Dave Taylor

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Chromebook & ChromeOS Help

How to Use Special Characters on a Chromebook

Dave, I have a problem: some of my colleagues have names with special characters in them and I have no idea how to produce those special characters on my Chromebook. How do I create an ñ, for example, so I can write señor rather than senor? Thanks.

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Zoom, Skype & Video Chat Help

Change Your Zoom Virtual Background from an Image Gallery

I work from a tiny apartment in the Bronx. I don’t mind, but I do hate Zoom calls because everyone can see my messy space. I know that Zoom has some built-in virtual backgrounds, but is there any way to add a library or gallery of great backgrounds I can select on a per-meeting basis?

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AI and ChatGPT Help

Getting Started with the “Help Me Edit” AI Photo Editing Feature

Android devices keep getting increasingly sophisticated AI-powered photo editing tools. Google’s “Pixel first” approach means Pixel phone users get early access to these features, which eventually roll out to all Android devices. The latest addition, “Help Me Edit,” is a pretty cool example of this trend.

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Computer & Internet Basics

How to Play the NY Times “Pips” Domino Placement Puzzle Game

There’s a challenging new casual puzzle game on the New York Times website that might just keep you strategizing for quite a while. It’s a Dominos placement puzzle, and it’s not at all easy. Here’s how it works…

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Computer & Internet Basics

How to Create Kids Accounts on an Apple TV Device Running tvOS

Dave, my partner just moved in with his two children and I’m now wondering if there’s a way to set up my Apple TV device so that they have their own account accounts? In particular, the younger child is seven and I don’t want them to even see any of the more mature content that my partner and I enjoy. Does Apple offer any support in this regard?

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Windows PC Help

How do I Stop Website Notifications in Microsoft Edge?

I share my PC with my mom and I don’t know what she does but we get a lot of notifications from different websites. They all have the Microsoft Edge icon in the notification window, so are they from Edge? In any case, how can I disable them?

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Mac & MacOS Help

How Can I Convert a Webp Image to PNG in macOS 26?

My boss keeps sending me images in the “webp” format to add to our newsletter. Problem is, our layout program doesn’t know what WebP is and rejects them. Is there a way to convert them to JPEG or PNG on my iMac?

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X/Twitter Help

How to Follow Trending Topics on Twitter / X

Dave, I don’t want to sound too dim, but my friend was saying that Bluesky Social now has trending topics “just like Twitter”. But I’m on X and I have no idea where the trending topics are listed! Using the X app on my iPhone 14.

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Computer & Internet Basics

How Does YouTube Use AI to Verify Viewer Age?

I read that YouTube is starting to use AI to figure out the likely age of viewers and block mature content from underage visitors. How can they do that, and how does that work?

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Android Help

How to Apply Local Weather Visual Effects to your Android Wallpaper

To be honest, many of the AI features added to Android don’t bring much functionality. However, some of them are really fun. One of the lesser-known features is the ability to apply local weather visual effects to your wallpaper. Turns out, it’s pretty cool…

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