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Did You Know? April 11, 1954 is considered to be the most boring day in the 20th century as no newsworthy births, deaths, or other significant events on the global stage took place upon that day. Geek Trivia The Highest Grossing World War II Film Of All Time Is? Dunkirk → Inglorious Bastards → Casablanca → Saving Private Ryan → 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 Low Profile Switches Are Coming to Shrink Your Mechanical Keyboards How to See Your Most Used Apps on Android Should You Repair Your Own Phone or Laptop? How to Get the Most Out of Your Eero Mesh Wi-Fi System What Is UserEventAgent, and Why Is It Running on My Mac? 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Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. This web form is preventing online shopping from taking off in many African markets Basically every e-commerce site asks for an address, even in countries that don't really have an address system. [ Quartz] Amazon Chooses 20 Finalists for Second Headquarters We enter the second round of Amazon's municipal game show with 20 contestants remaining, mostly on the east coast. [The New York Times] Tim Cook says users will be able to turn off iPhone battery performance throttling in future iOS update This should have been try all along, but we'll take it. [9 To 5 Mac] Low Profile Switches Are Coming to Shrink Your Mechanical Keyboards Mechanical keyboards are neat! But no one would say they’re sleek or compact. Even the smallest mainstream models, the “60%” boards, are about the size and weight of a paperback book. But that might be changing very soon. Read This Article → How to See Your Most Used Apps on Android Have you ever wondered which apps consume most of your time? Sure, you can assume what you use the most, but seeing exactly what you use (and how often) can be pretty telling. The best part is that finding this info is as simple as installing an app from the Play Store. Read This Article → Should You Repair Your Own Phone or Laptop? While it can be tempting to take a crack at repairing your own laptop, phone, or tablet, there are times to do it…and times to leave it to the pros. Read This Article → How to Get the Most Out of Your Eero Mesh Wi-Fi System For some people, a normal router works fine for their wireless needs. But if you have dead spots all around your house, you might benefit from a mesh Wi-Fi system, like the Eero. And even if you’re familiar with the Eero system, here are all the nifty things you can do with it that you may not have known about. Read This Article → What Is UserEventAgent, and Why Is It Running on My Mac? You’re looking through Activity Monitor when you notice a process you’re unfamilar with: UserEventAgent. Should you be worried? No: this is a core part of macOS. Read This Article → How to Hide Your Active Status on Facebook Messenger If you use Facebook Messenger for any reason, all of your friends who also use the service can tell when you’re active. This makes it kind of hard to ignore people you don’t really want to talk to. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to hide your active status. Read This Article → How to Report YouTube Videos and Comments YouTube is a wild west of content. There are some great videos there, but also some truly awful ones. You can help out by reporting questionable content. Read This Article → How to Stop the Meltdown and Spectre Patches from Slowing Down Your PC The Windows patches for Meltdown and Spectre will slow your PC down. On a newer PC running Windows 10, you probably won’t notice. But, on a PC with an older processor—especially if it’s running Windows 7 or 8—you may see a noticeable slowdown. Here’s how to make sure your PC performs as speedily as possible after securing it. 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