to HTML, select Export Bookmarks to HTML....

The Holiday Season is here and Christmas is right around the corner. Like every year, Clash of Clans has welcomed the Holiday Spirit with the Clashmas Update. With Clashmas, there is a new Event that everybody can take part in and earn free rewards. This event is the Snow Day Challenge. It is a limited-time event and the rewards it gives are pretty neat. In Today’s guide, I will show you how to Beat the Snow Day Challenge in Clash of Clans (COC)....

If you have an Android wear (smartwatch), and you wear it, then it is obvious that you frequently receive notifications, which are indicated by a vibrating alarm. The notifications can be of any apps, and can be wanted or unwanted. Though at many times it is good to have the notifications of several good apps, such as Facebook Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp etc., the same type of notifications also irritate you sometimes....

GNOME Developers removed Nautilus’ type-ahead feature way back in 2013 in favor of a recursive search that searches files in the current folder as well as sub-directories. Type-ahead makes it possible for users to start typing the name of a file or directory to select it without searching any sub folders. This made it really easy to find something if you know what you’re looking for. For example, if you’re in the Downloads folder, perhaps looking for a file you recently downloaded, you can start typing the first few letters of the filename, and it’ll jump to the first match it finds in the current directory....

Starting with Android 7.0 Nougat, you can make elements on the screen smaller or larger with the “Display size” setting. There are so many Android devices with different screen resolutions and pixel density that it’s up to manufacturers to set the appropriate density settings (ro.sf.lcd_density). This allows the operating system and apps to scale properly on and display the same amount of content on a small as well as on larger screen....

On Windows 10, the screen resolution defines the clarity of the images and text rendered on the monitor. When using a high resolution on the display (for example, 1080p or 4K), items on the screen will look sharper and smaller to allow more items on the screen. In contrast, when using a low resolution (such as 1024 x 800-pixels), you won’t be able to see as many items on the screen, and they’ll appear larger....

Instagram is an amazing platform for social media enthusiasts. Be it showing off your photography skills or sharing candid pictures from your latest solo-trip, Instagram is the perfect medium. Its unique set of features, cool interface, and endless possibilities, make Instagram extremely popular, especially among the youth. It is a wonderful platform for sharing images, vlogs, creating stories, meeting new people, and expanding our reach. The app was recently purchased by Facebook and had over one billion active users all over the world....

Microsoft has almost finalized getting Windows 10 ready, but there is still one thing the company has yet to complete, and that is the title bar. Perhaps, since the beginning of the public preview of Windows 10, we have seen the same white title bar that looks unfinished and it doesn’t fully integrates with the rest of the operating system. However, it appears that with a simple tweak you can enable the title bar to change colors using the personalize Windows color scheme....

Valorant Skins have taken an incomparable grasp over the Valoverse. Tired of launching Valorant just to check if that GlitchPop Vandal is available in-market? Wished there existed a way to check Valorant skins without launching the game? The community just like every other fps game’s community – has a weapon-skin obsession. However, having to launch the game every day just to check the skins in Valorant’s store could get really frustrating....

This article explains how to Chromecast from Mac to any TV or monitor. In order to cast from your Mac, you’ll need a Chromecast or Chromecast Ultra device, a TV with an HDMI input, Wi-Fi access, a Mac running OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or above, and the latest version of Chrome. What to Know Open the video you want to cast in Chrome. Go to View > Cast in the top menu....