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How to properly clean and disinfect your smartphone

You spend all day with your phone, setting it down on tables, chairs, public benches, bathroom counters, and even more unsightly places. Then there's the more visible grime that gets on or in your phone from dropping it in the dog park, leaving it in your sweaty jean pockets, or letting your child pour Cheerio dust all over it. Phones get dirty easily, but thankfully getting them clean again can be easy, too, if you know what to use. Products used in this guide All the nooks and crannies: DanziX Phone Cleaning Kit ($7 at Amazon) Safe on screens: Zeiss Mobile Screen Wipes ($11 at Amazon) Overboard but efficient: PhoneSoap 3 ($80 at Amazon) What NOT to use when cleaning your phone Lysol or Clorox wipes might seem like an easy way to clean grime off a phone, but fight this instinct with every phone-loving fiber of your being. Bleach, vinegar, alcohol, and most harsh disinfectant chemicals can clean the sides and back of an Android phone, but those chemicals need

Here's how to watch the Aston Villa vs. Man City Carabao Cup final online

Can Pep Guardiola's men make it five League Cup triumphs in seven seasons? Having won four out of the last six League Cup finals, it almost feels strange when Manchester City aren't involved in the Carabao Cup Final. Pep Guardiola's Sky Blues this time face an Aston Villa side that has cast aside its struggles at the foot of the Premier League to put themselves in contention of winning their first silverware since lifting the League Cup back in 1996. If the task in front of Villa wasn't daunting enough, they'll be heading into Sunday's showdown at Wembley against a side that will be bristling with confidence following their stunning midweek Champions League victory over Real Madrid at the Bernabéu. Man City have previously lifted the League Cup trophy six times, while the Villans, who were the tournament's inaugural winners back in 1960, have won the Cup on five occasions. Should any of City star's Fernandinho, David Silva or Sergio Agüero tak

How to use Wireless PowerShare on the Galaxy S20

Wireless PowerShare is a pretty nifty feature that lets the Galaxy S20 charge other devices wirelessly. While you can technically charge other phones, the feature is designed to be used with Galaxy Buds and the Galaxy Watch Active 2. Here's what you need to know about the feature, and how to get started. Products used in this guide Turbocharged: Samsung Galaxy S20 ($1,000 at Amazon) Power up your music: Samsung Galaxy Buds+ ($149 at Amazon) How to use Wireless PowerShare to wirelessly charge devices with the Galaxy S20 Pull down the notification panel by swiping down from the top of the screen. Swipe down once more to reveal all the quick toggles. Select Wireless PowerShare . Put another device on the back of your S20 to charge it wirelessly with Wireless PowerShare Ideally, you'll need to put the device you want to charge at the center of the back of the Galaxy S20 because this is where the wireless charging coil is located. For accessories like the Galaxy Buds+,

How to clean AirPods and the AirPods Charging Case

Keep your AirPods looking as good as the day you bought them. The cases get scuffed in your pocket or bag, and then there's the matter of ear wax. Whatever the cause, those gorgeous AirPods of yours —and their charging cases —soon get dirty. Here's what to do about it. Maybe you see an iPhone 11 as a working tool, and you're not that fussed about keeping it looking shiny and new. You'll live with the finger marks on your iPad as well, because you can only see them when the screen is off, and it's never off. But you need, and want to keep those AirPods clean. After all, you're sticking them in your ears all the time. Those AirPods get mucky, and then you put them in their charging case, so that gets dirty too. You could buy a case for your AirPods , or indeed one for your AirPods Pro, but that's chiefly going to protect them from exterior scuff marks. Not ear wax. Fortunately, cleaning any edition of the AirPods , or their case, is not a long

How to watch the Felder vs. Hooker UFC Fight Night 168 live stream online

This Saturday, February 22, Dan Hooker and Paul Felder will step into the octagon together in the lightweight bout of the evening. Weighing in at 155 pounds, the two have similar records to date, though Hooker is a bit taller with a longer reach which could prove favorable during the fight. Paul Felder has a 16-4-0 record to date, while Dan Hooker sits at 19-8-0. The two have similar KO/TKO stats, though Felder is used to a longer fight, with his average time sitting just over three minutes more than Hooker's. The fight takes place in Auckland, New Zealand this time around, and streams exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. You'll want to make sure you check out all the details below so that you are prepared to tune in when the fight begins instead of scrambling to set your accounts up. UFC Fight Night 168: When & where UFC Fight Night 168 takes place on Saturday, February 22. The event will be broadcasted live from the Spark Arean in Auckland, New Zealand. Prelims will s

Google collects face data now. Here's what it means and how to opt out

Google's new Face Match technology isn't everywhere yet, but it's always looking. Find out what's happening with your face data and what you can do stop it. Google's latest smart display brings with it a controversial new feature that's always watching. Face Match, introduced on the Google Nest Hub Max, uses the smart display's front-facing camera as a security feature and a way to participate in video calls. It also shows you your photos, texts, calendar details and so on when it recognizes your face. This mode of facial recognition sounds simple enough at first. But the way companies like Google collect, store and process face data has become a top concern for privacy-minded consumers. Plenty of people want to know who has their personal information once it makes its way into the cloud. Here's a look at how Google and other tech companies record, save, process and use facial recognition data collected by devices such as the Nest Hub Max, as w

How to silence Google Assistant responses on your Android phone

You’re sitting in your office and decide to find out when your next appointment is. You pick up your phone and murmur quietly, “OK Google, when’s my next appointment?” And then, loud enough to be heard over the entire room, your Google Assistant announces, “Next up, you have an appointment with your urologist on September 3rd at 9AM.” Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Factory Unlocked Cell Phone with 256GB (U.S. Warranty), Aura Glow (Silver) Note10