What Is the Dark Web?

Did You Know? The first well documented example of a diamond engagement ring was in 1477 when Archduke Maximillian of Austria proposed to Mary of Burgundy with one. Geek Trivia In Computer Chess, The Computer Evaluates The Value Of Moves Using Which Unit Of Measurement? Grains → Square-distance → Kasparovs → Centipawns → Advertisement Download Breaking Into Cyber Security (Free eBook Training Course) A $47 Value! The cyber risk landscape is evolving rapidly in a multitude of areas and the potential economic fallout from the threat cannot be underestimated. Advance your knowledge and career with this course. 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 Rename Worksheet Tabs in Excel The Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for the Windows Taskbar How to Use the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 Controller on a Mac What Is the Dark Web? Everywhere You Can Watch (or Stream) the 2016 Presidential Debates How to Control Third-Party iOS Apps with Siri How to Turn Wi-Fi On or Off With a Keyboard or Desktop Shortcut in Windows See All Your Mac’s Network Traffic in Real Time With Private Eye How to Remove Entries from iOS’ Autocomplete How to Add Custom Text Shortcuts to Android How to Set the Default Font and Font Size for New Workbooks in Excel How to Change Your Computer’s IP Address From the Command Prompt Why Is My Battery Estimate Never Accurate? Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Disruptive Technology Disruptive Technology refers to technology that is enhanced or new and either disrupts or replaces existing technology, making it obsolete. An example of Disruptive Technology is the replacement of music cassettes and records by CDs. 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. Study: 1 in 2 American Adults Already In Facial Recognition Network DMV records, plus a cavalier approach to mugshot databases, puts half of the US in the system [Vocativ] The Wild Technology That Will Make 5G Wireless Work Companies such as Qualcomm are reimagining networks to let them connect just about everything—from drones to surgical instruments. [Fast Company] Your Driverless Ride Is Arriving Uber thinks its self-driving taxis could change the way millions of people get around. But autonomous vehicles aren't any­where near to being ready for the roads. [MIT Technology Review] Pixel perfectly presents Google's messaging app disaster Google's communication platform is a hot mess that fractures the user experience across four applications. [Venture Beat] How to Rename Worksheet Tabs in Excel By default, worksheet tabs in Excel are given generic names, such as Sheet1, Sheet2, and so on. If you have a lot of worksheets in your workbook, finding specific sheets can get tricky. Read This Article → The Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for the Windows Taskbar There’s no faster way to navigate your computer than with keyboard shortcuts, and Windows continues to add more with each new version. Everything begins on the taskbar and Start menu, though, so it’s really handy to use them without ever clicking your mouse. Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts for working with the Windows taskbar. Read This Article → How to Use the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4 Controller on a Mac Mac gamers are real. If you work in one of the creative industries, there's a good chance you have a beast of a Mac that's more than capable of playing modern games—although not at maxed out settings. The real barrier is trying to play anything not in the Civilization series with a trackpad. To play other games, you'll need to set up a controller. Got a DualShock 4 controller for your PlayStation? Good news: It’ll work on your Mac, too. Read This Article → What Is the Dark Web? There are two webs. There’s the normal web most people use every day, which is easily accessible and indexed by search engines. And then there’s the “dark web”–hidden websites that won’t show up when you search Google, and can’t be accessed without special software. Read This Article → Everywhere You Can Watch (or Stream) the 2016 Presidential Debates Election season is upon us, and there’s no shortage of ways to watch the debates–traditional broadcast TV, online streaming options galore, and you can even see it in virtual reality. Read This Article → How to Control Third-Party iOS Apps with Siri A behind the scenes feature in iOS 10, SiriKit, makes it easy for you to control and use your favorite apps with Siri–if you know where to look. Let’s set this new voice control up and take it for a spin. Read This Article → How to Turn Wi-Fi On or Off With a Keyboard or Desktop Shortcut in Windows Some laptops come with “Wi-Fi” function keys or switches that can quickly enable or disable your Wi-Fi. If your PC doesn’t have one of these, though, you can make one with the tools built into Windows. Read This Article → See All Your Mac’s Network Traffic in Real Time With Private Eye Wonder which of your Mac apps are connecting to the Internet, and what they’re doing? Private Eye lets you spy on your applications, watching every outgoing and incoming request in real time. And it’s free. Read This Article → How to Remove Entries from iOS’ Autocomplete iOS’ autocomplete skills are a wonderful convenience until they become overstuffed with old entries. Is an old, outdated phone number or email address showing up in the list? Removing them from your contacts won’t remove them from the autocomplete list–you have to do that separately. Read This Article → How to Add Custom Text Shortcuts to Android If you find yourself typing the same email addresses, phrases, or sentences over and over again, stop—there’s an easier way! By adding a quick text shortcut to your Android phone’s personal dictionary, you can type a full sentence with just a few letters. Read This Article → How to Set the Default Font and Font Size for New Workbooks in Excel Excel uses the very nice Calibri font by default in Windows, but if you’d like to use a different font or change the default size, you can easily adjust the setting in the Excel options screen. Read This Article → How to Change Your Computer’s IP Address From the Command Prompt It’s easy enough to change an IP address on your PC using Control Panel, but did you know you can also do it from the Command Prompt? Read This Article → Why Is My Battery Estimate Never Accurate? Laptops, tablets, and phones never seem to know exactly how many hours of power they have left. The estimate may jump from two hours to five hours before dropping back down to one hour. Even worse, the battery may suddenly die without warning. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Breaking Into Cyber Security (Free eBook Training Course) A $47 Value! The cyber risk landscape is evolving rapidly in a multitude of areas and the potential economic fallout from the threat cannot be underestimated. Advance your knowledge and career with this course. Click here to download