Fortunately, there are various fixes you’re able to use to sort out the issue. Let’s explore these solutions in detail. Toggle the Privacy Shutter There are many reasonswhy you should use a camera privacy shutter. Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek If you’re using one, ensure that it’s fully open. Additionally, check the camera lens for any dirt or debris that might be obstructing its view. Therefore, thoroughly check the lens and, if necessary, gently clean it with a microfiber cloth....

Featuring a solid build and some well-chosen components, this laptop does a lot right on paper. Just be sure you understand its limitations before dismissing other options around this price range. Instead, you get aMIL-STD-810H-certifiedmachine that passed rigorous environmental testing. Sergio Rodriguez / How-To Geek Despite this lack of overall rigidity, it’s not a laptop you’d be afraid to manhandle. The all-graphite black design retains the classic ThinkPad look. It’s a classy, unassuming laptop that’s appropriate for even the most sedate business environment....

If you want to play around with it, you might try it out from theimagine.meta.comwebsite. Meta Imagine Arol Wright / How-To Geek

Another day, another Proton update. Proton Drive’s newphoto backup featureis a privacy-focused alternative to Google Photos. it’s possible for you to also share photos with full end-to-end encryption through Proton Drive. Proton For reference, Google Photos doesn’t use end-to-end encryption. Photos saved to Proton Drive can be accessed on all of your devices. you’re free to also save photos to an encrypted “access offline” collection. Proton Drive is a cloud storage service that protects your files with high-end encryption....

In October, we celebrated the release of Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm. Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm is extremely ambitious. It makesseveral changesto Pi OS' underlying architecture and replaces the old X11 display system with Wayland. Raspberry Pi In effect, the operating system is far less cumbersome, far more attractive, and potentially more secure. But an OS revision of this scale can be buggy. Major Pi OS versions usually get their first “bug-fix release” after just one or two weeks....

Both look equally good and, more importantly, do their job very well. Satechi’sUSB-C 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Adapterdoubles the performance of traditional Gigabit Ethernet for faster online grid speeds and file transfers. With universal compatibility, it supports up to 2500Mbps Ethernet and is backward compatible with 1-gigabit devices. Satechi

One of the more exciting things about the 5G era is how fast it can get. But it does show that there’s a lot of potential for growth and improvement over the coming years.

New laptops are always good, but it’s even better when they come with brand-new chips. The chips were just unveiled by AMD today, and this laptop is among the first to feature them. The laptop will be available on store shelves starting on March 2024, at a $999.99 starting point. Acer Product pages are not yet live, so keep an eye out onAcer’s websiteor your retailer of choice. Acer

Last year was huge for AMD. AMD just took to its big AI-focused event to launch its Ryzen 8000 lineup of CPUs. Silicon-wise, they’re not really upgrades compared to previous chips. Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek The Ryzen 9 8945HS, in particular, seems to have the same specs as the Ryzen 9 7940HS. So whatisdifferent, then? Other than that, there’s not a lot to be seen here.

Disney has a streaming problem it wants to solve. We’ll have to wait and see.

Google announced Gemini today, which the company says is a larger and more capable AI model. Gemini’s most unique feature might be its different versions. Finally, there’s Gemini Nano, which is capable of running locally on smartphones with specialized hardware. Soource:The Keyword,Android Developers

The Intel/AMD rivalry has always been a fierce one. Intel has released a presentation where it outlines how AMD has been selling “half-truths to unsuspecting customers.” It’s hard to argue with what Intel is saying here. Intel Intel isn’t entirely innocent of practices similar to these, however. The presentation was deleted, so maybe the company didn’t want to be called out itself.

It’s important to stay on top of security updates in this ever-changing online world. Now, a dangerous vulnerability has been discovered that affects countless computers through UEFI. A new vulnerability dubbed LogoFAIL has been uncovered and documented by researchers. Valery Brozhinsky/Shutterstock LogoFAIL can be executed remotely and bypass traditional protections such as Secure Boot and Intel’s Secure Boot. That’s why LogoFAIL is a big problem.