Currently, you can use Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin to pay for movie tickets on AMC’s website. According to a tweet from AMC CEO Adam Aron, the company also plans to accept Dogecoin next. — Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) November 12, 2021 While it’s not confirmed, Aron specifically calls out online purchases with crypto, so it doesn’t appear that you’ll be able to walk into your local movie theater and pay for a film with crypto....
Sony X85J Series TVs On Sale The first TV on sale at Best Buy is the 65-inch Sony X85J for $1,099.99. It usually retails for $1,599.99, so you’re saving $500. That’s a pretty substantial discount for a high-end TV. If you’re looking to go bigger, Best Buy has the 75-inch Sony X85J for $1,599.99. It normally sells for $2,199.99, so you’ll get an even more significant discount of $600 on this one....
Windows optimization tips often center on making your PC run faster, but what if you want to log in faster and with fewer hassles? These simple tweaks can help. Log In Automatically The fastest login tweak of all is setting Windows to automatically log you in when you boot up your computer. Naturally, this is a security tradeoff as you’re granting anyone with physical access to your computer to Windows, the file system, and all the files....
Adapters Are Not Bi-Directional Due to the way the signal has to be converted, adapters work in one direction but not the other. Many people still assume though that any adapter can work in both directions. Since HDMI to DisplayPort adapters are cheaper, they’re more likely to make it into your cart. When you try to use them to go from a DisplayPort PC to an HDMI TV, nothing happens! Avoid that problem by making sure you have the right adapter for the direction you want to go....
Also on the horror side of things is Alien: Isolation. It’s a survival horror game with decent action and some really intense atmospheric elements that’ll fit in perfectly with your other scary Halloween plans. The rest of the games on the list include Star Wars: Squadrons, Ghostrunner, Red Wings: Aces of the Sky, Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, Blue Fire, Tiny Robots Recharged, Whiskey & Zombies: The Great Southern Zombie Escape, and Secret Files 3....
Just yesterday, iDOS 2 author Chaoji Li announced that Apple has declined a submitted update to the popular MS-DOS emulator for iPhone and iPad currently available in the App Store. In a message sent to Li, Apple stated that “upon re-evaluation,” the iDOS app is not in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines because it can execute code, which “allows for downloading of content without licensing.” As Li points out on the iDOS 2 website, the author has always been up front about the emulator’s capabilities with Apple, and after an approval last September, fans of MS-DOS retrogaming held up hope that maybe Apple had eased up on a longstanding ban on emulators in the App Store....
Modern smartphones and other devices, from iPhones to Android phones advertise support for “Bluetooth 5.0” on their specifications list. Here’s what’s new in the latest and greatest version of Bluetooth. What is Bluetooth? Bluetooth 5.0 is the latest version of the Bluetooth wireless communication standard. It’s commonly used for wireless headphones and other audio hardware, as well as wireless keyboards, mice, speakers, trackers, and game controllers. Bluetooth is also used for communication between various smart home and Internet of Things (IoT) devices....
Research Performance Equivalence Across Generations It’s unlikely that you’re going to be buying a current-generation GPU on the used market. Most GPUs that are available for sale are from the previous or older generation of products. This makes it harder to judge which cards are right for you, or how much you should pay for them. This is why it’s important to find out how the used card you’re looking at compares to the current generation of cards....
What’s a UPS? Although informally called a battery backup, formally the type of product we’re looking at today is called an Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS). A UPS unit is similar to but different from a surge protector. It’s one part surge protector and one part beefy battery that supplies power to the devices plugged into it—much like the battery in a laptop runs the laptop even when it’s unplugged from the wall....
Have you ever wondered how much time you spend in meetings or even who you meet with the most? With Time Insights in Google Calendar, you can see a breakdown of your time. What Are Google Calendar Time Insights? The intent of Time Insights is to better understand how you spend your time. With the type of information you learn, you may decide to make adjustments to your schedule or see which day most of your meetings are held....
The Git Explosion Frustrated with other version control systems and their slow updates and commits, Linus Torvalds, of Linux kernel fame, put aside a month in 2005 to write his own. He named it Git. Sites like GitHub, GitLab, and BitBucket have symbiotically promoted and benefited from Git. Today Git is used globally, with a massive 98 percent of 71 thousand respondents in a 2022 survey using Git as the version control system....
Facebook automatically adds alternative text (alt text) to images you upload, but the descriptions aren’t always accurate. You can make your images more accessible to visually impaired users by writing accurate alt text for your images. Here’s how. How to Add Alt Text Using the Mobile Facebook App To add alt text to an image you’re uploading using the Facebook mobile app, open the app on your smartphone, compose a new Facebook post, and then select a photo from your device to upload as you normally would....
RELATED: Disney Returns to YouTube TV, Users Will Still Save $15 How to Cancel YouTube TV From the Web The easiest way to unsubscribe from YouTube TV is from the streaming service’s desktop website using your Windows 10, Mac, or Linux computer. Once the page loads, click on your avatar in the top-right corner of the site. Select the “Settings” button from the drop-down menu. Next, click the “Manage” button found next to the Base Plan listing....
If you entered the wrong birthday while creating your Facebook account, you can fix that by changing your birthday on Facebook at any time. We’ll show you how to do this on Facebook’s website and mobile apps. When it comes to changing your date of birth on Facebook, know that you can only do this a few times. If you change your birthday too many times, Facebook will consider it suspicious activity....
macOS Monterey adds the ability to factory reset your Mac in just a few clicks without restarting in recovery mode. This is perfect if you’re selling or giving away your laptop, but it only works on Apple’s recent machines. Apple Silicon or a T2 Chip Required The feature is limited to most Mac computers released after 2017 which contain the T2 security chip, and newer machines that use ARM-based Apple Silicon chips like the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max....
Whether you’re moving to a place with new Wi-Fi or you just want shake things up and rename your Wi-Fi network, you’ll need to connect all of your devices to the new Wi-Fi network. Here’s how to do that on the Nest Cam. RELATED: How to Change Your Wi-Fi Network’s Name and Password Most smarthome devices are pretty stubborn when it comes to connecting them to a new Wi-Fi network, and you usually have to set them up all over again just to connect them to a new network....
All the movies or shows your contacts share in Messages appear in the Shared with You section on Apple TV. If that section annoys you for taking up space, here’s how to disable it on Apple TV. What Is the “Shared With You” Section on Apple TV? With iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, shared movies and TV shows over Messages syncs them to your Apple TV if you use the same iCloud account....
If you’re one of the lucky ones, you have a choice of different Internet service providers in your area. Don’t just trust the advertised speeds — look at the data to find the fastest ISP near you. The speeds ISPs quote are always “up to” a certain speed, so you can’t just choose based on the extremely optimistic speeds they advertise. Look at the results of actual, real-world speed tests for a more realistic picture....
How It Works Google’s version of Apple’s “Find My Phone” feature is simply called “Find My Device.” It’s pre-installed on all Android devices that have the Google Play Store—which is the vast majority of them. Find My Device is tied to your Google account, the one you used to set up your Android phone for the very first time. That’s also when Find My Phone is activated. Once you’ve set up your phone, you’re good to go....
Your Fire TV Stick allows you to pair up to seven remotes. To add more than seven, you’ll have to remove a few of the paired ones first. Pair a Primary Remote With Your Fire TV Stick If you haven’t already paired a remote with your Fire TV Stick, it’s easy to pair your first remote with your device as follows. To ensure you don’t encounter any pairing issues, unplug your Fire TV Stick from the power port, wait for five seconds, and then plug the device back in....
