When we tested the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 we had high expectations. Not only do they come at a very premium price point, they have a lot of competition to measure up to and big boots to fill—Bose has established a reputation for high quality headphones, great speakers, and audio equipment. You expect their products to provide excellent performance and to withstand the test of time. Now more than ever, with their competitors nipping at their heels, Bose needs to hit the ball out of the park, and the 700 might be the headphones to do just that....

Researchers at Purdue University have built a new piece of hardware that can be reprogrammed on demand through electrical pulses. The team claims that this adaptability would allow the device to take on all of the necessary functions to build a brain-inspired computer. It’s part of an ongoing effort to build AI systems that can learn continuously. “When AI systems learn continually in the environment, they can adapt to a world that changes over time,” Stevens Institute of Technology AI expert Jordan Suchow told Lifewire in an email interview....

The subject of car audio can seem pretty complicated at first, but there are just three basic components that every system has to include. The head unit provides an audio signal, the amplifier boosts it, and the speakers actually produce the sound. These components are highly dependent on one another, and the overall quality of a car audio system is determined by how they interact. The Head Unit At the heart of each car audio system is a component that is typically referred to as a head unit....

There is also an iPhone app dedicated to couples in long-distance relationships. It’s called ​Couple (formerly, Pair), and it’s surprisingly a great tool for showing that special someone just how much you care about them! What’s This App All About? Couple can only be used between two people. You could hypothetically try it out with a friend, but the features on the app are all about expressing romance and love, so you may not feel totally comfortable with sending a “Thinking of you…” thought bubble to a casual friend or co-worker....

The digital age has brought about a wealth of benefits, but those benefits are often saddled with their own risks. Last year, breaches from big names in multiple industries left millions of customers’ information—including email addresses, IP addresses, payment information, etc.—exposed to bad actors. This trend of data breaches only has continued since then, with one of the more recent leaving 4.6 million Neiman Marcus customers impacted. Experts say data breaches aren’t likely to disappear anytime soon despite the push for consumer privacy changes....

The XPS 13 is Dell’s Ultrabook, the generic name for MacBook Air-type computers. But the 2022 XPS 13 is anything but generic. The screen bezels are thin, and there’s no camera notch. The keyboard is recessed into the body, and the trackpad appears—at first glance—to have disappeared. It even has a Touch Bar, which Dell is definitely not calling a Touch Bar. What happened? “Albert Einstein once said, ‘Everything should be made as simple as possible but no simpler,’” technology and design author Ryan Mungia told Lifewire via email....

The best thing about developing mobile apps is that anyone with a great idea can be successful. Of course, that doesn’t mean it will be easy, but you won’t know how successful you can be until you try. So how do you get started developing iOS apps? Apple Development Tools The first step is to play around with the development tools. Apple’s official development platform is called Xcode and is a free download....

HD Radio Isn’t HDTV The transition from analog to digital in the radio world worked differently from the way it did in television, which is why your existing head unit still works. When digital television flipped the switch in the United States, the frequency that each station was broadcast on changed. The FCC could then “reclaim” the old frequencies for another usage, which is why old TVs don’t work without adapters, and you can buy special HDTV antennas....

Do I Need To Know How To Draw for 3D? While not necessary, a well-developed foundation in traditional art or digital painting is a major asset en route to success as a 3D artist. There are several reasons for this. Drawing skills make you more versatile. They give you flexibility and freedom during the initial design stages. They give you the ability to seamlessly mix 2D and 3D elements. They allow you to tweak your image in post-production to enhance the result you received from your render engine....

Bitdefender has just published a report on serious vulnerabilities in Wyze home security cameras that, if left untreated, could enable hackers to tap into their camera feeds. With the smart home market expected to balloon to $3.27 billion in 2022, it’s no surprise that these smart devices are increasingly becoming popular targets for cybercriminals. “When looking to purchase new security or IoT gear for the home, users should first do their due diligence beyond just price comparison,” Dan Berte, Director, IoT Security at Bitdefender, told Lifewire over email....

