The company held a Surface-centric streaming event today and started with the long-anticipated Surface Pro 9 hybrid tablet. The Surface Pro basically invented the detachable tablet market, and the Pro 9 brings more advancements to the table, including a snappy 13-inch display with a 130Hz refresh rate, stylus support, and your choice between chipsets. There’s an Intel option and an ARM option, with the latter powered by Qualcomm and Microsoft’s SQ3 chip....

The Ticwatch Pro is a 4G/LTE-capable watch that actually presents a fair number of upgrades from the step-down Bluetooth model in the same line. As a brand Ticwatch has set its sights squarely on the budget level of the market, opting for good-enough smartwatch performance at a more-than-good-enough price. With the lesser models, you’ll pay a really low price point but make some sacrifices in functionality. With the Pro 4G model, there are no sacrifices to be seen from our perspective, but you’ll also be paying near-Apple prices....

Compressing Videos With MPEG Streamclip Perhaps the most useful function of MPEG Streamclip is its compression capabilities. Sometimes you want to share a video with a friend using Dropbox, a data DVD, or a video sharing website, but the file is too large and not compressed for the sharing method you prefer. MPEG Streamclip lets you adjust the codec, frame rate, bitrate, and aspect ratio. The Exporter Window The compression options you have depend on the file type you’re compressing to....

In this guide, we take a look at the pros and cons of NFC as a contactless or mobile payment portal. Advantages of NFC NFC makes it easy for users to make instant payments with their smartphone or tablet. You can use a mobile wallet, like those offered by Google or Apple, to process a transaction with just a few taps—no need to even open your wallet. It’s also a highly versatile platform, in that it covers a range of services and industries....

On the other hand, copying existing art to learn how it works has an honorable history, from art students sitting around sketching copies of paintings in galleries to YouTube videos breaking down hot songs and rebuilding them from scratch. But will iMovie’s new features help us learn, or will we just keep using the same old presets? “I agree that there is now a greater chance of seeing videos that are too similar to each other....

According to Windows Central, the new Windows 11 will focus on a better user interface and could have features like a redesigned taskbar with pinned apps, a battery usage chart, a new Start menu specific to Windows 11, a new widgets taskbar, and more. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella teased the “next generation of Windows” last month. “Soon we will share one of the most significant updates to Windows of the past decade to unlock greater economic opportunity for developers and creators....

As for the Chromecast, Google upgraded this device to a 4K version in 2016. It’s now called the Chromecast Ultra, but Google is still manufacturing and selling the original Chromecast as well. Chromecast The Chromecast is a clever little TV streamer. It lets you use your phone, tablet or laptop as a remote to play content from Netflix, Google Play, YouTube, or other apps that have been written to take advantage of the device....

The idea that AI might be thinking similarly to humans was suddenly thrust into the spotlight after Google engineer Blake Lemoine said in an interview that he believes one of the company’s AI projects has achieved sentience. Lemoine has been put on paid leave from his job, and observers have been quick to criticize his observations. “I think what he means to say is that the chatbot has human-like intelligence,” Kentaro Toyama, a professor of community information at the University of Michigan who researches AI and the author of Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology, told Lifewire in an email interview....

It was a huge hit with everyone in my household. Supernatural and Beat Saber kept us all moving, and the ability to escape our tiny house into expansive worlds like Moss and Shadow Point made for a much nicer quarantine six months in. Then I found out about the Quest 2, only a month after I’d purchased the original Quest. It was supposed to be lighter, brighter, and have a higher resolution....

While it supports many basic functions such as spell check and custom font styles, Writer also includes advanced tools like macros, bookmarks, math functions, a built-in image gallery, and keyboard shortcuts. There’s also a portable version to use with a flash drive or disc if you’d rather not install the product. Download and Installation The official list of compatible operating systems include Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP (we’ve confirmed that it also works in Windows 11); macOS 10....

