Changing the Paper Size in Word

Instructions apply to Word for Mac and Microsoft 365. Open a new or existing file in Microsoft Word. On a Mac, choose theFilemenu and selectPage Setup. Lifewire / Michela Buttignol In Word 365, chooseFile. SelectPrintin the left pane, then click thePage Setuplink at the bottom of parameters. On a Mac, when thePage Setupdialog box appears, it should be set onPage Attributes. If not, poke the drop-down selector at the top of the box and selectPage Attributes....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 256 words · Ronald Stephens

Changing the Wallpaper and Theme on Your Google Chromebook

you might even choose one of your images for theChromebookbackground. Instructions in this article apply to laptops withChrome OS, regardless of who made the unit. Chromebook Themes and Wallpapers Chromebooks are lightweight laptops made primarily forproductivity applicationsand browsing the web. You don’t need a Chromebook tocustomize the Google Chrome theme. you might alsocreate Chrome themes. Go to the left pane of theSettingswindow and selectPersonalization. The Wallpaper app displays thumbnails of pre-installed images....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Jonathan Reed

Charging Electronics via Radio Waves May Be Possible

In theory, this creates a scenario where the remote will never truly run out of power. But why stop at remotes? Could RF charging be used for other small electronic devices that require relatively modest amounts of power? Nico De Pasquale Photography / Getty Images And, since it’s just using radio waves, multiple devices could be charged simultaneously. According to Tian, cost is another hurdle RF charging still has to overcome....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 138 words · Timothy Lowe

Charles Fan Helps Businesses Store Data Better

Using software to improve storage options This startup is on a mission to help businesses use RAM more efficiently. Meet Charles Fan, co-founder and CEO ofMemVerge. His startup is leveraging RAM and cloud tech to create storage software. MemVerge We could one day store everything in [RAM]. That was previously not possible, just because the underlying hardware was not available," Fan told Lifewire. Quick Facts Maximizing Opportunities Fan left Shanghai when he was 17 and landed in Indiana....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Christopher Sloan

ChatGPT Detectors Are Biased and Easy to Fool, Research Shows

The text you’re reading right now was typed into a Google Doc by a human being. But that may not be the case with text you encounter elsewhere. Teachers have deployed detection software hoping to catch plagiarists in the act. On the other hand, the human-written TOEFL essays were misclassified 61% of the time. One specific detector flagged 97.8% of the TOEFL essays as AI generated. All seven detectors flagged 18 of the 91 TOEFL essays as AI generated....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Aaron Middleton

ChatGPT Is a Stunning AI, but Human Jobs Are Safe (for Now)

), and it’ll spit out something relatively coherent. Then there are those who think this goes beyond Google: Human jobs are in trouble, too. Another take, fromthe Australian Computer Society’s flagship publication Information Age, suggested the same. The Telegraph announcedthe bot could “do your job better than you.” I’d say hold your digital horses. ChatGPT isn’t going to put you out of a job just yet. A great example of why is provided by the story published in Information Age....

April 15, 2025 · 3 min · 479 words · Jessica Wagner

ChatGPT Is Wikipedia's Most-Viewed Article of 2023: Why That's a Good Thing

Wikipedia earlier this month released its list of the25 most viewed articles on English Wikipedia in 2023. As always, it’s a good sign of the times. There’s a lot of what you’d expect on the list. The Barbie movie is on there (No. 13, with 18 million views). Taylor Swift, unsurprisingly, made the cut at No. 12 (19.4 million views). Movies, soccer players, celebrities who passed away too young, all made it....

April 15, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Colleen Silva

ChatGPT Just Got a Memory Boost That Could Make Your Conversations Better

There are new memory prefs that users can control. “Reference saved memories” can recall key facts about yourself, like your name or preferences. This will allow ChatGPT to evolve to you over time. Either of these parameters can be turned on or off. Users can also opt out entirely or can switch to Temporary Chat for a memory-free conversation. People who actively use the AI chatbot sometimes find themselves running into memory constraints....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Elizabeth Kennedy

ChatGPT vs. Gemini: Is ChatGPT Winning the AI Race?

Gemini is faster, but that might not be enough hapabapa / Getty Images Byte-Sized Brief A study by AITools (an AI tool directory) found that ChatGPT gets about 37 timesmore monthly visits than Google’s Gemini AIor roughly 137 million average daily visits so far in 2025. There are a variety of factors, but Reddit users say that ChatGPT seems to provide better answers, even though Gemini can be faster. “ChatGPT, slower than Gemini, but better at handling long (mundane) tasks, helps to make progress, has wit, helps you learn, you’re free to continue for days, it remembers everything (almost) you have been conversing about and you’re free to make progress,” said userSpiritual_Material86, in a Reddit forum....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Franklin Olson

Cheap phone service: Visible Party Pay is one of the best deals out there

When is a family plan not a family plan? When it comes from Visible, a Verizon-powered prepaid carrier that offers unlimited phone service at reasonable rates. Individuals pay $40 a month. But groups can get service for as little as $25 per person by signing up forParty Pay. Notice, however, that I said “groups,” not “families.” (That would bring the rate down to $35 per person per month. With three people it drops to $30; with four or more, $25....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Stephanie Parker

Check Out Comet A3's Rare 'Antitail' in Stunning Video From Space

It makes me wish I was in a spacecraft with a can’t-miss view of our uncommon celestial visitor. you might even see an unusual “anti-tail” optical illusion. The bright dot off to the left is the planet Mercury. ESA says the “anti-tail” is a rare phenomenon. It resembles a laser beam shooting through space. The sun is incredibly active right now and is kicking out flares and solar material. Those outbursts are visible in the video....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 144 words · Roberta Hudson

Check the Network Connection Status of Wireless Devices

Wireless connections can drop suddenly and, without warning, aWi-Ficonnection is lost. Particularly, if roaming while using a mobile gear, movement may cause the internet to drop out. The method for checking your web connection connection status varies depending on the specific machine involved. MoMo Productions / Getty Images On the right side of the Notification bar, look for the connection status icon. As the number of bars increases, the signal gets stronger and results in a higher-quality connection....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Sheryl Woods

Check Your Gmail Statistics

ChooseManage your Google Account. On the Google Account page, selectManage your data & personalization. Scroll down the page and selectGo to Google Dashboard. slide in your Gmail password if prompted. In the list of Google services, selectGmail. Google also displayed this information for prior months, too. Google no longer aggregates that data on your Gmail habits. Or, if they do, it’s not an option to browse through it.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 68 words · Jason Coleman