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How to Control How Facebook Uses Your Data

Staying on top of digital privacy should be a priority in the modern age, especially while using apps like Facebook. Luckily, Facebook has a feature called Privacy Checkup. Privacy Checkup lets you easily navigate all of Facebook's complicated security features from one place while providing helpful information to help you make the most informed decisions regarding your data. Here's how to use the Privacy Checkup feature to control how Facebook uses your data.

How to Mute Siri

By August Garry

Have you ever just wanted to tell Siri to shut up? Maybe you needed Siri to help you out, but you didn’t want to hear the app’s voice feedback. Maybe you were in a meeting or classroom, and your quick search for where to get a burger after led to embarrassment in front of the whole room when Siri’s voice answered. Maybe you just find Siri’s voice annoying! In this guide, we’ll show you how to mute Siri and avoid any unwanted interruptions in the future.

If you’re looking to customize Siri's iOS 14.2 What’s My Update feature, the short answer is: you can’t. You can remove (or add, if you’ve previously removed it) the short news clip Siri will play through the Podcasts app, but otherwise the rundown of your day Siri gives you will remain the same. Hopefully in the future, Apple will add more customization options for this feature, but for now, let’s take a minute to learn how to add or remove the daily news update from What’s My Update.

Night Shift is a built-in software feature on Macs. But what does Night Shift do? It is essentially a blue light filter that changes the color of your display when it’s dark outside. It acts as a blue light screen filter for MacBook which may help you sleep better. Despite the health benefits, you may need to learn how to turn this Night Shift feature off. 

Walking workouts meet inspirational audiobooks in Time to Walk, a new Apple Fitness+ release. But what does Time to Walk really do? This Apple Watch fitness feature allows you to complete a walking workout while listening to a famous motivational figure. Enjoy Uzo Aduba, Shawn Mendes, Ibram X. Kendi, Dolly Parton, and Draymond Green as your virtual walking companion. Check out this new feature and discover how it can upgrade your Apple Watch workout experience.

iPhone shortcuts have been helping users customize their devices since the iOS 12 update. They allow a simple tap or voice command to trigger an automated task or a sequence of tasks. But depending on your iPhone usage, these Apple shortcuts can become a nuisance. Learning how to remove shortcuts can help you navigate your phone with ease.

A cracked iPhone screen is more than just a cosmetic issue. It can affect the touch sensitivity of the screen of your device. A damaged iPhone screen can also affect the front camera. It can even cause more serious hardware issues depending on the severity of the crack. It is important to take care of a cracked iPhone or iPad screen as soon as possible. There are several ways to do this.

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