In a recent study, researchers used AI to find properties and experiments to identify new alloys. Without AI, sifting through the vast number of possible combinations of elements is a daunting task. “As manufacturing technologies advance, the compositional and processing space of alloys increases,” Mohadeseh Taheri-Mousavi, a professor of materials science and engineering professor at Carnegie Mellon University, who was not involved in the study, told Lifewire in an email interview....

PS Plus has been around for years, offering access to online features in return for a small monthly fee. That’s all changed this month, as PS Plus has merged with PS Now—Sony’s other platform that grants access to a massive library of games for a monthly fee. As of June 13, both platforms are now housed under the PS Plus umbrella. Customers can choose between multiple tiers of service, one of which includes classic PS1, PS2, and PS3 games, making a PS Plus subscription more enticing than ever....

How to Amplify Dialogue on LG TVs Clear Voice for LG TVs makes voices more distinct. You can turn it on and let it handle the audio level automatically. If you have Clear Voice versions II or III, you can manually adjust the voice emphasis as well. To get to the Clear Voice settings, go to the Home Page and select Settings > Sound > Sound Mode Setting > Sound Mode > Clear Voice....

Don’t Skimp Getting the most out of your home network requires investing in high-quality hardware and additional software and keeping up with the latest industry trends. Upgrade Home Internet Service Most internet providers offer a range of service plans at different price points. Subscribing to your provider’s basic plan might save a few dollars each month but ultimately cost you much more in terms of time and convenience. Even small increases in data rates can shave valuable minutes off long downloads or make it possible to stream entire Netflix movies without annoying glitches....

While we might check and install updates manually from time to time, most Windows 11/10 computers are configured to apply important updates automatically, while older versions like Windows 7 and Windows 8 usually apply these fixes the night of Patch Tuesday. Sometimes, however, when the patch, or maybe even service pack, is being installed during shutdown or startup, the update installation gets stuck—freezes, locks up, stops, hangs, clocks, whatever you want to call it....

Turn up the Volume This might sound obvious, but don’t skip over this step. It’s possible to turn up the volume with the buttons on the side of your phone without increasing the alarm volume. This is because the iPhone lets you control two completely different sets of sounds with the same buttons. For example, if you have a music streaming app open, using the buttons will control the music volume instead of the alarm volume....

Prepare the Photos It might seem like preparing photos will just cost you time, but there’s no point in taking the time to scan the photos if you won’t be able to use them later. By scanning photos together in clusters, it’s easier to file them later. Using a soft, lint-free cloth, wipe down the photos because any fingerprint, smudge, or dust will show up on the scan. Wipe down the scanner bed, too....

How to Remove Write Protection From a Micro SD Card Micro SD cards don’t have built-in physical write protection like full-sized cards, but micro SD card adapters do. If your micro SD card is in an adapter, and you’re seeing a write protection error, the first thing to do is eject the card and check the physical lock. If the physical lock switch on your adapter is slid toward the back of the card, that means it’s locked....

See How to Access Advanced Startup Options in Windows 8 for instructions on the six different methods to open this very helpful menu of repair and troubleshooting tools. The Windows 8 Safe Mode Catch-22 Of the six methods outlined in the linked instructions above, only methods 1, 2, or 3 allow access to Startup Settings, the menu that Safe Mode is found on. Those three methods only work if you have access to Windows 8 in normal mode (method 2 & 3) or, at very least, if you can get to the Windows 8 sign on screen (method 1)....

How to Turn Off Narrator in Windows 11 Narrator can be turned off on Windows 11 using a keyboard shortcut and also through the Settings app. The keyboard shortcut is the fastest option, but it’s important to only use it once, as the same key combination will also turn Narrator back on if you do it again. To quickly toggle Narrator off in Windows 11, press the Windows key + Ctrl + Enter....

Can I Update My iPhone Through My Computer? While the easiest way to update your iPhone is to download and install the OS update directly on the device, you can use your computer to perform the update. This way was how we installed all iOS updates before 2011’s iOS 5 when Apple added the over-the-air update feature. There’s not a solid reason to update your iPhone through your computer. It won’t save you data (you’d need Wi-Fi with your computer) or battery life (in most cases, your iPhone needs to be plugged into power or the computer to do the update)....

Use a Dynamic Range With the COUNTIF - INDIRECT Formula The INDIRECT function can be used with a number of functions that accept a cell reference as an argument, such as the SUM and COUNTIF functions. Using INDIRECT as the argument for COUNTIF creates a dynamic range of cell references that can be counted by the function if the cell values meet a criteria. It does this by turning text data, sometimes referred to as a text string, into a cell reference....

How to Use Controllers on the Steam Deck The Steam Deck has built-in, highly customizable controls, but they aren’t always the most comfortable for long play sessions. Thankfully there are other options. The Steam Deck is compatible with both wired and wireless controllers, and you can even connect multiple controllers at once to play couch co-op with your friends. You can use wired or wireless controllers with the Steam Deck:...

Known as a leap second, the extra tick was chalked up in 1972 as a means to keep clocks in sync with the Earth’s actual rotation. Computers have a hard time digesting the leap second and cause all sorts of issues trying to make sense of the anomaly, occasionally throwing the internet and other connected systems into disarray. Engineers at Meta have recently blogged about their intention to build momentum to scrap the leap second, arguing it causes more issues than it solves....

What Is an OVA File? A file with the .OVA file extension is most likely an Open Virtual Appliance file, sometimes called an Open Virtual Application file or an Open Virtualization Format Archive file. They’re used by virtualization programs to store various files associated with a virtual machine (VM). The file is stored in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) as a TAR archive. Some of the files you might find within it include disk images (like VMDKs), an OVF descriptor XML-based text file, ISOs or other resource files, certificate files, and an MF manifest file....

What Is a PSP File? A file with the PSP file extension is most likely a PaintShop Pro image file. Similar to Adobe Photoshop’s PSD format, PSP files can store guides, layered images, and other things common with advanced image editing software. Some PSP files may instead be preference files that store settings for Photoshop. For example, there’s a Brushes.psp, Patterns.psp, and Styles.psp file to store settings specific to those functions....

Rogers invested over $4 billion USD in 5G deployment in 2019 and over $2 billion in 2020. They’re currently in the process of rolling out a 5G network, so it’s available to any customer with the right device. The company has been silent about any fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions for 5G access at home, and have announced plans to release only mobile 5G that works with 5G phones....

In 2015, a German ketchup lover scanned the QR code on their bottle of Heinz and got sent straight to a porn site. That could be embarrassing, but there are worse consequences for blindly scanning QR codes. According to password manager service 1Password, QR codes can trigger phone calls, betray your location, start a phone call that reveals your caller ID, and more. So what can we do about it?...

SugarSync is an online backup service that backs up your folders online in real-time and then syncs them to all your connected devices. Because the cloud is used as one of your devices, you can access all your backed up files from any computer, as well as restore anything you’ve deleted. You can read more about the plans SugarSync offers below, as well a list of their features and some thoughts we have on their service....

Here’s a cool feature for Apple Pencil users. Tapping a locked iPad screen with the Apple Pencil opens a blank note on most iPad models. Notes is available as a free download from the App Store if you removed it from your iPad. Apple Notes works on an iPhone, too. Each tool offers three sizes of tips. You can select a section, cut it out, or tap while holding it to paste it many times on the page....