OnePlus teams up with Gameloft to launch the OnePlus Asphalt Cup in India

Like playing Asphalt 8: Airborne? You should sign up for the OnePlus Asphalt Cup.

OnePlus is partnering with mobile game studio Gameloft to launch an online racing championship in India called the OnePlus Asphalt Cup, where players compete in timed events in Asphalt 8: Airborne to win prizes. The championship will be spread out over the course of four weeks, with four time-limited events of five days each. The first event is set to kick off from June 18 and will run through June 18, and the contest is open to everyone in the country.

Players participating in the contest will be eligible to win cash prizes — from a pool of nine lakhs ($13,350) — as well as the OnePlus 6 and other accessories like the OnePlus Bullets Wireless. The top three winners over the month-long event will get a cash prize as well as OnePlus’ latest phone, and OnePlus is also handing out in-game rewards totaling two crores ($296,500) to those taking part in the contest.

Here’s the breakdown of the contest, straight from OnePlus:

• The contest is spread over 4 weeks with 4 time-limited events of 5 days each
• Players are allowed to play unlimited times to become the top-scorer in the month-long event
• The top 5 players each week win a pair of OnePlus’ latest Bullets Wireless Bluetooth earphones and the top 25 players win exclusive goodies from OnePlus and Gameloft
• 3 winners after the month-long event will win a combined cash prize worth INR 9 lakhs along with OnePlus 6 smartphones and Bullets Wireless Bluetooth earphones
• Furthermore, these participants will receive In-Game rewards in Asphalt 8 worth INR 20 Million every week

Interested? Hit up the link below to register for the Asphalt Cup.

Register for the OnePlus Asphalt Cup

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What is a convection oven, and how do you use it?

If you have a shiny new convection oven on your counter, or a wall oven that includes convection capabilities, you may be thinking, “Cool! But how do I use the convection setting? Do I just turn it on?”

Well…not exactly. Convection ovens take a little practice to use with your favorite recipes, because this mode can indeed affect how dishes turn out during cooking. Let’s go over everything you need to know about this kitchen technology and how to cook with it properly.

Setting the temperature

The “convection” in convection ovens refers to heating via air. A convection oven still uses traditional heating methods, but it adds an airflow cycle that blows hot air across the cooking dish and vents it back out again.

Basically, this means that your food is being cooked by both radiant heat and heated air passing over the food. This speeds up the cooking process, but it also offers other advantages: Food in convection ovens tends to cook more evenly without experiencing “hot spots,” and it’s easier to brown foods a bit for a delicious crunchy crust when appropriate.

In fact, convection cooking is so efficient that you will need to begin by adjusting the temperature down for your recipes. This saves energy and ensures that your food will cook as expected instead of cooking too quickly. Here, we offer three important rules to serve as a guideline:

• For shorter cooking times and easy projects (like cookies), lower the expected temperature by 10-15 percent.
• For big cooking projects that will take a lot of time (like roasts), lower the temperature by as much as 30 percent for reliable cooking.
• When in doubt, drop the temperature by 25-30 degrees than the temperature you would normally use.

Give the air as much room as possible

Since convection cooking depends a lot on air, it’s important to give that circulating air room to do it its work. Convection cooking is not the time to fill the oven rack with every pan you can squeeze in. Instead, limit yourself to one dish per rack to give the air plenty of space to move around.

Also, use low-profile pans and baking dishes when possible. Expose as much surface area of your food as you can to the moving air so that it can cook reliably. Today’s roasting pans and trays tend to have low sides, but if you have older cookware with a high profile, think about an update to improve convection results.

Set your timer a bit early and check your dish

Even with the temperature lowered, convection ovens can cook dishes faster than you might expect. To prevent unpleasant surprises, set your timer about 5 – 10 minutes earlier than you normally would (adjusting for the food and tray type), especially when first starting out.

When the timer goes off, check your food. If it looks like it’s doing nicely and could use several minutes to finish up, you are good to go. But if your food has already browned over, is at a hard sizzle, or just looks done, you may want to cut your cooking time short to prevent drying out or burning.

These foods do particularly well on convection

Foods that roast or caramelize are an excellent fit for convection cooking. Many baked goods also perform very well in these conditions. Freely use your convection setting when:

• Roasting ham, turkey, roast-ready beef cuts, and similar meats
• Roasting vegetables for a little extra crisp
• Cookies and muffins—especially when you want to bake a lot at a time: These small foods defy our “leave plenty of space” rule because they have space, well, baked in…although the air current may give your muffins a more curious shape
• Pies and pastry
• Covered casseroles—when casseroles have covers or foil, they won’t lose much moisture…although convection settings may not be as effective in these situations
• Toasting breads or buns
• Drying foods out as part of meal prep – think dehydrating fish or roasting nuts

Avoid convection with these foods

Other foods you want to cook slowly, particularly delicate foods that need a very specific consistency. Avoid the convection option when:

• Cooking custards or flans—the delicate, spongy surface of these foods fares very poorly in a convection oven
• Soufflés—likewise, a soufflé needs carefully controlled surface baking, and a convection oven will burn them without allowing them to rise
• Cakes and similar large confectionary items, which tend to either rise too quickly and collapse or cook too fast and end up as a brown mound
• Baking quickbreads—this might be confusing, since some cookies and pastries are considered short breads, but we are referring to breads that really need to rise but don’t have traditional yeasts. That include banana and pumpkin bread, cornbread, beer bread, and so on: You can cook many of these in convection ovens, but you have to be careful and keep a close eye on the process

Sensors and automatic features

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Modern convection ovens often have preset options and a “sensor cooking” or automatic temperature selection option. Should you use them? That depends.

Brands like LG have well-rated sensor cook options that you can use with dishes you are unfamiliar with. However, sensor cooking still isn’t as reliable as experience, so keep an eye on your food and be prepared to make adjustments.

When it comes to automatic cooking options, your most reliable option is a thermometer probe. These focus on setting accurate meat temperatures, and are available on a growing number of home ovens. There are also versions sold separately.

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Here’s everything Ubisoft showcased during its E3 2018 presentation

Ubisoft just wrapped up its press conference leading up to the E3 gaming conference, previewing 10 games slated to arrive between now and the end of 2019. The publisher opened the show with a colorful musical number promoting Just Dance 2019 that was led by a dancing panda. The show ended with some exciting-yet-brutal swordplay pulled from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Ubisoft’s event was probably one the most exciting we’ve seen thus far. 

Beyond Good & Evil 2 

Dubbed a “space opera,” the long-awaited sequel to Beyond Good & Evil is an open-world action-adventure RPG taking place at the end of the 24th century. As previously reported, it’s actually a prequel to the first installment and the clip shown during Ubisoft’s press conference revealed Jade as the antagonist. The company also introduced the Space Monkey program, a partnership with HitRecord to integrate community-made music and visual assets into the upcoming game starting now. 

You can read the full story on our website. 

Trials Rising 

Trials is all about crashing in style and getting up again, and the upcoming sequel is no different. The franchise receives a “fresh visual look” and takes place in iconic locations for your motorcycle platforming pleasure, including Yellowstone Park and Paris. You’ll be able to compete with other players represented as ghosts, through local multiplayer or online. Players can also customize and share their outfits and bike “skins.”  

Trials Rising goes into closed beta later this year and will land on the PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in February 2019. 

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 

This was likely the biggest game of the show. The story takes place seven months after the black plague appeared on physical money and wiped out most of North America. You are the last line of defense for the United States, thus if you fail, history will be written by tyrants. Outside the story and gameplay, the conference revealed that Year One will produce three DLC packs in the form of episodes with new storylines, new areas to explore, and more. The multiplayer aspect will also include raids supporting eight players. 

You can register for the beta now. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 raids the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 15, 2019. Extended coverage about the reveal can be read on our website,  along with our hands-on coverage. 

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 

The big news with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle during Ubisoft’s press conference is that the Donkey Kong DLC, aka Donkey Kong Adventure, arrives on June 26,. Joining Donkey Kong on this expanded adventure will be Rabbid Cranky Kong and Rabbid Peach. Also included are four new areas, Donkey Kong’s banana-rang weapon, and a new crossbow used by Rabbid Cranky Kong. 

Skull & Bones 

Piracy is dead in the Caribbean, so Ubisoft is sending you and your crew into the Indian Ocean. It’s a shared world where every player encounter matters, whether you team up to take on a nearby Portuguese frigate or turn against each other after confiscating the frigate’s loot. This portion of the show demonstrated the Skull & Bones‘ naval combat gameplay, including ship-to-ship battles and methods for sneaking around heavily-guarded waters. You can read our full coverage here. 

Skull & Bones will set sail on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2019. 

Transference 

Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision introduced this game during Ubisoft’s E3 press event last year, and nothing has really changed information-wise since then. It’s a first-person exploration game where a “troubled scientist” pulls you into the minds of his three digitally captured family members. Ubisoft calls Transference a “psychological thriller” where you have to solve a mystery from three different perspectives. 

Transference arrives this fall on VR and “traditional” gaming platforms. 

Starlink: Battle for Atlas 

The big news with Starlink: Battle for Atlas is that Ubisoft teamed up with Nintendo to add Fox McCloud as a playable character in the Nintendo Switch version. The game itself relies on physical starships you can customize on the fly in the real world to adapt your virtual ship to the current in-game situation. It’s a space combat simulator originally revealed during Ubisoft’s E3 show last year. You can read more in-depth coverage about the Fox McCloud aspect on our website. 

Starlink: Battle for Atlas flies onto the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on October 16, 2018. 

For Honor 

For starters, the conference revealed that you can now download the Starter Edition via Uplay on PC for free right now until June 18. The other For Honor tidbit introduced the Marching Fire update that adds a new faction, four new fighters, a castle siege mode called “Breach,” significant “visual enhancements,” and an unlimited single-player and two-person co-op player-vs-environment mode Ubisoft will reveal at a later date. 

For Honor‘s Marching Fire update burns on October 16, 2018. 

The Crew 2 

The only big news with Ubisoft’s upcoming open-world racing game is that the open beta begins at 1 p.m. June 21 and ends at the same time on June 25. The test will contain the first two levels and the game’s entire open world. The demo also provides solo play and up to three local friends in co-op mode. 

The full retail release launches on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on June 29, 2018. You can preload The Crew 2 starting now. 

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 

This upcoming installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise sets your role-playing journey in ancient Greece in 431 B.C. You are a simple mercenary, an outcast destined to become a Greek hero who’s armed with the spear of Leonidas. With Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you can pick your character — Kassandra or Alexios — and stick with that choice throughout the game. The gameplay showcased at the end of Ubisoft’s conference highlighted Kassandra as she sliced her way through opponents until she came face-to-face with a brute of a warrior named Diokles. 

For more Assassin’s Creed Odyssey coverage, visit our website. Check out our hands-on preview of the game too. 

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey arrives on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 2, 2018. 

Giveaway: Win an HP Omen, the gaming PC powering the Fortnite Pro-AM tournament

This year’s E3 is finally upon us, and although the expo itself officially kicks off on Tuesday, June 12, companies like Microsoft and Bethesda are already teasing gamers with pre-event press conferences. We’ve just had a peek at an all-new Halo title and Gears of War 5, as well as a more in-depth look at the massive Fallout 76, with much more to come once the main event begins.

Big events like E3 are always a great opportunity to score some deals on gear and games. We’ll do you one better: Not only are our friends at HP having a massive 20-percent-off sale on most of their Omen gaming line, they’re giving one lucky Digital Trends winner a brand-new Omen Desktop PC 880 – 125 SE. While we love consoles, the venerable desktop PC is still the king when it comes to getting bleeding-edge power and performance for playing modern games. Still need convincing? HP’s also tossing in this sweet monitor.

This beefy gaming desktop bundle and the rest of the Omen line are exclusively powering the Fortnite Pro-AM tournament at E3 this year. The Fortnite Pro-AM pairs up celebrities such as Joel Mchale and Jon Heder with Fortnite legends for an epic showdown that kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET on June 12. That’s right, enter to win and next year YOU could be off the sidelines and in a head-to-head Fortnite battle with Napoleon Dynamite. Whether you’re playing Napoleon, Pedro, or Davey, that 8 year-old down the street, upgrading your setup to handle AAA titles or the battle-royale-gorilla Fortnite is a must if you want to compete for some serious street cred.

There’s a reason Omen’s the exclusive hardware of the Fortnite Pro-AM tournament. When it comes to specs, HP’s Omen line delivers: Inside the 880-125 SE’s Deadpool-esque red-and-black chassis (the thing even looks like a beast) sits cutting-edge hardware. The Intel Core i7-8700 CPU boasts six cores with a standard clock speed of 3.2 GHz, but it’s unlocked for overclocking right out of the box — not that you’ll need it. A huge 2 TB hard drive provides plenty of storage (and a nice speed boost at 7,200 RPM) while 16GB of RAM, upgradeable to 32GB, delivers more than enough juice for blasting through the latest games. Or just looking cool in front of Davey.

