The latest iPhones will bring even more advancements to the cameras and processing power of Apple’s smartphone lineup. The company showcased three new models during Tuesday’s Apple event, including the base iPhone 13, the iPhone 13 Pro, and the iPhone 13 Pro Max. The team only briefly mentioned the fourth model, the iPhone 13 mini. The iPhone 13 will include a 20% smaller notch, compared to the iPhone 12, and also comes with an upgraded A15 chip to power its new advancements....

iOS 15.2 brings the App Privacy Report, an interactive list of every internet connection made by every app on your device. And there’s more. It also tells you which apps have accessed your private data—photos, contacts, and even the microphone and camera. It’s browsable, easy to understand, and utterly terrifying for less scrupulous developers. “Developers will likely hope that iPhone users will forget to turn on the App Privacy Report in Settings....

Are In-Wall Speakers the Right Choice for You? In-wall and in-ceiling speakers aren’t a simple solution. Installing them means cutting holes in the walls or ceiling, requiring either a homeowner skilled at DIY projects or the services of a custom installer. There’s also the complication of running wires through walls and, usually, a lot of drywall dust. Plus, you can’t cut holes in the walls unless you own the home. Lastly, many audio enthusiasts feel—rightly or wrongly—that in-wall and in-ceiling speakers aren’t capable of high-quality sound....

Should you buy an extended warranty for your camera? This is a tough question to answer, and personal preference will play a large role in determining what you ultimately do. So to help you decide whether you should buy an extended warranty for your camera, just continue reading the tips and advice below. What Is an Extended Warranty? An extended warranty adds additional time, usually a few years, to the coverage for your digital camera....

However, although you can play a DVD in a Blu-ray Disc player, you can’t play a Blu-ray Disc in a DVD player. Anyone that claims otherwise is misleading the consumer. Why DVD Players Can’t Play Blu-ray Discs The reason that you can’t play a Blu-ray Disc on a DVD player is that the discs are embedded with more video and audio information than a DVD player is designed to read....

Chromebooks and Laptops Just about every major laptop manufacturer has released its own version of the Chromebook. Their low price tag and the growing number of features they support make Chromebooks an attractive option, but they do not support many of the programs available for Windows and macOS. If you use special software for school or work, it probably won’t be compatible with a Chromebook. If you primarily work with web-based tools, then a Chromebook could be adequate....

What Is a CHN File? A file with the CHN file extension is an Ethnograph Data file that stores information necessary for running analysis in Qualis Research’s Ethnograph software. This software is used by scientists, researchers, engineers, medical professionals, and other professions where data needs to be analyzed. Other CHN might instead be associated with Encom’s Em Vision software as some sort of 3D model, or possibly used with Marimba Network’s Castanet tuner software....

GameClub launched late last year, bringing a slew of mobile classics back into the game for just $4.99 per month. Now the service is looking to expand its options even more by offering subscribers access to PC ports of certain indie hits. Chook and Sosig: Walk the Plank is the first to hit the GameClub library. “There [have] been existing point and click adventure games that were released on the app store and they work pretty decent with fairly minor modifications....

You control who can connect to the service.You can create a secure messaging system.Keep all messaging communications in-house.Easy cross-platform messaging.You like to fiddle with your Mac and having a Jabber Server sounds cool. There are actually many other reasons, especially for larger companies that use messaging systems, but for the majority of users, creating a Jabber server comes down to the security of knowing that your home or small business iChat messages aren’t accessible to outside eyes....

Darktable Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars OS X users have a few options for processing their RAW files, including commercial applications in the form of Adobe Lightroom and Apple’s own Aperture, and some other free applications, such as Lightzone and Photivo. Linux users also have the option of Lightzone and Photivo. Windows users can use Lightroom and Corel Aftershot, as well as a slew of others. Interestingly, Darktable also supports tethered shooting so you can connect a compatible camera and see a live view on screen as well as review your images immediately after shooting them on a large screen....

