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Career Tracks Available in ‘The Sims’ Early levels in a career have no requirements, but to advance in a career, a Sim must have a varying number of friends, and skills in categories that include mechanical, body, cooking, charisma, logic, and creativity, depending on career choice. Business Career Track Beginning your Sim’s business career as a mailroom clerk and progressing through executive assistant requires no skills or friends, but making it to business tycoon requires increasing amounts of friends, charisma, mechanical, and logic skills, along with creativity and body skills....

Before the big event, watch for announcements on Lifewire news. Time: TBD Location: Virtual Stream it: Apple.com How to Stream Apple Events Online Apple’s October event will stream from Apple’s website, where you can also get updates about the event. The event is free and will stream on Apple’s YouTube page. You can stream the Apple event on your computer, smartphone, tablet, and smart TV using a browser or YouTube app....

How to Watch Instagram Live via Instagram.com You can watch Instagram in a web browser using these steps: Watch Instagram Live on a TV If you have a casting or screen mirroring device that connects your computer and/or smartphone to your TV, you can watch Instagram Live videos right from the comfort of your living room (or wherever else you have a TV). You can: Chromecast from Mac, Chromecast from Windows or Chromecast from iOS/Android....

Others, such as Ubisoft’s remake of The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Paradox Interactive’s Vampire: The Masquerade–Bloodlines 2, have been postponed indefinitely. Some companies like Paradox Interactive have canceled projects. Other companies, such as Koei Tecmo, Square Enix, and Blizzard, are filling the gaps in their release schedule with compilations, remakes, and re-releases. “Our entire team is working from home as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation… We’ve had to adjust virtually everything about the way we work as a team to make this possible....

What Is an HWP File? A file with the HWP file extension is a Hanword Document file, or sometimes called a Hangul Word Processor file. This format was created by the South Korean company Hancom. It’s similar to Microsoft Word’s DOCX format, except that it can contain Korean written language, making it one of the standard document formats used by the South Korean government. How to Open an HWP File Probably the quickest way to view an HWP file is to upload it to Cloud HWP Viewer....

iCloud Mail Review: Pros and Cons iCloud Mail offers free email accounts with 5 GB of cloud storage for documents, calendars, and backups. Additional space can be purchased for a low monthly fee. For sending files, iCloud Mail supports traditional attachments up to 5 GB with Mail Drop. The minimalist iCloud Mail web interface mimics the desktop application and is easy to use with the help of keyboard shortcuts. An Archive folder and button keeps your inbox clean without much effort....

Imperator: Rome is the latest, and chronologically furthest back, of Paradox Interactive’s “grand strategy” lineup. The Paradox ethos, so to speak, is to make giant sprawling strategy games about founding, creating, and defending an empire in some particularly evocative era of history. For Imperator: Rome, that’s the 4th century BC, near the start of the Hellenistic Period. Alexander the Great has been dead for over a decade, and without a clear heir, his generals are beginning to feud over his empire....

The popular image-sharing social app just announced two new feed options for users, one of which brings back chronological scrolling, according to a blog post by parent company, Meta. The new Following feed option is exactly what it sounds like. It shows images by those you follow in the order in which they were originally posted. This is how social media sites operated before algorithms started deciding what posts we’d like to see and the order we’d like to see them in....

Whether you’re in the market for your first iOS device or you’re just looking to add another one to the collection, here are the key differences you’ll need to know before settling on which Apple device is right for you as a gamer. iPod Touch: No Cellular Data Required The lowest entry on our totem is arguably the best choice for gamers who aren’t on the hunt for cellular service....

If you can’t connect to Google Hangouts, or use it to chat with other people, it’s not always easy to tell if it’s Google that’s not working properly or if you are having a problem with your own internet connection. But with a few easy checks, you can figure out if Google Hangouts is down, or if it’s you. How to Tell if Google Hangouts is Down In some ways, finding out that Google Hangouts is down is better news, because that means you don’t need to troubleshoot potential problems with your own internet connection....

