The Mohu Blade TV Antenna is a unique looking indoor antenna somewhat reminiscent of a soundbar. It can be wall mounted, but also features a kickstand of sorts that makes using it in a tabletop position easier. It performed very well in my tests in an urban environment, making it a strong contender for city dwellers. Design: Fairly generic Most of the best TV antennas on the market feature roughly the same design: a flat rectangle designed to adhere to the wall or a similar surface....

Motorola is one such company that’s just released details on its forthcoming Q14 mesh system. This is the first Wi-Fi 6E-enabled system manufactured by the company, allowing them to catch up to rivals like Asus, Netgear, Linksys, and others. The company’s latest offering enables a 6GHz wireless band for increased speed and up to 160 simultaneous wireless channels, which means a significant uptick in the number of your favorite gadgets that can be connected at any one time....

What Is an MPK File? A file with the MPK file extension is an ArcGIS map package file that contains map data (layouts, embedded objects, and more) in one file that’s easy to distribute. It also includes a map document (.MXD file). The MPK file extension is also used for Project64 memory pack files used by Nintendo 64 emulators. How to Open an MPK File Map packages and documents (MPK and MXD files) can be opened with Esri’s ArcGIS program (v10 and newer)....

If your photos are stored in the cloud, then Apple, Google, or whoever you use has access to them. Some of these hosts scan your images, searching for CSAM or other illegal images, and those images are also subject to various law-enforcement agency warrants. And while preventing illegal activity is a decent cause, preemptively searching the property of unsuspected, presumed-innocent people, just because it’s possible, is akin to letting police into your home to search for whatever they like, just in case, because you know, think of the children....

The Canal Battery Guard is a device that plugs in between a standard charging brick and a USB charging cable. By using the app to connect via Bluetooth and setting the time you’ll be waking up in the morning, the Battery Guard will keep the battery cool and safe from the harmful temperatures that can shorten its life while charging overnight, according to the company. “Our preliminary testing has shown the Battery Guard can cut the rate of battery decay in half, or double the lifespan of the battery,” Nick Kshatri, co-founder of Canal Electronics, the maker of the Battery Guard, said in an email interview....

Safety Features: Google is touting several features that, while some may already be on other company’s phones already, will make its Pixel phones feel more modern. The Pixel 4 gets the cool stuff, of course, with car crash detection that will call 911 (in the US—000 in Australia or 999 in the UK) if you’re unresponsive. Pixel 4 Updates: owners will also get an upgrade to Motion Sense so that they can pause and resume music playing without touching the phone....

The National Spectrum Management Association (NSMA) has written to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claiming that unlicensed use of the 6GHz band used by Wi-Fi 6E devices could cause disruptions in the communication channels used by first responders, emergency services, utilities, and more. “In some scenarios, authorities may need to knock on peoples’ doors, informing them that one or more of their Wi-Fi 6E devices are interfering with public safety communications, and that they must turn that device off,” NSMA President Joseph Sandri explained to Lifewire in an email exchange....

Taking advantage of this, hackers co-opted a third-party Windows 11 ToolBox script to distribute malware. On the surface, the app works as advertised and helps add the Google Play Store to Windows 11. However, behind the scenes, it also infected the computers it was running on with all kinds of malware. “If there is any sort of advice that could be taken from this, it is that grabbing code to run off the internet demands extra scrutiny,” John Hammond, Senior Security Researcher at Huntress, told Lifewire over email....

According to a post on Nvidia’s website, the update ensures compatibility between the graphics cards and the DisplayID standard. Before this, computers with a DisplayID monitor would show a blank screen while booting until the operating system eventually loaded. The current DisplayID standard came out in 2017, and when used alongside DisplayPort cables, can achieve higher graphical quality than the HDMI standard. However, if someone wanted to open the BIOS firmware to fix the incompatibility issue, they were unable to do so because the screen was blank....

