What Is Augmented Reality? Augmented Reality, or AR, is a technology that overlays digital information onto the real world, using apps on smartphones and other devices. Generally speaking, augmented reality apps let users “see” through the cameras on their devices. The apps then add data delivered from the Internet to the image being shown. Augmented reality doesn’t get the same kind of hype as virtual reality (VR), but it has the potential to be a much more widely used and much more world-changing technology....

A Quick Review: What Is Bumble? Not all apps built to connect people do so while thinking about the actual people involved. Bumble, was built in part, to empower women and give them a better chance of deeper connections unlike competitors like Tinder. Bumble is broken out into three separate sections: Bumble Date, Bumble BFF, and Bumble Bizz. Each one has its own specific purposes and works a bit differently. Bumble Date is for the people looking for a date night, or a new relationship....

How to Sign Up for Paramount+ Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access) is a single-network streaming service that allows cord-cutters to watch live television without a cable subscription. Unlike most other services, it offers content from CBS and other channels from the parent company, ViacomCBS. It’s also one of the only places you can watch CBS online, and it’s the only place anywhere that you can watch exclusive content like Star Trek: Discovery....

Before You Use Google Docs Speech-to-Text Before you get started using dictation in Google Docs, you’ll need to make sure you’re using Google Docs on a Chrome browser. Although you can use the speech-to-text feature of the Google keyboard on a mobile device, it’s not as fully featured as voice typing in Google Docs on Chrome. You also need to make sure the microphone on your computer is enabled and is working properly....

The Flow is a lot lighter than most other non-pro VR rigs on the market. It ditches a few things to keep its weight down, including controllers, so you have to use your smartphone instead. Experts say that portability is vital when it comes to VR. “It is something that some people could also consider wearing outside the home, like, for instance, on a plane,” VR expert Antony Vitillo told Lifewire in an email interview....

The IBUYPOWER BB108A sits at the low end of the desktop PC spectrum, both in terms of cost and in horsepower. Once you start looking at budget desktop PCs, you’ve got to expect serious compromises. Can the BB108A perform well enough to justify its cost, even at this low price point? Design: The incredible bulk There is nothing discreet or subtle about the iBUYPOWER BB108A—it’s a massive, hulking tower of metal and glass that tends to dominate any space in which it’s placed....

Something else you can do at Internet Archive is download free movies. It’s 100 percent legal to not only stream these films but also save them so you can watch them offline on any of your devices. Internet Archive’s Free Streaming Movies This site’s movies are organized in collections. Some of them include Animation & Cartoons, The VHS Vault, Vlogs, Short Format Films and, of course, Movies. Along the left side of the page are all the filtering options....

Is the Apple Watch Series 7 Waterproof? Like every model of Apple Watch since the Series 2, the Series 7 boasts a WR50 rating, which means it’s water-resistant up to 50 meters (about 164 feet) below the surface. So the short answer is, no, it isn’t completely waterproof. The longer answer is that it’s sufficiently resistant. You shouldn’t have to take it off in most situations. The Apple Watch conforms to ISO-22810-2010, an international testing standard that ensures the water resistance of watches....

Wielding artificial intelligence, investigators were able to scan huge amounts of information collected from wearables and discern users’ height, weight, sex, age, and other characteristics, according to a recently released paper by scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Alan Turing Institute. The identities of the people whose information was in the data were not revealed, but the study raises privacy concerns about what could happen to information that’s collected, experts say....

The bill would force social media services like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to offer a plain old chronological timeline as an alternative to the algorithm-created flows that are optimized to keep users engaged and enraged. The idea is that users could choose to switch away from these opaque and possibly manipulative content feeds and take back a measure of control. But will it work? After all, there’s a reason these platforms are so popular—people like what they’re being fed....

Let’s talk about how you should be part of that second group. Not an Instant EV Utopia On January 1, 2035, no one will be rolling through town in—I assume—a large truck that transforms into a fire-breathing mechanical dinosaur and destroys gas-powered vehicles sitting in driveways. Sure it would make for some outstanding reality television. But that’s not what the rule says or will do. Instead, the rule says that all NEW cars sold in the state need to be electric....

University of Rochester researchers have come up with a new way to make VR glasses that are compact and easy to wear. The glasses are made by imprinting freeform optics with a nanophotonic optical element called “a metaform.” Innovations like this one could soon make VR gear more immersive. “Today, device makers have to make tradeoffs between immersion and portability because a device with a high-quality display and a high refresh rate will likely consume more computing power,” Thomas Amilien, the CEO of virtual reality company Clay AIR, said in an email interview....

Inexpensive webcam options abound in online marketplaces. They boast HD video with built-in microphones, but they are almost always too good to be true and promise more than they can deliver. But what about more expensive options? We tested the Logitech C920 Pro HD Webcam to see if it’s worth the extra cost. Design: Sleek design but it doesn’t rotate The Logitech C920 Pro HD Webcam is a sleek device in all black....

Who Is Miles Morales? Depending on the comic book series you’re reading, Miles Morales is the ’latest’ Spider-Man having inherited the mantle from the Ultimate Spider-Man’s version, Peter Parker, after his death in 2011. How Old Is Miles Morales? Miles Morales is a 15-year-old teenager when he first adopts the Spider-Man persona. That makes him slightly younger than the Peter Parker we’ve seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, and around 8-13 years younger than other versions of Spider-Man we’ve seen within comic books, games, and films over the years....

There are plenty of flashy-looking smartphones available today, but most of them will set you back several hundred dollars. Luckily, premium pizazz is beginning to reach the lower end of the price pool, as evidenced by Motorola’s Moto G7. The Moto G line has consistently been one of the best in the budget space, but the Moto G7’s design punches above its weight, giving off surprising flagship allure at a fraction of the cost....

The net user command is one of many net commands. Net User Command Availability The net user command is available from within the Command Prompt in most versions of Windows including Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server operating systems, and some older versions of Windows, too. Net User Command Syntax net user [username [password | *] [/add] [options]] [/domain]] [username [/delete] [/domain]] [/help] [/?...

One company, for example, is raising money to create water from air using only renewable energy. Uravu’s device streams air into a chamber containing desiccants like silica which absorb the water content in the air. “The world is quickly running out of its freshwater supply, and by 2025, half of the world’s population will be living in water-stressed areas,” Prakash Govindan, co-founder of Gradiant, a cleantech water solutions company, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Unfortunately, PopCap Games retired many of their games over the years, and since EA acquired the company in 2011, almost every attempt to play an old PopCap Games title redirects you to EA.com where there’s little help in finding a valid link where you can play or download the game for free. If you haven’t yet experienced the joy of a PopCap game, there are plenty of ways you can test a few of them out without dropping a dime....

Phone cameras are incredibly capable. They can shoot in the near dark. They stitch panoramas together instantly, blur the backgrounds of portraits, and have you ever wondered why you never get a photo of somebody blinking, even in a group shot? And yet there’s one thing any camera needs to make a good photo, no matter how clever its computers brain—good lighting. “While sweater mode and night mode are helpful, there is nothing substitute for good lighting,” Robert Lowdon, a professional photographer, told Lifewire via email....

Many electric bikes focus on big batteries and powerful hub motors. That’s great for long commutes, but it can become a problem in tight streets or when you need to haul a bike to your apartment. Propella’s affordable 7S 4.0, starting at $1,299 (or $1,099 for the single-speed model) offers an alternative. Design: Stylish and streamlined The Propella 7S 4.0 is an attractive bike. The conventional aluminum frame is coated in trendy matte black paint and adorned with blue metallic rims....