Cutting the Cord: What You Need There are three cord-cutting options available: antenna, streaming, or a combination of the two. Antenna The antenna is the way TV started and it’s making a big comeback with cord-cutters. If you connect an indoor or outdoor antenna to your TV, you can receive programs from over-the-air local and network affiliate TV channels free. This is a great way to receive programming from the major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, and PBS)....

Why a Keylogger Trojan Virus Is so Insidious Trojan keyloggers are installed without notice along with a regular program. Like their namesake, Trojan horse viruses don’t actually look dangerous. They’re attached to regular, commonly used applications. Trojan keyloggers are sometimes called keystroke malware, keylogger viruses, and Trojan horse keyloggers. What a Keylogger Trojan Does A keylogger monitors and logs every keystroke it can identify. It stores the information locally to share with the hacker through either physical or online access....

In recent years, OLED TV, led by LG, has been touted as the successor to LCD. Although OLED represents a step-up in TV technology, LCD TVs have taken it up a notch with the incorporation of quantum dots (aka QLED). What a Quantum Dot Is A quantum dot is a manufactured nanocrystal with semiconductor properties that can enhance the brightness and color performance displayed in still and video images on an LCD screen....

What Is an SRT File? A file with the .SRT file extension is a SubRip Subtitle file. These types of files hold video subtitle information like the start and end timecodes of the text and the sequential number of subtitles. It’s important to note that the file itself is just a text file used along with video data. This means it doesn’t contain any video or audio data. How to Open SRT Files Any text editor can be used to open SRT files since they’re just plain text files....

What Is an Ultrabook? First off, Ultrabook is not a brand or even a category of system. Technically, it is just a trademarked word by Intel that they are trying to use to define a certain set of features for a laptop computer. One might associate it with what they did in the past with Centrino but the definition this time is a bit more fluid in terms of the technical aspects....

What Is Apple One? Apple One is an all-in-one subscription service available for Apple users, including iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 14 or later, iPad with iPadOS 14 or later, Apple TV with tvOS 14 or later, and Mac with macOS Big Sur 11.1 or later. You don’t need to own all of those devices to enjoy an Apple One subscription, with users able to pick and choose how they use the services....

In other words, and in general, it’s an intentional lowering of the “speed” that’s typically available over an internet connection. Bandwidth throttling can happen at various places between your device (like your computer or smartphone) and the website or service that you’re using over the internet. Why Would Anyone Want to Throttle Bandwidth? You, as the user of an internet connection or service, rarely benefit from bandwidth throttling. Very simply, bandwidth throttling means limiting how fast you can access something when online....

What Is Bing? Bing, sometimes also referred to as Bing Search, is a search engine developed by Microsoft and primarily known for being a search engine website accessible by visiting Bing.com. While Bing is still mostly known for its search engine website, that’s not the only way you can access its web searching services. Those who want to use Bing can also use it via Microsoft Edge, as well as through the Bing mobile app....

What Is Cyber Monday? You’ll be forgiven if you assume Cyber Monday is just a bunch of tech companies discounting their electronics. The truth is quite incredible. Cyber Monday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. In 2021, Cyber Monday sales were 11.3 billion dollars, according to SalesForce, topping sales from 2019 and 2020. Black Friday sales in 2021 were a bit higher at 13.2 billion dollars. The sales extend well beyond electronics into every facet of retail, and the best part is that there is no lining up hours ahead of time to push and shove for one of the very few doorbusters retail outlets use to draw shoppers to their store....

Is DuckDuckGo Safe? The primary selling point of DuckDuckGo is that it offers its users true online privacy. Not only does it avoid tracking your online activity, but it also has embedded tools to protect you from privacy tracking conducted by the sites you visit. If you’re like many other internet users and are concerned about how much your internet activities are being searched and used for advertising or other purposes, DuckDuckGo may be the perfect solution....

What Is Google Chat Used For? Google Chat is used to send messages over the web. It requires an Internet connection to use, as SMS/MMS text messaging is not supported. It supports two forms of messages: direct messages and Spaces. A direct message sends text or media directly to one or more recipients on Google Chat. The recipients can view the message and send a reply. This is similar to dozens of other messaging services like Apple’s iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat....

So, for instance, if you wanted your smart lights to turn on automatically whenever you arrived home, you could do it by connecting your smart lights app to your mobile device’s GPS via IFTTT. IFTTT stands for “If This Then That,” where “This” represents a primary app and “That” represents a secondary connected app. When an action takes place on the primary app, the secondary connected app is automatically triggered to also take some sort of action....

What Is the SmartThings App? SmartThings lets you control a large family of devices from an ever-growing library. Regardless of your smart device brand, you can add it to the app and control everything in your home with it. SmartThings is handy since almost every smart device has an app, making it frustrating and annoying to find the right one to control each device individually. How to Set Up SmartThings App You’ll get the most use out of the SmartThings app if you’ve purchased and installed the SmartThings Hub....

What About WPA2 Wi-Fi? Don’t worry, WPA2 isn’t going away anytime soon; Wi-Fi Alliance will continue addressing its shortcomings and WPA3 access points will remain backwards compatible with WPA2 for the time being. You can get a feel for how long it’s been since a new version of WPA has been released when you realize that the first version became available in 2003, and WPA2 just a year after. This puts the release of WPA3 at over a decade later....

There are a variety of reasons that a software program is left ignored by a developer. Even the term itself isn’t super specific and can refer to many types of software program types like shareware, freeware, free software, open-source software, and commercial software. Abandonware doesn’t necessarily mean that the program is no longer available for purchase or download but instead means that it’s simply no longer maintained by the creator, meaning that there’s no technical support and that patches, updates, service packs, etc....

Analyze Twitter Data to Find the Best Times to Tweet Buffer, a popular social media management tool, published its findings for the best time of day to tweet. The findings were based on Twitter research using data collected over a period of several years from almost five million tweets across 10,000 profiles. All time zones were taken into consideration, looking at the most popular time to tweet, the best time to get clicks, the best time for likes and retweets, and the best time for overall engagement....

5G is a huge advancement over 4G when it comes to speed and latency, which is why it will improve so many areas of our lives, like vehicle communication, smart cities, mobile communication, VR and AR, etc. Several companies have already launched 5G in the UK, but not in every city. Providers are rolling out the new network in the United Kingdom throughout 2023. EE Europe’s largest 4G provider, and the UK’s biggest network operator, might become its biggest 5G provider....

Online privacy has become a huge point of contention in the past year, with both Apple and Google making significant strides toward offering more consumer privacy options for users. While both Android and iOS offer new options for users to protect themselves and control how advertisers track them, experts say there are some important details to look at when determining which option will protect your privacy better. “Which one is actually most effective has more to do with how those settings are presented to the user....

The nearly 10 million people currently on Clubhouse’s waitlist will slowly be added to the app with the removal of its invite-only status. As the popularity of Clubhouse soared, other social audio products, like Twitter Spaces, launched as open to everyone. Clubhouse is trying to win over users of its competitors. “Opening it up will help them,” Eric Dahan, CEO of influencer marketing firm Open Influence, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Garmin’s new 4-ounce inReach Messenger device allows you, wherever you are in the world, to send and receive messages, trigger an interactive SOS, and be notified that help is on the way without a cellphone. The iPhone 14 models allow you to send an SOS via satellite but only to emergency services. “Backcountry enthusiasts should not replace their satellite messaging devices,” Harding Bush, the manager of security operations for Global Rescue, a provider of medical, security, evacuation, and travel risk management services, told Lifewire in an email interview....