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The Omnicharge Omni 20+ is a special sort of power bank that tries to be all things for all people. With a decent 71Wh capacity and a wide variety of ways to input and output power, including USB-C and a wireless Qi charger, it comes pretty close. Always on the lookout for ways to simplify my road kit, I recently slipped an Omni 20+ into my messenger bag to see how well it can stand-in for the assortment of chargers I normally pack....

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo just announced their own foldable flagship smartphone, uniquely named the Find N, as announced by chief product officer Pete Lau in a company blog post. Specs and official details are scant, but we won’t have to wait long to find out, as the folding smartphone releases on December 15. This date coincides with the second day of Oppo’s annual Inno Day event. As for form factor, the company tweeted a short video showing the phone in action....

Outriders, an upcoming looter shooter from People Can Fly, will forego the extra commitment other games ask for in exchange for a fleshed-out story that has a definitive end. While the sci-fi setting and the promise of another great story from the developers behind Bulletstorm were what drew me to Outriders in the first place, it was the promise of a dedicated beginning, middle, and end that really pulled me deeper....

Turn on Guided Access Guided Access is one of the iPad’s Accessibility features. It keeps the iPad in a single app. You have to turn on the feature before you can activate it. Here’s how: Using Guided Access to Lock an App After Guided Access is activated, open to the app you want to lock. Triple-click the Top button (on iPads without a Home button) or the Home button (on iPads with a Home button)....

T-Mobile claims to be the first operator in the world to launch a commercial nationwide standalone 5G network, now covering 250 million people in more than 7,500 cities and towns across 1.3 million miles. Verizon has made similar claims, as has AT&T. The promise of 5G has been brewing for years. Is 5G Really Here? 5G advocates tell us that 5G will be 100 times faster, five times more responsive, and able to connect to 100 times more devices than 4G....

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne already felt like a throwback of a game back in 2004. At a time when JRPGs were continuing their evolution into full-bore cinematic experiences, Nocturne is a bizarre dungeon crawler from an older school. It’s tempting to draw comparisons to Pokémon, since you spend a lot of Nocturne capturing and micro-managing your personal squad of monsters, but Nocturne really is its own thing. It combines traditional JRPG mechanics with a high difficulty curve and a dark storyline, and the result is still remarkably unique 17 years later....

A new project uses AI to improve the identification and measurement of fish species in Africa’s Nile Basin. The software can help scientists understand fish population density more quickly than human observers. It’s part of a larger effort to harness AI to improve sustainability across a wide range of industries. “The promising thing about AI is that it now allows us to do tasks that would be time-consuming or impossibly complex using traditional methods, with considerably more speed and efficiency,” Andrew Dunckelman, head of impact and insights at Google....

Thankfully, while the name is a head-scratcher, the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G itself is not. It’s an excellent twist on the standard Galaxy S20 line that makes a couple of modest tweaks while shaving hundreds of dollars off of the price in the process. That makes it one of the better top-end smartphones you can buy today, thanks to a sizable and stellar screen, plenty of processing power, great cameras, and support for 5G connectivity....

Announced at this year’s Bespoke Home event, Samsung’s SmartThings Home Life looks to interconnect already-connected smart devices even more. The service, which will be added to the SmartThings app, pools control options for all of your Samsung appliances into a single place: Your smartphone. Six different services (Air Care, Clothing Care, Cooking, Energy, Home Care, and Pet Care) and their connected devices will be included, along with hardware from other global Samsung partners....

After spending more time on technology devices last year when the pandemic forced the world into quarantine, Samsung honed in on making sure it’s devices are equipped with plenty of capabilities to keep users busy, especially the new Galaxy S21 smartphone series. “From chip to camera, they are truly exceptional smart phones that let you turn every day into an amazing experience,” said Yoonie Park, a global brand marketing head at Samsung, during the Unpacked event....

Add another option for getting in touch with Santa to your bag of tricks this holiday season because SantaGram has opened its digital doors. Similar to, yet different from, other methods of Santa correspondence, SantaGram lets you create and send a video message and wishlist straight to Santa himself. All you have to do is grab your phone and record your child (if they’re okay with it, of course) giving a “Hello” to the man in red, maybe talk about how good they’ve been, and include a wish or two....

So, should you purchase a TV warranty? What Does an Extended TV Warranty Cover? Extended warranties generally provide benefits like preventative maintenance, free replacement, no- or low-cost repairs, and power-surge protection. Many such policies even offer in-home service and pickup for defective products, so you don’t have to haul your large, heavy TV back to the store. A worthwhile plan should act like a bumper-to-bumper warranty for your car. It should cover the picture screen (burn-in), buttons, inputs, outputs, internal components, TV stand, IR sensor for the remote control, on-board circuitry/software, and more....

The company just confirmed a worldwide launch for a trio of new PlayStation Plus membership plans, as announced via an official Sony blog post. These tiers offer some new benefits to existing subscribers and new pricing plans. Let’s start with PlayStation Plus Essential. This is a rebrand of the current PS Plus subscription plan. As such, you’ll still pay $10/month for two downloadable games, exclusive discounts on certain titles, cloud-saving, and access to online multiplayer....

That’s what Sony is counting on with its forthcoming PSVR2 headset, and the company has just unveiled some key features for the PS5-adjacent refresh. First up, the virtual reality headset will support livestreaming with the addition of a PS5 camera, with no green screens or capture hardware required. This likely makes the headset desirable for Twitch streamers, YouTube content creators, and anyone looking to show off their latest experiences in VR....

But Sony has done more than load in more graphical prowess than before. The DualSense controller also represents an evolution from the classic DualShock design, bringing adaptive triggers that tense up and require additional force to squeeze, not to mention immersive haptic feedback all around the gamepad. It’s been a real game-changer, represented at launch in the clever and ultra-charming free pack-in game Astro’s Playroom, and used to tremendous effect in later titles like Returnal....

For example, you might need to install drivers in Windows 7 for a piece of hardware if you’re troubleshooting a problem with the device, if a driver isn’t automatically installed during a Windows installation, or if a driver update enables new features you’d like to utilize. This procedure should take less than 15 minutes for most kinds of hardware. If you’d rather a program update the driver for you, try a free driver updater tool....

“I call myself an influencer because that’s what I like doing. I don’t care too much about what kind of content I make. I love influencing,” Alvarez said in a phone interview with Lifewire. “I want to do something and show what I can do and, hopefully, make people want to do it as well. And I do get that a lot [from people saying I influenced them], and I love it....

T-Carrier and E-Carrier AT&T designed its T-carrier system to allow the grouping of individual channels together into larger units. A T2 line, for example, consists of four aggregated T1 lines. Similarly, a T3 line consists of 28 T1 lines. The system defined five levels — T1 through T5: Leased Line Internet Service Some internet providers offer T-carrier lines for businesses to use as dedicated connections to other geographically separated offices and to the internet....

While celebrating with friends over a few drinks or enjoying your favorite cocktail to unwind after a long day are a regular part of life for many people, you may want to keep tabs on your alcohol intake for a number of reasons including health and dietary restrictions or just to make sure that you aren’t imbibing a little too much. As is the case with most things nowadays, there’s an app for that!...

What’s New in the Pixel 3? The most impressive features of the Google Pixel 3 rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning to get the most out of the dual front-facing cameras and the single rear camera. Other cool features, like expanded functionality for Google Assistant, also leverage AI. Pixel 3 offers enhanced security through a custom-designed chip and wireless charging by Qi technology. If you’re wondering what the Pixel 3 can do, there are plenty of features that will impress you....