LED Definition LED stands for Light-Emitting Diode, an electronic device made of two types of semiconductor material. Similar in concept to the semiconductor material used in computer components (such as RAM, processors, and transistors), diodes are devices that allow the flow of electricity to occur in only one direction. An LED does the same thing. It blocks the flow of electricity in one direction while letting it move freely in the other....

Your local Chevron station would become a ChEVron (see what I did there) charging location. Electric vehicles (EVs) would be lighter, cheaper, and be back on the road as quickly as a gas-powered car. The source of all this magic is solid-state batteries, and they’re going to change the world. Except, don’t hold your breath waiting for one in a car anytime soon. Every few months, a company, sometimes a major automaker, informs the world that solid-state batteries are just around the corner....

High-Speed Stepper Motor Factors Several factors become design and implementation challenges when you drive stepper motors at high speeds. Like many components, the real-world behavior of stepper motors is not ideal and far from theory. Stepper motors’ max speed varies by manufacturer, model, and the inductance of the motor, with speeds of 1000 RPM to 3000 RPM usually attainable. Inertia Any moving object has inertia, which resists changes to the acceleration of an object....

In a blog post, Alphabet’s drone-delivery service, Wing, announced that it has commenced operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, hoping to serve tens of thousands of suburban homes in the area. Drone delivery experts, however, aren’t really excited about this particular use case for the aerial vehicles, especially in urban areas. “I’m skeptical about food and parcel drone deliveries, from a business perspective,” Stephen Sutton, CEO of drone service provider, Flyby Guys, told Lifewire over email....

Now you can get VR on your iPhone. If you’ve seen people using virtual reality, it’s probably with handheld or head-mounted viewers like the Samsung Gear VR (though the HTC Vive is better used in a full room). And if you’re an iPhone user, you may have wanted to get in on the action and try virtual reality yourself. Right now, virtual reality is a bit more robust for Android, but there are still a number of ways to use it on an iPhone....

The ISNUMBER function’s job is to determine if the data in a certain cell is a number or not. If the data is a number or is a formula that returns a number as output, a value of TRUE is returned by the function — the example in row 1 in the image above.If the data is not a number, or the cell is empty, a FALSE value is returned — the example in rows 2 in the image above....

When it comes to audio quality, you’ll want a shower speaker with loud, crisp audio and booming bass you can hear over the sound of the water running. A long battery life is an added bonus, giving you several shower sessions before needing to worry about recharging. Some more advanced speakers come with options to sync one or more together for a full stereo setup, while others are exceptionally portable and durable, lending them to outdoor use and not just the shower....

Luckily, switching to a wireless mouse doesn’t mean sacrificing precision or having to deal with frequent battery changes. The mice we’ve reviewed here all have fantastic specs, such as high counts per inch (CPI) and inches per second (IPS) ratings, to perform just as well as their wired brethren. When shopping for the best wireless mouse, you’ll want to look for features such as battery life, compatibility with multiple devices, ergonomics, and portability....

Choose What You Want to Export It may seem obvious that you need to choose what you want to export, but it is a question you should ask as Inkscape allows you to export all the drawn elements in a document, just the area of the page, only selected elements, or even a custom area of the document. If you want to export everything within the document or the page only, you can proceed, but if you don’t want to export everything, choose the Select Tool in the Tools palette on the left side of the screen....

The main draw of Live Audio Rooms is providing Facebook groups with a new way to engage with their members. Hosts can create an audio room with up to 50 speakers, while a limitless number of listeners can attend and ask questions in the chat, request audio speaking access, etc. There’s potential here, from a business and community standpoint. “Because Facebook Live Audio Rooms take elements of a live Zoom meeting and YouTube live (minus the faces), but adds collaboration and more control via permissions to the host who can listen and create their own audio rooms, there is a breadth of potential here,” said Emily Hale, social media analyst at Merchant Maverick, in an email interview with Lifewire....