Google announced the new updates to the iOS Google Maps app on Tuesday. Dark mode will be available to iOS users in the coming weeks, almost two years after Apple initially rolled out dark mode in iOS 13. Android users have had Dark Mode on Google Maps since February 2021. iOS users will now have the ability to share their live location using Google Maps through iMessage contacts. Your location will be shared with whomever you choose for one hour by default, with the option to extend sharing your location for up to three days, bringing Google Maps up to parity with Apple’s own Maps app....

The Pixel 6a has the same two-tone look, camera bar, and 6.1-inch display housed in a recycled aluminum frame as its predecessor, the Pixel 6. This new device also features Google’s mobile chip, Tensor, Real Tone to have the camera accurately display skin tones, and the Magic Eraser editing tool. Google’s mobile chip, Tensor, has advanced machine learning capabilities to provide fast language translation, accurate speech recognition, and enhanced photo quality....

The $129 Nest is a hockey-puck shaped device that aims to save users money by knowing when to raise the temperature inside homes. It uses Google’s Home software and a radar system-on-a-chip to detect if people are physically present, but the extra data scooped up by the thermostat could be a problem, some experts say. “At a minimum, consumers are giving up another layer of personal behavior data that can be cross-pollinated with other data,” Frederick Lane, a cybersecurity consultant, said in an email interview....

How Does Google Home Hub’s Home View Work? Having a display on a smart assistant allows devices to be controlled by touch, in addition to voice. You can access Home View at any time by swiping down from the top of the display. The universal placement of Home View is intentional. This placement makes the Home Hub a smart home controller for all people in a house. Plus, it’s more convenient than controlling smart home devices from one person’s phone....

Tablet Screen Sizes The screen dimensions determine the overall size of a tablet. The advertised size of a tablet is a diagonal measurement of the screen, so two 10-inch tablets may have slightly different dimensions. Some screens are as small as 5-inches, while some tablet-based all-in-one systems have 20-inch and larger screens. Larger tablets are less portable and typically offer longer battery life and easier-to-read screens. Smaller tablets offer better portability and can be more difficult to use when reading, playing games, and watching movies....

It contains configuration information for Windows and software specific to the currently logged-in user. For example, various registry values in various registry keys located under this hive control user-level settings like the installed printers, desktop wallpaper, display settings, environment variables, keyboard layout, mapped network drives, and more. Many of the settings you configure within various applets in the Control Panel are actually stored in this hive. How to Get to HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry hives are one of the easier types of things to find in Registry Editor:...

Otter transcribes Zoom and Google Meet meetings in real time, so you can just zone out and read it all later. Or, if you’re the pants-wearing type, then you can follow along and grab those transcribed notes as they happen. Otter isn’t the only tool making it easier to work with audio and video calls, but its advantage is that it works with the video-conferencing apps we’re all using from home....

The new Polaroid Now+ is an analog camera with Bluetooth connectivity and five physical lens filters. The filters can be clipped onto the camera’s lens to change your photos’ contrast or add new effects. The rise of these hybrid cameras is fueling the debate over whether digital or film cameras are superior. “Film gives the photographer a ‘classic’ look,” Paul J. Joseph, a professor of mass communications at Methodist University in North Carolina, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The company HighSpeedInternet.com recently released a study of internet speeds around the country. New Mexico clocks in with the slowest downloads in the country, with an average rate of 72.2 megabytes per second. Experts say that internet speed often depends on the infrastructure in the area where you live, but there are ways to make the best of bad situations. “To make the internet faster in many states requires ISPs to make the necessary upgrades and investments,” Neset Yalcinkaya, a vice president at wireless company Quectel, said in an email interview....

Then I thought about all the recent emails, texts, DMs, and phone calls about buying an EV. A surge in queries based on the absurd gas prices we’ve been encountering. Those people will eventually want to visit us. Summer is coming, and that means BBQs, dinner parties, karaoke jams, movie nights, and just regular visits. You know, how we used to do before 2020? So, what’s the protocol when a friend shows up in an EV with less than 20 percent state of charge?...

