Using a keyboard and mouse instead of a game controller can be very useful, even if not all games support the option. The Xbox One doesn’t support third-party wireless mice or keyboards as standard (although adapters do exist to “trick” it into working), but plenty of good wired options are also out there. Here’s a look at the best Xbox One keyboards and mice available right now, encompassing different budgets and needs....

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office recently said it was planning “further discussions” with Meta about the Quest 2 VR headset’s compliance with a new children’s code that prioritizes young users’ “best interests.” Parents and doctors are also keeping a wary eye on the expanding popularity of virtual reality among kids. “With VR, there are potential dangers from the headset use itself, as well as from the content being viewed,” Jonathan Maynard, a pediatrician at Providence Mission Hospital in Orange County, CA, told Lifewire in an email interview....

For music, that means that acoustic or electric bass, and more movies that means the rumbling of a train running down railroad tracks, cannon fire and explosions, and the big test: the deep rumbling of an earthquake. However, before you can enjoy it all, you have to integrate the subwoofer with the rest of your system, and how you connect a subwoofer to the rest of your home theater setup depends on whether it is Powered or Passive....

Why Is Stadium Events So Rare? It isn’t the gameplay that makes the 1987 Stadium Events so sought after. It was re-released in 1988 with a new title: World Class Track Meet. This makes the North American version with the original title rare. Only about 10 or 11 copies have reportedly been spotted since then. The game was originally test marketed in the United States by publisher Bandai as part of their Family Fitness line of games, designed for use with their Family Fun Fitness pad (similar to the Dance, Dance, Revolution dance pad)....

The new TV has a bunch of new features that are enough to make me upgrade from my older model. A faster A12 Bionic chip inside supports speedier frame rates when watching HDR content and a nifty color calibration mode that works with your iPhone. I’m deeply tied into the Apple ecosystem to the point where some might call it a dependency. I own TV shows and movies that I bought through Apple more than a decade ago, so I’m always on the lookout for the latest and greatest from Cupertino....

TE is known for its beautiful design, and for squeezing weird but excellent innovations into its products. Up until now its music machines have been synthesizers and speakers, but the new TX-6 is a pocket-sized mixer and audio interface. The most obvious features are its size, and its amazing looks, but this unit is unique for many other reasons. It is also quite flawed. Oh, and it costs $1,199. “The TX-6 is perfect for what I’m aiming for....

There are tons of drum machines to choose from, not counting the software that lives inside apps like Ableton Live and Logic Pro or your iPhone. And there are many different approaches to how to make one, all to suit different user preferences. But Korg’s new $600 Drumlogue is a kind of compromise, an attempt to put the best of everything into one box. And, amazingly, it might just have pulled it off....

You don’t have to go to the toolbar or menus to fill a layer in Photoshop. Just commit your favorite shortcuts to memory and let your fingers loose on the keyboard. Shortcut Formats Shortcuts are listed beside menu items. Depending on your operating system, you may need to press a modifier key. The common modifier keys used with shortcuts are: Command on a Mac or Ctrl on a PCOption on a Mac or Alt on a PCShift...

Blooming Pixels on a DSLR sensor collect photons, which are converted into an electrical charge. However, the pixels occasionally collect too many photons, which causes an overflow of electrical charge. This overflow can spill onto existing pixels, causing overexposure in areas of an image. This is known as blooming. Most modern DSLRs have anti-blooming gates that help drain away this excess charge. Chromatic Aberration Chromatic aberration occurs most frequently in images shot with a wide-angle lens; it’s visible as color fringing around high-contrast edges....

What Determines the Frame Rate of a Video Game? The areas that can impact game frame rate/FPS include: System hardware, such as the graphics card, motherboard, CPU, and memory. Graphics and resolution settings within the game. How well the game code is optimized and developed for graphics performance. The graphics card and CPU are the most significant contributing factors to a game’s frame rate or FPS performance. The computer’s CPU sends instructions from programs to the graphics card....

Dai is the co-founder and executive chairwoman of MeetKai, developer of an artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant that users can access via an application on smartphones and other tech devices. MeetKai was founded in 2018 by Dai and CEO, James Kaplan. The company uses artificial intelligence to engage in voice-operated, personalized search conversations with its users about recipes, books, games, fitness, weather, and more. The Kai platform is live in 36 countries and operates in more than 15 languages....

What You Need to Know About Settings Often represented as a gear icon on a smartphone or tablet, “settings” is an app that lets you customize your device to fit your preferences. In general, a smart device has settings for wireless connections, device-related options, such as screen brightness, notification sounds, and date and time, and privacy and security controls, such as location services and screen lock set-up. Additionally, most of the apps that you download to your smartphone or tablet also have settings, which often include notifications, sharing options, and app-specific functions....

Voltage regulators are a common feature in many circuits to ensure that a constant, stable voltage is supplied to sensitive electronics. How Linear Voltage Regulators Work Maintaining a fixed voltage with an unknown and potentially noisy input requires a feedback signal to clarify what adjustments need to be made. Linear regulators use a power transistor as a variable resistor that behaves like the first half of a voltage divider network....

What Do You Need for Mesh? To install a mesh network, you only need to consider a few things, but each is critical to success. Here’s an overview of what you need for a Wi-Fi mesh network. A mesh network system. You need a Wi-Fi mesh network system before getting any further. Find one that offers the right features for you and matches your budget.Space for the extra equipment. A Wi-Fi mesh network requires multiple devices that look like routers....

What Is a Lightning Connector? The Lightning connector was introduced in 2012 with the arrival of the iPhone 5 and, shortly thereafter, the iPad 4. It remains the standard way to both charge them and connect them to other devices such as a laptop, although some devices, such as the 2018 iPad Pro, might use USB-C instead of Lightning as its standard connector. The cable itself is small with a thin Lightning adapter on one side and a standard USB-A adapter on the other....

What Is a Client? In a client-server environment, “client” refers to the host program a person uses to run an application. A client-server environment is one in which multiple computers share information from a database. Where the server hosts information, the “client” is the application used to access the information. What Are the Benefits of Using Web Applications? A web application relieves the developer of the responsibility of building a client for a specific type of computer or operating system, so anyone can use the application along as they have internet access....

What’s the Difference Between a Wi-Fi Router and a Modem? Modems and Wi-Fi routers are often combined in one box to create an all-in-one device called a Wi-Fi modem, but they’re different pieces of hardware performing specific jobs. Modems handle communication between your local network and your internet service provider (ISP). They also handle maintenance tasks like accepting the I.P. address assigned to your modem and updating the modem with new settings when your ISP changes its network....

What Is a ZXP File? A file with the ZXP file extension is an Adobe extension package that contains little bits of software that adds functionality to an Adobe software product. ZXP files are really just compressed ZIP files. They replace the older Macromedia extension plugin format (.MXP files) and improve on it by supporting a digital signature to identify the publisher of the extension. How to Open a ZXP File Adobe Extension Manager version CS5....

What Is an ODT File? An ODT file is an OpenDocument text document. These files are most often created by the free OpenOffice Writer word processor program. ODT files are similar to the popular DOCX file format used with Microsoft Word. They’re both document file types that can hold things like text, images, objects, and styles, and are compatible with lots of programs. If your file isn’t a document, it might instead be a dialog theme used with the Origin data analysis and graphic software....

Aperture control performs two essential functions on a digital single-lens reflex camera. In addition to managing the amount of light passing through the lens—leading to brighter or darker images—it also controls depth of field, which is a technical term for how sharp or blurry objects appear beyond the object at the center of the camera’s focus. The Range of F-Stops F-stops pass through a huge range, particularly on DSLR lenses....