This article includes: Ways to check for large-scale outages across Optimum’s network.Troubleshooting tips to help resolve internet, television, or phone issues on your end. How to Tell If Optimum Is Down If you think Optimum might be down for everyone, these places can help you find out for sure: What to Do When You Can’t Get Connected to Optimum Because Optimum offers different types of services, there are different things to try depending upon the specific problem you’re experiencing....

The Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have finally been released, giving us a good taste of what to expect from Google’s first in-house processing chip. Despite the announcements being less than a few months old, rumors about a Pixel 6a have started to swirl. With the current state of the industry and the number of chip shortages plaguing manufacturers right now, shifting focus to a cheaper device could pull resources from its current and future flagship options....

Microsoft nearly struck a deal with Apple to release a slew of Xbox-exclusive games on the App Store, according to leaked Apple emails unearthed by The Verge. These would not have been stripped down mobile versions of popular franchises, like a match 3 Halo game or whatever, but rather the full legitimate releases running on iPhones and iPads. How is this possible? It’s all about Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) platform, which can stream AAA titles remotely from a server farm....

However, you don’t always have to operate your DSLR camera in manual control mode. The DSLR camera has a variety of automatic control modes, just like a point-and-shoot camera. How to Use DSLR Modes With most DSLR cameras, you will set the automatic modes through either the mode dial along the top panel of the camera or using the on-screen menu, accessible through the menu button on the back. Most DSLR cameras have a fully automatic mode, a fully manual control mode, and a few mixed modes, where some settings are determined by the camera automatically, while others are set manually by the photographer....

First reported by Droid Life, LG Pay has started to phase out its LG Pay digital wallet, with a shut-off date of November 1. As of Tuesday, users cannot purchase or add gift cards to LG Pay. And starting August 1, new users no longer will be accepted, and existing users won’t be able to register new credit cards. “As we wind down over the coming months, you may notice that we will: stop accepting new enrollments to LG Pay; stop allowing the addition of new cards to existing accounts (Credit/Debit/Prepaid Card, Gift Card, Loyalty Card); and no longer allow the purchase of new gift cards,” LG’s support page confirms....

Which Hardware Version Do You Have? Some routers come in two or more hardware or firmware versions, each with different default login information. However, the EA2700 is available in only one version and therefore uses only one set of credentials. You can find the hardware version near the bottom or side of the model number, labeled with a “v” to indicate the version. If you don’t see a version number on your router, you can assume it’s Version 1....

Just like Google’s concept AR Glasses, announced this week. Apple’s Live Captions can take incoming audio and transcribe it instantly. The difference is that Apple’s version will ship “later this year,” which probably means it will be in this fall’s iOS 16 release. But the real news here is that this is Apple’s most obvious stab yet at trialing future Apple Glasses features in plain sight. “As someone who has two parents who both have difficulty hearing, this stands to be a big help,” writes Apple-centric journalist Dan Moren on his personal Six Colors blog....

Stadia may not have been the most well-received game streaming platform, but it had potential. Unfortunately, that potential wasn’t realized quickly enough as Google has revealed plans to begin shutting the service down, effective immediately. With Stadia VP and General Manager, Phil Harrison, stating that “… it hasn’t gained the traction with users that we expected so we’ve made the difficult decision to begin winding down our Stadia streaming service....

Ugandan researchers have developed inexpensive air quality monitoring sensors that work in extreme conditions. The sensors could let Uganda and other countries switch from pricey imported monitors. It’s part of a growing effort to develop a broader network of air quality monitors. “Many individuals in developing countries are unable to afford even low-cost air quality monitors and are thus unable to determine air pollution levels in their neighborhood,” Akshaya Jah, a professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, told Lifewire in an email interview....

“I like helping people, I like seeing things click for people, I like seeing them grow, and I like seeing them learn. That’s been there for as long as I can remember,” Rue said in a phone interview with Lifewire. “It was a passion, but I never dreamed it would become something primary—actually, I dreamed it, but I never imagined it would come true, especially in this space.” Rue has only recently seen success from their content on the platform, but their presence is far from new....