Month: April 2022

How to take a screenshot on any computer

Taking a screenshot is a necessary functionality on computers and phones today. However, taking a screenshot on a computer can be a bit more complicated than on a phone. To help you out with that, we’ve made this guide to take a screenshot on Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, and Mac computers. Read more: How to take

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How to find your Steam ID

Steam has a rather clever way of dealing with usernames. It lets multiple users have the same username/display name. It does this by having a unique Steam ID for every user, a 17-digit number specific to your account. Here’s how to find your Steam ID. Read more: Best Steam games you can play

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Hand-Built Metal Mouse is Beautifully Engraved

Computer mice, like computers themselves, used to be built almost solely in hideous beige designs. These days, things are a bit more stylish, but they’re still largely following a simple plastic formula. [Uri Tuchman] decided to build a fancy metal engraved computer mouse for a little more style on the desktop. The build starts by

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Poll: Would you buy a refurbished smartphone?

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Buying a brand-new smartphone can give you plenty of peace of mind, but it’s not the only option out there. Taking the refurbished route is another viable option, as second-hand phones can still be very capable devices. Counterpoint Research recently reported 15% year-on-year growth for the global refurbished market

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Emails reveal how some police officers have become superfans of autonomous drone company Skydio and regularly help to sell or promote its products to colleagues (Matthew Gault/VICE)

Matthew Gault / VICE: Emails reveal how some police officers have become superfans of autonomous drone company Skydio and regularly help to sell or promote its products to colleagues  —  A drone company called Skydio has managed to get autonomous drones into dozens of police departments by turning cops into their biggest fans.

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Qualified, a Salesforce-based service that helps companies convert website visitors into customers, raises a $95M Series C led by Sapphire (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Qualified, a Salesforce-based service that helps companies convert website visitors into customers, raises a $95M Series C led by Sapphire  —  Qualified, a Salesforce-native platform that helps companies convert website visitors into paying customers, has raised $95 million in a series C round of funding.

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Go language satisfaction is off the charts

While developer satisfaction with the Google-developed Go language has remained very high, barriers to usage remain, including lack of critical libraries, language features, and infrastructure, according to the results of the Go Developer Survey 2021, which were released last week. The survey was conducted last fall. Satisfaction with Go was at 92% during the past

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SonarSource, which helps companies detect reliability and vulnerability issues in code, raises $412M co-led by Advent and General Catalyst at a $4.7B valuation (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: SonarSource, which helps companies detect reliability and vulnerability issues in code, raises $412M co-led by Advent and General Catalyst at a $4.7B valuation  —  Maintaining source code is one of the toughest challenges that software developers face.  In a 2020 survey from Sourcegraph …

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Fidelity will let retirement savers put bitcoin into their 401(k) accounts starting later in 2022, the first major retirement plan provider to do so (Anne Tergesen/Wall Street Journal)

Anne Tergesen / Wall Street Journal: Fidelity will let retirement savers put bitcoin into their 401(k) accounts starting later in 2022, the first major retirement plan provider to do so  —  Investment giant’s move could send cryptocurrency investing further into mainstream if employers decide to offer option

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