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Color grading lets you apply subtle (or not-so-subtle) tints to the highlights, mid-tones, and shadows in your photos. This lets you shift the mood of a photo, but also lets you go crazy with some colors, while preserving others. “A great example would be a portrait of a person,” photographer and Lightroom teacher Matt Kloskowski told Lifewire via email. “Not only can we tint the shadows and highlights, but we can also tint the mid tones which are such an important part of a portrait (or any) photo....

Computer peripherals like keyboards can ease the strain and simplify workflow in important ways. The Logitech Craft capitalizes on the chance to assist busy professionals with a solid, attractive design that connects to three different devices via two wireless input options, is macOS- and Windows-compatible, and includes a handy number pad. This full-size computer keyboard ups the ante with a dial that offers precise control and handy shortcuts during detail-oriented tasks....

Forzley is the co-founder and CEO of Veem, a global payment provider that allows businesses to quickly and securely send and receive payments in local currency. Veem offers Veem Local, a way to send, receive and reconcile business payments within the United States and Canada, and Veem Cross Border, where users can send, spend, hold and invoice money in over 110 countries worldwide. The company also uses blockchain as a tool that allows easy, inexpensive payments....

Over the next 10 years or so, Mastercard will phase out magnetic stripes in favor of more secure chips and contactless payment methods like Apple Pay and Google Pay. This will start in Europe, which is already far ahead of the US in payment tech, and magnetic stripes will be totally erased by 2033. And a good thing too. Magnetic stripes are old technology that’s easy to exploit, whereas phone payments are way more secure, more private, and easier....

Sadly, though, reality has a way of making sure I’m suspicious of anything new. And you should be, too. Let the Good Times Roll We’ve all seen it again and again: a new company bursts onto the scene with a vehicle that looks like nothing else on the road. It has the range of a Tesla; it’ll charge in a few minutes; the stereo only plays your favorite songs. The doors are made from recycled cans collected by children in a far-off country that are now millionaires thanks to the massive metal order from the startup....

“I was feeling kind of lost, not sure whether I should go back to work or [figure] out a way to make money from home,” she said. “I was the kid who always had a camera, taking photos of my family, taking candid moments of friends.” Fast forward six years and Cervantez has been running her own photography business, Erica Cervantez Photography, full time. She first started out doing free shoots, then began charging $25, and she’s been upping her prices ever since....

The company has implemented a cross-platform profile-switching interface that keeps track of notifications across both social media sites. This is great news for those who manage a number of different accounts for work, creative pursuits, various hobbies, or just to separate social circles. Here’s how it works. Once you add your various Facebook and Instagram profiles to the same Accounts Center, each one will appear in the same navigation pulldown, allowing you to hop to and from profiles with ease, from Facebook to Instagram and vice versa....

How: The app was announced last November, and went through a lengthy beta period since then. Why Do You Care: Using a single app will help keep all your Microsoft documents in order, and the new version of Office has a few tricks up its sleeve, as well. The new Office app simplifies using each of its three main apps, without having to switch back and forth between standalone ones....

In 2011, Motorola, Inc. split into Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. Google acquired Motorola Mobility in 2012 ​and sold it to Lenovo in 2014. The Z series smartphones are nearly stock Android with a bit of Moto customization thrown in. They compete well with flagship phones from Google and Samsung. Here’s a look at Motorola’s recent Z phone releases. Now, with an integrated fingerprint sensor on the display glass, the phone has never been more secure....

The just-announced next-generation Apple TV 4K is packed with nifty features, thanks to the inclusion of the company’s A15 Bionic chipset. This chip boosts CPU performance by 50 percent over the previous model, making for snappier navigation, quicker UI animations, greater responsiveness, and more. The GPU has also been boosted, and Apple says the new chip is 30 percent faster when gaming on the device or when using it to access various cloud-gaming platforms....

