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The top (or htop) command gives a real-time view of system performance, including CPU usage, memory consumption, and load averages.

👉 Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It

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December 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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The sed command is used to modify text in files or input directly from the terminal. This command is useful when you need to add text at specific lines or match certain patterns in a file.

👉 Effective Ways to Append Text to Files in Linux


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December 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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If your laptop is using Microsoft or any other generic drivers, it's best to get the official OEM driver of your touchpad - like Elan or Synaptics.

👉 How to Stop Your Laptop Touchpad from Jumping Around


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December 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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All smartphones today come with a built-in magnetometer that can detect magnetic fields around ferromagnetic materials.

👉 5 Ways to Detect If Someone is Using Smart Glasses

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December 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Unlike Google Lens which works on both mobile and desktop devices, Snipping Tool is a desktop-only feature for updated Windows 11 users.

👉 How to Use the Windows 11 Snipping Tool’s Visual Search Like Google Lens

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December 2, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Unlike CPU usage, which reflects performance at a specific moment, the load average provides a broader view of system activity over time.

👉 Linux Load Average Explained: What It Means and How to Utilize It

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December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Updating the touchpad drivers isn’t always the best solution. It might, in fact, be the cause if your touchpad start jumping around after an update.

👉 How to Stop Your Laptop Touchpad from Jumping Around

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December 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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In terms of effectiveness, the visual search feature in Snipping Tool is a close equivalent of Google Lens.

👉 How to Use the Windows 11 Snipping Tool’s Visual Search Like Google Lens

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December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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If you find that your Microsoft Defender is always using high CPU resources, try the methods below to make it requiring fewer system resources on your system.

👉 5 Ways to Resolve Microsoft Defender’s High CPU Usage Issue

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November 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Visual search in the Windows 11 Snipping Tool is an integrated feature that helps you perform reverse image searches directly from a captured screen grab.

👉: How to Use the Windows 11 Snipping Tool’s Visual Search Like Google Lens
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November 30, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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To minimize Microsoft Defender scans using too much of the CPU resources while scanning your PC, you can select a more appropriate time and frequency.

👉 5 Ways to Resolve Microsoft Defender’s High CPU Usage Issue

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November 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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To scan archives, Microsoft Defender first has to decompress them. This process consumes a lot of CPU power, and it can impact PC performance if you have lots of archives.

👉: 5 Ways to Resolve Microsoft Defender’s High CPU Usage Issue
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November 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Defender is allowed to consume up to 50% of CPU resources if needed. To ensure your system is running smoothly, you can decrease the Defender’s priority and resource usage limit.

👉 5 Ways to Resolve Microsoft Defender’s High CPU Usage Issue

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November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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For Claude, opting out stops future use but leaves past data in limbo for years. Similarly, Google’s system deletes history upon opt-out, forcing a choice between privacy and utility.

👉: How Tech Giants Exploit Opt-Out Fatigue for AI Training
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November 28, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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The idea of choice in online privacy has become an illusion. Technically, you can opt out. Practically, few people ever do. Consent fatigue is the core issue.

👉: Default Is the New Consent: How Tech Giants Exploit Opt-Out Fatigue for AI Training

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November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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In this new reality, the idea of AI data privacy opt-out has become a test of how much control we still have over our digital lives.

👉 Default Is the New Consent: How Tech Giants Exploit Opt-Out Fatigue for AI Training


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November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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You can enable Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling in Windows to offload work from the CPU to the GPU

👉: 5 Ways to Offload CPU Tasks in Windows to Improve System Performance

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November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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For best results, you should always enable Hardware Acceleration in supported apps to let the GPU handle graphical work instead of the CPU.

👉: 5 Ways to Offload CPU Tasks in Windows to Improve System Performance

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November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Any app that handles media or graphical content usually has graphic acceleration option in its settings.

👉: 5 Ways to Offload CPU Tasks in Windows to Improve System Performance

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November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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In a dual-GPU setup, you can force apps to use the ddedicated GPU instead of the integrated GPU, so fewer CPU resources are used.

👉: 5 Ways to Offload CPU Tasks in Windows to Improve System Performance

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November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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While gaming, you’ll generally use the Ultimate performance mode. For most work/study routines, this can cause excessive heat generation and component noise, which is not ideal.

👉 Why You Should Use a Separate User Account For Gaming on Windows

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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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There are some common tasks that you can check to ensure your NIC handles them instead of the CPU.

👉: 5 Ways to Offload CPU Tasks in Windows to Improve System Performance

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November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Work routines and related apps often have scheduled tasks that require user interaction. They can pop up while gaming and disrupt gameplay.

👉 Why You Should Use a Separate User Account For Gaming on Windows


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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Windows has many optimization options and registry hacks to make your gaming experience better, but they often conflict with normal PC usage.

👉: Why You Should Use a Separate User Account For Gaming on Windows

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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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The Ethernet network card can do a better job at handling networking stuff and also provide a better network connection than the CPU.

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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM