The court is expected to hear cases in the coming months that will examine the legal protections of social media companies. Observers say the stakes couldn’t be higher for both users and the tech industry. “If the Supreme Court rules against tech companies, it will end the internet as we know it,” Raymond Ku, a law professor who writes on technology and civil liberties at Case Western Reserve University, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Ableton Live and Apple’s Logic Pro are the East Coast vs West Coast of music production apps, and both have their own styles and standout features. Until last year, that is. With their latest updates, both apps have ripped off each other’s last few unique features. Both Live and Logic are incredible apps, but for me, Live is easier to use. If Live is a pair of familiar, comfortable slippers, Logic is the mess of coats, hats, and old extension cords you have to fight through to get your slippers out of the shoe closet....

“I’ve had an incredible experience, and it’s such a blessing to get up every day and start up my favorite game in the world with all these people showing up excited for the stream to start,” St. John said in a phone interview with Lifewire. “I never forget how grateful I feel about these people who take time out of their day to spend time with me.” A New Crusade Currently isolated in the Eastern European country of Ukraine, St....

In a new report, researchers found nine vulnerabilities in the communications protocols used in IoT devices. The vulnerabilities could lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or Remote Code Execution (RCE) by hackers. Over 100 million consumer, enterprise, and industrial IoT devices could be affected. The security flaws could allow hackers to take devices offline or control them remotely. Cybercriminals also could use the security issues to gain wider access to affected networks....

Many of us use Netflix and YouTube as replacements for the cable television packages we once had connected to our television sets. With online content becoming a commodity, that means we need to find ways to improve how we access that content. One of the biggest improvements for this could come with the AV1 codec. “Next-generation codecs like AV1, which provide a 60% average reduction in bandwidth over h.264, are critical to future video distribution sustainability,” Steven Tripsas, head of solution architecture at Zype, told us via email....

NReal is finally bringing its Air augmented reality (AR) glasses to the US, which the company is pitching as a device for streaming shows and playing games. You can even use the headset with Mac devices or an iOS phone or tablet with an optional adaptor. Experts say the AIR will give Mac users a taste of the power of Apple’s rumored upcoming headset. “Apple’s rumored ‘mixed reality’ headset will have several exterior cameras and sensors that will incorporate real-world places into a virtual space,” Anastasiia Gliebova, the CEO of V-Art, which makes VR and AR experiences, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Business Insider spotted another Facebook data leak over the weekend that reportedly affects 533 million users. If you’re still on Facebook, experts say there are still ways to protect your information from future leaks, even if the social network doesn’t have the best reputation for privacy. “The problem with Facebook is that it hides any real privacy settings, and it is not meant to be a privacy platform whatsoever,” Rob Shavell, Co-Founder and CEO of DeleteMe, told Lifewire over the phone....

Martinez is the chief marketing officer of Pay Theory, creator of a SaaS-based electronic payment solution. The company focuses on helping families and public schools manage tech-based financial payments. Founded in 2019, Pay Theory developed a payment platform for services providers and SaaS vendors to help create more seamless payment experiences. Martinez said the company’s electronic payment solution can integrate with accounting platforms to allow credit, debit, ACH, and cash payments via retail partners....

Door County, Wisconsin is among the areas that have become public beta testing sites for Starlink. Starlink claims it will have “near global coverage of the populated world in 2021,” according to its website. The service is desperately needed in more remote areas, experts say. “There are many rural areas in the US where installing extensive wired infrastructure makes very little sense, logistically speaking,” Tyler Cooper, editor-in-chief of BroadbandNow, an internet service comparison site, said in an email interview....

Stefen Matias might best be known as the TikTok Genshin Guy, but his dedicated community of 130,000 followers across Twitch and TikTok ensures his intoxicating persona doesn’t go unnoticed. He’s an emerging force in the streaming world, looking to take over one sample at a time. “I worked really hard, and I grinded forever even without any payoff for it. Regardless of that, I still feel lucky, and some days it really does not feel real… and I don’t know if it ever will,” Matias said in a phone interview with Lifewire....

