Quick Links Your iPhone is an incredibly powerful and capable equipment. So much so, it can probably take some of your daily tasks off of your plate for you. Here are some of the most useful things your iPhone can help you accomplish. Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek If youve deleted the app you might download it again from theApp Store, for free. The app works using augmented reality (AR), where the measurement is overlaid in the camera viewfinder....

But why should festive lighting be a once-a-year thing? Plenty of events besides Christmas can be celebrated with colorful lights on your home. Why not throw up some purple and orange lights for Halloween? Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek Maybe red, white, and blue on July 4th. Or your favorite team’s colors during a big game. These lights are easy to install, cuttable, waterproof, and durable. The Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights Pro are smart LED lights that let you customize your outdoor space with 16 million colors and 75 pre-made scene modes....

Quick Links Ever wanted to start your own radio station that you and your friends can enjoy? you’ve got the option to, with Icecast. In this article we’ll create a simple online streaming radio. Andrew Heinzman / How-To Geek Icecast is an open-sourceHTTP/ standards-based live media streaming server created by theXiph.org Foundation. To start, all you’ll need is a computer and a connected microphone. Icecast is available for Linux/Unix and Windows....

Software, music, films, and other types of content are licensed and not sold. When you pay for these media, you agree to abide by the provisions of that license. Who has the time to read a lengthy agreement for everything they buy? ChatGPT is not a replacement for a lawyer, and what it outputs is not legal advice. If you don’t read these documents, you’re able to end up unknowingly violating the terms....

If there’s one word that defined 2023, it was probably AI. Now, Copilot has a dedicated app for iPhone devices. Microsoft has just launched a dedicated iOS app for Copilot, which can now be downloaded on iPhones. Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek This comes just days after Microsoftquietly released the app on Android as well. Likewise, this release went without much fanfare from Microsoft. Source:Apple App Store Corbin Davenport / How-To Geek...

That made many more games playable on the platform. The Atari FireBee port is still using the SDL library, though." ScummVM 2.8 has initial support for online multiplayer, based on work by theBackyard Sports Onlineproject. There are many smaller improvements in this release as well. It’s also available as Homebrew software for various game consoles, like the Dreamcast and Nintendo Switch. Source:ScummVM Blog,ScummVM Release Notes

And when choosing between the Steam Deck OLED and LCD, does the former justify the price difference? Let’s find out. Steam Deck OLED vs. Valve The OLED screen is a massive improvement over the panel found on the original Deck. Its got punchier colors, an immensely higher contrast ratio, and proper HDR support. Another point of contention many owners of the OG Deck have is the battery life. Asus / Valve / Lenovo...

Now, the game store and launcher Steam has officially ended support for Windows 7 and 8. Valve said last year, “We strongly encourage all Windows 7/8/8.1 users to update sooner rather than later. That malware can cause your PC, Steam and games to perform poorly or crash. That malware can also be used to steal the credentials for your Steam account or other services.” Some Windows PC games are also playable on Linux throughSteam’s Proton compatibility layer....

These parts are called “heatsinks.” Without them, our computers would be significantly less powerful. What exactly is a heatsink, though, and how does it work? Kusalodom/Shutterstock What Is a Heatsink? You will find heatsinks on all important components like yourCPU,graphics card, and some parts of themotherboard. Budget RAM modules often omit heatsinks and pass the savings on to you. Jason Fitzpatrick / How-To Geek Heatsinks are essential for CPUs, graphics cards, and motherboards....

It offers great cinematic audio without needing to plug in more than a single cableand power. On the music side, the soundbar supports AirPlay 2, Chromecast, Spotify Connect, and Bluetooth. Its a TV speaker and a music speaker. Tyler Hayes / How-To Geek Dialogue, ADAPTiQ calibration, and Bose SimpleSync. This is a tricky problem to assess because sound mixing varies from show to show. In short, I thought it helped make voices a little more distinguishable, but not dramatically....

Here’s all there is to know. This is where you select an account to sign in to when you boot up your console. But if your console is set to automatically sign in, you have to first exit of your account. Mohsen Vaziri/Shutterstock.com To do that, press the PS button to bring up the Control Center and select your avatar. In the menu that appears, select “sign off.” On the next screen, press the PS button to go to the welcome screen....

It’s well-designed and its relatively low price adds to the benefits of this dimmer switch. With this TP-Link smart light dimmer, you get a lot of great smart home features. The Tapo S505 Smart Wi-Fi Switch looks nearly identical but is the non-dimming version. Bryan M. Wolfe / How-To Geek As such, the installation is nearly identical. In other words, even someone like myself who knows little about electricity can get the job done....

It turns out there are ways of doing things with computer hardware that’s faster.Muchfaster. What Is Hardware Acceleration? A good example of this is a GPU. Elizabeth Henges / How-To Geek Other examples of hardware acceleration in typical computers and mobile devices are video encoding and decoding. Large processors like CPUs and GPUs have dedicated sections within their own structures that are geared towards special jobs. Why Is Hardware Acceleration Faster?...