Find Military Records With These Free Research Tools

Or, maybe you’re trying to find out if someone you know has enlisted in the Army or if they were in the Navy. There are plenty of free military people search tools you can use to find both active and veteran military personnel. Military Record Search Tools The Vietnam War Era POW/MIA List: Locate basic details on which US personnel have been accounted for (escapees, returnees, remains recovered) and get a list of those who are unaccounted for (missing in action, killed in action, body not recovered)....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 503 words · Anthony Hoeck

Fixing A Yellow Exclamation Point In Device Manager

In fact, there are dozens of reasons that a yellow exclamation point might show up in Device Manager, some more serious than others, but usually well within anyone’s capabilities to fix, or at least troubleshoot. What’s That Yellow Exclamation Point in Device Manager? A yellow triangle next to a device means Windows has identified a problem of some kind with that device. The yellow exclamation mark provides an indication of a device’s current status and could mean there’s a system resource conflict, a driver issue, or, frankly, almost any number of other things....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 438 words · Mary Reep

Full Functional Dependency In Database Normalization

This is not as complicated as it may sound. Let’s look at this in more detail. Summary of First Normal Form Before a database can be fully functionally dependent, it must first comply with First Normal Form. All this means that each attribute must hold a single atomic value. For example, the following table does not comply with 1NF because the employee Tina is linked to two locations, both of them in a single cell:...

November 27, 2022 · 2 min · 315 words · Mary Humphrey

Getting An Early Look At Games Can Be Good Depending On How It S Done

The leak saw around 90 clips of GTA 6 shared on social media. But given the early stage of development, the videos depict a game that’s missing visual elements, which was striking to some who saw them. However, experts point out this is just the way game production works and that finished artwork and assets will be added later on. “Large game development projects are not organized the way many might imagine,” game development industry veteran Glyn Williams told Lifewire via direct message....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 662 words · Ellen Sikorski

Google Calendar Gets A New Focus Feature

In a Google Workspace Update published on Wednesday, the tech giant explains that the new Google Calendar entry type is called Focus time and works similar to an Out of Office event type. When you block off a Focus time, you have the option to automatically decline meetings or events that take place during that period. Focus time will appear with a headphone icon on Google Calendar, but you can choose to assign a new color, so your Focus time has different visibility than your events and other meetings....

November 27, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Hope Williams

Google S Historic Street View Offers A Window Into The Past

Google Maps on Android and iOS now let you see old Street View images from the past, back to the launch in 2007. This lets you travel back 15 years in time, more or less. It’s certainly a neat way to waste a few hours on a Friday afternoon, but imagine how useful this will be in the future. Or how about we imagine that Google Street View has been around for 50 years already....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 660 words · Dianne Garcia

Google Search Gets Dark Mode On Desktop

On Thursday, Google announced that it was finally bringing its Dark theme to Google Search Desktop. The feature already is available for some and will become available to the rest of the world over the coming weeks as it rolls out in a staggered release. Dark theme has been available on Google Search Mobile for some time now, but this is the first time that Google officially has released a dark mode for the desktop version of its search pages....

November 27, 2022 · 2 min · 214 words · Shelia Riley

Ground Loops In Car Audio Systems

Ground loops occur when two components are grounded in locations with different ground potentials. That can create an unwanted current, which introduces the sort of interference that is often described as a hum or a whine. The right way to fix a car audio ground loop problem is to ground everything in the same place. If you can’t fix the problem the right way, the solution is to use an in-line noise filter....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 491 words · Linda Morrison

Hdr Dolby Vision Hdr10 Hlg What It Means For Tv Viewers

Ultra HD: More Than Just 4K Resolution The 4K resolution standard is one part of what is now referred to now as Ultra HD. In addition to increased resolution, proper brightness and exposure levels are important factors that improve picture quality due to the increased light output in conjunction with a video processing system referred to as HDR. What Is HDR? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. During the creating process for selected content destined for theatrical or home video presentation, the full brightness and contrast data captured during the filming process is encoded into the video signal....

November 27, 2022 · 9 min · 1791 words · Anthony Anderson

Hold Up That Legitimate Website Could Be A Trick To Steal Your Passwords

According to researchers at Unit 42, the cybersecurity arm of Palo Alto Networks, cybercriminals are increasingly abusing true-blue software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms, including various website builders and form builders, to host phishing pages. Using these above-board services helps fraudsters bring an air of legitimacy to their scams. “It’s very clever because they know we can’t [blocklist] the likes of Google and other [tech] giants,” Adrien Gendre, Chief Tech and Product Officer with email security vendor, Vade Secure, told Lifewire over email....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 648 words · Jessica Mooney

How Ai Can Help Protect Endangered Animals

The Whale Safe project, newly installed in the San Francisco Bay Area, uses artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time data on how many whales are in an area to alert shipping companies to slow their boats in the presence of marine mammals. It’s part of a growing worldwide movement to use AI to help protect endangered species. “Artificial Intelligence is especially useful to protect animals because it can make patterns in nature visible to humans that would normally remain undetected,” Adam Porter, a University of Maryland computer science professor, told Lifewire via email....