Apple’s Clean Energy Charging works by accessing a forecast of the carbon emissions on your local energy grid and then only charging when those emissions are lower. This may sound like an esoteric change, save for two factors: it’s enabled by default on all iPhones running iOS 16.1, and hundreds of millions of iPhones are in use worldwide, all of which require charging. “There are 16 billion mobile devices worldwide that need to be charged on a daily basis....

What Is Green Tech? Green tech involves combining technology and science to create environmentally friendly products. The idea is by using products and services in the home to reduce energy consumption, waste, or adverse effects on the environment, we can all help the planet. Small Adjustments = Big Differences Going green in your home doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money on new technology or make a large purchase of an entire solar system from your home....

Transfer Videos to a Hard Drive No matter what kind of memory your camcorder records to, it’s a good idea to transfer that video to your computer hard drive. Typically, the easiest way to transfer video from a camcorder to a computer is to connect them via a USB cable and use the software that came with your camcorder to perform the transfer. Putting your video onto your computer will allow you to perform any edits and enable you to transfer the video to another storage format....

The Ceramic Shield is four times stronger than the screen used on some of Apple’s previous models, the company says. The new screen is infused with nanoscale ceramic crystals, increasing the glass’s endurance to breaking. But if you’re upset about the coronavirus pandemic and feel like breaking something, insurer Allstate finds that you should do so with your 12 Pro from a height of 6 feet onto a rough sidewalk....

How to Customize Your iPad Keyboard To adjust the settings for your keyboard, you’ll go to the Settings app. Here’s what to do: Customizable Settings for the iPad Keyboard The iPad keyboard settings help you customize your iPad. Most of them are switches you toggle off and on. Here’s a quick summary of some of the changes you can make: Keyboards: The iPad has built-in keyboards in dozens of languages. You can also install third-party keyboards like Swype or the Hanx Writer keyboard....

In other words, it’s the “erase everything and start from scratch” process for Windows 7, a procedure referred to as a “clean install” or sometimes as a “custom install.” It’s the ultimate “reinstall Windows 7” process. A clean install is often the best way to solve very serious Windows 7 problems, like a virus infection you can’t get rid of completely or maybe some kind of Windows issue that you can’t seem to solve with normal troubleshooting....

Use Nearby Sharing to Wirelessly Connect Surface to PC Syncing a Surface with PC and sharing files with other users used to be pretty straightforward with old-school computer networks, but things have become a bit more interesting since the removal of Windows 10’s HomeGroup feature and the introduction of several wireless options to connect Microsoft Surface to PCs and other smart devices. “Can I connect my Surface to my PC?” Yes, you can....

What You’ll Need You’ll likely need a 4-6 foot analog audio cable with stereo RCA or miniplug jacks. If the TV and stereo system support HDMI connections, then be sure to pick up those cables as well. Once all the tools are available, hook up the speakers to the TV using the appropriate audio cables, and then power on the TV and speakers. How to Wire Together a TV and Speakers Clean out the space around the TV to make room for the speakers and allow for some wiggle room to get things situated, and then follow these steps in order....

How to Convert iTunes to MP3 If you want to download songs you buy from the iTunes Store on other devices, you’ll have to convert them to MP3s. You can use a tool built into iTunes to convert iTunes AAC formatted songs to MP3s. iTunes and Apple Music Use AAC not MP3 People use MP3 as a generic name to refer to all digital music files, but that’s not quite right....

Here’s what you need to keep in mind when planning your movie theater, what sort of equipment you’ll need, and solutions for possible problems that may arise. Get Your Dorm’s Wi-Fi Internet Sorted Odds are your student dormitory already has Wi-Fi, in which case you’ll need to ask management for the password. If the internet in your dorm is wired, you’ll have to create a Wi-Fi hotspot using your Mac or Windows computer....