If the Default Password Doesn’t Work If the default password doesn’t work, it means someone changed it away from the default password. This is good for security purposes, but it doesn’t help if you need to get in. To return the router to the defaults, reset the router to its factory default settings. This removes the changed password and username, then restores the default credentials as they’re described above. Here’s how to reset a NETGEAR WNR1000 router:...
The update is going out to Android, iOS, TV app, and web browser versions starting today as a new way for Netflix’s algorithm to better understand what people like to watch and dish out better recommendations. This new feature is a part of Netflix’s continued efforts to better your experience and help you with content curation. The Double Thumbs Up button will allow the algorithm to get more specific and even recommend something based on a show’s cast or creator....
To help you decide exactly how many channels you need for your home theater system, here’s a breakdown of each channel speaker system. 2.0 and 2.1 Channel Systems Your basic stereo system (a 2.0 system) has two channels of sound—left and right—produced by two speakers. A 2.1 channel system adds a subwoofer into the mix for extra warmth and bass, often a necessity for a music listener who prefers speakers to headphones....
Mora Arias is the head of business development and strategic partnerships for Symba, creator of a management platform for workforce development programs. She is also a part of the company’s founding team. Symba was born in 2017 with a mission of opening up the workforce. The company’s CEO, Ahva Sadeghi, participated in a fellowship with former congressman John Lewis in Atlanta and, as an action project, founded Symba to create equitable access to the workforce....
You just imagined Portal, an app that answers the question, “What’s the point of Spatial Audio?” Apple’s 3D immersive audio trickery really is impressive, but who wants to listen to music like that? And why would you want to make it seem like movie audio is coming from your iPad even when you turn your head? Portal uses this same 3D head tracking tech to make it feel like you really are in the middle of a relaxing soundscape....
How to Get the Excel Power Pivot Add-in Power Pivot gives you the power of business insights and analytics app. You don’t need specialized training to develop data models and perform calculations. You just need to enable it before you can use it. Follow Along with the Tutorial When you want to get up and running with Power Pivot quickly, learn by example. Microsoft has several example datasets available as a free download, which contain the raw data, the Data Model, and examples of data analysis....
What Is a PPTX File? A file with the PPTX file extension is a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that stores slide shows. The Open XML format is used, which means the data is stored as separate files and folders in a ZIP package. PPTX files can contain formatted text, objects, slides, images, videos, and more. This is the default presentation file format for PowerPoint 2007 and newer. The older version of this format, used in PowerPoint 2003 and older, uses the PPT file extension....
The manufacturing giant has announced their Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphone processor chip at their annual Snapdragon Tech Summit, with further details laid out in a company blog post. This follow-up to last year’s Snapdragon 888 looks to have plenty of bells and whistles underneath the hood. Aside from the new single-digit naming scheme, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is the first chip from the company to use the Armv9 architecture from Arm, with an eight-core Kryo CPU that includes a primary core, three performance cores, and four efficiency cores....
What Happens When You Do Not Remove Addresses Not removing the addresses on a forwarded email has one advantage. Everyone who receives the message knows who already sent and received it, so there’s no need to send it to those recipients again. However, including all header information, including email addresses, also has overwhelming disadvantages. First, the message looks messy and, often, the actual content is buried beneath all the header information....
Improve Router Performance Sometimes, it is better to replace the router’s built-in antenna with a different one. An omnidirectional antenna can have difficulty reaching long distances because its signaling power expands in all directions. This can result in a “dead spot” in your home or business, where the signal can’t reach. Improve the router performance with new antennas: Replace the existing omnidirectional antenna with a stronger omnidirectional antenna.Replace the existing omnidirectional antenna with a high-gain directional antenna....
If you were a heavy user of the earlier version of QuickTime Player, you might have relied on QuickTime to automatically start playing when you opened or launched a QuickTime file. The Autoplay feature is especially important if you use your Mac and QuickTime in a home entertainment environment. The new version of QuickTime ships without this handy feature enabled, but you can remedy the situation using the Terminal application and a single line of code....
Researchers at Oregon State University are observing human fruit pickers in an attempt to copy their movements with robot fingers. The technology could relieve people of some of the arduous labor of fruit harvesting. “It is likely that robots will require workers for redundant tasks such as harvesting and pruning,” George Kantor, a professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, who was not involved in the research, told Lifewire in an email interview....
What Is an RVT File? A file with the .RVT file extension is a project file used by Autodesk’s Revit BIM (Building Information Modeling) program. Inside an RVT file is all the architectural details related to the design, such as a 3D model, elevation details, floor plans, and project settings. How to Open an RVT File The Revit program from Autodesk is used to create RVT files, so it can open files in this format, too....
What is Samsung Family Hub? Samsung is betting that the center of every family is the kitchen. After all, it’s where you wander through to grab something to eat during the day, right? The added 21-inch touchscreen display to the right door of the fridge gives you a method to stay in touch with everyone and everything going on in your life. The Family Hub is the touchscreen and everything it can do....
One Tap to the Top of an Email or Mailbox: iPhone To go to the top of an email or mailbox quickly in iPhone Mail: Tap the iPhone status bar in the upper-right corner, where you see the battery and signal strength indicators.The same process works for scrolling to the top of a folder’s message list. To go to the top of your mailbox, tap the upper-right corner of the status bar....
Ubuntu Linux users are at risk of just that, according to cyber security firm Qualys, as reported in a company blog post written by their Director of Vulnerability and Threat Research. Qualys notes they have discovered two flaws within Ubuntu Linux that would allow for root access by nefarious software packages. The flaws reside in a widely used package manager for Ubuntu Linux called Snap, putting around 40 million users at risk, as the software ships by default on Ubuntu Linux and a wide range of other major Linux distributors....
Facial Recognition, Touch ID, and Strong Passcodes iPhones with a Touch ID fingerprint reader or Face ID facial recognition add a layer of security by allowing users to use a fingerprint or facial scan instead of entering their passcodes. Thieves don’t like these features because people who use them are more likely to have a strong passcode rather than a basic 4-digit passcode. Complex passcode capabilities have been around for a while but are often underused....
How to Set up Locations You can have as many locations as you need. You can even have multiple network locations for the same physical location. For example, if you have both a wired network and a wireless network at home, you can create a separate network location for each. Here’s how to set up and manage locations on your Mac. Automatic Location Switching between home, office, and mobile connections is now just a drop-down menu away, but it can e even easier than that....
Is It OK to Use a TV as a Computer Monitor? Yes. People have been using TVs as monitors since the advent of the home computer. Computer and TV screens rely on the same evolving technologies, from vacuum tubes to LCD technologies. Today, most TVs support HDMI or Wi-Fi, allowing them to connect with your computer wirelessly or with an HDMI cable. Is It OK to Use a 4K TV as a Monitor?...
Determining the best settings isn’t always easy. For example, if your memory card is starting to fill up, you may want to shoot at small image sizes or quality to save as much storage space as possible. If you know you’re only going to use a particular set of photos in an e-mail or on a social network, you can shoot at a lower resolution and a lower image quality so the photos don’t take as long to upload....
