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2. Scroll until you find "Filter Unknown Messages" This is the magic. Turn it on. You'll have to scroll almost three pages to find this thing, but it's worth it. When you get a message from a sender not in your address book, you won't get a notification. Instead, it will be dropped into this tab. Warning: Once "Filter Unknown Senders" is enabled, it becomes very important to add all legitimate senders to your address book. Any message from a number not in your contacts will wind up in the Unknown Senders tab.…

StackCommerceThe following content is brought to you by ZDNet partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation.Getting a brand new fully-featured drone is pretty exciting, but getting two new 4K wide-angle dual-camera drones for the price of one is even better. And until May 31, that's exactly what you get with the Alpha Z PRO 4K + Flying Fox 4K Wide Angle Dual Camera Drones Bundle during our Memorial Day sale. You don't even need a coupon code.In addition to 4K…

With so many of us working from home, having reliable cloud storage is more important than ever. You want your office work stored safely away from home, where your data is always one dropped cup of coffee away from disaster. Personal cloud storage got started in 2007, when Drew Houston, Dropbox's CEO, got sick and tired of losing his USB drive. So he created the first individual, small business cloud storage service. It was a radical idea in its time, and everyone loved it. Today, there are dozens of cheap or free cloud…

. It will prompt you to sign in to your Amazon account if you haven't already. Then, click Cancel My Benefits. You can also follow the manual instructions below. To access, modify, and cancel your Amazon Prime, hover over the Accounts & Lists tab on the upper right of the home page, then click Prime Membership. There, you will see your Prime plan, renewal date, and management options. Click Manage Membership and then End MembershipYou will arrive on a page that shows you how many days of Prime benefits you…

Photo: Joe McKendrickLast month, it was disclosed that the National Security Agency re-awarded a massive and hotly contested cloud computing contract worth up to $10 billion to Amazon Web Services.  One can assume a large government agency procuring $10 billion of cloud services has quite a bit of leverage over the terms of the agreement. However, for mainstream companies, the opposite may be true -- the cloud provider holds many of the cards, in a legal or contractual sense, with terms that may come back to bite the…

Books take up a lot of space, but an e-reader can allow you to carry hundreds of books (along with audiobooks) in a small, convenient form factor. Also, unlike smartphones and tablets, e-readers are fitted with e-ink displays and look -- and even feel -- like paper. They're glare-free and are suited to both indoor and outdoor reading. E-ink displays even feature a subtle backlight, which means that you can read in bed without needing a light on. Combine this with a battery life measured in weeks, and you have the…

A cryptocurrency mining rig at BWS' mining facility in KY. Source: Blockware SolutionsBlockware Solutions (BWS) announced Wednesday that it's partnering with SEVA -- a climate-focused company working to recreate mine lands and economies in West Virginia -- to support its solar farm endeavor. The new mining facility will be powered by West Virginia's PJM power grid as well as the new solar farm. Construction on the 150-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022.The partnership…

It was one of the largest cyber-espionage attacks of recent times: hackers compromised several United States government federal agencies as well as big tech companies, and were inside networks for months before anyone spotted them. These attackers were later revealed to be working for the Russian foreign intelligence service (SVR), and they started their attack in an unexpected way, by targeting a software company called SolarWinds. The hackers accessed builds of the company's Orion software, and then placed malware…

Image: Morsa Images/GettyNearly one in five UK workers plans to quit their job in the next 12 months in pursuit of better pay, more fulfilment and greater flexibility in how they work, according to new data from consultant PwC.The survey of more than 2,000 UK workers by PwC found that 18% are 'likely' or 'extremely likely' to change jobs within the next 12 months, while a third (32%) are 'moderately' or 'sightly likely' to switch.The professional services firm warned that growing polarization between what employees…

Tech specs: OS  Windows 11 Home | CPU  Intel Core i3, i5, i7; AMD Ryzen 3, 5 | GPU  Intel UHD Graphics, AMD Radeon Graphics (integrated); Nvidia GeForce MX 350 (Core i3, i5), Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (Core i7) | RAM  8GB, 16GB | Storage  1TB, 2TB (HDD); 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB (SSD) | Screen  23.8-inch FHD (1920 x 1080, 92.6ppi, 16:9) or QHD (2560 x 1440, 123.4ppi) IPS; touch-screen option | Wireless  Bluetooth 4.2, 5.0, 5.2; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 6 (802.11ax) | Ports & slots  rear: 1x USB-C, 3x USB-A, HDMI in, HDMI…