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Google recently announced that it will include AI features in its search engine, such as AI overview and AI mode. However, it seems like AI Overview does not always respond perfectly, and on top of that, it appears before normal search results, so it's no wonder that many users (including me) didn't like this new feature. Luckily there is a very easy fix for this problem, you need to install a chrome extension called Bye Bye, Google AI , and you're done! This extension even allows you to customize what you want, or don't want to see. This extension is currently not avaible on Firefox, but you can search for alternatives.

Have you ever tried to find a solution to the problem of your disks constantly filling up with unnecessary data? In this post, I will show you WinDirStat , a free and open source software that will (most likely) find a solution to this problem, by analyzing the data of used space on your disks. WinDirStat can create a so called "treemap" , where every file on your disk is represented by a colored rectangle. It can be super useful because you can easily find large files that you've long forgotten about and are still taking up storage space. You can download WinDirStat here . It only works on Windows, but you can find alternatives if you have a different OS.

Recently, Google made a decision that many people didn't like: it removed the ability to download the popular adblocker uBlock origin from the Chrome extensions store. In this article I will show you how you can add this extension back to Google Chrome. Go to:  https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock Click on releases Scroll down to assets, then download the chromium zip. Put the .zip file somewhere where you're sure you won't accidentally delete it (for me it's the desktop) then unzip it there Open chrome's extension manager tab In the extension manager tab, cilck the developer mode switch on Click on the "load unpacked" button then pick the previously unzipped folder called "uBlock0.chromium" (if your unzipped folder is called "uBlock0_1.64.0.chromium", then go in it and there should be the "uBlock0.chromium" folder) And that's it! You can now use uBlock in Google Chrome! Sidenote: When you restart chrome it will want you to ...

A lot of people don't know, but the default (windows file manager) file search function is very slow compared to other software, and (for me) it can even force windows explorer to restart sometimes when I'm working around with older hard drives, so here is a solution that will fix all of these problems: the search tool called Everything! It can be easily said, that this search tool is more than 10x faster than windows file explorer search. Everything 1.5 Alpha For download, I'd recommend the 1.5 alpha version, because it has dark theme, and other useful features. 1.5 alpha download:  https://www.voidtools.com/everything-1.5a/ Main download page (other versions):  https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/

I know of many apps that wirelessly turn your phone's camera into a computer webcam that you can use for video calls or streaming, but IP Webcam stands out: it had the least latency, the best video quality, and it is also free. Read this article where I present one of the most useful android apps ever made  The concept is a bit different from what is usually presented by such apps (e.g. Iriun webcam) here the way it works is that you can start a local video stream and a page where you can manage this stream, (by a PC, or any device that has a browser on it) of course since it is a local stream only those who know the Wi-Fi code where the stream is running can connect to it, and you can also add password protection on top of that. IP Webcam's browser control panel The first step is to download an application called "IP Webcam" on your android phone:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pas.webcam Once installed, we will be greeted by a menu with various s...

This is my first post on this blog. I'm going to make a youtube channel for this blog, I'll post the link later. Im gonna make chatgpt, tech, and gaming, based videos on the channel, and I hope the algorithm will pick up these videos and you will be able to read this blog. I know that people don't create websites nowadays, they prefer to create content for sites like twitter, reddit but I don't care. I do what I love even if no one will read it. Check you guys out, see you on my youtube channel!

Google Chrome has received a visual update to celebrate its 15th birthday. The update brought a new look on the desktop. The entire look of Chrome has been redesigned for "better" readability, according to Google:  https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-new-features-redesign-2023/ I think there are a number of problems with this new look. 1. The new theme gives it a Windows 11 look, which I don't like, although that's personal 2. The whole pages, extensions, and the search bar above have gotten bigger, and the spacing between each button is bigger 3. the right-click menu is now twice as big, and it comes up with some kind of lame foreground effect that can be annoying at times How to restore the old theme in Windows: You will need a special shortcut that starts Chrome by turning off a setting (the new theme in this case). I already created it so you can download it  HERE , or you can create it yourself, by following these steps: