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If you work in a home office or have a small business with multiple remote locations, you've probably encountered scenarios when a power disruption or a system fault at the provider occurs, and then internet connectivity at that location is temporarily severed. It might require rebooting multiple network devices to restore connectivity even if power has been supplied continuously with a UPS. In cases like this, human intervention is needed. Someone has to unplug a gateway device, such as a broadband/Wi-Fi router, a cable modem, or other broadband access devices like optical network terminal (ONT), and potentially access points and switches. In many cases, it may even be a sequence in which this has to be done -- such as the cable modem or ONT booting up first before the gateway device. In a home-based or small office environment, where there is someone available to perform the restart, this is an annoying and inconvenient task to accomplish. In other cases, where nobody is … [Read more...] about Switch Always On: Keeping your broadband up, automatically

The 10.9-inch Apple iPad models could get OLED screens and may launch next year, claims a report by DigiTimes . Since the name of the iPad model hasn’t been mentioned, it could be the iPad Air considering the screen size. The latest iPad Air bears the same screen size of 10.9-inch which may also mean that the upcoming iPad Air may be a fresh launch with OLED displays. The report also claims that Apple will provide the 12.9-inch iPad Pro models and the upcoming MacBook Pro models with OLED screens. The 10.9-inch iPad is expected to go into production in the last quarter of 2021 and release the next year. The iPad Pro and the MacBook Pro models are expected to launch this year. In other news, Apple may be working on a magnetic connector for the iPhone in place of the Lightning connector. The tech giant has been granted a patent by the US Patent & Trademark Office this week for a new magnetic connector that can charge the iPhone. The patent document suggests … [Read more...] about Apple may upgrade 10.9-inch iPad and 12.9-inch iPad Pro with OLED screens: Report

Gallery Launch Gallery Getty Idaho is attempting to pass legislation that would make it illegal for government entities to enforce mask mandates -- something folks there are celebrating by rolling out burn barrels and having their children fan the flames with actual face coverings. The supposed state-wide protest happening Saturday is being dubbed #FreeIdaho or #BurnTheMask -- and it was organized, in part, by Idaho State Representatives Dorothy Moon and Heather Scott ... who plugged the event earlier this week in a joint video they filmed. The politicians say they support the "grassroots" movement to show disapproval of different mandates that have gone into effect across the state over the past year. There's no state-wide mask mandate, but about 9 counties and 10 ID cities have such emergency orders. A website they published for this cause also laid out a number of different "burn sites" all throughout Idaho -- with a major one being held right … [Read more...] about Idaho’s #BurnTheMask Rally Sees Kids Tossing Face Masks Into Fire

THERE are some tedious cleaning tasks we know we have to do daily - like wiping down the hob or scrubbing the loo. But even though we do a load of laundry most days, we can't remember the last time we drained our washing machines. After discovering she should be doing this task roughly every six weeks, one savvy woman has revealed her easy method which keeps mess to a minimum. Giving her followers a step-by-step guide, the woman explained how she originally saw the "life hack" recommended by TikTok user Terra Bee. She wrote: "Lived on my own for five years and never knew this." As nothing would fit under the washing machine's plug, the woman simply lay a towel around it absorb the smelly water. She then unscrewed the plug and wiped any lingering cleaning products on the towel. "Not as bad as I expected," she wrote. "Will 100% do this regularly from now on." According to the experts at Home Revolution , you should drain your washing machine once every six weeks … [Read more...] about Cleaning fan shares mess-free method for draining washing machine and it’s blowing people’s minds

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