Enter below by June 22 to try and score this bundle. If you’ve broken a mirror recently, found yourself near a herd of black cats, or just plain want-it-now, HP is running their 20-percent-off promotion on most of the Omen line from now until the end of the month. Just enter code PARTYROYALE at checkout to unlock the deal. Also, be sure to check out our ongoing E3 coverage for all of the latest trailers, reveals, and other news from the gaming industry’s biggest annual event.

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Shot to the heart: Device carries drugs directly to injured internal organ

Our bodies are basically just mobile meat packages, chock full of internal organs that keep the whole thing running. But when something goes awry inside — when, for example, the heart momentarily gives out — the fact that these organs are tucked beneath layers of skin, muscle, and bone can make long-term treatment challenging.

A new device might help make some treatments more seamless by delivering medication directly to the heart. Developed by an international team of researchers (including from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), the device, Therepi, includes a tube that connects it to an external entry point, providing a sort of express lane from the abdomen to the internal organ.

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In a study published this week in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, the researchers demonstrated how the device could deliver drugs, proteins, and stem cells to the heart. If applied in the real world, the technology could mean more efficiency, smaller doses, and fewer side effects than conventional drug delivery systems.

Therepi “allows repeated administration of therapy directly to a target in the body without necessitating multiple invasive surgeries,” Ellen Roche, a medical engineer at MIT and co-author of the study, told Digital Trends. “Using the platform we showed that we could increase cardiac function in a pre-clinical model, which demonstrates that the system has potential for future clinical translation.”

From the outside, Therepi would look like a small, circular, sponge-like patch on the lower abdomen. But inside the body, a small tub connects the patch to the heart, and carries medication directly to the organ.

Following a heart attack, scarring can cause further heart complications. Drugs and proteins can help treat scarring, but these medications often miss their target, requiring multiple doses and the risk of toxicity. Stem cells may also prove beneficial if they can be applied to the organ directly.

The idea is that Therepi would allow doctors to administer the medications more precisely, in smaller doses, and with fewer risks of side effects. In a 28-day pre-clinical trial conducted by Roche and her team, heart function in rodents increased for four weeks after injury when stem cells were delivered through Therepi.

There’s still plenty of work to be done on the device before it makes it to the market though. Among the next steps, Roche said it willbe making the implant more suitable for subjects and finding applications for other diseases. It will take another few years at least before Therepi might be implanted in humans.

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The D-Mask may be the high-tech future of diving and snorkeling

As with most well-established sports and outdoor activities, the gear used in scuba diving and snorkeling continues to evolve, although at times it feels like true innovation comes at a snail’s pace. But a Chinese Chinese designer who goes by the name of ZJ-DDG unveiled a new concept design for a dive mask that has the potential to be a real game-changer, bringing a host of interesting technologies that could alter the way underwater exploration and adventure takes place.

The first major change that the the D-Mask brings to the table is that it does away with traditional scuba mask design in favor of something much larger. Rather than just covering the eyes and nose, this model actually envelopes the entire face, securing itself above the forehead and below the mouth. This results in a 180-degree field of view, which is much broader than what divers get from a traditional mask. It also reportedly provides a more comfortable fit due to the increased number of points of contact with the wearer’s face. In theory, it should also make it easier to breathe as well since a snorkel or regulator isn’t in the diver’s mouth, but is instead attached to a port on the side of the mask itself.

The large glass lens does a lot more than just provide an expanded view, it can also serve as a projection point for a built-in head-up display. Divers could have information like current depth, location, remaining oxygen levels, water temperature, and other data displayed right on the inside of the mask, making it easier to keep track of those variables.

Other intriguing features include bone-conducting audio for listening to music and two-way communications with other divers or the dive boat on the surface. The D-Mask also comes with built-in LED lighting to help illuminate the deep, as well as a digital camera for capturing all of the underwater action. A companion mobile app for a smartphone would allow for the creation of playlists and sharing photos and videos to social media outlets.

Since this is still just a concept, there is no telling when or if it would actually be made into a real product. ZJ-DDG has admitted that there are a few hurdles to overcome, including how to keep the interior of the face shield from fogging up. Still, if this could go into production it would surely create a lot of interest in the diving community.

