What's New in Windows 10's Creators Update, Arriving Spring 2017

Did You Know? New Zealand is widely regarded to be the first country (then British colony) to adopt the use of standardized time zones when it did so on November 2, 1868. Geek Trivia The Largest National Park In The World Is Located In Which Country? Brazil → Greenland → Germany → The United States → Advertisement Download Windows 10 Tutorials - 120 of the most popular functions (a $19.95 value) FREE for a limited time You'll learn 120 of the most common features and functions of this hugely popular (and powerful) operating system. The vivid, color, step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along in this 350 page illustrated guide.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 Quickly Preview a File in Ubuntu’s File Manager (Like “Quick Look” in macOS) The Best File Archiving Program for Windows PSA: You Can Use Time Machine Even If Your Backup Drive Isn’t Plugged In What’s New in Windows 10’s Creators Update, Arriving Spring 2017 How to Hook Up a Wireless Xbox 360 Controller to Your Computer What’s the Difference Between 1st- 2nd-, and 3rd-Generation Philips Hue Bulbs? How to Get a Notification Whenever an App Starts Using Your Mac’s Webcam How to Hide Items from the Control Panel in Windows How to Get Group Message Replies as Individual Messages on Android How to Password Protect OneNote Notebooks and Sections How to Add Gadgets Back to Windows 8 and 10 (and Why You Probably Shouldn’t) What Is ASLR, and How Does It Keep Your Computer Secure? Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Geek Comic Today's Tech Term PUIS PUIS (short for Power-Up In Standby, a.k.a. [PM2] Power Management 2 Mode) refers to a hard drive power management feature/configuration which prevents the hard drive from automatically spinning up when a computer is turned on, thus helping to conserve on energy usage. The hard drive spins up later only when it is needed and receives the appropriate command. 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 early reviews of video games are getting rarer and rarer Some big game companies are withholding review copies until the last minute. [ArsTechnica] Could an astronaut's corpse bring new life to another world? A poor soul adrift in the void could bring the genesis on a place like Mars [Astronomy Magazine] Why Macbooks Without an Escape Key Could Be a Big Problem Escape is more important than you might think, and programmers are not happy. [Popular Mechanics] You're never going to retire — and here's why Millennials urged to plan for '100-year horizon' [CBC] How to Quickly Preview a File in Ubuntu’s File Manager (Like “Quick Look” in macOS) Sometimes, you don’t need to open an image in a photo editor–you just want to make sure which file is which. Instead of opening each file, you can preview each one in Ubuntu's file manager program, Nautilus, without opening them. Read This Article → The Best File Archiving Program for Windows Need to extract an archive or compress some files? Avoid big-name programs like WinZip and WinRAR, which are packed with nags and advertisements. Modern versions of Windows have integrated support for ZIP files, and anything else is best managed with the free, open source 7-Zip. Read This Article → PSA: You Can Use Time Machine Even If Your Backup Drive Isn’t Plugged In Time Machine, macOS's built-in back up utility, is one of the simplest backup programs around. Here’s a tip that a lot of people don’t know, though: even if your Time Machine drive isn't connected to your Mac, it can still protect your files. Read This Article → What’s New in Windows 10’s Creators Update, Arriving Spring 2017 The Windows 10 Creators Update–also known as Redstone 2–is due to hit PCs in Spring 2017. Like other updates to Windows 10, it’s free, and includes a host of new features. Read This Article → How to Hook Up a Wireless Xbox 360 Controller to Your Computer The wired Xbox 360 controller is USB, so using it for PC gaming is easy–but things get a bit more complex if you have a wireless controller. Let’s take a look at how you can enjoy wireless gameplay on your PC while minimizing the headaches. Read This Article → What’s the Difference Between 1st- 2nd-, and 3rd-Generation Philips Hue Bulbs? The 2nd generation of Philips Hue smart light bulbs have been out for quite a while now, and 3rd-generation bulbs have just recently come out, but you can still buy 1st-generation Hue products at some stores. Here’s what you need to know about the 1st- and 2nd-generation Philips Hue hubs, as well as the newer 3rd-generation bulbs. Read This Article → How to Get a Notification Whenever an App Starts Using Your Mac’s Webcam Can hackers really record your webcam during “private” moments, then blackmail you with the footage? This idea, from the latest season of Black Mirror, is downright nightmare inducing. It’s no wonder Mark Zuckerberg and FBI director James Comey both put tape over their webcams. Read This Article → How to Hide Items from the Control Panel in Windows The Windows Control Panel offers up a number of settings that you might not want some users messing around with. Here's how to hide specific Control Panel apps in Windows 7, 8, and 10. Read This Article → How to Get Group Message Replies as Individual Messages on Android Sometimes, group messages just make more sense than sending individual messages. When you’re trying to get a group of people altogether and a conversation needs to happen, putting everyone in the same message is the way to go. Other times, that’s not the case. Read This Article → How to Password Protect OneNote Notebooks and Sections OneNote 2016 is a great program for taking, storing, and syncing notes, but how do you protect private information you store in those notebooks? No worries–you can keep them safe with a password. Read This Article → How to Add Gadgets Back to Windows 8 and 10 (and Why You Probably Shouldn’t) Desktop gadgets and the Windows Sidebar were a big hallmark feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7. But Microsoft removed desktop gadgets, and you won’t find them in Windows 8 or 10. Read This Article → What Is ASLR, and How Does It Keep Your Computer Secure? Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a security technique used in operating systems, first implemented in 2001. The current versions of all major operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux) feature ASLR protection. But in the past week, a new method of bypassing ASLR has been found. So, should you be worried? Read This Article → Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Now over four years old, the Raspberry Pi, a cheap credit-card sized computer, has taken the computing and DIY world by storm. Read on as we guide you through everything from buying to powering to running the tiny dynamo. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Windows 10 Tutorials - 120 of the most popular functions (a $19.95 value) FREE for a limited time You'll learn 120 of the most common features and functions of this hugely popular (and powerful) operating system. The vivid, color, step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along in this 350 page illustrated guide.Click here to download