Why Does My Computer Suddenly Have No Sound? There are several places for sound issues to occur. It could be your speakers or your headphones, your audio software or the operating system, the sound card, or its driver. Fortunately, lots of Windows sound problems are due to a misconfiguration, which could make the solution as easy as turning up the volume or choosing the correct audio device from the software you’re using....
First spotted by Anandtech, the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro phones were discovered to slow down 300 apps considered popular in the Google Play Store, such as Google Chrome, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Discord, and Twitter. The site found a “slowdown in typical workloads such as web browsing.” Anandtech said that its testing showed that apps like Chrome and Twitter were three to four times slower when it came to loading and browsing times....
A free application, OnyX has been performing these services for Mac devices since the release of OS X Jaguar in 2002. The developer recently released new versions specifically for macOS Catalina. Using Onyx The functions available in Onyx utility are mostly present in other apps or system services. Onyx’s real service is in bringing them all together into one app. When you first run Onyx, it will ask to verify the structure of your Mac’s startup disk....
A security researcher has demonstrated what he claims is a yet-unpatched vulnerability in PayPal that could essentially allow attackers to empty a victim’s PayPal account after tricking them into clicking a malicious link, in what is technically referred to as a clickjacking attack. “The PayPal clickjack vulnerability is unique in that typically hijacking a click is step one to a means of launching some other attack,” Brad Hong, vCISO, Horizon3ai, told Lifewire over email....
Peloton announced the feature, known as Lanebreak, on Monday, according to The Verge. Only subscribers and bike owners will be able to access the game, which reportedly is debuting later this year. The game lets you earn points by staying in your lane, increasing your energy output, and reaching your goal in time. The Verge reports that a rider pedals to an on-screen wheel to reach the goals within the game....
No registration is required, so you’ll be enjoying your chosen movie or free TV show in seconds. This video streaming service is ad-supported, however, so you’ll have to sit through a few commercial breaks. There’s a Wide Variety of Free Movies Popcornflix has a nice-sized collection of free streaming movies in common and popular genres like comedy, drama, action, horror, sports, Sci-Fi, and documentaries. Watch Popcornflix Movies With Free Apps There’s a free movie app available that lets you watch these titles on your iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and TV....
Labelling devices: To label your smart plugs, open the Home app, tap the smart plug you want to label, then go to the settings. Once there, tap Type, then choose the most appropriate label. Currently, you can pick Smart Light, Air conditioner, Coffee maker, Dehumidifier, Fan, Heater, Humidifier, Kettle, TV, or Smart Plug. Availability: The new feature was initially discovered by 9to5Google, which noticed it came to the iOS version of the Google Home app about a week before coming to Android....
SUBSTITUTE Function Syntax A function’s syntax refers to the layout of the function and includes the function’s name, brackets, and arguments. The syntax for the SUBSTITUTE function is: The arguments for the function are: Text (required): The data containing the text to be replaced. This argument can contain the actual data enclosed in quotation marks (see row 2 in the image above) or a cell reference to the location of the text data in the worksheet (see rows 3 and 4)....
It works, but it’s not always useful. The Hinge is one of a suite of products that aim to keep phones and other devices running while their owners are out and about, but it’s the only one that doesn’t look completely ridiculous when it’s in use. The rest are small boxes with varying numbers of jacks to feed in the power, and while they look fine sitting on a desk, they simply never look cool while you’re out using your phone....
For quite some time now, Samsung has been putting out high-quality SSDs, and its 860 EVO is simply one of the best in terms of value and speed. If you’re currently in the market for one, read our review below to see if this is the right choice for you. Currently, there are a few variations of this SSD, but we tested the 2.5-inch, 1TB version specifically—though all three variations will net roughly the same results....
Sending Group Emails in Apple Mail Apple Mail makes it easy to create groups, letting you organize your contacts and then work within that set of contacts. Create a group for work associates, friends, your book club, a sports team, or any group with which you communicate regularly. Once you’ve created a group, it’s easy to send email messages to the entire group from within your email client or Contacts....
Set Up a Vacation Reply in Windows Live Hotmail When you cannot deal with incoming emails promptly (because you’re traveling, on vacation, or working on a huge project due tomorrow), Windows Live Hotmail can let expecting senders know. To make Windows Live Hotmail reply to incoming emails in your absence: Possibly include approximate info on when you will be able to reply personally.Who to contact in the meantime or an alternative way of reaching you might also be appropriate....
Continuing with what has become a yearly tradition, Apple is once again releasing some new Apple Watch bands for Pride month. For this, its seventh year running, the new bands have been designed to represent how Apple “stands with, supports, and is proudly made up of the LGBTQ+ community.” The Pride Edition Sport Loop is primarily white but with a rainbow color gradient woven into the inner part of the band....
According to SamMobile, this month’s update just started rolling out to Samsung users, but it primarily focuses on privacy and security rather than new features. In the monthly security bulletin published last week, Android details the updates and which vulnerabilities they address. In particular, the update addresses a high-security vulnerability in the Media Framework component. Android said this vulnerability “could enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications....
According to The Verge, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has stated that the company will be breaking tradition by not releasing a new T-Series phone in 2021. OnePlus typically has launched an upgraded “T” version of each of its numbered phones every year since 2016. The reasoning behind the decision to skip the 9T isn’t clear, but if you’ve been holding out for one, at least now you know you can stop waiting....
Anchor just launched a new feature that lets users pull popular music (licensed by Spotify) directly into their podcast, making it even easier for podcasters to add audio without having to worry about licensing rights. Despite the promises that come with the new feature, some experts believe that it could ultimately limit budding podcasters looking to expand their podcasts’ reach. “Spotify’s new system for adding music to podcasts, while it initially sounds great, comes with some major handcuffs,” said true crime and comedy podcaster Joel Lounds via email....
Darth Vader Game Play/Scenes Darth Vader’s role in Star Wars: TIE Fighter is quite minor as he only appears in a few cut scenes where he performs his famous Force choke on rebels and traitors to the Galactic Empire. About Star Wars: TIE Fighter Star Wars: TIE Fighter was a space flight simulation game released in 1994 that for the first time, allowed players to play and fight for the Galactic Empire and more specifically Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine....
In an email update sent out to Starlink subscribers this week, the company said it is “preparing to launch upgraded satellites that will include space lasers.” According to Starlink, the space lasers will enable satellites to transfer data between one another without beaming it back down to a ground station. The space lasers were originally announced last fall when the company successfully launched a test of the satellite space lasers into orbit in September....
Twitch streamers RekItRaven, Lucia Everblack, and Shineypen organized the hashtag #ADayOffTwitch, encouraging streamers to take a break from the platform and not go live that day in protest of Twitch’s inaction against hate speech, according to IGN. The boycott originated earlier this month from the hashtag #TwitchDoBetter, which was used by streamers to ask the platform to better protect marginalized users from the hate speech they frequently experience. Although Twitch said it would launch channel-level ban evasion detection and account verification improvements later this year, streamers are still disappointed in how the platform has handled botting, hate raids, and other forms of harassment....
Humans are adaptable. They can structure a sentence in many ways, and it will still make sense. In contrast, computers require precise instructions. If you break the rules a bit, a command may make sense to a human, but a computer won’t be able to interpret it. Syntax in Human Language Imagine someone says to you, “I saw a woman over there with a telescope.” There are several ways to interpret this sentence:...