November 27, 2022 · 5 min · 897 words · Thomas Kuhn

How Ai Could Monitor Its Dangerous Offspring

An international team says in a new paper that AI can determine which types of research projects might need more regulation than others. The scientists used a model that blends concepts from biology and mathematics and is part of a growing effort to discover what kind of AI can be hazardous. “Of course, while the ‘sci-fi’ dangerous use of AI may arise if we decide so […], what makes AI dangerous is not AI itself, but [how we use it],” Thierry Rayna, the chair of Technology for Change, at the École Polytechnique in France, told Lifewire in an email interview....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 743 words · William Crabtree

How Blizzb3Ar Became Twitch S Latest Comfort Streamer

A new streamer, the 25-year-old said he began his streaming career on a fluke. One year and one Twitch partnership later, he’s cemented his place as an upcoming star on the platform. “I didn’t see a lot of people like me in gaming spaces, especially on Twitch, and I wanted to be that. Not knowing that once I decided to become a Twitch streamer that I would meet other people like me,” he said in a phone interview with Lifewire....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 711 words · Katherine Washington

How Coaching Apps Can Improve Your Game

A new app called Uplift allows coaches and athletes to interact live. The app uses artificial intelligence to tap into kinematics and biomechanical data to help improve performance. It’s one of a growing number of apps that’s using software developed for professional athletes to help weekend warriors. “Amateur fitness enthusiasts need expert coaching to prevent injury and to make sure they are on the right track to their chosen goals,” ultramarathoner Joel Runyon, creator of the Movewell app, which focuses on mobility training, said in an email interview....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 654 words · Sheila Grande

How Do I Automatically Repair Windows Problems

Windows Automatic Repair Options Depending on the version of Windows you’re using, there are several ways to automatically repair major Windows operating system problems without resorting to a destructive process, like a Reset This PC or a Windows Clean Install. The newest versions of Windows feature easy, automated ways of repairing problems that you might have tried to fix manually but were unsuccessful at, like random error messages, overall slowness, or even problems that prevent Windows from starting at all....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 435 words · Sherrie Orman

How Does Doordash Work

How Does DoorDash Work? DoorDash is a unified web interface that allows you to order an array of menu items from local restaurants. The company can make door-to-door deliveries from most restaurants that offer take-out. After you place an order, a “Dasher” picks it up and delivers it to your door. Who Are Dashers? Dashers are the contract workers who deliver for DoorDash. They use their vehicles to make deliveries, much like Uber or Lyft, except for food (like Uber Eats)....

November 27, 2022 · 2 min · 267 words · Nellie Preuss

How Innovations Help People With Disabilities Use Tech

The latest Android 12 beta has a feature that lets you control your Android phone using different facial expressions. The technology could help people who have trouble using their hands. “Without built-in accessibility features for people with disabilities, they cannot interact seamlessly with smartphones,” Meenakshi Das, a software engineer at Microsoft and disability advocate, told Lifewire in an email interview. “Take the example of a person who is blind. Smartphones are inherently visual....

November 27, 2022 · 4 min · 648 words · Ellen Thurman

How Kay Arutyunyan Builds Diversity In Gaming Animation

Arutyunyan is the co-founder and general manager of CounterPunch Studios, a company that does CG animation for some of the most well-known game franchises. Aside from leading the company’s successful Virtuos Group acquisition last year, Arutyunyan is breaking stigmas in the industry all on her own. “There’s a huge stigma for women in the workplace and how they’re slower or how family responsibilities might hold them back, but I sold my company of a decade while eight months pregnant, and then rolled over into an executive position at this new company while delivering my baby,” Arutyunyan told Lifewire over the phone....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 615 words · Wilbur Moran

How Long Do Wired Earbuds Last

How Many Years Should Earbuds Last? The longevity of earbuds depends on quality, how much you use them, and how you treat them. If they cost you $10 and you use them roughly every day, you might find that the cable frays or an earbud stops working after just six months. However, if you spend upwards of $50 on wired earbuds and look after them, they could last as long as five years....

November 27, 2022 · 2 min · 406 words · Cynthia Mason

How Smart Speakers Can Track Your Heart Rate

The University of Washington study reveals that smart speakers are just as accurate, if not more so, than fitness-tracking wearables or smartwatches. Experts say that smart speakers could be more utilized for health applications in the future, especially in a telehealth world. “We believe that telehealth is the future, but Zoom meetings are not enough,” wrote Anran Wang, co-author of the study and research assistant at the Network and Mobile System Lab at the University of Washington, to Lifewire in an email....

November 27, 2022 · 3 min · 513 words · Donna Bohnen