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In the ruling, the NHTSA said, “This document amends NHTSA’s lighting standard to permit the certification of adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlamps. ADB headlamps utilize technology that actively modifies a vehicle’s headlamp beams to provide more illumination while not glaring other vehicles. The requirements adopted today are intended to amend the lighting standard to permit this technology and establish performance requirements for these systems to ensure that they operate safely....

Linux has come a long way, but you may still need to run Windows applications occasionally — especially Windows-only PC games. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to run Windows applications on Linux. Of course, before you try to run an old Windows program, you should look or alternatives that run natively on Linux. You’ll have a better experience if you can find a decent alternative that runs without any fiddling....

How to Use AirTags as an NFC Trigger You can use AirTags as an NFC (near-field communications) trigger for the automations that you’ve set up using Apple’s Shortcuts app. This works “in the background” on the iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and newer iPhones. Simply touch your AirTag with your iPhone to trigger the automation that you’ve associated with it. On an iPhone X or earlier iPhone model, you can use NFC with apps and for payments, but background triggers won’t work on these devices....

Traditional mechanical disk drives need to be defragmented for optimum performance, although Windows now does a good job of doing this automatically. Some software companies claim that their tools can “optimize” SSDs, just as disk defragmenters could speed up mechanical drives. The reality is that modern operating systems and solid-state drive controllers do a good job of keeping themselves optimized if you use a solid-state drive properly. You don’t need to run an SSD optimization program like you’d run a disk defragmenter....

“Like we’ve done on mobile, DuckDuckGo for desktop will redefine user expectations of everyday online privacy,” said Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo, in a blog post. It sounds like the browser will be all about making privacy simple. As a result, you won’t have to deal with all kinds of settings to get a secure experience. “No complicated settings, no misleading warnings, no “levels” of privacy protection — just robust privacy protection that works by default, across search, browsing, email, and more,” reads the blog post....

Hidden features are cool. If you like to mod, tweak, or otherwise personalize your device, hidden menus and settings are like a playground—all sorts of neat stuff can be found behind a door that you may not even realize is there! Android’s fantastic Nova Launcher has one of those doors. RELATED: How to Install Nova Launcher for a More Powerful, Customizable Android Home Screen So, why do app developers hide things in menus that aren’t readily available?...

There are many editing tools you’ve probably used before. Cropping, fixing redeye, adding filters, etc. Changing the perspective of a photo is not as common, but it’s also not as difficult as you might think, thanks to Google Photos. Perspective describes the angle at which the photo was taken. This can greatly affect how something looks in a photo. Take a look at the photos below. The TV shape looks like a trapezoid from the side (left), but I can make it a flat rectangle by adjusting the perspective (right)....

Adobe Photoshop lets you change the keyboard shortcut for any function. We’ll show you how to do this, and also, how to reset the keyboard shortcuts on Windows and Mac to their default values. Modify Keyboard Shortcuts in Photoshop You can change keyboard shortcuts for various items in Photoshop, including application menus and editing tools. To get started, open Photoshop on your Windows or Mac computer. In Photoshop, click Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts in the menu bar....

Size and Portability A large mouse pad is less of a problem for most people since you can always leave it hanging off the edge of your desk. It’s not the most aesthetically pleasing, but at least you can always have more of the pad when you need it. However, if you can’t tolerate any overflow, then you’ll want to find a more accommodative size that doesn’t take up too much valuable desk space....

Both Chrome and IE use multiple processes to isolate tabs from each other, to make sure that one tab doesn’t kill the whole browser. Firefox, on the other hand, just uses a single process for everything. Rather than pulling out a calculator and adding them all up, you can just open up Google Chrome, and type in about:memory into the location bar to see a full list of each browser’s memory usage....

Siri is actually pretty useful for all kinds of things, from searching for things to identifying songs. You can also use her to create, delete, and change alarms in your clock app. Here’s how it works. RELATED: 26 Actually Useful Things You Can Do with Siri Create an Alarm To create a new alarm with Siri, just press and hold the Home button to activate her, or say “Hey Siri if you have her set to respond to your voice....

If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’ve probably watched a movie or TV show that you’d rather not appear in your view history. There’s a simple way to remove unwanted viewing activity from your Netflix account. Your previously watched items don’t just show up in your history–you’ll see them in various places around Netflix, such as the “Continue Watching” items: Netflix will also make suggestions based upon things you might have recently watched:...

Notifications in Windows have evolved over time, and Windows 10 further expanded the whole notification system. Notifications now slide out along the bottom right of your screen and each is accompanied by a chime, which can be irksome whenever files are added to your Dropbox or you plug in a new device. RELATED: How to Use and Configure the New Notification Center in Windows 10 Now that notifications are cataloged in the Action Center, you can view notifications you might have missed....

Private browsing has been around in one form or another since 2005, but it took some time for every browser to get behind it. Now, no matter what browser you use, you can surf the internet without leaving behind a local trail of history, passwords, cookies, and other assorted bits of information. Private browsing is useful for covering your tracks (or rather, preventing any tracks from being made in the first place), among other things....

Yes, you read that right. Want 100 extra lives? You can “purchase” them for $0. Premium weapons? Also $0. Basically, it’s just like the Google Play version of the app, but everything is free, all the time. And it’s all legal. Sound too good to be true? I assure you, it isn’t. There are a few catches, however. Lastly, this is not available for iPhone and iPad due to Apple’s restrictions on the App Store....

You know what’s exciting? New games, game updates, and system updates. You know what stinks? Waiting for them to download. Thankfully, you don’t have to wait—with a couple of simple tweaks, you can easily make sure your PlayStation 4 or Pro always has the latest goods. There are a handful of settings involved here, but fortunately they’re all in the same place. We’ll break them down quickly and simple so you know exactly what you’re enabling (or not enabling)....

When you want to display an easy-to-read visual for items in chronological order, consider a Timeline chart. In Google Sheets, you simply enter the dates and numeric data, and you’ll have a line graph with zoom options. You can use a Timeline chart in Google Sheets to show revenue, expenses, sales, attendance, inventory, or other numeric data as it changes over time. The chart has built-in zoom features that let you focus on specific days, weeks, or months as you view the chart....

It’s good to to power off your PC when you’re not using it, but do you ever forget and leave it on? Here’s how to configure Windows to automatically power down at night, but only if you’re not using the PC at the time. We really recommend putting your PC to sleep rather than shutting it down as a normal course of action. Sleep and hibernation have both come a long way since the early days of Windows and if you avoid using them because you used to have problems, you might be pleasantly surprised with how well they work now....

Microsoft Office lets you encrypt your Office documents and PDF files, allowing no one to even view the file unless they have the password. Modern versions of Office use secure encryption that you can rely on–assuming you set a strong password. The instructions below apply to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access 2016, but the process should be similar in other recent versions of Office. How Secure Is Microsoft Office’s Password Protection?...