How to Earn Amazon Gift Cards by Using Bing and Edge, Thanks to Microsoft Rewards

Did You Know? In the United States, automotive diesel fuel and home heating oil are nearly identical, save for the red dye added to the heating oil to indicate it is for home use (and has not been taxed as an automotive fuel) and a slightly higher sulfur content in heating oil–but don’t go filling your car up with heating oil unless it is an emergency because the fines for using heating oil as automotive fuel can be extremely steep. Geek Trivia The Spire Of The Empire State Building Was Originally Intended For? Classified Radar Experiments → Atmospheric Monitoring → Radio Broadcasts → Mooring Airships → 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? 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How to Factory Reset the Amazon Echo or Echo Dot How to Unlock macOS Sierra with Your Apple Watch Everything You Need to Know About Printing From Your Android Phone or Tablet 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 Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Plog A Plog (short for Photo Blog) is a specific type of blog that focuses on displaying and/or sharing photos. 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. Why "Westworld" Matters The new version comes out on HBO on October 2. The 1973 original is still shaping sci-fi. [Popular Mechanics] Echoes of Amazon as Apple reportedly pursues standalone Siri device It could also have built-in facial recognition technology to see who's home. [ArsTechnica] Drones Could Heal Scorched Land After Wildfires Restoring forests after the smoke clears remains a slow, laborious process, and seedlings can take months, even years to grow so they can be replanted. Can drones can speed that process up? [Motherboard] Stephen Hawking wants to find aliens before they find us The famed cosmologist is all in on searching for signals from E.T., but warns that we should be careful about inviting aliens over. [CNET] How to Use iOS 10’s New and Improved Notifications iOS 10 made quite a few changes to notifications, and how you interact with them. Let’s take some time today to introduce and explore these changes. Read This Article → How to Open Apps from “Unidentified Developers” on Your Mac macOS has a feature called “Gatekeeper” designed to lock down your Mac, forcing it to only run Apple-approved software by default. But a Mac is locked down in the same way Android is locked down–you’re still free to run any application you want. Read This Article → Public Transit Doesn’t Have to Be Confusing: Just Use These Apps Public transit is intimidating. Working out the schedules, stops, and the rest can feel like a big job, especially if you’re new to a city or just visiting for a week. But catching a ride doesn’t have to be complicated. With the right apps, you can look up directions, work out connections, and know when the next bus is coming, all at a glance. Read This Article → How to Earn Amazon Gift Cards by Using Bing and Edge, Thanks to Microsoft Rewards Microsoft desperately wants you to use its Edge web browser and Bing search engine. In fact, Microsoft will literally pay you to use it. Microsoft pays in Amazon gift certificates, which are as good as cash if you’re a frequent Amazon shopper. Read This Article → How Do You Check Google Chrome’s Version Without It Automatically Updating Itself? Sometimes you need to know the particular version of a program you have installed without all the hassle of automatic updates or other “problems” getting in the way. Is there an easy way to do it? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a reader check Google Chrome’s version without the updating issues. Read This Article → How to Factory Reset the Amazon Echo or Echo Dot If you’ve decided to sell your Amazon Echo or give it to someone else to play around with, here’s how to factory reset it so that it’s ready for a new owner. Read This Article → How to Unlock macOS Sierra with Your Apple Watch If you’re tired of entering your password every time you open your laptop, macOS Sierra allows you to actually unlock your Mac with your Apple Watch. Read This Article → Everything You Need to Know About Printing From Your Android Phone or Tablet If you're an Android newcomer, printing probably seems like a no brainer: click a menu, tap a command. But if you're a longtime Android user, you probably remember how printing from your mobile got its start. The good news is it's easier than ever to print from your Android device. Read This Article → 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 → 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