OS X El Capitan System Requirements The following Mac models can install and run OS X El Capitan: MacBook Air: Late 2008 models (Model Identifier MacBookAir2,1) and newer.MacBook: Late 2009 models (Model Identifier MacBook4,1) and newer, along with 13-inch aluminum-body models from Late 2008.MacBook Pro: Mid 2007 models (Model Identifier MacBookPro3,1) and newer.iMac: Mid 2007 models (Model Identifier iMac7,1) and newer.Mac mini: Early 2009 (Model Identifier Macmini3,1) and newer.Mac Pro: Early 2008 (Model Identifier MacPro3,1) and newer....

Overall Findings Outlook.com (the free web version of the Microsoft Outlook email client) and Gmail are two widely used email services, and there’s a lot to like in each. Both support the core email tasks: sending and receiving messages, attachments, filtering, and cloud storage. These email services also support connected services, such as calendars and contacts lists. Best of all, both are free. User Experience: The Outlook.com UI Is Cleaner Both Outlook....

I love developing, but digging out the chemicals, chilling (or warming) the water, and generally rearranging the kitchen just to develop one or two 36-exposure rolls is easy to keep putting off, which is why the Pinsta looks like so much fun. You just “snap” a photo, inject some chemicals, shake things around a little, and 10 minutes later, you have a print. What could be easier? Apart from, you know, anything else in the world?...

How to Format Song Titles in Written Documents For matters of style when punctuating and formatting titles of any kind, turn first to the style guide prescribed by your employer, client, or teacher. In the absence of a style guide, use the following guidelines: Put quotation marks around song titles: For best appearance in professionally typeset material, use proper typographical quote marks and apostrophes (curly quotes). Set CD/album titles in italics: In typeset material, watch out for fake italics....

It’s turned on by default when you first start up Windows 10, but Windows Defender can be turned off. One important note is that if you install another antivirus program, you should disable Windows Defender. Antivirus programs don’t like being installed on the same machine and can confuse your computer. In this case, the text tells us that we need to run a scan. Underneath, the check marks tell us that “Real-time protection” is on, meaning that Defender is continuously running and that my virus definitions are “Up to date....

Much like a habitable world orbiting its star at the precise distance to support life, the Razer Blade Pro 17 inhabits that rare Goldilocks zone of the perfect laptop. Almost always you will find some Achilles heel that sours the experience, but on the surface and the spec sheet, the Blade Pro 17 appears almost angelic in its remarkable perfection. After 50 hours of testing, I found it to be an excellent laptop for both productivity and gaming....

Shade Rows and Columns in Excel An advantage of using a formula to add row shading is that the shading is dynamic, meaning it changes if the number of rows changes. If rows are inserted or deleted the row shading adjusts to maintain the pattern. Shade Worksheet Rows in Excel The first step is to highlight the range of cells to be shaded since the formula only affects these selected cells....

How: The app seems to be available on the App Store at this time, though not as yet on Google Play. Why Do You Care: The app may eventually compete with Pinterest, making it an interesting download. NPE apps can also come and go quickly, so check it out soon. While some outlets like The Verge compare it to Pinterest, Hobbi feels more like Google’s Tangi, an app created to let crafters and other do-it-yourselfers share step by step videos and images with other users....

USTs aren’t for everyone and can be more expensive, but they also offer the most effortless installation and best picture qualities of all projectors available today. Are Short Throw Projectors Better? Short throw projectors operate at a much-reduced distance to the projector screen, using mechanical lens shift and keystone correction to project an image at an extreme angle without impacting the visual quality. Ultra-short throw projectors can deliver just as good a picture as many of the best traditional projectors....

The Sony NW-A45 Walkman serves as a dedicated music player for your hi-res music files. While many people are perfectly happy using basic music streaming services on their smartphones, the NW-A45 is for those who have an offline music collection, or for those who want better sound resolution. With support for multiple formats, plentiful storage, and upscaling for lower-quality formats, devices like the Sony NW-A45 are attractive for audio enthusiasts....

Today’s Blend update allows you to share your personal Spotify playlists with your entire group chat—up to 10 users. You can manually invite these friends and family members to join you from in the app, then Spotify will create a playlist for you all to listen to using a mixture of everyone’s music preferences. Spotify will also create a special share card that everyone in the group can use to save and share the created playlist in the future....