The Chinese manufacturer is reportedly working on the world’s first dual fold smartphone to be released next year. The phone would join the ranks of bendy mobiles like the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, Motorola Razr, and Samsung Galaxy Fold. Xiaomi President Lin Bin said that to create the dual-fold mobile smartphone they had to overcome technical challenges including flexible matrix technology, a new hinge mechanism, and a flexible matrix coating....

What Is an XSLT File? An XSLT file is a text file and provides rules that an XML file should follow. Among other functions, it can be used for sorting and arranging different parts of the XML file and hiding some elements from displaying altogether. W3Schools.com has some XSLT examples you can look at. When these files are used with XML files, the original XML file isn’t altered in any way....

Called Apple Music Sing, it combines the existing, excellent lyrics feature of Apple Music with a slider that reduces the volume of the singers, so you can bludgeon listeners with your voice instead. In other words, it’s karaoke, and it’s in your pocket. Or—and this is where the shared discordance opportunities really get going—on the Apple TV 4K. Apple Music Sing will be available in the forthcoming iOS 16.2. Anyone beta testing it can try the feature right now....

On February 8, 2022, security researchers shared details about a mass breach into more than 500 online stores running the Magento ecommerce platform. The attackers loaded a payment card skimmer on all the stores, in what is known as a magecart attack. Although the fix lies with the online stores, the targets are the end-users who experts believe should also be more vigilant when transacting online. “[This] recent attack should be a stark reminder to all online patrons [that] they have a duty to protect themselves in addition to what you expect from your online store provider,” Ron Bradley, VP of Shared Assessments, told Lifewire over email....

Overall Findings Both YouTube Premium and YouTube TV have a lot to offer, but what they offer is very different. Choosing the subscription for you boils down to how you typically like to watch videos and TV online. If you prefer using YouTube only for watching videos and listening to music, YouTube Premium is the ideal choice for you. You’ll have the ability to play a video in the background while you’re using other apps, or download videos so you can view them even when you’re off-the-grid with no internet access....

YouTube steadily has been adding new accessibility features over the years, including automated captions on live content and closed caption editing on videos. Now, YouTube is testing the use of multiple audio tracks on some channels, allowing creators to upload content that contains various types of audio for their audience to switch between. Not only does the move allow for the creation of multi-language content, but it also will enable creators to include descriptive audio for blind or low-vision users, opening a new door to how you can interact with YouTube....

Although Instagram was really the first social platform to generate the bulk of the #ThrowbackThursday and #TBT posts, you can pretty much find them everywhere now — including Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Snapchat and even on blogs and websites. Heck, even traditional media outlets like TV and radio stations have embraced the trend! Instead of posting a photo you took just last week or a bland photo from your childhood, use some of these funnier throwback ideas to really give your friends and followers a reason to like and comment....

Among all the best places to watch free movies online, below are the top sites that have free documentaries, specifically. These docs are available in categories like Religion, Society, Crime, Media, Conspiracy, Biography, and Nature. The thousands of films available can be viewed in a sortable list, or viewed by the date added, rating, votes, title, and shares. An account is unnecessary, so you can start streaming these movies right away....

Overall Findings The majority of DVD, Blu-ray, and surround sound audio that you receive from source content is mixed for 5.1 channel playback. A smaller number of source content is mixed for 6.1 or 7.1 channel playback. This means that a 5.1 or 7.1 channel receiver with Dolby/DTS decoding and processing can fill the bill. A 5.1 channel receiver can place a 6.1 or 7.1 channel source within a 5.1 channel environment....

Largest Gesture-Controlled Game Library For years, the biggest selling point of the Wii was its gesture-based controls, which allowed you to play a sword game by waving your remote like a sword or throw a football by mimicking an overhand throwing motion. This wonderfully intuitive system was so well received that Microsoft and Sony came up with competitors, the Kinect, and the PlayStation Move, which added gesture-gaming to their systems for a price....

So, which one should you lean toward if you could pick a preferred network? Is one faster than the other or are they just marketing terms that don’t mean much in the real world? Overall Findings Depending on who you talk to, 5GE and LTE could be considered somewhat synonymous, or even polar opposites. They’re both used to describe a standard that dictates things like speed over a mobile network....

8 Things to Consider When Buying a Tablet With so much variation, it’s hard to narrow down what’s most important, but here are the main things to look at when shopping for tablets: How much should you spend on a tablet?What is the size and weight of the tablet?What types of displays do tablets offer?Which operating system (OS) is best?What are the connectivity and networking options?How long is the tablet’s battery life?...

Types of Stand-Alone Software Stand-alone software has certain defining characteristics, such as: Software that runs on its own without an internet connection: This includes anti-virus software or financial software that can be installed on your computer via CD, thumb drive, or internet download. Stand-alone anti-virus software is important because you can scan for viruses without the chance of an online virus re-infecting your computer. Software that isn’t part of a bundle: When you buy computer accessories, such as a printer, it may come with stand-alone software that helps the accessory communicate with your computer....

AcuRite is an up and coming challenger in the world of hobbyist weather stations, and their Pro Color 00589 kit offers an affordable vector of entry into the hobby. This weather station comes with an attractive multi-color display and the main sensor body that’s capable of measuring wind speed, barometric pressure, ambient temperature, and humidity. My go-to weather station is the venerable Davis Vantage Vue, so I was able to set up an AcuRite Pro Color 00589 sensor head near my Vantage Vue and really put it to the test....

However, the Mac’s Dock allows the use of spacers, which are blank areas between Dock icons that you can use to better organize the Dock. The trick for creating these blank spacers using Terminal is well known, but you can also create custom icons to use as Dock spacers. Both methods of creating and using Dock spacers with your Mac are useful for grouping icons. You may want to group your work apps, media apps, browsers, or any other categories that work for you....

Advanced Uninstaller PRO is different than most other program uninstallers in that it can monitor how a program is installed to ensure it’s completely removed. It can also backup a program so it can be restored even after it’s been uninstalled. More About Advanced Uninstaller PRO Support for all versions of Windows and an install tracker are two big pluses with Advanced Uninstaller PRO: 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP are supported....

For the recently released Android update, you can choose from a wide range of different wallpapers that give your phone an entirely fresh look. Of course, you can change the wallpaper on an iPhone, but Android takes it a step further by matching the icons and elements of the OS to your new background. Frankly, the new Android 12 feature makes me realize how boring the iOS interface has gotten....

This is such a totally Apple move—technology that doesn’t seem like technology. These devices are almost like appliances. If all goes well, they just work. Like a light switch or a fixed-line telephone, you never have to think about whether it will do its job. This week, there’s a new firmware update for the AirPods, but the only way to install it is to cross your fingers and wait. The obsession with simplicity, which has been in Apple’s DNA since the original Mac in 1984, isn’t always a good thing....

Overall Findings For audio, if you connect a Blu-ray Disc player to a home theater receiver via HDMI (the recommended method), there are two main audio output settings: Bitstream and PCM (also called LPCM). In terms of sound quality, whether you set the Blu-ray Disc player’s HDMI audio output to PCM or bitstream doesn’t matter. However, here is what happens when you choose either setting. Signal Decoding For digital optical and coaxial connections, the bitstream output option can send a standard Dolby Digital or DTS 5....

Boyfriend Dungeon has been a lovely (and surreal) experience so far, and isn’t at all what I was expecting. I went in thinking it would be a somewhat typical visual novel with a twist, where the people I meet—and possibly date—are also swords. I also knew I’d be taking my sharp-dressed friends into the ”dunj” to fight monsters and improve relationships outside of romantic dinners and whatnot. All of that is true, but it’s also much more than that....