However, most people want one remote control that operates all of their devices, regardless of brand. That’s what a universal remote control is for. What Is a Universal Remote Control? A universal remote control operates basic and, in some cases, advanced features of home entertainment devices from several product brands. The types of devices that a universal remote can control include TVs, CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disc players, home theater receivers, soundbars, cable and satellite boxes, video game consoles, and streaming devices, such as Roku and Apple TV....

Headphone and speaker company Bose will start selling SoundControl hearing aids directly to customers. They’ll cost $850 a pair and come with a phone app. This might sound like an expensive product, but, in fact, the concept is quite radical. First, $850 is dirt cheap in terms of hearing aids. Second, hearing aids must usually be bought via a doctor. The result is that many users stick with the basics and work around their shortcomings....

Between a cacophony of expletives and exclamations is a person who believes in the radical power of authenticity. The audience of over 60,000 adoring fans across Twitch and Tiktok model themselves after their dear leader, who leads them on crusades through popular role-playing titles, most notably their branded Bad Girls Club-themed Grand Theft Auto adventures. “This has been my dream for years. I can only see myself doing this,” Porter said in an interview with Lifewire....

How Many Years Should an iPad Last? Apple usually supports a new iPad with iPadOS updates for at least five years and often several years longer. Most iPad models hold up well in performance, features, and storage over this timeframe which means that five years is a standard lifespan for any iPad. You may see more life from a high-end iPad model, such as an iPad Pro with 512GB of storage, than an entry-level model....

The current M1 Mac mini consumes 6.8W while idle, and 39W at maximum. The very first Mac mini consumed 32W/85W. That’s almost as much when idling as today’s mini uses when being driven hard. M1 doesn’t just mean long battery life for the MacBooks, it also means desktop Macs potentially can run cooler and faster, while still using less energy. And this means future M1 Macs will be able to do things that are impossible today....

With the rise of digital collectible card games like Hearthstone and Magic the Gathering, we’ve seen a subgenre rising as well; deckbuilders. While often single player games, many deckbuilders try to pull you in with promises of deep stories to explore and even deeper pools of cards to pull from. Neurodeck is a good reminder that sometimes less can be more, and that the human mind still has plenty of stories to tell without transporting us to lands far, far away....

Spotify recently began pushing a new user interface out to its desktop and web players. While the company previously had introduced the interface on mobile, it added some changes that users had been requesting and made searching a bit more difficult, since you no longer can search from any page in the app. Despite some backlash for the changes, putting more recommended content in front of users could broaden their listening habits more than just using a standard search feature....

Does It Matter What TV Mount to Buy? Choosing a suitable mount for your specific TV is essential, but finding it doesn’t require much information. When selecting a wall mount, you have three primary considerations: your wall material, the size of bracket you need, and what you want to do with your TV once it’s mounted. How Do I Know What Wall Mount My TV Needs? TV mounts typically come with everything you need to install the bracket into drywall, one of the most common interior materials....

What Is a Strong Password? A strong password for your online accounts should be: Truly randomNo shorter than 17 charactersDifferent for each online accountChanged every 90 days There are some password practices that you should avoid: Don’t use the typical “word + number” format.Don’t include publicly available personal information, such as your birthday.Don’t use common shorthand and substitutions (such as using “@” for the letter “a”). What Is a Passphrase? While most passwords are combinations of numbers, letters, and symbols, a passphrase comprises randomly combined words....

How to Delete Snapchat Conversations in Your Chat Feed Let’s start with something easy: your chat feed. This is one of the main tabs that you access by tapping the speech bubble icon in the bottom menu. To clean up your chat feed, follow these steps: How to Delete Snap Messages That Were Already Sent Snapchat currently does not offer a feature to unsend a snap that was sent too quickly or to the wrong friend....

How to Enable the Finder Path Bar The Finder Path Bar is disabled by default, but it only takes a few seconds to enable it. The Finder’s Path Bar The Finder Path Bar is a small pane located at the bottom of a Finder window, just below where files and folders are listed. The Path Bar shows you the path from the folder you’re currently viewing to the top of the file system....

While this effect can be appealing in some cases — such as with the artistic photograph shown here — there are many times that you will want to avoid it and have nice, straight lines. This is particularly true when documenting a building, and you need the lines of the architecture to be as straight as they are in real life. The great news is that barrel lens distortion can be corrected, but first, it is essential to understand why it happens....

What Is Netflix Code TVQ ST 145? Netflix error code TVQ ST 145 is part of a group of error codes relating to network connectivity issues. Other error codes in this series include TVQ-ST-103, TVQ-ST-131, TVQ-ST-148, TVQ-RTE-1, and TVQ-ST-106. You’ll usually see these error codes present with a message such as: “Netflix has encountered an error.““Unable to connect to Netflix.” What Is Netflix code TVQ ST 148? Netflix error code TVQ ST 148 is another error similar to TVQ ST 145....

Insufficient Wi-Fi Network Range and Power Your wireless access point is going to reach only so far. When you’re accessing the internet on the outer edges of the network range limit, you’ll notice the Wi-Fi connection start and stop, probably over and over. Of course, as you move even further away from the router or modem delivering the Wi-Fi, your connection will stop permanently. You might be suffering from weak Wi-Fi access if your router is buried in a closet, stuck in the corner of your basement, three rooms away, or is simply old or nearly broken....

Keys to Safe TV Installation When installing a TV, make sure it is securely anchored to the wall — even if you’re placing it on a stand or table. Attaching it to a wall can help prevent it from tipping, either because of its own imbalance, unexpected movement (earthquake or other natural disasters), or contact-related accident (a bump from an object or person). Increasingly, TV manufacturers have taken to including diagrams for securely anchoring a flat-panel TV to a table surface, rack, or a wall in addition to instructions for attaching a TV to its provided stand or on a wall mount....

Organize Your iPad With Folders Creating folders is an important tool for curating apps on your device. Moving an app to a folder is as simple as moving an app. However, instead of dropping the app on an open area on the iPad Home screen, you drop it on a folder app. Make several folders to hold your apps. For example, create folders for games, productivity apps, entertainment apps, financial apps, and so on....

These are all the ways you can customize your Android home screen. How to Change Android Home Screen Settings Long press on the home screen and tap Home settings from the pop-up menu. There are several options here: Notification dotsAt A GlanceAdd icon to Home screen (for new apps)Display Google appSuggestionsAllow Home screen rotation Notification dots are small icons that appear on the top of the screen when you have a new alert....

Use a Wall, Window, or Other Solid Surfaces Designed by MSE, Solid Drive is a technology that produces sound without any visible speakers. The core of Solid Drive is a voice coil/magnet assembly that is encased in a short, sealed, aluminum cylinder. When one end of the cylinder is attached to the speaker terminals of an amplifier or receiver, and the other end is placed flush with drywall, glass, wood, ceramic, laminate, or other compatible surfaces, listenable sound results....

What You Need The following are things you need for good voice communication using TeamSpeak. The system requirements for both server and client for TeamSpeak 3 are quite light. You can get things to work even with a Pentium 4 with a clock speed of at least 800 MHz (no wonder how it works so well on Android phones and the iPhone), 128 MB of memory (512 recommended), and 5 MB of hard disk space....

What You Need to Set Up an Apple Watch Setting up an Apple Watch consists of two parts: Pairing the watch with your iPhone and then setting it up as a new watch or restoring the data from a previous Apple Watch. Before you can set up an Apple Watch, you need: An iPhone 5S or newer (iPhone 6 or newer for cellular Apple Watch models) with the Watch app installed....