Costco Membership Required You must purchase a membership with a yearly fee before you can buy from Costco. This approach helps the company offset some of the discounts it offers and manage the number of people who shop at the store. The basic membership is affordable at $60 per year. If you shop regularly at Costco, you quickly recoup the membership cost through savings on purchases. However, if you only intend to purchase a computer through them, there’s a chance the membership cost may exceed the savings on the price of the computer....

The much-anticipated open-world sci-fi RPG has enthralled gamers since its initial teaser trailer debuted back in 2013. Periodic updates have kept the game in the crosshairs of the gaming industry as an ambitious project filling a void in the increasingly narrow field of AAA titles. However, in order to meet these high expectations, CD Projekt Red, the video game publisher responsible for popular titles such as The Witcher series, initiated mandatory 6-day weeks, forcing workers to work high-stress overtime hours ahead of the game’s release....

We compared DSLR vs. point-and-shoot cameras to help you choose the camera that’s best for you. Overall Findings Point-and-shoot cameras have come a long way in recent years in terms of resolution, options, and image quality. The best choice for you depends on what kind of photographer you are. If you’re a casual pic snapper who prefers the technology to handle the details, you’re likely to find a point-and-shoot model more than adequate....

The advantage of Erase and Install is that it allows you to start fresh, leaving behind any debris from previous versions. The Erase and Install option should, therefore, offer the cleanest, smallest, and best performing version of macOS 10.5. It can also be the quickest install when you are purposely creating a fresh install with no user data to restore. For example, if you’re handing your computer off to someone else, you might not want them to have access to your old information....

Which Devices Can Get iPhone Touch Disease? According to Apple, the only model affected by iPhone Touch Disease is the iPhone 6 Plus. There are some reports of the iPhone 6 being affected, but Apple hasn’t confirmed them. What Are the Symptoms of iPhone Touch Disease? There are two primary symptoms of the disease: What Causes iPhone Touch Disease? This one is up for debate. According to Apple, the Disease is caused by repeatedly dropping the iPhone on hard surfaces and “then incurring further stress on the device” (whatever that means; Apple doesn’t say)....

According to the official announcement, Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses have been designed to make mundane (but important) smartphone tasks easier. Phone calls, taking photos, recording videos, and listening to music all can be handled by what looks to be a normal pair of sunglasses. Ray-Ban Stories also can pair with the Facebook View iOS or Android app to make content sharing easier. Ray-Ban Stories boasts a pair of 5MP cameras that can be used to snap pictures or record up to 30 seconds of video at a time when you press the capture button....

The Five Types of Facebook Page Roles There are currently five types of roles that can be assigned to people working with Facebook pages. These roles include: Admin: The role with the most authority and control.Editor: The second most authoritative role. Editors can do everything admins can except manage other page roles and settings.Moderator: This role is primarily for managing people, comments, messages, and ads.Advertiser: This role only has access to ad creation features and insights....

Animation is the stringing-together of still drawings, puppets, computer-generated images, or any number of static content to create the illusion of movement. Each second of animation comprises some number of frames per second. That’s where these ones, twos, and threes come in. One, Twos, and Threes Ones, twos, and threes refer to how long a single image holds on camera in relationship to frames per second. Ones mean every single frame is different, so at 24 frames per second you’ll have 24 individual and unique drawings with that second....

The Cause of the Bug When two iPhone users text each other, by default their messages are sent through iMessage, Apple’s free iPhone-to-iPhone messaging tool. You’ll know a text was sent using iMessage because your word balloon in the Messages app is blue. When one person in a conversation has an iPhone and the other person has another kind of phone, for example, an Android, traditional text messaging is used (represented by the green word balloon)....

Identifying the Problem When you connect a new MP3 player, and Windows doesn’t recognize it, check whether the MP3 player is compatible with the version of Windows installed on your computer. Find this information in the documentation that came with the MP3 player, or use the manufacturer’s website to look up your model. If the driver is compatible with your version of Windows, the problem is most likely the driver. If your MP3 player worked on an earlier version of Windows but won’t play on the recent version, the driver is almost certainly the culprit....

