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How to Restart an iPad
Just as screenshotting on an iPad works, restarting an iPad works differently on devices with and without a home button. For some context, your iPad will have a home button if it’s an iPad Pro from 2017 or earlier or an iPad Air, iPad Mini, or a standard iPad from 2019 or earlier. Suppose you’re…
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New Image Exposes Intense Magnetic Field of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
A new image of our galaxy’s central black hole reveals the magnetic field surrounding the object in polarized light. The image reveals how gas and superheated matter in the immediate vicinity of the black hole move around it. But aside from that, it’s a great way to visualize the extreme physics happening at the center…
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‘Wi-Fi’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Have you ever thought about where the term Wi-Fi comes from? Most people would logically assume it’s a shortened version of some highly technical description for the tech that allowed computers to access the internet wirelessly. But those people would be wrong. The term Wi-Fi isn’t an abbreviated version of wireless fidelity, as many people…
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Facebook’s Streaming Service ‘Watch’ Was Allegedly Killed to Sell Netflix Ads
Facebook ‘Watch’ looked like a Netflix killer in 2017, but antitrust prosecutors made the case it was shut down to protect advertising deals.