What Is Face ID Used for on iPhone? Face ID is used for many of the same things as Touch ID. Most important among these are: Unlocking the iPhone in place of entering a passcode. Supplying your Apple ID password or other passcodes. Authorizing Apple Pay transactions. What Devices Support Face ID? Face ID is supported by the full iPhone X series: the iPhone X, iPhone XS and XS Max, and iPhone XR....

Our experts reviewed the latest smartphones to find out which devices offered the best cameras. Read on to see our picks in different categories and price ranges. And if you’re looking to master the ins and outs of phone photography, check out our tips for mobile photography. The iPhone 11 Pro already had an impressive camera, but 12 Pro Max offers the best camera system yet. It incorporates a LiDAR sensor for better low-light photos, better performance with AR apps, and better overall pictures....

The Crypto Browser Project, currently available in beta for Windows, macOS, and Android, claims to have web3 integrated at its core to essentially make it easier to buy and organize cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFT). While some experts we spoke to praised Opera for being at the leading edge of the decentralized web movement, others were outright dismissive about the average desktop user ever needing a web3 browser. “The average user doesn’t need one and never will,” Liam Dawe, owner of GamingOnLinux and a vocal critic of buzzword co-opting tech, told Lifewire over email....

In other words, the complicated and often misunderstood topic of recovering deleted files rightly generates a lot of confusion. Beyond that, to both shrink our ever-growing inbox and to settle the minds of those that decide not to take the time to ask a question, here are answers to some of the more common questions we get regarding these “undelete” programs and file recovery in general. Can I Undelete a File if I Don’t Have a File Recovery Tool?...

If the amount of data is small, the task might be easy to accomplish by manually selecting the correct range for the MAX function. In other circumstances, such as a large unsorted data sample, selecting the range correctly could prove to be difficult if not impossible. By combining the IF function with the MAX in an array formula, conditions - such as positive or negative numbers only - can easily be set so that only the data matching these parameters is tested by the formula....

What Is an FXB File? A file with the FXB file extension is an FX Bank file used with VST-compatible (Virtual Studio Technology) software to store effect presets, often called patches. The FXB file contains a bank, or group, of presets that can be loaded into a VST plugin. Single preset files are saved as .FXP (FX Preset) files. How to Open an FXB File FXB files are plugin-specific, so one that’s made for one plugin will work in that plugin only, and a different one will open in its own plugin....

Chinese gadget maker Xiaomi recently announced plans to launch its first electric car in the first half of 2024. It’s part of a growing interest in translating personal electronics to the booming electric vehicle (EV) market in a move that could make cars that feel more like smartphones. “The mobile-first revolution, which has led to over 6 billion smartphone users today, has caused consumers to expect and demand mobile-first designs and experiences in every facet of their lives,” Nakul Duggal, an auto expert at the semiconductor and wireless company Qualcomm, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The new privacy policy has some concerned that it allows WhatsApp to share messages with its parent company, Facebook. WhatsApp said recently that users who don’t agree to the policy by May 15 would no longer be able to send or read messages from the app. Fortunately, there are many other secure messaging apps available if you don’t agree to WhatsApp’s terms. “The best alternative is to switch to a messenger like Signal, which does not collect user data and share it with Facebook or other third-party advertisers, while also providing strong end-to-end encryption for messages,” Ray Walsh, data privacy expert at privacy website ProPrivacy, said in an email interview....

What Is an ‘Ultimate’ or ‘Game of the Year’ Edition? Usually, these editions are titled “Ultimate” or “Game of the Year” (They only have to win 1 GOTY award, no matter how small, to claim this title by the way) or “Complete” edition. They usually come with all of the DLC that was released as well as the original base game. The Xbox One has seen a new surge in so-called “Definitive Editions” that are HD re-releases of last-gen games....

Overall Findings If you learn how to play a real guitar after playing Guitar Hero, you may be surprised by how similar it feels to the game. The biggest similarity is in the chords. Two-button power chords are exactly like power chords on a real guitar. Three-button chords are also similar to full chords on a real guitar, particularly in the transitions between them. There is a difference when you play six strings rather than five buttons, but the basics are the same....