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Xiaomi finally has the fitness bracelet that fans have been asking for years. The $57 Mi Band 7 Pro, with NFC, GPS, a large AMOLED screen and Always on Display, has been unveiled. It has water resistance and supports 117 workout modes Xiaomi officially unveiled the Mi Band 7 Pro fitness bracelet yesterday. The new product finally gets a built-in GPS receiver, a feature that's been rumored since the Mi Band 5 was released. The Mi Band 7 Pro is water resistant (5ATM) and has an NFC chip. There are more than 180 home screen design options for the new product. There are also different options for the "always on display" - the Always On Display feature. Needless to say, it features heart rate and SpO2 sensors as well as 117 workout modes with automatic recognition of the 14 most popular ones. The AMOLED screen diagonal is 1.64 inches - not every smart watch has such a large display. The screen occupies 87.7% of the front panel area. The cost is $57.

How to set up a swap file correctly The swap file is used to increase the size of RAM. If there is a shortage, the operating system first calls on the swap file on the hard disk to compensate for the missing space. This helps avoid untimely filling of the RAM and avoids all the associated problems. - Open the Start menu, type "System Presentation and Performance Tuning" into the search box, and launch the application. - Go to the "Advanced" tab → "Virtual Memory" and click "Change". - Uncheck the box next to "Automatically select swap file size". - Highlight the system drive from the list and then click "Specify size". - On the "Original size" line, enter the minimum swap file size (at least 400 MB), and on the "Maximum size" line, enter the amount you want the system to deduct. - Click "Set" and then "OK".

Easy way to learn ten-finger blind typing Print and put next to the keyboard a diagram showing which finger should press which key, and forbid yourself to press the keys with the wrong fingers. That's it! Just start typing everything you have to do in everyday life and work this way, and after a while you'll be typing blindly. You won't stop looking at your keyboard right away and not overnight, but that's not the main thing. The main thing is that the skill will take hold and your typing speed will increase. And the need to look at the keyboard over time will be less and less, until it disappears altogether.

Google is selling Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones at a promotional price Google has started selling its current flagship smartphones Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro at a discounted price in the United States. So, the base model Pixel 6 with built-in 128GB storage costs $499 (instead of $599), and the 256GB modification - $599 (instead of $699). Such an offer is valid until July 13. As for the Pixel 6 Pro, it is available in three variants: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. The junior modification costs $699, the middle one $799, and the top one $899. The discount is $200. The smartphone will be available at this price until July 17.

Turning off keystroke sticking You often get an annoying "keylogging" message while playing games or typing. You can get rid of this problem once and for all. - Go to "Settings" → "Special Features". - In the menu on the left, select "Keyboard" (in Win11 one of the items below). - Under "Use key sticking" set the switch to "Off" (in Win11 go to "Key sticking" menu and disable the first item).

Google Meet premium video calling features already available to individual subscribers The search giant announced that three Google Meet features that were previously only available on business-focused Google Workspace plans are now available to Google One subscribers. These include the ability to make group calls lasting up to 24 hours (up from the previous limit of one hour), access to Google Meet's background noise filtering feature and support for recorded video calls. These features are not available on all Google One plans. They will only be offered to users with 2TB of storage or more, and that means paying at least $10 a month or $100 a year for a subscription. Google's announcement says they will be available in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Australia for now, with other countries coming soon.

How to add an exception to Windows Defender If you are sure that a file is safe but Defender keeps deleting it, you can simply add the file or an entire folder with it to the Exceptions for Defender and it will not delete it anymore For Win10: - Open Start → Settings → Update and Security → Windows Security → Virus and Threat Protection - Select "Manage Settings" under "Antivirus and Threat Protection Settings", then under "Exceptions" click "Add or Remove Exceptions" - Click "Add Exception" and select the desired files, folders, file types or process For Win11: - Open "Start" → "Settings" → "Privacy and Security" → "Windows Security" → "Virus and Threat Protection" - Under "Settings" select "Manage Settings", then under "Exceptions" click "Add or remove exceptions". - Click "Add Exception" and select the desired files, folders, file types or process

A surge protector or an extension cord? Despite the external similarity, the difference between surge protectors and extension cords is fundamental. The first, depending on the design, can protect the connected equipment from power supply noise, short circuits, high voltages, etc. The latter do not protect from anything, many of them do not even have grounding. First of all, the surge protector protects against power surges caused, for example, by a thunderstorm. In such a situation, an inexpensive surge protector can save very expensive equipment. Short circuit protection - if a short circuit occurs in any of the connected devices, the filter will trigger a fuse, disconnecting it from the network. On the one hand, this function duplicates the work of the circuit breakers in the switchboard, on the other hand - additional short circuit protection is never superfluous.

How does antivirus function? Antivirus can start when several events occur: a system startup, an attempt to access system files and others. Two groups of methods are used to track these events: - Methods for tracking the behavior of programs as they execute. When a program is about to perform a suspicious action, antivirus notices this and gives the user a warning - whether to allow it or not. - Methods for regulating file handling. In this case we are talking specifically about critical files for the system or those files. When the antivirus detects a request to access such files, it can warn the user or move the program to "quarantine". If scanning is required, however, it occurs in two scenarios: - Signature scanning method. The anti-virus searches for a unique sequence of bytes typical of viruses in its database. - Command scanning method. The antivirus searches the file for suspicious commands.

Configuring what happens when you close the laptop lid If you want to change how the notebook behaves when closing the lid, e.g. so that it no longer goes to sleep, you can do this as follows: - Press Win+R on your keyboard, type powercfg.cpl and press Enter. - Click on the item "Action when closing the lid" on the left - Select the action to be performed (or specify "No action required") at this event during the battery power supply and the mains power supply. - Press the "Save changes" button.