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Windows 11 Upgrade: A Step-by-Step Guide (2021) If you are on Windows 10, you can follow this guide to install Windows 11 on your computer without any hassle. And for advanced users, we have also added instructions for Windows 11 clean installation through the ISO image. Moreover, if your PC isn’t completely compatible with Windows 11, we have a solution to fix that as well. As always, you can use the table of contents below to jump ahead to whichever method you want to use to upgrade to Windows 11....

How to Use Face ID with a Mask While there have been a lot of tricks to make Face ID work with masks, none of them really work. At least not very reliably. But now, with iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4, you can use your Apple Watch to unlock your iPhone. Note: iOS 14.5 and watchOS 7.4 are currently in the developer beta stage, but the stable version should be released by the end of this month....

The “Live Lyrics” is an amazing feature for people like me who like to sing along while listening to a song, but doesn’t know the entire lyrics. However, one thing to keep in mind is that you will need an Apple Music subscription to use the feature. Now, coming to the feature, it is literally like karaoke as you will be able to follow the lyrics of a song in real-time while the song is playing....

For the uninitiated, the Amazfit Neo features a retro design with a a 1.2-inch square shaped monochrome LCD display, which is likely to be appealing to people who like old school watches. Despite the aged look, the Amazfit Neo doesn’t fall short in terms of features. The smartwatch is Bluetooth 5.0 LE-enabled and offers activity tracking, heart rate monitoring, and sleep monitoring. It also offers three sports modes and Huami’s PAI health analysis system, along with water resistance up to 50 meters....

Anti-Bullying Features Instagram says it has been testing a feature to automatically hide offensive comments. As a step to bring more transparency, the company will add a ‘View Hidden Comments’ option so that users can know what kind of comments are typically hidden and choose to view them. Image: Instagram In July last year, Instagram started using AI to warn users who make hateful comments. The company is now expanding the feature to more languages while slightly modifying the warning message....

Instagram to Soon Get Candid Challenges! Known reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi has spotted the new Candid Challenges feature, which is candidly inspired by the BeReal app. This feature will send notifications to people for them to post on the platform and this will be a limited-period thingy. #Instagram is working on IG Candid Challenges, a feature inspired by @BeReal_App 👀ℹ️ Add other’s IG Candid to your story tray. And everyday at a different time, get a notification to capture and share a Photo in 2 Minutes....

Create 60-second Reels on Instagram Instagram announced that creators can now record 60-second Reels through its Twitter handle using the Galaxy brain meme that dates back to 2017. You can check the announcement tweet below, but honestly, there’s not a lot to see there. — Instagram (@instagram) July 27, 2021 To create Reels longer than 30 seconds, you have to set the length of the video before you start recording it....

Instagram Wants You to Spend More Time on It It is revealed that the daily limit now starts at 30 minutes and can go up to 3 hours on Instagram. The ‘Daily Limit’ section’s UI has also seen some changes as the maximum option now shows at the top, maybe as an attempt for users to choose the highest limit option. The feature has started rolling out now and I was able to access it on my iPhone....

Windows 11 Release Date Set for October According to a report by Windows Latest, the recent release notes of DCH GPU driver 30.0.100.9684 reveals that Microsoft could start rolling out Windows 11 to everyone in October, which is only about three months away. In the release notes, Microsoft refers to Windows 11 as the “October 2021 Update – version 21H2”. Now, for the unaware, Microsoft labels Windows build in a YYMM format in which the YY depicts the year in two-digit format and the MM represents the month of the expected release....

The Cupertino giant started rolling out the developer beta of iOS 14.5 today and with this update, users will be able to unlock their iPhones using FaceID while their faces are covered with masks. However, there is one catch. The user must also own and wear an Apple Watch for this feature to work. In the past Apple rolled out an iOS update that brought up the passcode screen faster when unlocking a device if it detects a mask....