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Move over, antibiotics! Cold plasma could be the next great way to treat wounds

Here in 2018, plenty of the Star Trek technologies which once seemed the stuff of science fiction are now science reality. Technologies like universal translators and mobile communicators are part of our everyday lives, while we’ve also covered the likes of real life tractor beams and holodecks. Now a German company called Coldplasmatech wants to add one more Star Trek technology to the real world. And this one could help transform wound treatment in hospital emergency rooms — and maybe even save some lives.

“The easiest way to explain our technology to someone is by comparing it to the dermal regenerator in Star Trek,” Dr. Carsten Mahrenholz, CEO of Coldplasmatech, told Digital Trends. “The dermal regenerator is a handheld device which emits a blue light. If someone receives a cut, the dermal regenerator can be used on the wound to close it. Basically, that’s what we’ve developed.”

Well, kind of. In fact, the technology is a cold plasma patch made of silicone, which uses ions and UV radiation to treat infections in chronic wounds as an alternative to antibiotics. At the same time, it greatly speeds up the healing process.

Cold plasma is an ionized gas, a state of matter that remains mysterious to most people, compared to more widely understood states of matter. The wound dressing comprises a silicone part which applies plasma to the wound, and a power supply. The patch converts the oxygen and nitrogen mixture which makes up the air we breathe into a bioactive ionized gas. This bioactivity results in faster wound healing, while also killing bacteria extremely efficiently — in as little as just two minutes.

“For various reasons, in a hospital today you do not have time for a physician to treat one wound for 45 minutes or so,” Mahrenholz continued. “You want the physician to look at the wound, and then for a nurse to be able to do the treatment. That way, the physician gets to see more patients.”

The patch was recently shown off at the Athens Science Festival in Greece. Later this year, it will be part of a clinical trial at two hospitals in Germany. “We’ve been very lucky because we have received funding from the Federal Ministry of Science and Education in Germany,” Mahrenholz said. “They are helping us set up and pay for clinical and economic trials in Germany. That second part is very important because not only is it crucial to show the clinical success of a new technology, but also what it means in terms of economic value.”

Provided all goes well with these trials, Mahrenholz hopes that the technology will become more widely used around the world in the near future.

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NFC tech in official World Cup match ball draws fans even more into the games

Every four years, the FIFA World Cup brings millions of people together to bond over a shared interest in soccer and a fierce devotion to their country. But how do you drum up even more interest in one of the most popular sports on the planet? To Adidas and the software company BlueBite, the solution comes down to innovating the fan experience. Specifically, the duo injected the official World Cup match ball with a bit of cutting-edge (see: NFC) technology capable of allowing fans to unlock exclusive, tournament-themed content.

While Adidas supplied the balls, BlueBite created the software built into the NFC chip. By activating a special identifier via a smartphone, fans can unlock exclusive information about the World Cup and even the ball itself. Don’t think of it as just a one-and-done experience, either. BlueBite designed the software to allow fans the opportunity to revisit and unlock new content daily.

“The entire idea behind the ball is to get fans engaged and excited about the World Cup before it starts,” said Rachel Furst, BlueBite’s director of product Marketing, to Digital Trends. “So, leading up to the tournament, fans will have access to a variety of different challenges — challenges designed to bring them back every day. Some unlock exclusive videos of World Cup players using the ball or showing off their own unique goal celebration while others have users post specific photos with the ball itself.”

Similar in function to how Nike leveraged NFC technology in its line of NikeConnect jerseys, the Adidas World Cup ball is purely for consumer use — i.e., it won’t have any impact on the matches themselves. Despite this, the integration of the chip is so subtle that anyone kicking it around (or using it in a match) won’t notice the difference. The shape hasn’t been altered, its physics remain the same, and it’s no heavier — even if you know where to look for the chip, you won’t see it.

“The chip is extremely light and won’t affect the weight or performance of the ball,” Furst added. “Additionally, we had to make sure that all parts would be functional in case the ball gets wet and also took into account fluctuations in temperature or movement, to ensure the internal components wouldn’t become damaged.”

Fans of the World Cup don’t have to be in Russia to have access to Adidas’ NFC-enabled ball either, as it’s currently available via the Adidas website for $124. Host country Russia kicks off the global tournament on June 14 as it takes on Saudi Arabia.

