Stefen Matias might best be known as the TikTok Genshin Guy, but his dedicated community of 130,000 followers across Twitch and TikTok ensures his intoxicating persona doesn’t go unnoticed. He’s an emerging force in the streaming world, looking to take over one sample at a time. “I worked really hard, and I grinded forever even without any payoff for it. Regardless of that, I still feel lucky, and some days it really does not feel real… and I don’t know if it ever will,” Matias said in a phone interview with Lifewire....

Apple’s Clean Energy Charging works by accessing a forecast of the carbon emissions on your local energy grid and then only charging when those emissions are lower. This may sound like an esoteric change, save for two factors: it’s enabled by default on all iPhones running iOS 16.1, and hundreds of millions of iPhones are in use worldwide, all of which require charging. “There are 16 billion mobile devices worldwide that need to be charged on a daily basis....

Just type the devmgmt.msc command, or one of the other three we describe below, and voilà…Device Manager starts right up! Besides being one of the fastest ways to open it, knowing the run command for Device Manager should come in handy for other things, too. Advanced tasks like writing command-line scripts would call for the Device Manager command, as well as other programming tasks in Windows. How to Access Device Manager From the Command Prompt Time Required: Accessing Device Manager from Command Prompt, or another command-line tool in Windows, should take less than a minute, even if this your first time executing commands....

How to Add Favorites to Mac Finder Finder helps you quickly find an app, file, folder or web page stored within your Mac and iCloud Drive. There’s a sidebar within Finder that includes a section for Favorites, where you can add shortcuts to speed the time it takes you to find your most commonly used folders, files, and apps. Here’s how to add your favorites to Finder. How to Add Favorites to the Dock The Dock is a useful timesaver, as each icon is a shortcut that allows you to quickly open apps, files or web pages....

What Is Green Tech? Green tech involves combining technology and science to create environmentally friendly products. The idea is by using products and services in the home to reduce energy consumption, waste, or adverse effects on the environment, we can all help the planet. Small Adjustments = Big Differences Going green in your home doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money on new technology or make a large purchase of an entire solar system from your home....

Default Policy Remember, the default policy for pop-ups on Safari is to block and notify. That means it will block all pop-ups and notify you (indiscreetly) that the site attempted to launch a pop-up. To check the default policy, do the following: If you find that your default policy isn’t set to Block and Notify, click the When visiting other websites drop-down and select it from the list. Allowing Pop-Ups As we mentioned earlier, you shouldn’t allow pop-ups as a default policy....

Transfer Videos to a Hard Drive No matter what kind of memory your camcorder records to, it’s a good idea to transfer that video to your computer hard drive. Typically, the easiest way to transfer video from a camcorder to a computer is to connect them via a USB cable and use the software that came with your camcorder to perform the transfer. Putting your video onto your computer will allow you to perform any edits and enable you to transfer the video to another storage format....

The Ceramic Shield is four times stronger than the screen used on some of Apple’s previous models, the company says. The new screen is infused with nanoscale ceramic crystals, increasing the glass’s endurance to breaking. But if you’re upset about the coronavirus pandemic and feel like breaking something, insurer Allstate finds that you should do so with your 12 Pro from a height of 6 feet onto a rough sidewalk....

How to Activate Mirroring on Fire TV Before you can mirror your mobile device or computer screen to your Fire TV, you have to activate your Fire TV’s mirroring feature. How to Cast From Android to Fire Stick Follow these instructions to cast your Android device’s screen to your Fire TV. Your device may show slight differences or have some limitations depending on the model and operating system it’s running on....

How to Change Language on the Alexa App While you can change the language for individual Echo devices, you still need to make the change in your Alexa app. (There’s an Alexa app for iPhone, too.) Open the app, then follow these steps for each device. The app may pop up with another window that says your device will tell you when the language has changed, but this doesn’t happen for most people....

How Do You Change Folder Icons on Mac? Changing a folder icon on Mac is similar to changing the color of a folder, but you need to obtain an image to use as your new folder icon. If you have a .ICN file, you can just drag and drop the file into the folder info window. If you have a PNG or JPG file, you need to open it in Preview, copy it, and paste it into the folder info window....

How to Change the Display Language The display language in Word governs the ribbon, buttons, tabs, and other controls. To force a display language in Word that’s different from that of your operating system: How to Change the Editing Language in Word The editing language—which governs spelling, grammar, and word sorting—can be changed in the Word Options screen. Go to the Choose Editing Languages section, and select a language from the list....

How to Choose a New Accent or Gender for Siri With the iOS 14.5 update, Apple eliminated a default voice option for Siri. Instead, when you set up your iPhone and iPad for the first time, you can choose from several diverse options. After that initial setup, you can change how Siri sounds in the Settings app. Here’s how: How to Change Siri’s Language You can choose another language for Siri, which is great if you want to keep up your Spanish skills or use French....

How to Customize Your iPad Keyboard To adjust the settings for your keyboard, you’ll go to the Settings app. Here’s what to do: Customizable Settings for the iPad Keyboard The iPad keyboard settings help you customize your iPad. Most of them are switches you toggle off and on. Here’s a quick summary of some of the changes you can make: Keyboards: The iPad has built-in keyboards in dozens of languages. You can also install third-party keyboards like Swype or the Hanx Writer keyboard....

Rename Your Home Folder The name of your user account and your home folder must be the same for your account to work properly, so the first step is to change the home folder name. Rename Your Account After you edit the home folder name, stay signed out of the account you’re renaming, and complete the following steps. Your Mac User Account Each macOS user account contains information related to your name and primary directory:...

How to Change the Default Router Password Hackers have been breaking into wireless networks for a long time, but they don’t need to hack your wireless if you never changed your wireless router’s admin password from its default value. All the hacker needs to do is look up the default password and log in. To change the default password, open the administrative console in a web browser, enter the default router password and look for a field labeled password or something similar....

How to Clean a MacBook Screen Cleaning your MacBook’s screen is an often overlooked way to preserve its value and function. A clean screen keeps potentially abrasive or corrosive substances off the screen, reducing the risk of long-term wear or damage. A microfiber cloth is the best tool for cleaning a MacBook screen. You can find microfiber clothes online or at most hardware stores. How to Clean a MacBook Screen with Water A dry microfiber cloth can remove most dirt, grime, and oil from a MacBook screen, but you may run into persistent blemishes that won’t wipe off with a dry cloth....

In other words, it’s the “erase everything and start from scratch” process for Windows 7, a procedure referred to as a “clean install” or sometimes as a “custom install.” It’s the ultimate “reinstall Windows 7” process. A clean install is often the best way to solve very serious Windows 7 problems, like a virus infection you can’t get rid of completely or maybe some kind of Windows issue that you can’t seem to solve with normal troubleshooting....

How to Clip a YouTube Video The clipping feature is currently available for Android and desktop users through the official YouTube app/website. It’s coming to iOS in the future. Clips: YouTube vs Twitch Twitch is another platform that lets you clip out your favorite part of a video, and it’s pretty similar. It lets you make clips anywhere from five seconds to 60 seconds long, and it works on mobile and desktop....

Compose an Email Using Rich HTML Formatting in Mozilla Thunderbird To use the HTML editor to add rich formatting to an email you are composing in Mozilla Thunderbird, first, make sure rich HTML editing is enabled for the account you are using for the email. (See below.) Then you can use the rich text formatting toolbar to apply text styles and more: Enable Rich HTML Editing for an Account in Mozilla Thunderbird To make sure the rich-text editor is available for messages you write using a specific account in Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla SeaMonkey, or Netscape:...