Explanation of Performance Terms Modern networks support enormous numbers of bits per second. Instead of quoting speeds of 10,000 or 100,000 bps, networks normally express per second performance in terms of kilobits (Kbps), megabits (Mbps), and gigabits (Gbps), where: 1 Kbps = 1,000 bits per second1 Mbps = 1,000 Kbps1 Gbps = 1,000 Mbps A network with a performance rate of units in Gbps is much faster than one rated in units of Mbps or Kbps....

Creative Suite Product Activation Prior to launching its current delivery model, Creative Cloud, Adobe introduced Photoshop Creative Suite (CS) for Windows and Photoshop CS2 for Mac and Windows. At that time, the company also introduced product activation, which made the two-computer policy strictly enforceable by requiring you to enter the license key contained in the software before the application would work. You could still install Photoshop on as many computers as you wanted, but only two copies could be activated....

Apple sold 16.12 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, and this number was called a disappointment because it failed to surpass the 21.42 million sold in the first quarter of 2015 or the 26.04 million sold in the first quarter of 2014. Apple’s fiscal year starts in October, so Q1 sales account for the holiday season. While the original iPad debuted in March, the company switched to an October-November time frame with the 4th generation iPad....

How Many Profiles Can You Have on Netflix? A profile on Netflix allows a different member of your household to use the same Netflix account but with different personalized settings. Netflix allows you to create up to 5 unique profiles on your one account. Each profile can customize its own language settings, maturity levels, activity log, subtitle settings, and of course personalized suggestions for movies and TV shows. Each account can use a unique email account so that different users will receive their own Netflix notifications....

John Carmack, a leader at headset maker Oculus, reportedly said recently that the company might have found a solution to prevent motion sickness. He suggested that better calculations about the depth of objects in VR could be the key. It’s one of the growing number of methods that developers are exploring to make VR more comfortable. “Some people can experience physical side effects, including headaches, nausea, motion sickness, and eyestrain,” Scott Stachiw, head of immersive learning at Roundtable Learning, a company that creates VR employee training tools, said in an email interview....

How to Change Your Profile Picture in Gmail You can also change your Gmail profile picture from within Gmail’s settings. However, going this route only lets you upload a new picture, not select one you already have on your Google account. Why Change My Gmail Profile Picture? Your Gmail profile picture is what people see when they open your emails in their Gmail account. You can change this picture any time you want and for any reason by clicking on your existing image or avatar....

How to Give Access to Google Docs All access permissions are handled through the Google Docs share settings. You can access the sharing menu through either your Google Drive or in the document directly. How to Give General Access to Google Docs If you don’t know someone’s email address or simply want your document to be more widely available, you can also allow access by sharing a link to your document....

How Google Maps Helps You Avoid Tolls Google uses information from local governments and real-time feedback from other users to gather information about all roads between your starting point and your destination. Through these sources, Google gets information about tolls, whether roads are under construction, if there’s an accident, and more. If a road is impassable for any reason, Google Maps will reroute you using an alternate route. But unless you configure Google Maps to avoid any toll roads, your route may include them....

How Do I Block Artists on Spotify? Spotify is well-known for its automatically generated playlists that take the music you’ve liked in the past, apply their algorithm magic, and provide hours of entertainment. If there’s an artist you no longer want to hear on Spotify, you can prevent that artist from appearing in your playlists, Discover Weekly list, and Daily Mixes. Here’s how to block artists on Spotify: How Do You Remove an Artist From Spotify On Desktop?...

DOCSIS and Cable Modems The Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard supports cable modem networks. All cable broadband internet connections require the use of a DOCSIS-compatible modem. Three major versions of DOCSIS modems exist: DOCSIS versions 1.0 and 1.1 became available in the late 1990s. They are obsolete now in most parts of the world. These modems support up to 38 Mbps downloads and 9 Mbps uploads. DOCSIS 2....