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The Titan underwater drone promises to go deeper than its rivals

The majority of drones are designed for the sky, hence the phrase UAV (read: “unmanned aerial vehicle”) being used as a synonym. However, there are also a growing number of drones created for exploring underwater locations, too. The latest of these is an underwater drone named Titan, which recently splashed down on Kickstarter with the goal of raising funds to go into production.

“Titan can dive up to 150 meters (490 feet), which provides users more space to explore and more choices,” Alan Wang, the chief technical officer for manufacturer Geneinno, told Digital Trends. “Other drones can only take people down to 50m or 100m. Some people will say 100m is enough, but we believe exploring the unknown is human nature and [something a lot of people want to do]. The only reason they haven’t done it yet is because they don’t have the right tools to achieve it.”

As Wang makes clear, Titan’s big selling point is the fact that it can go really, really deep underwater. It can then document this undersea world with the aid of a high-end 4K camera, which is capable of capturing both video and still images. Moving around is accomplished with six thrusters that give Titan a high degree of movement and impressive maneuverability at a speed of up to two meters per second. There are even, handily, a couple of LED spotlight which throw out a combined 3,000 lumens of illumination so that you can see where you’re going.

“Titan [is] more stable than other underwater drones, because we know that stability means everything,” Wang continued. “No matter how good your camera is, without stability, there is no way you can get good pictures, especially underwater.”

As ever, we advise that would-be customers are aware of the risks inherent in crowdfunding campaigns. However, if you’re nonetheless keen to get involved you can head over to the project’s Kickstarter page to pledge your support (and cold, hard cash). Prices commence at $1,199 for an all-in-one kit containing the drone, a 50-meter tether, and everything else you need to get started. Other price options are also available. Shipping is set to take place in September.

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How to use the cut, copy, paste, and undo keyboard shortcuts in Windows

Cut, copy, paste and undo — they’re four of the most powerful and most commonly used commands in any application. If you’re typing, these are keyboard shortcuts you should know, both to save time and correct mistakes. Let’s go over how to use them!

Important note: Most keyboards support the CTRL/Control shortcuts that Windows uses. However, there are some exceptions. The Apple keyboard, for example, uses the Command key instead of CTRL. You may have to change keyboard shortcuts in settings or get used to a slightly different layout if your keyboard is the odd man out.

Cut

Press: CTRL + X

This keyboard shortcut has no alternative inputs (Shift + Delete was once a thing, but is now used for other commands). Note that cutting text will delete that text at the target location, but you can paste it multiple times in other areas, since a version of that text remains stored on your clipboard. This is a great way to re-arrange text in a report, or take a piece of information from one area and populate multiple forms with that same data.

Remember that Windows does not automatically keep a history of items on your clipboard. If you cut text and then cut a second piece of text, the first content will be lost.

Copy

Press: CTRL + C

Alternatively, you can also use “CTRL + Insert.” “Insert” is found on expanded keyboards that include number pads (usually on “0”), and may be a more useful option of you are dealing with a lot of numeric data and your fingers rarely leave the number pad.

Remember, you can only store one copy of data on your Windows clipboard at a time (although apps and plugins can change this). This also means that cutting text will replace any copied text, so be careful switching back and forth between them.

Paste

Press: CTRL + V

Alternatively, you can use “Shift + Insert,” which again may be more useful if you spend a lot of time on the numeric keypad. The content will be pasted wherever your cursor is, so make sure you’ve picked the right spot. Remember that formatting and spacing frequently carry over with the text, which may lead to a couple formatting issues when pasting into a new field or form. You can usually copy and paste an unformatted version of the text to help avoid these issues.

Undo

Press: CTRL + Z

This will undo the last action you made in your document. If you were typing, it will remove the last section of text you typed without pausing, which could be fairly long. Most Windows applications support repeated Undos, which means you can delete your last action, the one before that, and the one before that, and so on — as long as the history of your actions has been kept. However, this isn’t a guaranteed function for every app.

Extra tip on working between apps

Cut, copy, paste and undo tend to be universal across all operating system apps. In other words, the keyboard shortcuts do the same thing whether you are writing an email, filling out an Excel spreadsheet, or typing a document in Word.

Online forms and web apps are a bit more hit or miss: Many support these shortcuts, but it’s not quite guaranteed. A little experimentation may help when first working in a new app, just to see how these basic commands perform. You may also want to check out other Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts!

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