First, Apple has improved the App Library. Where earlier you may have seen some app categories being decidedly weird in their naming, the company is fixing that today. There are new categories now, such as “Travel”, “Shopping & Food”, and “Productivity & Finance”. Compared to earlier category names, such as “Lifestyle”, these are definitely better. I would still rather have a separate “Finance” category by the way. It just makes more sense to have all your banking apps in a category separate from things like Gmail....

iQOO Z6 5G: Specs and Features The iQOO Z6 goes for some cosmetic changes and features a 2.5D flat frame design. It has ended up with a much wider rear camera island, as compared to the iQOO Z5 and the iQOO Z3. The camera hump holds two big camera housings a small one, along with an LED flash and a 5G branding. The rest of the back panel is simple and just carries the iQOO branding at the bottom....

According to a report from Hollywood Reporter, the actor, who played the role of the “Joker” pretty disappointingly in “Suicide Squad”, especially after the portrayal of the character by the legendary Heath Ledger, has been spotted in the re-shoots of Zack Snyder’s final Justice League movie which is set to hit HBO Max in the upcoming year. As per the reports, it is not quite clear what will be the role of the “Joker” in Snyder’s version of the DC film....

Dubbed the MediaTek M80, the new modem will support “ultra-fast speeds on both non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA) architectures”. It will also deliver speeds up to 7.67 Gbps in the downlink and up to 3.76 Gbps in the uplink. It will support dual 5G SIM, dual 5G networks (both NSA and SA), and dual Voice over New Radio (VoNR). These are packed in the new M80 to provide users with more 5G options and reliable network connections....

What’s in the Box First, let’s take a look at all the attachments and accessories you get inside the Mi Robot Vacuum-Mop P box when you first open it. Vacuum-Mop P robot Brushes x2 Moist Mop Pad Wet Mop Pad Dust Compartment (pre-installed) Dust & Mop Compartment Cleaning Brush (inside the robot’s compartment) Roller Brush (pre-installed) Charging Dock Power Adapter Drag Pad (for installing the mopping pad) User Manual Yeah, there’s a lot to unbox here....

Ryzen L3 Cache Latency Patch for Windows 11 According to TechPowerUp‘s testing on a Ryzen 7 2700X, the L3 latency that’s usually around 10 ns was giving a latency of 17 ns in Windows 11. With the latest update, the latency seems to have further gone up to 31.9 ns. You can check TechPowerUp‘s benchmark results below: While AMD has officially committed to offering the patch to fix these issues sometime this month, new dates floating around on the web suggest that we could expect the patch for L3 cache latency on October 19....

Microsoft Office Web vs Desktop Apps: The Basics First and foremost, we are going to discuss the basic differences between the web version of Microsoft Office and the desktop apps. As it’s self-explanatory, the Web version is online only meaning you can access Microsoft Office on the web only when you are connected to the internet. It does not support offline editing or viewing. Next, you can’t directly select and edit an Office document that is available on your local disk....

Netflix’s Plan to Manage Its Declining Userbase In its latest Q1 earnings report, Netflix has revealed that over 100 million users are sharing their Netflix accounts and this password-sharing problem is one of the causes of the decline in its userbase. To solve this, Netflix will now bring its recent test into full force soon. If you’ve been keeping up, this test introduced an add-on option for people to add more users to their subscription by paying extra....

Steve Moser (@SteveMoser), a contributing writer at Macrumors, recently shared a tweet suggesting that Apple plans to release a new iPod Touch 2021 this fall. This is as per the information sourced by Apple tipster Alexiander (@AppleLe257). The company aims to launch the 8th-gen iPod Touch in the market soon. This was the reason why Apple included “iPod Touch” in its Apple Music PR blurb back in November 2020, says Moser....

Samsung T4380 Smart HD TV: Specs and Features The Samsung T4380 TV comes with a 32-inch HD display with PurColor technology for better color reproduction and an enhanced viewing experience. It also supports HDR. While the bezels are thin, it isn’t a complete bezel-less TV. The display has support for features like Ultra Clean View and Contrast Enhancer to further enhance the visuals. The TV comes with a Personal Computer mode for laptop mirroring and accessing Excel and Word documents from the cloud....