All the Ways You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free

Did You Know? The first black person in space was Cuban-born Soviet cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez–in addition, he was also the first Cuban in space as well as the first person from the Western Hemisphere who was not a U.S. Astronaut to travel into Earth orbit. Geek Trivia The Largest Nuclear Reactor Not Located On A Body Of Water Is Found In? South Station, Antartica → Bristol, England → Tonopah, Arizona → Beijing, China → Advertisement Download A Comprehensive Guide to Optimizing Windows 10 (a $14.95 value) FREE for a limited time Windows 10 is Microsoft's newest and most powerful Operating System but at the end of the day, it's still software. Like any other software program, it needs to be properly configured and optimized. 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 By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Toggle Between Two Directories in Linux’s Command Line What Is “Windows Shell Experience Host” and Why Is Running On My PC? How to Rearrange and Remove Your Mac’s Menu Bar Icons All the Ways You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free How to Use iMessage’s New Effects (Like Invisible Ink) How to Configure, Use, and Disable Siri in macOS Sierra How to Watch Picture-in-PIcture Video on macOS Sierra How to Use Your iPhone’s Camera as a Magnifier in iOS 10 How to Play Any Game in VR With SteamVR’s Desktop Theater Mode How to Transfer SMS Messages from One Android Phone to Another 10 Features Only Available in Windows 10 Enterprise (and Education) Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Platform Agnostic In the context of computer software, Platform Agnostic (a.k.a. Cross-Platform) refers to a program or computer software that is able to run equally well on multiple platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux, etc.). 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. How the Mona Lisa became so overrated No, it's not just the smile. [Vox] Music for Aliens: Campaign Aims to Reissue Carl Sagan's Golden Record Not even Dr. Sagan got a copy, but a Kickstarter project hopes to make it accessible to everyone. [NYT] Canities Subita: Can Hair Whiten Overnight? It happened to Marie Antoinette; Mary, Queen of Scots; and me. Is there a scientific explanation? [The Atlantic] Between a rocket and a hard place: Elon Musk to give the speech of his life SpaceX no doubt has some brilliant ideas about Mars. But who will pay? [ArsTechnica] Netflix wants to make 50 percent of its programming original Fifty percent of Netflix's content will be original within the next few years, the streaming service announced, spending more than the previously announced $6 billion to make it happen. [Polygon] How to Toggle Between Two Directories in Linux’s Command Line If you're working with files in the Terminal and switching back and forth between two directories, we're about to save you some time. There is a shortcut command that allows you to toggle between two directories on the command line. Read This Article → What Is “Windows Shell Experience Host” and Why Is Running On My PC? If you’ve ever noticed a process named "Windows Shell Experience Host" in your Task Manager window, you may experienced a fleeting curiosity and then gone on about your business. Here’s what that process is and why it can occasionally eat up some people’s CPU and Memory. Read This Article → How to Rearrange and Remove Your Mac’s Menu Bar Icons Your Mac’s menu bar can start to look a lot like the Windows system tray after you install a few programs. Here’s how to declutter the menu bar and get those icons under control. Read This Article → All the Ways You Can Still Get Windows 10 for Free Windows 10’s free upgrade offer is officially over. But, unofficially, free copies of Windows 10 are still available. There are quite a few ways you can still get Windows 10 for free, without using a pirated license. Read This Article → How to Use iMessage’s New Effects (Like Invisible Ink) The new iMessage for iOS 10 is jam packed with new features, including special effects for your messages. Let’s look at where to find the special effects and how to apply them. Read This Article → How to Configure, Use, and Disable Siri in macOS Sierra Unless you’re a Mac user who’s terribly out of the loop, you probably know that Siri has arrived on the latest version of Apple flagship desktop OS: macOS Sierra. Thankfully, Siri can be easily turned on and off or configured to your liking. Read This Article → How to Watch Picture-in-PIcture Video on macOS Sierra Tired of keeping that tab open just to watch a video? In macOS sierra, you can pop out a video for picture-in-picture (PiP) viewing, floating them in any corner of your desktop while you continue to work on stuff. Read This Article → How to Use Your iPhone’s Camera as a Magnifier in iOS 10 If you’ve ever found yourself wishing you had a magnifying glass with you, iOS 10 can now serve as an excellent replacement. The new Magnifier–not to be confused with the Text Size and Zoom features that makes your on-screen text bigger–uses your phone’s camera and flashlight to make sure you can always read that receipt or dig out that splinter. Read This Article → How to Play Any Game in VR With SteamVR’s Desktop Theater Mode Whether you have an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive, you can take advantage of SteamVR. Steam allows you to play any game in your library–even 2D games not designed for VR–in a virtual “desktop theater” mode on your headset of choice. Read This Article → How to Transfer SMS Messages from One Android Phone to Another Getting a new phone is rough. You essentially lose everything you had on the old phone, which can be a little be a bit of a shock for the first several days. While some things—like pictures, for example—automatically come with you through your Google account, other creature comforts, like your text messages, don't automatically sync. Read This Article → 10 Features Only Available in Windows 10 Enterprise (and Education) You can upgrade to the Professional edition of Windows 10 to get advanced features like BitLocker encryption, but many features aren’t available to normal Windows users. Some only exist in the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows, which require a volume-licensing agreement or monthly subscription fee. Read This Article → Advertisement Download A Comprehensive Guide to Optimizing Windows 10 (a $14.95 value) FREE for a limited time Windows 10 is Microsoft's newest and most powerful Operating System but at the end of the day, it's still software. Like any other software program, it needs to be properly configured and optimized. Click here to download