Lock Down Your Tech in 2018 With These Resolutions

Did You Know? James Smithson, a wealthy Englishman who became the founding donor of the Smithsonian Institution, never visited the United States and his reason for bequeathing such a large fortune to a foreign country was never specified. Geek Trivia When Employees Are Encouraged To Experiment And Develop On Company Time, It’s Called? Permitted Bootlegging → Brain Trusting → Flex Time → Innovation Hours → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. And it doesn't just work on PCs — they have a Mac version too. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles Lock Down Your Tech in 2018 With These Resolutions How Carriers and Manufacturers Make Your Android Phone’s Software Worse PC Gamers, Give Left-Handed “Gamepads” a Try How to Enable Night Mode on the Echo Spot Instantly Open a Full Screen Terminal On Your Mac Using a Keyboard Shortcut How to Add Custom User Tags to Reddit How to Change Device Names on Google Wifi What’s the Difference Between a Power Strip and a Surge Protector? Today's Review Geek Articles Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Apogee In the context of satellite communications, Apogee refers to the point in a satellite’s elliptical orbit where it is farthest from Earth. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. 74 Things That Blew Our Minds in 2017 If you like our daily trivia questions you will love this list. [The Atlantic] Apple Makes $29 Battery Replacements Available Immediately for iPhone 6 and Newer Supply may be limited, so hurry up if you want to do this soon. [ Mac Rumors] Lock Down Your Tech in 2018 With These Resolutions If you’re a human person who occasionally engages in commerce, hackers are probably targeting you. This year, resolve to do something about it. Read This Article → How Carriers and Manufacturers Make Your Android Phone’s Software Worse Android’s openness is a big reason for its success, but cellular carriers and phone manufacturers often use this openness to make the experience worse for its users. Android’s openness gives carriers and device manufacturers the freedom to do bad things. Read This Article → PC Gamers, Give Left-Handed “Gamepads” a Try Keyboards aren’t designed to play games…but most PC games are designed to be played on keyboards. It’s an interesting bit of evolutionary dissonance in the world of PC gaming, from back when people actually worked on computers and games were a secondary consideration. Read This Article → How to Enable Night Mode on the Echo Spot If you use your Echo Spot as a bedside alarm clock, then you might benefit from turning on Night Mode. This feature changes the background to black and dims the screen so that it doesn’t blind you at night while you’re trying to sleep. Read This Article → Instantly Open a Full Screen Terminal On Your Mac Using a Keyboard Shortcut Many Mac users spend their entire lives in the Terminal, but most of us only open it occasionally. Using a mouse to open a text-based interface feels weird, however. What if there was a way to always have the Terminal at the ready, triggered by a single keyboard shortcut? Read This Article → How to Add Custom User Tags to Reddit If you’ve spent any time at all on the Internet, odds are pretty decent that you’ve encountered Reddit, the link-sharing social network and discussion platform. And if you’ve spent any time at all on Reddit, odds are approximately 100% that you’ve encountered jerks. Not that Reddit is inherently jerky, mind you—it’s just that there are millions of users posting links and comments daily. Unless you’re specifically limiting your viewing to the /r/Aww subreddit, you’re mathematically certain to encounter a certain level of dickish behavior. Read This Article → How to Change Device Names on Google Wifi One of the most valuable features of Google Wifi for me is the ability to watch my network activity on a per-device level. The thing is, a lot of devices don’t correctly report themselves to the router, so it’s hard to tell what is what. Here’s how to figure it out, then change the name. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between a Power Strip and a Surge Protector? Surge protectors often look just like power strips, but not all power strips are surge protectors. Only surge protections actually help protect your gadgets against power surges. Many power strips are just glorified extension cords without any protection. But you can tell whether a strip provides surge protection with just a few seconds of examination. Read This Article → Advertisement How-To Geek Recommends Running Malwarebytes Alongside Your Antivirus for Maximum Protection Running antivirus is still important, but these days the really active threats are from spyware, adware, crapware, and the worst of all: ransomware. That's where Malwarebytes comes in. Malwarebytes not only protects your computer from malware, but does a better job of cleaning up an infected computer than anything else on the market. And it doesn't just work on PCs — they have a Mac version too. Click here to download