Can My Phone's Hotspot Be My Only Internet Connection?

I am a virtual math tutor for a state college. Right now we are between semesters so I am working on a number of small personal business projects. I have been using my (new4G) Verizon prepaid mobile phone as a hotspot. It has been working like a charm for now. However, next week we have some online training via Skype. And then on June 1, we resume tutoring and will also be using WCOnline, Blackboard and Zoom....

May 22, 2020 · 2 min · 247 words · Cheryl Johnson

How to Overcome Your Fear Of Flying

As long as I can remember, my fear of flying always involved absurd what if? What if the emergency doors open and sucks everyone out of the plane? What if the pilot takes a break to go to sleep? What if a bird flies into the plane and promptly gets sucked into the engine? (Oh, wait.) Its those what ifs that can cause a lot of travelers extreme anxiety. What if this turbulence knocks the plane right out of the sky?...

May 22, 2020 · 2 min · 292 words · Michele West

Draining of Fucine Lake

The vegetables that are grown here are highly appreciated across Italy for their distinguishing quality and taste. Surrounded by low hills, this wide and shallow valley was not always occupied by farmlands. Fucine Lake, orLago Fucinoin Italian, was the source of misery since ancient times. Such a grandiose project had never been attempted before. Landslides and collapsed tunnels claimed untold number of lives. Eventually, the tunnel was completed. The combatants were prisoners who had been condemned to death....

May 21, 2020 · 1 min · 174 words · Paul Hill

How to 'Quaran-team' More Safely

But how safe is quaran-teaming, really? There are a lot of layers of complexity, saysS. Wesley Long, medical director of diagnostic microbiology at Houston Methodist Hospital. Its all about who is coming into contact with who and what they are doing to mitigate risk. As with seemingly everything pandemic-related, there are a lot of factors to consider. You may find the safest option is not the one you initially expect....

May 21, 2020 · 1 min · 180 words · Kayla Smith

How to Set Up Flight Alerts on All Your Devices

Use Googleas your assistant Google Assistantmakes it easy for you to input and find your travel information. when you’ve got downloaded Google Assistant, turn on yourpersonal results. See and hear on time/delay status. You will be able to hear information for up to three upcoming flights. And the response will either be verbal or typed, depending on the setting youve chosen. Or you’ve got the option to use the keyboard icon to punch in the question....

May 21, 2020 · 2 min · 361 words · Alexis Farrell

Install All of Your Apps at Once With Windows 10's New Package Manager

Nothing says sexy likeI use a package manager to install apps instead of double-clicking boring executables. It just rolls off the tongue. But thereissomething fun about installing and updating your apps using a command line toolPowerShell, technically. Good news: Windows 10 has a brand-new package manageror, at least, it will. However, getting access to the package manager requires you to jump through a few hoops. Microsoft has a link for that in its blog post, but it didnt work for me....

May 21, 2020 · 1 min · 186 words · Jason Whitaker

How to Get Early Access to Google Chrome's New Safety and Design Updates

Google announced a number of new features, tweaks, and additions to Chrome yesterday. A new section also highlights the most recent permissions activity. Heres what it looks like! This already exists in the stable version of Chrome. you’re free to get this right now! if its updated with the latest security protections. If malicious extensions are installed, it will tell you how and where to remove them. To enable it youll need to check that youve turned on that Privacy prefs Redesign flag we mentioned earlier....

May 20, 2020 · 2 min · 222 words · Alexandria Leonard

How to Get Your Child the Mental Health Care They Need

It was the right call. Five years later, Marie says her son is doing well. What is your child or teens baseline? If you see those patterns changing, err on the side of caution. Its better to give your child a support system than wait it out. What happens in a psychological evaluation? It typically consists of interviews, tests and questionnaires, Duffy says. A provider might conduct it all in one session, but Duffy prefers to meet several times....

May 20, 2020 · 2 min · 419 words · Christopher Wagner

How to Refund Your PC Games on Steam, Epic Games, and GOG

Sometimes you buy a new PC game and it just isnt what you expected. Maybe the game isnt compatible with your hardware or the gameplay just doesnt click with you. In-app purchases and some downloadable content (DLC) are nonrefundable. UnderWhat do you need help with,selectA Purchase. nudge the game you want to refund. If a games you bought isnt on the list, then its ineligible for a refund in this way....

May 20, 2020 · 2 min · 345 words · Ashley Wright

How to Respond if Your Friends Share COVID-19 Misinformation

Your friends trust you Yes, even the ones posting nonsense on your Facebook wall. With that trust comes both power and responsibility. People are listening to you, even if you dont realize it. No matter how thoughtful your response, theyll just dig in harder. After all, the hallmark of a conspiracy theory is thatit persists no matter the evidence. But when you have a conversation about misinformation, your audience isnt just the person youre speaking to....

May 20, 2020 · 3 min · 487 words · Christopher Frey

How to Stay Safe When You Go Back to the Gym

Now that gyms are starting to open back up, its tempting to go back. However, just because youcando something doesnt necessarily mean youshould. As things open up, how much risk are you personally willing to take? Gyms should havedisinfecting wipes and hand sanitizer readily available. The goal is to circulate in fresh air, Murray says. As with everything, its important to keep at least six feet of distance from everyone else....

May 20, 2020 · 1 min · 191 words · Julie Garza

Take These Precautions Before Going to a Restaurant

Just because restaurants are opening up againdoesnt mean it is safe to go. Before you make your dinner reservations, here are some risk factors and precautionary measures you should probably consider. Youll also want to consider the area you live in. Its also important to assess the overall risknot just to yourself but to the other people in the restaurant. Given how hard these past few months have been, its no wonder people want to dine out....

May 20, 2020 · 2 min · 214 words · Andrew Andrade

Tsar Tank

Before World War I, military tanks were a mere concept. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches of a human-powered armored vehicle, with canons all around it. In the short story,The Land Ironclads, first published in 1903, H.G. Wells machines were the closest anybody came to imagining what a real tank would look like. But nobody could have envisaged Russian engineer Nikolay Lebedenkos grandiose Tsar Tank. A replica of Tsar Tank near Moscow....

May 20, 2020 · 1 min · 191 words · Kayla Martinez