Researchers say many contacts on the popular networking site LinkedIn aren’t real people. It’s part of the growing problem of deep fakes, in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with a computer-altered representation. “Deep fakes are important in that they effectively eliminate what was traditionally considered a surefire method of confirming identity,” Tim Callan, the chief compliance officer of the cybersecurity firm Sectigo told Lifewire in an email interview....

The latest from Housemarque—the Finnish studio that’s previously blistered thumbs with arcade-style shooters Dead Nation and Resogun—Returnal combines rewarding combat, absorbing storytelling, and haunting environments to deliver one of the PS5’s best exclusives since the console launched last fall. But while it might look like a straight-up sci-fi shooter on the surface, it’s actually a “rogue-like,” an increasingly popular genre that strips players of most of their progress upon death....

Know Your Material Knowing your material thoroughly will help you decide what information is essential to your presentation and what can be left out. It will help your presentation flow naturally, allowing you to adjust to unexpected questions or events, and it will help you feel more comfortable when speaking in front of an audience. Don’t Memorize This is, after all, a presentation, not a recital. Every presentation needs two major components: life and energy....

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Plenty of iPhone games offer jump scares, psychological terrors, and pure zombie-dodging fun. Here are 9 of the spookiest. With limited power, players switch between security cameras and door locks to keep an eye on these metal-boned monsters as they try to live to see another day. The series has spawned multiple sequels, each one revealing hints about a much deeper story. As a result, the internet is full of message boards discussing and deciphering Freddy’s lore....

Affinity 2 is an alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. It offers apps for photo editing, publishing, graphic design, and illustration, available across macOS, iPadOS, and Windows. Version 2 is a big redesign, adding some impressive new features, but the one that has everyone talking is the price. You pay $99.99 once and can use the app across all those platforms forever. Not $99.99 per month or per year, but just once....

Researchers are using machine learning to make printing materials that are stronger and tougher, according to a recently published paper. The new materials could have applications that range from industrial to hobbyist 3D printing such as packaging tailored for specific electronics, customized personal protective equipment, or even designer furniture, Keith A. Brown, an engineering professor at Boston University who was among the researchers conducting the study, told Lifewire in an email interview....

A new technology developed by Columbia University researchers, called Neural Voice Camouflage, may offer a defense. It generates custom audio noise in the background as you talk, confusing the artificial intelligence (AI) that listens and transcribes voices. “The presence of AI transcription raises issues of trust,” Michael Huth, co-founder of Xayn, a privacy-protecting search engine, and head of the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, who was not involved in the research, told Lifewire in an email interview....

When Animal Crossing New Horizons was first released in March of 2020, it came at a time when people were looking for an escape. One that New Horizons was more than happy to offer up. The game quickly became one of the most adored titles on the Switch, even helping to sell out Nintendo Switch devices worldwide. With over a year behind it, though, Nintendo is finally bidding adieu to developing content for the island builder....

Apple’s annual iPhones have mostly gotten larger and more expensive over the years, but the original iPhone SE (2016) hung around in the lineup to combat both trends. Essentially an iPhone 5S with newer components, it was both much smaller and cheaper than any other recent iPhone at the time. Well, it took a few years, but Apple finally issued a new 2nd-generation iPhone SE in 2020, and it thankfully continues the trend with new source material....

Apple recently streamlined and updated its laptop lineup, ditching the standard MacBook entirely, improving the screen on the MacBook Air, and giving the entry-level MacBook Pro a pretty large upgrade over the previous models. It packs a lot more power inside, and one of the other big changes is clearly visible at a glance: the Touch Bar, a slim and dynamic strip of OLED screen that sits where the physical function keys once did....

The Watch will have to be thinner to avoid looking bulbous. This would be the first major change to the watch’s case design. According to Apple rumor meister Mark Gurman, the Apple Watch Series 7 will add 1mm to the size of both the small and large models, bringing them to 41mm and 45mm. At the same time, the screen will be flatter, as will the case’s edges, making it look more like the iPhone 12 and the latest iPad Pro and Air....

Once under the Netgear umbrella but now a separate publicly traded company, Arlo has become a big name in smart home security cameras. Arlo’s Video Doorbell is one of its more affordable offerings, and it’s designed to serve as a practical means by which to protect your property. Equipped with a siren and other enhanced features, the Arlo Video Doorbell appears to provide a lot of bang for your buck....

Backup Safari Bookmarks Safari stores bookmarks as a plist (property list) file named Bookmarks.plist. It’s located under Home Directory/Library/Safari. Bookmarks are stored on a per-user basis, with each user having their own bookmarks file. If you have multiple accounts on your Mac and want to back up or move all of the bookmarks files, access the above directory location for each user. To back up your Safari bookmarks, copy the Bookmarks....

Design: Elegant, albeit a bit awkward Bang & Olufsen is perhaps best known for its extraterrestrial-looking Beoplay A9—a tripod-based circular speaker that’s meant to sit elegantly in the corner of your living room or den. Most audiophiles with an eye for visual design know B&O as a company that takes the pairing of visual and audio aesthetics seriously. The A1 tries to take that circular speaker design, shrink it down, and pull it off the tripod....

“With COVID, we had to reimagine how people were using their TVs,” Gupta said during the presentation on Tuesday. What People Were Watching There reportedly has been a huge increase in Peloton app usage during the pandemic, and shopping and cooking programs have seen major bumps, as well. Gupta also saw a rise in educational programs and local news for the Fire TV. His key takeaway was how differently users stream compared with how they used to watch TV....

Recreational vehicle (RV) owners, contractors, and large-family campers often require a generator with lots of power output, long run times, and sizeable gasoline tank capacity to fuel their electrical needs. If these kinds of users are willing to tote around a 140-pound behemoth like the Champion Power Equipment 46539 generator, they’ll be rewarded with an easy-to-use and reliable portable generator. Design: Rough around the edges Cut the box apart, lay out the components, and it’s quickly apparent this is a design that would have Steve Jobs turning over in his grave....

Google’s free operating system, ChromeOS Flex, is now available for anyone to install on their resource-starved Windows and Mac machines. However, just like the version on Chromebooks, ChromeOS Flex is a cloud-centric offering that’s severely feature-strapped, unlike other full-fledged, do-it-yourself (DIY) operating systems like Linux. But experts believe there’s more at play here. “I think it’s a mistake to view ChromeOS Flex as a DIY OS in the same way someone might, for example, view someone reviving an old laptop by installing Linux,” Chris Thornett, former editor of Linux User & Developer magazine, told Lifewire over email....

High-end gaming keyboards are about more than flashy looks and gaudy marketing. Behind the crazy RGB backlighting lurks a foundation of quality that should appeal to anyone looking for the best keyboard possible. On paper, the Corsair K100 certainly seems like one of the best keyboards you could buy, but can it live up to the hype and its high price? Design: Striking yet reserved Aside from a few design quirks, the appearance of the K100 isn’t really that outlandish....

How Much Do PC Video Cards Cost? Video cards range in price from under $100 to over $1,000. While more expensive cards typically offer better performance, you shouldn’t base your decision on price alone. If you’re a hardcore gamer, don’t choose the cheapest computer video card (also called a graphics card) that you can find. Likewise, if you only browse the internet or stream YouTube, there’s no need to choose a high-end graphics card....