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What Is DTS Neo:6? Unlike DTS Digital Surround and Dolby Digital, which need to be encoded and present in the source material, DTS Neo:6 is a post-processing format. Therefore, it doesn’t need to be encoded in a specific manner so that it can be decoded to extract the correct channel assignments for the sound mix. Instead, DTS Neo:6 uses a special chip that’s built into most 5.1 or 7. 1 channel home theater receivers to analyze all the sonic cues of a non-encoded two-channel soundtrack mix (usually from an analog source)....

According to a 2019 report from Oxford Economics, there will be as many as 20 million robots by 2030. New uses for robotics in healthcare, automation, engineering, machine learning, and more are adding to that number, and experts say the future’s looking bright. “I like to think about all the potential that comes with this new technology to help us live better lives than we do today,” said James Ryan Burgess, CEO of Wing, during a CES 2021 panel....

The Precision Mouse comes with all the bells and whistles most people could want at the reasonable price of less than $100. It’s got three programmable buttons and a delightfully smooth scroll wheel. As someone who has suffered from repetitive stress injury (RSI), I’m always looking to switch up my mousing game. A wise physical therapist once told me that regularly changing up your pointing device is key to preventing RSI....

For the headline iOS 15 features, either take a look at Apple’s overviews or check out Lifewire’s own posts on the new OS. There’s a lot there, but there’s even more under the hood, from a huge revamp of keyboard shortcuts, to translations everywhere, to the amazing Siri Knowledge. “Almost all iOS 15 features that didn’t get any stage time during the keynote were mostly about polishing the rough edges....

What Is Roblox? Roblox is a trendy, international, free, online game platform. So, while it’s easy to think of it as a single game, it’s really a platform. That means folks using Roblox create their own games for others to play. Visually it looks like a marriage of LEGO and Minecraft. Is Roblox a game? Yes, but not precisely. Roblox is a game platform that supports user-created, multi-user games. Roblox refers to this as a “social platform for play....

Because each disk has less to do and writes to each disk occur concurrently, it takes less time to write the data. The same is true when reading data; instead of a single disk having to seek out and then send a large block of data, multiple disks each stream their part of the data stream. As a result, RAID 0 striped sets can provide a dynamic increase in disk performance, resulting in faster OS X performance on your Mac....

Causes of Mac Hardware Failures Some Mac issues, such as those involving startup problems, can be caused by software or hardware issues. A good example is getting stuck at the blue screen or gray screen when you start a Mac. The reason the Mac is stuck could be a hardware or software problem. Running the Apple Hardware Test can narrow down the cause. Apple hardware fails from time to time, with the most common failure being RAM....

Apply a Design Theme When you want to change the look of your presentation, apply a design theme. To apply a design theme: Change the Color Scheme of a Design Theme Once you have selected a design theme for your PowerPoint presentation, you are not limited to the color of the theme as it is currently applied. To change the theme colors: Font Families Are Part of the Design Themes Each design theme is assigned a font family....

Here are seven easy-to-follow, practical tips for getting more followers on Twitch. Use Social Media New streamers on Twitch often overlook the power of social media in building their brands. Many successful streamers use apps such as Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat to keep their fans up to date and connect with their fans on a more personal level. One of the biggest benefits of social media is that it can expose you to potential new followers who wouldn’t have discovered you otherwise....

What makes this phone so friendly to shutterbugs? The Phantom X2 features a fully retractable camera lens, which the company says is comparable to a professional-grade camera. Many new phones feature retractable lenses in some way or another, but a fully retractable lens allows for 2.5x optical zoom and a 65mm focal length. The company says the lens “empowers users to capture portraits comparable to professional camera shots with just a pocket-sized device,” but the proof will be in the post-release pudding....

Samsung revealed more information about its plans for Wear OS during MWC 2021 this week, sharing news that it would also be the first smartwatch on the market to offer the new version of Wear OS to consumers. As Android Central notes, however, it is strange to see Samsung getting priority over Fitbit, which Google purchased earlier in the year. However, Fitbit also has plans to deliver a Wear OS smartwatch, which we could learn more about in the future....

The most obvious difference between the Apple Watch and Google’s new Pixel Watch is the shape. Google’s is round, but it’s also very similar. Google copies Apple’s digital crown; pressing the side button brings up a list of recent apps; the watch is laser-focussed on fitness. This is good news for Android users who want a Pixel version of the Apple Watch, but not so great for people who want a different take on the wearable computer....

However, if BIOS encounters an issue but hasn’t booted far enough to be able to display a POST error message on the monitor, a beep code—an audible version of an error message—will sound instead. Beep codes are especially helpful if the root cause of the problem has something to do with video. If you can’t read an error message or error code on the screen because of a video-related problem, it’s definitely going to deter your efforts of finding out what’s wrong....

Kindle Development The first Kindle came out back in 2007 with one main goal: to make ebooks mainstream. It sold out in just about five hours and couldn’t be restocked until the spring of 2008. As the Kindle has evolved over the years, more impressive features have been rolled into its design—including a front-lit display for reading in the dark, better page turning functionality, a higher-density E ink display for a clean and crisp reading experience (close to a real book) and increased storage....

What Is a TAR File? Short for Tape Archive, and sometimes referred to as tarball, a file that has the TAR file extension is a file in the Consolidated Unix Archive format. A program or command that can open archives is needed to open a TAR file. Because the TAR file format is used to store multiple files in one single file, it’s a popular method for both archiving purposes and for sending multiple files over the internet, like for software downloads....

A drive’s volume label can be changed at any time, but is usually set during the formatting of the drive. Volume Label Restrictions Certain restrictions apply when assigning volume labels, depending on which file system is on the drive—NTFS or FAT: NTFS Drives Maximum of 32 charactersNo tabs FAT Drives Maximum of 11 charactersNo * ? . , ; : / \ | + = < > [ ]No tabs...

How Do Automatic Braking Systems Work? Each car manufacturer has its own automatic braking system technology, but they all rely on some type of sensor input. Some of these systems use lasers, others use radar, and some even use video data. This sensor input is then used to determine if there are any objects present in the path of the vehicle. If an object is detected, the system can then determine if the speed of the vehicle is greater than the speed of the object in front of it....

What OLED TV Is OLED stands for Organic Light Emitting Diode. OLED is an outgrowth of LCD technology that uses organic compounds formed into pixels to create images, without the need for extra backlighting. As a result, OLED technology allows for very thin display screens that are much thinner than traditional LCD and plasma screens. OLED is also referred to as Organic Electro-Luminescence. OLED Versus LCD OLED is similar to LCD in that OLED panels can be laid out in very thin layers, enabling thin TV frame design and energy efficient power consumption....

Uplink vs. Downlink A downlink is a connection made in the opposite direction of an uplink, either from a satellite to the ground or from an outside network into a local network. Internet downloads, for example, travel over a downlink to the downloading device, while internet uploads travel over uplink connections. Uplinks are commonly used in satellite telecommunications to broadcast satellite radio and television. Broadcasters transmit signal feeds from ground stations to the orbiting satellite, a process known as satellite uplink....

HFS+ and HFS (an earlier version of the Hierarchical File System) were created in the days of floppy disks, the primary storage medium for the Mac back when spinning hard drives were an expensive option offered by third parties. Apple flirted with replacing HFS+ over the years. Eventually, APFS, which is already included in iOS, tvOS, and watchOS, became the default file system for Macs running macOS High Sierra and later....