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A new Windows 10 update will boost battery life of HP devices

by Ashley Gerlach on October 25, 2020 in Handphone

Microsoft and HP are rolling out a new update to select Windows 10 devices that will turn on a new feature without making any changes to the BIOS setting. With Windows 10 KB4583263, Microsoft says HP wants to improve your notebook’s battery performance by enabling a new charging algorithm.

Windows 10 KB4583263 is currently rolling out to select HP notebooks only. You can download and install it from the ‘Optional updates’ area in the Settings app.

When you apply this update, HP says it will enable a feature called “HP Battery Health Manager”. This feature is a BIOS-level

Napa’s Loan Ranger, Chris Salese: Living in electronic times | Chris Salese

by Ashley Gerlach on October 25, 2020 in Electronic

I mean, if this year hasn’t made it even more obvious, it’s that the information superhighway has tons of traffic zig-zagging in many different directions.

How about electronic sales of pretty much anything you can think of and want out there. Once the pandemic hit and everyone was forced inside, this forever changed the demand for online shopping, the delivery of items, and in general your entire online experience.

Even before the pandemic, we were bombarded with electronic offers of all types, let alone the volume of solicitations that we are receiving now at this depth of the shelter in

Best Windows Laptop 2020: Top Windows 10 Laptops Available

by Ashley Gerlach on October 24, 2020 in Computer

Buying a new PC can be stressful, but it’s a great time to be in the market thanks to all these options competing to be the best Windows laptop. HP’s Spectre x360 13 is no doubt the best bet for most people who are looking for a modern Windows laptop for everyday use, thanks to the gorgeous gem-cut design, touch display with a slim bezel, and powerful performance from 10th Gen Intel Core processors (CPU). It’s also priced very competitively, pushing it above a lot of other close seconds that might take the top spot. Not quite what you need?

Vatican eyes late Italian teen as patron saint of internet

by Ashley Gerlach on October 24, 2020 in Internet

The good news for anyone praying for a little less online vitriol or a much faster internet connection is that the Vatican is on the case.

Showing that it has one foot in the 21st century, the ancient institution is backing a 15-year-old computer whiz to become the first patron saint of the internet.

Carlo Acutis, an Italian schoolboy who helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online before he died of leukemia in 2006, is the perfect candidate to become the protector of web surfers, said Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the head of the Vatican’s saint-making department.

“That’s my hope — he

Misinformation befuddles college students, study finds

by Ashley Gerlach on October 23, 2020 in Technology News

Social media helps misinformation spread like wildfire so instead of contributing to ‘fake news,’ there are ways you can validate information online.

USA TODAY

Don’t fall for the premise that young people, otherwise known as “digital natives,” are immune to misinformation.

That’s the message from Stanford University researchers who say their new research provides further evidence that college students are prone to being deceived online.

The new study from the Stanford History Education Group shows that 2020’s first-time voters often struggle to sort fact from fiction despite their technical prowess on smartphones and social media.

The researchers found that