Google Assistant routines are one of the most powerful features on Nest smart speakers and displays. Make the start of your day a little less stressful by using the “Good Morning” routine to automate your home. Google Assistant’s “Good Morning” routine is great for setting things in motion when you wake up in the morning. It includes turning on lights, hearing the weather forecast, starting a music playlist, and more....
What You Can Do with Alexa News Flash Briefings As of June 2021, Alexa provides more than 12,000 options, ranging from mainstream news sources such as CNN and Fox News to smaller, more obscure media outlets like Marketplace Minute and Jarvis News. You are also able to select non-news content providers, such as popular deals site Slick Deals and themed sites such as “Disney Character of the Day.” We highly recommend mixing and matching content from different providers....
RELATED: How to Lock an iPhone or iPad with a Broken Power Button Use Physical Buttons to Power Off an iPhone 11 If your iPhone 11’s physical buttons are working, use this method to power off your phone. Start by pressing and holding down the Volume Down or Volume Up and the Side button. For example, you can press either Volume Up+Side or Volume Down+Side. You’ll see a “Slide to Power Off” slider on your screen....
If you’re taking a photo with your iPhone in a dark area and would like to shed some light on a subject, it’s easy to turn on your phone’s built-in flash in the Camera app. The process varies slightly in different iPhone models. Here’s how to do it. How to Enable Flash on iPhones With Face ID If you have an iPhone with Face ID (such as iPhone X, 11, 12, 13 series phones), the Camera app layout is slightly different than on iPhones with Touch ID (which we’ll cover separately below)....
There is a great command line tool that can be used to compare files to see if there are any content or binary code differences that you can access if you are using a PC. File Compare or FC as we will refer to is from here on out, is a simple program that will compare the contents of text or binary files and is capable of comparing both ASCII and Unicode text....
Contrary to what you may think, battery technology has actually improved quite a bit. The problem is phones can also do a lot more now, meaning they require more power. The end result is bigger, better batteries that still need to be charged daily. RELATED: 8 Tips for Saving Battery Life on Your iPhone Information Changes What makes this situation complicated is there’s a lot of contradicting information out there....
These specifications generally matter most to gamers, which is why you tend to see the values prominently displayed in advertising and on packaging for gaming mice. You don’t need high precision or the fastest reaction time possible when browsing the web or working on a spreadsheet. And you don’t really even need to worry much about it unless you’re playing the kinds of games where a competitive edge matters. Arguably, though, a mouse with good precision also can be important to graphic artists and designers....
Need to quickly take a screenshot on your PC? If so, Windows’ built-in Snipping Tool is just a keyboard shortcut away. This tool lets you capture screenshots in various shapes and also allows you to edit them. We’ll show you how to launch it. RELATED: How to Use the Snipping Tool in Windows to Take Screenshots Launch Snipping Tool With a Windows Keyboard Shortcut To open the built-in Snipping Tool on Windows 10 or 11, press the Windows+Shift+S keyboard shortcut on your keyboard....
Samsung announced it will roll out the update that allows you to add your vaccine info to Samsung Pay over the next two weeks. Adding your vaccine information will only be available in the United States, which prevents a lot of people from taking advantage of it. The vaccine data will come from the CommonHealth app, which can be downloaded from Google Play. You’ll need to register for an account and verify your information to ensure that you are who you say you are....
Robot Vacuums Have Real Benefits A robot vacuum is exactly what it sounds like: a small, autonomous cleaning device that deploys itself automatically to clean up after you. Once you’ve made the initial investment, they’re incredibly cheap to run and require only periodic attention from you in the form of emptying them as you would a standard vacuum. Robot vacuums are much smaller than your standard cylinder, upright, or stick vacuum cleaners....
While Valve was happy to show off the guts of the Steam Deck, the company doesn’t recommend opening yours up when it arrives. However, the portable device is targeted squarely at the enthusiast market, which means at least some percentage of buyers will want to get in there and tinker. “Even though it’s your PC, or it will be once you’ve received your Steam Deck, and you have every right to open it up and do what you want, we at Valve really don’t recommend that you ever open it up,” a Valve representative said in the video....
If you are looking for a Pixel 6 case, several excellent options are available on the market. As not everyone has the same case preferences, case makers offer a variety of choices. You can get everything from a rugged case to a clear case to a wallet case. Each case has its own primary purpose, and it provides a different level of protection. For example, rugged cases typically provide the toughest protection for any phone....
RELATED: The Best TV Shows on Netflix in 2022 The Crown Play Video Martin was inspired by real history when creating the world of Westeros, and there are plenty of parallels in shows based on actual historical figures. The royal family depicted in The Crown is less violent and ruthless than any in House of the Dragon, but their familial and political intrigue is just as intricate. Creator Peter Morgan chronicles the life and historical influence of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II across her entire reign, with lavish production values and an ever-changing cast in seasons that span decades....
What to Look for in a Smart Home Gift There are a lot of different options you can buy someone when it comes to a smart home gift. The range of smart products nowadays is hard to navigate, with nearly everything having some sort of integration to consider. However, in the ever-expanding and overwhelming smart home market are a lot of products that genuinely delight or improve people’s lives. Our aim with this guide is to find something that makes life easier for the person you’re buying it for, and also lets them show off a little to curious guests....
The highlight of the new Raspberry Pi is the 1.0GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor, which is a substantial upgrade over the 1GHz single-core processor that was included with the Zero W. Adding the extra cores will provide the mini-computer with a lot more flexibility when compared to the first computer in this line. In fact, the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W uses the Raspberry Pi RP3A0 system-in-package with the BCM2710A1 die that can bring substantial performance gains....
If you’re a Google Chrome user, you need to be aware of version number 93.0.4577.82, as it fixes a bunch of exploits, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild. You need to download this update as soon as possible to make sure your devices are secure. RELATED: What Is a “Zero-Day” Exploit, and How Can You Protect Yourself? In the release notes for the latest Chrome version, the company says, “Google is aware that exploits for CVE-2021-30632 and CVE-2021-30633 exist in the wild....
HODL = HOLD “HODL” is a cryptocurrency-related slang that stands for the word “hold” misspelled. It often refers to retaining crypto assets that you own for an extended period, even throughout a highly volatile market movement. “Hodl” is meant to encourage people to not impulsively sell when a cryptocurrency drops dramatically or rises to become highly profitable to sell. “HODL” also acts as an acronym for “Hold on for dear life....
How Did a Plasma TV Work? Before we talk about why plasma TVs lost favor with manufacturers, here’s a quick refresher on how they worked. Plasma TVs had tiny pockets of gas that released light when charged with electricity. Most of this light was ultraviolet, which is invisible. But when it hit the phosphor cells, it became visible and was used to produce the image that you saw on the screen....
A file with the .mp3 file extension is one of the most commonly distributed audio files used today. The MP3 file was created by the Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) and is abbreviated from MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3. What Is An MP3 File? An MP3 file is an audio file that uses a compression algorithm to reduce the overall file size. It’s known as a “lossy” format because that compression is irreversible and some of the source’s original data is lost during the compression....
The Next-Generation of ARC eARC or Enhanced Audio Return Channel is an upgraded version of ARC (Audio Return Channel). It was introduced in 2017 as a part of the HDMI 2.1 specification. eARC builds upon ARC. ARC greatly simplified the TV and home theater setup by enabling a TV to send audio to a soundbar or AVR over a single HDMI cable. In the original HDMI standard, your TV could only receive audio and video through HDMI and not send audio back....