If you’re interested in an all-in-one timekeeping, smartwatch, and fitness tracking device, the Garmin Venu checks all of those boxes. This GPS smartwatch is loaded with fitness activity profiles, attractive wellness-tracking features like VO2 max and stress levels, can be synced up to your smartphone for notifications and texting back (if you have an Android phone), and works as a standalone music player. I used this watch over the course of a week as my daily watch and fitness-tracking accessory and was impressed by how it performed as a multifaceted smart/fitness watch....

What Are the Dates of the Next Game Developers Conference? The next GDC will take place from March 20-24, 2023. It will occur in San Francisco. GDC Registration Info There are various pass options (All Access, Audio-specific, Career Development, etc.), so visit the registration site to get more details. What Will Be Announced at GDC? Products and major industry announcements aren’t typical at GDC. The conference aims to exchange ideas and help all those involved in game creation connect through workshops and industry talks....

How to Personalize Your Facebook Username If your Facebook username is currently an unrecognizable string of numerals and special characters, personalize it by changing your account’s username to something recognizable, such as your name. Here’s how: Guidelines for New Usernames Facebook usernames must follow certain guidelines, including: The new username must be at least five characters long.Special characters are not allowed. Any mixture of the letters a through z, the numerals zero through 9, and periods is acceptable....

Advanced Commands for Google Search It’s easy to use these secret Google search operators with your regular search terms. You’ll see in the examples below that there are really just minor adjustments you need to make to dig deeper and find the stuff you’re really after. You can combine multiple Google Search operators to make use of more than one at once. Here’s an example where we’re requesting a definition, but we want the results to not only be restricted to just websites with the ORG top-level domain, but also to explicitly exclude any results from these two domains and URLs with a certain word: Below is another, where we’re looking for a PDF manual for a specific kind of router on Linksys’ website....

Halide is probably the best iPhone camera app that isn’t built into the iPhone. And every year when Apple announces new camera features, Halide’s developers build in support, and often bring similar features to older models. This year, the app adds a macro mode to all iPhones that have a Neural Engine. That is, any iPhone from 2017 onwards. It’s not as good as having a dedicated macro lens on a camera, but it’s pretty great....

Apple has been very clear that it plans to reshape how applications gather user data with iOS 14.5, and is now taking steps to put these new guidelines into practice. Multiple developers reportedly have begun to receive notices that their apps have been rejected from the app store because they don’t meet all of the new requirements. Because Apple is taking such control over data collection, experts say it could lead to major changes in how you get new apps....

Here’s How to Connect Your iPod to a PC You may already have iTunes installed on your PC. If not, download it from Apple—it’s free—and install it on your desktop or laptop computer. Your iPod came with a cable that has a USB connector at one end and a dock connector on the other. It probably came with a partial charge, but if not, charge the iPod before you connect it to your computer....

If you need a faster shutter speed, consider upgrading to a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera, which offers shutter speeds that can exceed 1/1000th of a second. Advanced speeds are perfect for shooting some special effect photos, such as capturing the splash of a drop of water. Challenges and Tips Once you have your camera, making it shoot at its fastest shutter speed becomes a challenge. With most point-and-shoot cameras, the shutter speed is automatically set based on the shooting conditions....

Lane Centering is an important technology in relation to autonomous cars, as it can be paired with Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) to provide nearly hands-free driving in some limited situations as long as the driver remains vigilant and prepared to take complete control. How Does Lane Centering Work? In general terms, lane centering systems work by constantly monitoring the position of lane markings in relation to the position of a vehicle and then automatically taking corrective action if the vehicle deviates from the center of the lane....

Fujifilm’s new GFX100S is a 102 megapixel monster compared to Sony’s A7RIV, which packs “just” 61MP, and Nikon, Panasonic, and Canon’s cameras, with around 45MP. Mounting megapixel counts had been ditched in favor of bigger pixels and higher sensitivity, but now pixels are back. These cameras aren’t for most people, but if you’re in pursuit of quality above all else, then they’re your best bet. Still, even these high-end, high-cost cameras have their downsides....