However, in a sign of the times in which we live, 55% of taxpayers told MagnifyMoney that they are counting on a refund from the IRS this year, up from 40% last year. In an even starker illustration of the financial pressures being felt by those with family responsibilities, 72% of parents with kids younger than 18 are counting down the time until a refund lands in their bank account (opens in new tab)....

Consider Donating Your Old Consoles By far, one of the most impactful things that you can do with your old console is to donate it to a charitable organization. This could be a children’s hospital or a domestic violence shelter in your area, or it could be an established charity like Gamer’s Outreach (U.S.) or Get Well Gamers (U.K.). Giving your old console to a thrift store or selling it online through eBay for Charity can also make a difference since you’ll be raising money for a good cause....

There are a few ways you can use this tool—as well as open it. If you want to speed up your workflow, here are six different ways you can open Disk Management in Windows 11. 1. Search for Disk Management To avoid clicking through menus, you can search for Disk Management and open it directly. To open Disk Management using the search bar in the Start menu, use the following steps:...

You’re not alone. With engagement at an all-time low (I’m looking at you Instagram), social media can quickly seem like a massive waste of time. All hope is not lost, my friend. What if I told you there are multiple ways to boost engagement on your posts and drum up exciting social media content ideas that show off your brand’s personality? With a dash of creativity and a pinch of getting technology to work for you, not against you – those results you’ve been dreaming of are possible....

History Of National Free Slurpee Day The Slurpee was manufactured by Omar Knedlik by a great accident and he named it ICEE. When one of his soda-fountain broke down he put the soda in the freezer to keep cool. Results were astounding, frozen Slurpee or slushie was a bang with knedlik customers urging him to introduce a machine that would make Slurpee out of frozen drinks. Recognizing the ICEE’s popularity, 7-Eleven and Knedlick entered into a licensing agreement in 1965 to sell the product exclusively in its stores under a new name....

No matter what you use Excel for, whether business financials or a personal budget, the tool’s data analysis features can help you make sense of your data. Here are several Excel features for data analysis and how they can help. Quick Analysis for Helpful Tools When you aren’t quite sure of the best way to display your data or if you’re a new Excel user, the Quick Analysis feature is essential....

This is our list of the top seven typing match-ups that just don’t seem to make any sense at all. Sit back, relax, and let the obsessive nit-picking begin! Dark vs. Ghost Types! When looking over all the Pokémon types and their match-ups, this pairing in particular really bothered me, and still does to this day. Why are Dark Pokémon super effective against Ghost Pokémon? Surely Ghost types wouldn’t have any issues with the Dark at all, considering that ghosts come out in the night....

Tools like ping, traceroute, lookup, whois, finger, netstat, ipconfig, and port scanners are available on nearly every operating system you can get your hands on. They’re used for everything from troubleshooting a connection to looking up information. Whether you’re using Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X, these tools are always close at hand. You’ll also find web-based versions of many of these utilities. Some are even available in Chrome OS’s hidden Crosh shell....

Every Type of Phishing Scam Phishing is a technique used by sellers to deceive victims into giving up their login credentials, usually using a fake web page that might look identical to the real thing. These scams usually take place over email, but scammers may also use text messages and social media since all they need the victim to do is click on the fake link. These scams take many different forms, but the end goal is always the same: to get you to log in using your username and password....

The Star Wars universe is not an easy place to live. A galaxy far, far away tends to be embroiled in massive conflicts. Even when one major enemy is defeated, another soon takes its place. The Separatists are defeated and the Clone Wars end, only for the tyrannical Galactic Empire to form in the wake of victory. The Empire is destroyed, only for the First Order to rise from the Empire’s ashes....

People had been taken aback whilst 39-12 months-old Amandeep Singh become kidnapped along side circle of relatives contributors Jasdeep Singh, Jasleen Kaur, and their liked 8-month-old baby female. tvguidetime.com The four innocent people have been at their trucking business premises in Merced County, California whilst the unthinkable passed off. A guy forced them to include him and left without a hint. They Pleaded for Help The kidnapping garnered big interest from pals, circle of relatives, and strangers, all trying to assist authorities....

In order to make the franchise what most of the fan bases’ childhood encompassed, there are a few things EA Dice and the collaborative teams need to consider before the release this November. Let’s check em’ out. Don’t Give Us Galactic Conquest Before the backlash begins, we need to make sure that the game mode from the original Battlefront 2 does not make an appearance in this game. Galactic Conquest allowed players to move their fleets in an era-based series of planet or fleet battles against friends or NPC’s....

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are the first iPhones to feature “3D touch“. 3D Touch allows the iPhone to detect how hard you’re pressing, and you can press harder on the screen in some places to do different things. When you press down on the screen, the glass bends a tiny bit. A capacitive sensor under the glass measures the distance between the sensor and your finger to determine how hard you’re pressing down....

It’s been a year and a half since iFixit tore into the flagship 9.7-inch tablet from Apple, and now it’s finally time to look inside the smaller iPad Pro and see what it’s really made of. What you’ll find is your typical mix of components from Samsung, Bosch Sensortec, NXP Semiconductors, and others, plus a whole lot of battery. Cutting to the chase, iFixit rates the smaller iPad Pro’s repairability at a low 2 out of 10, which is the same as the iPad Air 2 it replaces but one point below what it rated the 12....

“Alexa, Start Halloween” There are two layers to this command. If you don’t have the Halloween routine installed, you can say “Alexa, start Halloween,” and it will enable a Halloween theme for the duration of October. (Alternatively, you can say “Alexa, enable the Halloween theme.”) If you do have the official Alexa Halloween routine installed, saying “Alexa, start Halloween” will trigger a creaky door sound, a Halloween welcome from Alexa, and whatever smart lights you have selected within the routine will toggle to the settings you specified (now’s a great time to take advantage of all the shades of orange and red your smart lights can display)....