The PlayStation 5, unlike its predecessor, is backward compatible with one generation, meaning that you can play almost all PlayStation 4 games on it. However, one of the downsides is that, for some cross-gen games (games that are released simultaneously on both Sony consoles), the PlayStation 4 version is installed by default. It’s in your best interest to make sure that the game you have installed on your PlayStation 5 is the PS5 version, as there is often a graphical difference between that one and the PS4 version....

There’s an app you want to uninstall, but you can’t find it on your Home screen. If the icon appears to have disappeared, how are you supposed to uninstall the app? Don’t panic. There is another way. RELATED: How to Delete Apps on iPhone and iPad You may think that the only way to uninstall an iOS app is to tap and hold on the icon until it begins to wiggle so you can press the “X”....

RELATED: 10 Basic Linux Commands for Beginners What Is the screen Command? The screen command is a terminal multiplexer, and it’s absolutely packed with options. To say it can do a lot is the granddaddy of understatements. The man page runs to over 4,100 lines. The following are the most common cases in which you would use the screen command, and we’ll cover these further in this article: The standard operation is to create a new window with a shell in it, run a command, and then push the window to the background (called “detaching”)....

How the ip Command Works With the ip command, you can adjust the way a Linux computer handles IP addresses, network interfaces controllers (NICs), and routing rules. The changes also take immediate effect—you don’t have to reboot. The ip command can do a lot more than this, but we’ll focus on the most common uses in this article. The ip command has many subcommands, each of which works on a type of object, such as IP addresses and routes....

Apple has officially kicked off its ‘Back to School’ promotion in the United States and Canada, which is available for “current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.” Discounts are live for the M1 MacBook Air ($899), all MacBook Pro models (starting at $1,199), M1 iMac (starting at $1,249), iPad Air (from $549), and M1 iPad Pro (from $749)....

If a smart thermostat is going to be the first part of your connected home, that’s less of a concern. Pick up any of the ones below, and you’re ready to rock. However, if you’ve already put together a smart ecosystem of lights, locks, and appliances, the last thing you want is a smart thermostat that doesn’t play well with your kit. Thankfully, most smart home systems can incorporate today’s top-selling smart thermostats effectively....

Google has made yet another change to Chrome’s “under the hood” settings with the removal of the chrome://plugins page in version 57, so how do you access the settings for plugins now? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a frustrated reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader Jedi wants to know what happened to chrome://plugins in Google Chrome:...

All TVs Have Upscaling Upscaling means low-resolution content will fill your entire TV screen. Without it, a low-resolution video takes up less than half of the screen space. This is a typical feature on all TVs. Even 1080p TVs had it—they could upscale 720p content and display it in full-screen mode on a 1080p screen. UHD upscaling is what makes your 4K TV work like any other. It can take lower-resolution content and display it on the entire 4K screen....

Windows PCs have historically had worse touchpads than Macs. Microsoft is trying to fix this problem with “precision touchpads”, but not every PC manufacturer is on board. Some PCs ship with precision touchpads, but others include older, traditional technology instead. Microsoft has announced it will begin requiring PC manufacturers to use precision touchpads in Windows laptops in the future, at some point after Windows 10’s Creators Update is released. This is good news for PC laptop users....

What Is Google Stadia? Stadia is a cloud gaming service developed and operated by Google. Rather than letting users pay for access to an entire library of games, Stadia requires users to purchase games to stream over the internet. With a Google Stadia subscription, you can stream video games on just about any screen you own, including your Windows PC or Mac running Chrome and Android smartphone. And with Chromecast Ultra (and future Google TV devices), you can stream games on your TV at 4k definition....

What Is a Shell? When you open a terminal window and type commands, something has to take what you’ve typed, figure out what you intended, and run the tasks you asked for. The software that does this is the shell. A shell is a command interpreter. It scans what you’ve typed and picks out the commands, directory names, file names, and program names so that it can figure out what you’re trying to achieve....

When you start digging into all the options available in Windows, you just might be surprised at what you can find. Take the shutdown /r and shutdown /g commands, for example. What is the difference between them? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

The lost+found folder is a part of Linux, macOS, and other UNIX-like operating systems. Each file system—that is, each partition—has its own lost+found directory. You’ll find recovered bits of corrupted files here. What lost+found Is For RELATED: The Beginner’s Guide to Linux Disk Utilities On Linux, the fsck command—short for “file system check”—examines your file systems for errors. fsck may find bits of “orphaned” or corrupted files in the file system....

If you’ve ever gone to the hardware store to buy lumber to build that DIY desk or home theater center, you’ve probably come across your fair share of warped and twisted boards before you finally landed on a decent-looking 2×4. Here’s why that is. How Lumber Is Made To really understand why lumber sometimes twists, bows, and warps, it’s important to first learn how lumber gets made. Lumber comes from logs that are run through a set of industrial-sized saws and cut down into more manageable pieces....

What You Need to Play These Games Some of the titles we’ve highlighted below are available on most modern smartphones, including both Android and iPhone. If you have a tablet like an iPad, there are often optimized versions available for that hardware too. Others are available to play on a computer running Windows, macOS, and Linux. If playing games on your smartphone or work machine doesn’t sound like a great time, you might have more joy investing in a console like the Nintendo Switch....

So you’ve been thinking about dabbling in that water for a while now. You’re wondering, “what’s life like on the other side?” Switching from iPhone to Android can be daunting, though, because you have so much more choice—how could you possibly choose from so many phones? We’re here to help. If you’re a long-time iPhone user, you’ve gotten accustomed to a certain level of quality and support. Good for you!...

The main highlight for the SmartO Mouse is the elastic carrying loop built into the front, below the left and right-click buttons. ASUS says it “can be effortlessly slipped over the user’s finger, making it especially useful when moving from a workstation to a meeting room.” The loop can also be used to hang the mouse when not in use, ideal for attaching to the outside of slim laptop bags....

What Is a Move Goal? Your Move goal is a simple way of visualizing how much energy you have burned through movement each day. Also known as active energy, your Move goal makes up the outer ring of your three Apple Watch activity rings with the others being Exercise and Stand. You can add your Move goal to most Apple Watch faces as a complication, display it on your iPhone home screen as a widget, or check up on how you’re doing in the Fitness app on your iPhone....

If you’re a fan of using Windows PowerShell rather than the Command Prompt, you might enjoy being able to access it right from the context menu you get when you right-click a folder in Windows. Here’s how to make it happen. Windows already includes an “Open command window here” option when you Shift+click a folder. PowerShell offers a more powerful feature set, though, especially if you do any kind of automation through scripting....

The New Item menu in File Explorer allows you to create a new item for a specific program in the currently open folder. You can add items to this menu for other programs not included on it. You’ll see this menu both on File Explorer’s Home tab, and on the right-click menu for any given folder, as shown here: Some programs add entries to the New Item menu automatically, and some don’t....