What Is an EX_ File? A file with the EX_ file extension is a compressed EXE file. This format stores an EXE file with a smaller size to save storage space. You might also find the EX_ format within compressed installation files that you download from the internet. Windows can’t execute an EX_ file. For example, you can’t accidentally open one to run the program until the file exists as an EXE file....
XLS vs. XLSX The current default file extension for an Excel file is XLSX. Prior to Excel 2007, the default file extension was XLS. The main difference between the two is that XLSX is an XML-based open file format and XLS is a proprietary Microsoft format. But, the newer versions of Excel save and open XLS files for the sake of compatibility with earlier versions of the program. XML and HTML XML stands for extensible markup language....
The companies announced the merge on Tuesday, a little over a year after Fandango bought Walmart’s on-demand video service, known as Vudu, TechCrunch reports. The newly merged service will simply be referred to as Vudu. Vudu will feature over 200,000 movies and TV shows to rent or buy without a subscription, including new box-office movies. You’ll be able to watch F9: The Fast Saga, Pixar’s Luca, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Peter Rabbit 2, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, A Quiet Place Part II, Disney’s Cruella, Godzilla vs....
It’s very easy to use, supports a good number of file formats (especially images), and is faster than some other online file converter services we’ve tried. If you like the thought of skipping the download-and-install routine and getting your file conversion done online, give FileZigZag a try. Thoughts on FileZigZag FileZigZag is one of the better online file conversion services. All online file converters are incredibly similar to this one, but in several tests, it proved to be the faster tool....
On Tuesday, Mozilla announced Firefox Relay Premium, a new subscription option for its free privacy-focused email feature. Where the free version of Relay offers you access to five email aliases, Relay Premium will give you access to a new subdomain. You can then set up as many email addresses as you want using the new domain. Mozilla has been experimenting with Relay for several months now, rolling it out to early adopters in May of 2020....
Freemake Video Converter Pros and Cons This freeware video converter is one of the best of its kind: What Freemake Video Converter Does It’s simple: it converts nearly any video file to popular formats while supporting a massive amount of input file formats. It can convert videos directly to a DVD or Blu-ray disc, and it provides an option to make a DVD menu when burning files to a disc It can convert files and automatically upload them to YouTube....
The company has made it easier for consumers to try out the highest-tier of their cloud-gaming service, GeForce Now RTX 3080. You can now subscribe on a monthly basis at $20 per month, as announced in an official blog post. Prior to this, RTX 3080 was only available in six-month chunks for $100. That option still remains and comes with a free month for new subscribers. Why choose the RTX 3080 tier over other GeForce Now options?...
First reported by Axios, the 50-page report, titled GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Index (SMSI), alleges that Facebook, Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok, in particular, are not doing enough to prevent hate speech on their platforms. The report includes problems on the platforms like “inadequate content moderation, polarizing algorithms, and discriminatory AI which disproportionately impacts LGBTQ users and other marginalized communities who are uniquely vulnerable to hate and harassment and discrimination....
The devices are part of a major refresh for the Nest line Google announced earlier this year. The company released an indoor/outdoor battery-powered Nest camera in August, along with a battery-powered Nest doorbell. They were the first Nest products to come out since the Hello doorbell in 2018. The new Google Nest Cam with Floodlight costs $280 and can replace an existing exterior light or wiring. The LED floodlight uses both 180-degree motion sensors and the camera’s smart technology to determine when and what it lights up....
The new update to Google Meet is intended to make it easier for you to identify and deal with the source of echoing audio if Meet is unable to automatically prevent it. In the event that Google Meet’s own audio control functions aren’t up to the task, it will notify the culprit directly. Echos during video calls are usually caused by your device’s speakers projecting audio loud enough for your microphone to catch it....
The company is now sending out invites for its big fall hardware showcase, named Made by Google. This is both an in-person and live-streaming event, to be held in Brooklyn on October 6 at 10 AM EST. What’s on the agenda? Thankfully, Google is being fairly transparent regarding the specifics of the upcoming showcase. It will formally reveal the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones and unveil the Google Pixel Watch....
These Google Collections let users access their saved images at a later date on any other device that they’re logged in on. Here’s how to use Google’s Collections to save images. How to Save Google Image Search Pictures Google’s Collections can be accessed on all computers, tablets, and smartphones via any web browser such as Google Chrome, Brave, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, or Microsoft Edge. Collections are completely free to use....
Reddit user Leopeva64 spotted the change tucked away in the latest developer build of Canary. If you use Canary, you can enable Send Tab to Self 2.0 by typing or pasting chrome://flags/#send-tab-to-self-v2 into the bar at the top, then setting it to Enabled. This changes the way tabs are shared across platforms, replacing system notifications with a small icon that will appear next to the address bar. As Android Police points out, the move away from notifications is far less intrusive as it takes system pop-ups out of the process entirely....
Both Android and iOS users have reported strange happenings in Google Maps, with the app’s voice changing on its own. Many have shared accounts of the voice giving them directions suddenly shifting to a deep-voiced man with a slight accent. It seems the app will start by randomly swapping between this voice and the user’s selected one a few times before eventually settling on this new one. While this is obviously some sort of bizarre bug, there is still some mystery behind it....
How to Resize an Existing Volume Disk Utility allows you to resize existing volumes without losing data, but there are a few limitations. For example, Disk Utility can decrease the size of any volume, but it can increase the size of a volume only if there’s enough free space available between the volume you want to enlarge and the next volume in that partition. For practical purposes, this means that if you want to increase the size of a volume, you’ll need to delete the volume below it in the partition set....
Share Links to Your Blog Posts The first and easiest way to post your blog to Facebook is to simply share the blog posts manually as status updates. This is by far the easiest and most direct way to advertise your blog for free and share your content with your Facebook friends. Set up Auto-Blog Posts The third and most complicated way to link your blog to Facebook is to set up auto-posting so that whenever you post on your blog, your Facebook friends can see each new post automatically....
How to Give Minecraft More RAM Minecraft: Java Edition has its own launcher which makes it easy to adjust all sorts of settings for the game. One of the settings you can tweak is how much RAM the game can utilize. If you’re running a big map with lots of custom creations, have a lot of mods installed, or just want the best possible performance for your Minecraft game, allocating more RAM can make a big difference....
How to Fish for a Shark For the most part, catching a shark should be quite similar to catching traditional fish. However, sharks will be more elusive and challenging to nab. You need to buy or craft a fishing rod first. Go to any edge of your island and face the ocean. Make sure that you aren’t sprinting; otherwise, the sound of your footsteps may scare fish away. Sharks are far rarer than regular fish, so it may take some time to patrol the ocean around your island and find one to catch....
How Do I Change Folder Icons in Windows 11? There are three icon types we’ll look at: Standard ones using the default yellow folder icon; special folders like This PC, Network, and Recycle Bin displayed on the desktop (if you have them enabled); and hard drive icons visible in the This PC folder. How you edit these folder icons depends on the folder type: Standard Folders The icon for regular folders is changed via the folder’s properties window....
How Do I Change My Lock Screen Password? When you first set up your iPhone, you need to create a lock screen password to unlock your iPhone through a method other than Touch ID or Face ID. However, you may choose to change it at a later date. Here’s how to change it. How Do I Change My 4 Digit Passcode on My iPhone? If you’d prefer to use a 4 digit passcode on your iPhone, the option is still possible but it’s a little more hidden away than it used to be....