The OUYA Concept OUYA was an overwhelming Kickstarter success, but that good fortune didn’t translate into commercial success, for a variety of reasons. OUYA’s game market was limited, making sideloading (transferring files between two local devices without the use of the internet) and hacking a necessity. Early models faced user interface and technical issues, further hampering the growth of OUYA. The essential elements of success were there for OUYA. A lightweight, Android-based gaming console was an innovative idea in 2013, and there was enthusiastic customer demand....

What Does the Pin It Button Do? The Pin It button is a bookmarklet, or little snippet of JavaScript code, creating a one-click bookmarking function. After it’s installed, when you press the Save button on your browser’s bookmarks bar, a script runs that lets you automatically “pin” or save images to personal image collections you have created on Pinterest.com. The Pinterest button, of course, is designed to let you bookmark images you find and like online while you are browsing other websites....

Hidden Moves HMs are special “hidden” moves that you can use outside of battle to solve the various puzzles you’ll find scattered throughout “Pokemon Red and Blue.” They’re pretty simple to find and use (unlike catching Mew) and it’s usually easy to figure out where you need to use said moves, but if it’s your first playthrough you may be struggling. HM01 - Cut This is one of the easiest HMs to find....

The company just unveiled all-electric versions of their popular Macan compact SUV and 718 sports car, as announced Porsche’s annual meeting and detailed in a press release. They didn’t release any pricing information but did say the Macan would be available “soon” and that the 718 would launch sometime in 2025. They also noted that the all-electric 718 is drawing inspiration from Porsche’s Mission R concept racecar. The two forthcoming EVs join the all-electric Porsche Taycan and a spate of hybrid vehicles, but that’s only the tip of the electric iceberg for Porsche....

If you had access to the super-accurate motion data from AirPods’ 3D head tracking technology, what would you do with it? If you’re innovative, accessibility-focused developer Jordi Bruin, you’d use it to ensure the wearer sits up straight. His new app, PosturePal, monitors your posture and provides warnings when you fail to comply. It’s a great app and shows just how good Apple’s devices are when you want to work with any kind of accessibility....

In a preamplifier-to-power amplifier configuration, the preamp takes care of the input sources and signal processing, and the power amplifier is the component that supplies the signal and power needed for the loudspeakers to produce sound. This means you can’t connect speakers directly to a preamplifier unless the speakers are self-powered speakers that have RCA input connections. It’s also important to note that AV preamp/processors provide outputs that can be connected to a powered subwoofer....

Using VR on more than just people seems to be the thinking behind a new effort to provide cows with high-tech entertainment during the winter. Cows on a farm in Turkey are being outfitted with VR gear, but animal rights activists are crying foul. The VR “likely stresses and frightens these deprived cows,” Catie Cryar, a spokesperson for animal rights group PETA, told Lifewire in an email interview. “PETA can think of few things more dystopian or despicable than confining a cow for a lifetime to a filthy pen, stealing every baby she has from her, and treating her like a milk machine until her body gives out, all while using virtual reality (VR) goggles to show her the picturesque life she’ll never have, in order to try to increase her milk production....

What Is a RAW File? There are several file formats that use this file extension. Photoshop Raw File A file with the RAW file extension could be a Photoshop Raw file. It’s used in very specific circumstances, like when transferring image data between different applications. This format describes an image’s color information in pixel by pixel binary text and has absolutely nothing to do with camera raw image formats that you might see created on digital cameras....

Retina Display Pros and Cons A retina display is a screen with a pixel density high enough that individual pixels can no longer be discerned by the human eye when the device is held at a normal viewing distance, according to Apple. The normal viewing distance is an important part of this equation, because the closer you hold the device, the smaller the individual pixels need to be before they become indistinguishable from one another....

The best soundbars serve as an alternative to a full surround sound system, while also offering additional features that enhance your entertainment experience. Surround sound systems provide optimal sound, but they take up a great deal of space, they require expensive equipment (think A/V receiver, speakers, streaming player), and it can be a real pain to run speaker wires all throughout your TV room. Roku’s Streambar attempts to relieve some of the added cost and setup hassles by being the only A/V device you need, providing a four-speaker soundbar and a streaming player in one....