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It’s worth noting straight away that you can’t simply use the Apple Watch to measure your body temperature. Instead the watch calculates a baseline figure as it measures your sleep, and then keeps a track of how that baseline figure changes over time. As it’s not immediately obvious how to get to this data, this handy guide will break it down in a few simple steps. What you’ll need: An Apple Watch Series 8 (this will also work on the Apple Watch Ultra) with Sleep mode enabledAt least five days of sleep dataAn iPhone...

1. Sign in/sign up First, head to the Google Stadia homepage. Immediately, you are prompted to sign in with your Google account or sign up for a new one. 2. Verify your accessories On the next page, confirm if you have a Pro Pass or a Stadia Controller bundle. These can be added later, so for demonstration purposes, you will skip these for now. 3. Agree to the terms The next page is the “Terms and Conditions....

Both are core flaws in the way most processors are designed. Meltdown mainly impacts Intel CPUs and some ARM (cellphone) processors. Spectre, on the other hand, affects nearly every processor. To make matters worse, there are two different variations of Spectre that play on different CPU behaviors. Both Meltdown and Spectre use the intended behavior of modern CPUs to gain access to information stored in the computer’s memory. That information should only be accessible by privileged system processes, but both Meltdown and Spectre bypass any barriers to that information by accessing it through established channels (the CPU) and doing so at the lowest most fundamental levels....

Hide Bookmark Bar Open the Chrome browser, and go to the bookmark bar that is visible directly beneath the address bar at the top of the screen. Right-click on the bar with your mouse. A drop-down menu will appear. Scroll down the menu until you see the “Show Bookmark Bar” option near the bottom with a tick mark next to it. Tap on this option so the tick mark disappears as well as the bookmark bar....

Password-protecting some or all of your iPhone apps is yet another security measure to take. Although, there are downsides to it, try to look at the bright side; no one would be able to use any of your iPhone apps unless they know what your password is. The good thing is, you don’t need to be a technical person to do this. What you need is an app you can use to set a password for other individual apps in your iPhone....

Luckily, there are great alternatives out there, including Rocket Chat, an open-source, self-hosted alternative to Slack with comparable features. In this guide we’ll go over how to get Rocket Chat working on your Linux server, how to connect to it, create new channels, etc. Hardware requirements A Linux server distribution that has the ability to run and install snapd any moderately-powerful old desktop PC (DDR-2 era or better) that can stay on at all times and act as a server a VPS or any other type of enterprise-grade server...

Note: The “Gnome classic shell” is now known as “Gnome Flashback.” The user interface remain the same. Install Gnome Classic Shell In Ubuntu Installing Gnome classic shell in Ubuntu is really easy. There are two ways to install Gnome classic shell in Ubuntu. The first is to use the regular Ubuntu software center and the second is to use a couple of commands in your Ubuntu terminal. Using Ubuntu Software Center Launch Ubuntu Software Center from the Ubuntu Dash and search for gnome session flashback....

Quick Overview Go is a compiled language like C or C++, not interpreted like Python. This is course means that to do anything you need a Go compiler. Since Go is only officially available in source form, that means we’ll need to compile the Go compiler with gcc. When everything is done, you will have two Go compilers available, 6g and 8g. The only difference between them is that 6g creates 64-bit binaries and 8g creates 32-bit....

If you’re a Linux user and a web developer and need to provide support for the Safari browser, the good news is that there are some workarounds to get Safari up and running on Linux. Although you’ll be restricted to Safari 5, this version still has everything you need for surfing the Web. Installing Safari Browser on Linux There are two potential workarounds for installing Safari on Linux: using WINE (the compatibility layer, not the drink) or using WINE and PlayOnLinux, which provides a graphical user interface (UI) for WINE....

Thus sometimes you may need an operating system that would be portable, so that you can run it from your removable drive and from any computer. We have covered Mojopack earlier, which lets you carry a “self made system environment” in your USB drive. But Mojopack is not any operating system and it depends upon the host computer where you would be using it. What if we could install and carry an operating system of our choice from the USB drive?...

There are various ways to lock photos, text messages and other areas of your phone you want to keep private – from in-app functions in certain messaging apps to apps that let you lock and take closer control of other apps. Here are the best ones for the job. AppLock Whether you want to lock photos, messaging apps or pretty much any app you can think of, AppLock can do it for you....

So, how do you create watermarks in Linux? Well, you’ll need a program by the name of Kdenlive. It is perhaps the most powerful open source video editor available on Linux today. Installation If you have not installed Kdenlive, you should be able to find it in your package manager. In Ubuntu, you can also install it with the command: and for those distros using yum: Making a watermark in Kdenlive Before you can make a watermark, you’ll need to add the actual video file you plan on using to the project....

So we are all happy using them day to day, but how can you make your own? And more to the point, why would you want to? In this article, you will learn how to create your own Truetype, OTF, etc. fonts on the Mac using free tools, including tips on the black art of font design. Note: Beware of messing with your system fonts. If you save over them with a modified version you may screw up your user interface and have to re-install your OS, so tread carefully and don’t save anything over anything....

Commenting on Posts Commenting on posts is the oldest form of interaction on Instagram. Whether you’re browsing via the mobile app or a PC, here’s all you need to know about commenting on Instagram posts. 1. How to Comment on an Instagram Post Writing a comment on Instagram is easy. On mobile, just find the chat bubble under a post and tap it. Alternatively, you can scroll down toward the bottom of the post and tap on the “Add a comment” prompt next to your profile picture....

One issue with Git, however, is that it requires you to use a command-line utility to fully use its functions. This means that in order to use Git you need to learn a number of commands specific to it. However, if you are using Emacs there can be a better way. Magit is a powerful front-end for Git in Emacs. It allows you to easily and seamlessly use Git in Emacs to create, manipulate and save Git repositories through simple Emacs keybindings....

Downloading and using for first time Windows App Boss can be downloaded from its CodePlex page. It doesn’t need to be installed, so you can start using it as soon as it’s finished downloading. When you first start using Windows App Boss, it’ll take a few seconds to populate its database with the apps installed on your computer. Once filled, you can see the name, version, publisher and family the app belongs to....

Using Google Contacts If you save all of your contacts right in your Google account, i.e., you sync them with your Google account, then you can use the Google Contacts web service to help you merge duplicate contacts. Here’s what you need to do: Go to the Google Contacts webpage using any of your web browsers. If you are not logged in, do so first. The contacts page lists out all the contacts you have saved with your Google account....

Monero is a privacy-focused currency that utilizes an open source code base and aims to keep transactions anonymous with the aid of high-grade encryption. With Monero, transactions are private. It’s also one of a handful of currencies on the rise in 2018. It hasn’t exploded like Bitcoin or Ethereum, but that’s a good thing. Monero is inexpensive enough to invest in, and it’s still possible to mine with a regular computer....

Installation To install sysstat on a RedHat based variant using yum: To install on a Debian based variant using apt: If you are using a Ubuntu-based distro, you should be able to find sysstat in the software manager. After the installation, you will need to edit the configuration file to run the daemon. In the terminal: and set the “sadc” variable to true by changing the line to ENABLED=“true”. Save and close the file....

An encrypted service is recognized by a web address that starts with “https” and this is the default address for any e-commerce or banking site, where the transaction of money is involved. If you try to access Paypal by typing http://www.paypal.com the address will be redirected to https://www.paypal.com What is Google SSL Search and Why Use it? SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) provides secure connections for web browsing, email, instant messaging and other data transfers....