Some new underwater vehicles, like the Mare-IT project, are designed for industrial purposes like inspecting drilling rigs or wind turbines. The project’s two-armed underwater robot is used for complex inspection and maintenance tasks. But researchers say the more urgent need is for scientific exploration. “We need to measure the amount of heat the ocean and atmosphere is absorbing each year,” Hugh Roarty, an ocean engineer at Rutgers University and IEEE Member, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The update release looks to squash 37 important bugs, as well as seven critical issues seen in Windows, .NET Core & Visual Studio, Azure, Microsoft Graphics Component, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Remote Desktop, Microsoft Windows Codecs Library, and more. The Hacker News also reports that Microsoft released an update for Microsoft Edge, which addressed seven additional security flaws found in the browser in early August. One of the biggest flaws addressed with the update, CVE-2021-36948 is an elevated privilege flaw that directly affects Microsoft’s Windows Update Medic Service, which helps to protect and remediate Windows Update components....

Contrary to the name, this is not a stick you slide into your ear canal. Instead, the Ear Stick is just a pair of earbuds, albeit with some interesting and unique specifications. Nothing’s newest creation boasts a comfortable half-in-ear design and an extremely light form factor, 4.4 grams each, to allow for longer use sessions. Nothing says the 12.6mm dynamic audio driver included with the Ear Stick is “one of the most sensitive in the market” and excels with “clear highs and bold details....

This is the final, WHQL version of these drivers and replaces all previously available drivers. You should install v527.56 if you have a supported NVIDIA GPU running any previous driver release. See How Do I Find a Driver’s Version Number? if you’re not sure which NVIDIA GeForce driver version you have installed. Changes in NVIDIA GeForce v527.56 Here are details on the new features, fixes, and other changes in v527....

How to View Pictures You’ve Downloaded From the Web Every file type is associated with a specific program on your computer, so double clicking an image file will open it in your computer’s default image viewer. If a file type is not supported, then you will be asked to choose a program to open it with. Microsoft Photos and Preview for Mac support all image formats including GIF and JPEG images, so if they cannot open the file, then you need another type program....

Upon downloading the 2022.2 update, you’ll see stronger visual indicators for playlists and recently played podcasts on the home page. The new features include a Mark as Played option for episodes and customizable color options for the app’s themes. You can customize each of the front page playlists by changing its color and icon with over 3,000 SF Symbols to choose from. These symbols meld perfectly with the San Francisco font, the standard font used on all of Apple’s platforms....

What Is DTS:X and MDA? DTS:X has its roots with SRS Labs (now Xperi), which developed object-based surround sound technology under the umbrella name of MDA (Multi-Dimensional Audio). With MDA, sound objects are not tied to specific channels or speakers. Instead, sound objects are assigned to a position in three-dimensional space. MDA gives content creators an open-ended tool for mixing audio that can be applied to various end-user formats. Using DTS:X as the output format, sound mixers and engineers can place sounds individually regardless of channel assignment or speaker layout....

The Pixel Slate is Google’s latest foray into the world of tablet computers. It runs lightweight ChromeOS software that’s designed to make it easy to pick up and use in seconds, but can this tablet compete with stiff competition from tablets with more robust operating systems? Design: A slim smudge magnet The moment I took the Pixel Slate out of its packaging it acquired tiny scratches. Not only is the finish on the back of the device easily scratched, but it’s also a fingerprint magnet, as is the screen itself....

Use Siri With Your Headphones to Play Music As long as Siri is enabled, use your headphones to instruct your personal assistant to open the Music app and play music. Hold down the button on your headphones and wait for Siri to begin listening. Then say Play [song] to start playing a specific song. There are lots of other ways to play music and control playback with Siri using your headphones, including these voice controls:...

In an unsurprising move, Qualcomm continues to iterate on its Snapdragon chips to eke out more power and performance with each new model. We only just saw the release of the Snapdragon 8 earlier this year, and now the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (along with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1) is already on the way. The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 offers what Qualcomm refers to as Snapdragon Elite Gaming features—increasing frame rates without extra power draw, faster rendering, and so on....