What Are the Dates for CES 2023? CES 2023 will be in Las Vegas from January 5-8. In 2022, CES happened in Las Vegas from January 5-7. The digital ‘anchor desk,’ which debuted in 2021, was available on the CES home page to help virtual attendees navigate the event. Where Is It Being Held? CES happens at the Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center (LVCC) and an array of other locations on the Las Vegas Strip....

EV Planning 101: Prep Starts at Home Keeping basic elements in mind might seem simple enough, but any number of variables can complicate your planning. Are you hoping to charge your EV during off-hours in order to trim your electricity bill? Will you have the opportunity to charge while on the road, and if so, is it practical to leave the house with anything less than a full charge? What’s your charging strategy while you’re on the road, and how will you plan accordingly?...

Use the Taskbar to Connect to a Network in Windows 10 All Windows 10 devices, including desktop PCs, laptops, and tablets, let you view and log in to available wireless networks from the Taskbar. At the Network list, click the desired network and then input credentials if prompted. If you connect using this method, you’ll need to know the network name so that you can select it from the list. You will also need to know the network key (password) assigned to the network if it’s secured with one....

A new EU law, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), is designed to make it possible for small players to compete against the incumbent giants of the tech industry. One part of this law stipulates that users should be able to send messages to each other, regardless of which messaging app they use. But this could have rather severe consequences in terms of security and privacy, which are—ironically—another focus of the DMA....

Meta said it has made significant progress in its effort to create more realistic AI-generated speech systems. The company’s AI team said it’s made advances in the ability to model expressive vocalizations, such as laughter, yawning, and cries, in addition to “spontaneous chit-chat” in real-time. “In any given conversation, people exchange chock-full of nonverbal signals, like intonations, emotional expression, pauses, accents, rhythms—all of which are important to human interactions,” the team wrote in the recent blog post....

The Purpose of DNS Servers The DNS server sits in the space between humans and computers to help facilitate their communication. It’s easier to remember a domain or hostname like lifewire.com than it is to remember the site’s IP address numbers 151.101.2.114. So when you access a website, like Lifewire, all you have to type is the URL https://www.lifewire.com. However, computers and network devices don’t work well with domain names when trying to locate each other on the internet....

Data engineer Somali Chaterji was recently awarded a grant to research better ways to integrate drones into farming. She is working to incorporate machine learning applications and on-device computation into drones used in agriculture. It’s part of an effort to use drones to increase crop yields. “The use of drones will become more and more important and cost-effective, especially once all these devices are connected with each other, do more autonomous operations, transmit data across each other and to the farmer, and integrate with other robotics on the ground,” Romeo Durscher, vice president of public safety at Auterion, a company which makes operating systems for drones, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is an entry-level all-in-one photo printer that’s well suited for personal and home office use. It prints regular documents on regular paper, a variety of sizes of full-color photos, and it can also scan and copy via both a flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder (ADF). With an affordable price tag, attractive per-print cost, and a wide array of connectivity options, this all-in-one inkjet makes a strong overall showing....

It’s a small, Wi-Fi-enabled device that packs a set of powerful speakers and microphones to deliver a top-notch music experience to any room. It’s a bit like one of those ubiquitous wireless Bluetooth speakers, but built into Apple’s ecosystem and given the high-end, high-technology, great-user-experience Apple treatment. Which Music Services Does the HomePod Support? The only streaming music service the HomePod has built-in support for is Apple Music, including Beats 1 Radio....

How Does the Steam Workshop Work? The Steam Workshop is a mod repository for Steam Games. When a developer releases a game on Steam, and that game has mod support, they have the option to tie it into the Steam Workshop. Linking to the Steam Workshop allows creators to upload their mods for a massive built-in audience to enjoy, and it provides regular players with a straightforward and streamlined process for obtaining mods....

The tablet comes in four different colors and offers an ad-free option. Best yet, use Alexa to pull up apps and play music with a quick voice command. And since it’s part of the Kindle line, the tablet doubles as an e-reader, allowing you to take your digital library on the go. Get up to 12 hours of battery life reading the latest novels on the Kindle app. For the avid reader, 189ppi and a 1TB expandable hard drive ensures that a massive digital library can be packed for an on-the-go experience....

While Wi-Fi 6 is becoming the norm on most new smartphones, tablets, and laptops, you also don’t need to worry about compatibility problems with your older wireless devices. The best Wi-Fi 6 routers still fully support the more common 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5 standard, which means you can pick up a Wi-Fi 6 router now to make sure you’re ready for the latest iPhones, iPads, Macs, Samsung Galaxy smartphones, and leading-edge game consoles like Sony’s new PlayStation 5....

How to Access Facebook Messenger Messenger can be used in conjunction with Facebook on your computer, at Messenger.com, or by accessing the mobile app on Android and iOS devices. Because Messenger works on iPhones, it also works on the Apple Watch. You can also install add-ons in some browsers for faster access to Messenger. They’re not official Facebook apps. They’re third-party extensions that non-Facebook developers released for free. For example, Firefox users can install the Messenger for Facebook add-on to put Messenger on the side of their screens and use it while on other websites, in a split-screen fashion....

What Is a GRD File? A file with the GRD file extension might be an Adobe Photoshop gradient file. These files are used to store presets which define how multiple colors should blend together. Use one to apply the same blending effect to multiple objects or backgrounds. Some GRD files may instead be Surfer grid files, a format used for storing map data in either a text or binary format. Others might be used as encrypted disk image files in PhysTechSoft’s StrongDisk software....

Why Pandora Stations May Not Be to Your Liking Pandora uses all of the qualities of a playlist’s seed song—the song or artist you used to create the station—but does not match every quality to every song it plays. Music is unique and no two songs have the exact same qualities—or, in Pandora’s terms, the same DNA. It could be that Pandora isn’t matching the qualities that you like from the seed song....

Waze announced recently that it is integrating its map software with Audible. The move means you can access your audiobooks through the Waze app’s built-in audio player. Drivers say they’re happy to have a safe way to get their audiobook fix. “For me, an audiobook transforms a routine drive into a valuable learning experience,” Rob Howard, CEO of web development firm Howard Development & Consulting, said in an email interview....

How Wi-Fi Extenders Work These devices connect wirelessly to the router and expand the Wi-Fi signal to areas the router doesn’t reach. You might have to go through a bit of trial and error on physical placement before settling on a location for yours. Wi-Fi extenders come in two types: small ones that plug into a wall outlet and larger desktop devices that often include ethernet ports. Regardless of the type you choose, it will expand your router’s coverage area....

As unprecedented heatwaves continue to impact parts of the country, keep in mind that your electronics are suffering as much as your body temperature. But there are things you can do to keep your gadgets working this summer, experts say. “Protecting your cell phone from excessive heat is important for the proper functionality of your device and battery life,” Jason Fladhammer, the director of quality assurance at Batteries Plus, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Google is introducing new notifications to alert users when their search results might be inaccurate due to rapidly developing situations—a move experts say could help thwart misinformation and boost media literacy. As part of a larger effort by Big Tech to counter online misinformation, the tech giant announced in a blog post that it has trained its systems to detect when there isn’t enough information about an evolving situation online to provide reliable results....

Anyone can read your posts, subscribe to them, and reply to them (via your Hey email). It’s so simple that it could be the perfect antidote to locking your thoughts away in Twitter or Medium. “We’re absolutely targeting what the long-form writing people have been doing in tweet storms and on Facebook,” Hey co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson told Lifewire via email. “Liberating their words from being used as bait for targeted ads, protecting their readers from being tracked up the wazoo....