Overall Comparison You might need to know about bit rate when choosing the best audio format for your portable device or when converting to the MP3 format with an audio converter tool or another program such as iTunes. Bit depth becomes important when digitizing your analog music collection or needing the highest possible sound quality. Bit Rate Pros and Cons Bit rate is a measurement expressed in kilobits per second (Kbps), which is thousands of bits per second....

Blu has announced the launch of its newest G Series gaming smartphone, the G91 Max, which looks to be a step up from its previous G91 PRO model. The G91 Max has a slightly larger Full HD+ display, uses a marginally newer MediaTek helio GPU, has more RAM, and features a nicer series of cameras than its predecessor. According to Blu’s press release, the G91 Max’s use of MediaTek’s helio G95 chipset is ideal for maintaining smooth frame rates for gaming, along with 8 GB of RAM....

If the electronics you want to plug in draw less amperage than the cigarette lighter fuse is rated for, then the inverter should work fine. That’s typically about 10 to 15A. If you need more amperage than that, then you’ll need a different wiring solution. The Problem With Plug and Play Cigarette Lighter Inverters While cigarette lighter inverters are convenient, they all suffer from the same design limitations. Unlike inverters that are wired directly to a car battery (or to a dedicated circuit), a cigarette lighter inverter draws power from the cigarette lighter circuit....

Method 1: Install the Play Store App Most Chromebooks these days come with built-in Android app support. That means you can install Android apps from the Google Play store and Firefox has an app that will probably work on your Chromebook. That’s it! But there is a compromise here. The Firefox that will install is the mobile version that is generally intended for Android phones. Key differences include the address bar on the bottom of the screen and websites with mobile sites will deliver those sites instead of the desktop sites....

Can You Do a 3 -Way Call on FaceTime? A Group FaceTime is a conference call where you can have a face-to-face chat with multiple people simultaneously. You can start a conference call on iOS and iPadOS and include up to 32 people per call (including you). You can start FaceTime conference calls from the FaceTime app or a group conversation in the Messages app. Group FaceTime video calls have special requirements over regular FaceTime calls....

What Is a CAP File? The CAP file extension is used by some packet sniffing programs as a packet capture file. It holds raw data collected by the program so that it can be analyzed at a later time or with a different program. Other CAP files could be Construct game development files. These are project files for DirectX games created with the Construct game editing software. They can contain sounds, graphics, models, and other things used by the game....

Advantages of Downloading Music Videos There might be times when you don’t have access to the internet (or your cellular network, if your iPad connects to one) and can’t stream music videos. Having your favorites stored on your iPad lets you watch those videos practically anywhere. Other advantages of downloading music videos include: Reduce the strain on the iPad battery. It takes more power to stream than it does to play a file locally....

Design: Good looks, no Ethernet The Chromecast with Google TV is a small oval-shaped device that comes in three colors: snow (white), sunrise (peach), or sky (blue). I tested the snow color for this review. The device is fairly small, clocking in at only about three inches tall. But at 2.4 inches in width, it’s wider than most stick-style streaming devices, so it has about a 3-inch HDMI cable that protrudes from one side that you plug into your TV’s HDMI port....

It’s not you, and it’s not the Apple salesperson’s fault either. The difficulty lies in how a Mac is configured by default versus the way most people end up configuring the trackpad. You need to customize your trackpad so that it works the way you want. Configuring Your Mac’s Trackpad Point & Click Tab Select the Point & Click tab in the Trackpad preferences screen Adjusting Tracking Speed The speed at which the cursor moves across your Mac’s screen is a function of both how fast you move your finger on the trackpad and the tracking speed you select....

With CUDA, researchers and software developers can send C, C++, and Fortran code to the GPU without using assembly code. This streamlining takes advantage of parallel computing in which thousands of tasks, or threads, are executed simultaneously. What Are CUDA Cores? Nvidia CUDA cores are parallel processors similar to a processor in a computer, which may be a dual or quad-core processor. Nvidia GPUs, however, can have several thousand cores....

UpGuard disclosed its findings on a blog post revealing that apps created on Microsoft’s Power Apps platform had improper permission settings, which led to the massive leak. The data types vary between sources, but include COVID-19 vaccination statuses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, and millions of full names and email addresses. UpGuard has since notified the 47 different companies and government entities that were affected by the leak. These entities include the Indiana Department of Health, the New York City public school system, American Airlines, and Microsoft....

Whether you’re at home or away, you can watch Discovery Plus as long as you’re in the U.S. or U.S. territories, including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you leave the country or the specified territories, you’ll have to deal with regional blocks. To manage your devices click the profile icon at the top right of your screen and select Account > Manage Devices....

A mobile hotspot is a physical device that lets you connect to the internet by acting as a localized Wi-Fi network. It can be either a dedicated device or something like your smartphone or tablet that has a cellular connection. The name may sound similar to a Wi-Fi hotspot, but it’s very different. It effectively gives your devices a similar experience as connecting to Wi-Fi, but it does so by using up mobile data....

As part of a year-in-review post, DuckDuckGo stated it’s maintaining the design philosophy of its popular mobile app by keeping everything simple and ensuring a high level of privacy protection. The company reiterated that the new browser should be seen as a specialty browser but as an everyday app that actively protects you. So far, details are light about the new browser’s capabilities outside of being a straight port of the mobile app....

File: \Windows\system32\winload.exe Error code: 0xc000000f Cause of Error Code 0xc000000f A Windows failed to start 0xc00000f error message is usually the result of a corrupted file, a damaged drive, or a malware or virus infection. Faulty or dislocated cables have also been known to cause the 0xc00000f error code message to appear as these cables can interfere with the system’s ability to access important files properly. How to Fix Error Code 0xc000000f This tech issue has been known to affect both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7 operating systems....

In a recent study, an international team of researchers from Australia, New Zealand, and India used common facial expressions, such as a smile and a frown, to interact and trigger specific actions in VR environments, with surprising results. “Overall, we expected the handheld controllers to perform better as they are a more intuitive method than facial expressions,” noted Professor Mark Billinghurst from the University of South Australia, one of the researchers involved in the experiment, in a news release....

Veteran privacy-first email provider Fastmail has just added Scheduled Send, a feature already found in some other apps and email services and one which should probably be standard for all email. It’s a simple feature. You can compose an email whenever it’s convenient for you and schedule its dispatch at a time better suited to the recipient. “I don’t like to impose on people, but sometimes I prefer to work late or on weekends....

What Are FH10 and FH11 Files? Files with an FH10 or FH11 file extension are drawings created using the now discontinued Adobe FreeHand software. These files store vector images used for both web and print purposes. They can contain gradients, lines, curves, colors, and more. FH10 files were the default format for FreeHand 10, while FH11 files were the default format for FreeHand MX, the name that version 11 was marketed as....

Fixed wireless services usually support speeds upward of 30 Mbps. Like most other internet access technologies available for home users, fixed wireless internet providers usually do not enforce data caps. However, due to the technology involved, fixed wireless internet service is often more expensive than conventional technologies such as DSL. Fixed Wireless Internet Equipment and Setup Fixed wireless broadband services use transmission towers—sometimes called ground stations—that communicate with one another and with the subscriber’s location....

With the AirPods Pro in Transparency mode, it should feel like somebody is walking next to you, giving you interesting facts and local recommendations about whatever you pass. Foursquare classes Marsbot as a virtual assistant, but apart from restaurant recommendations, what could it be used for? “We built Marsbot for AirPods to feel like you are walking down the street with a friend who knows everything about the city and is constantly pointing out the most interesting things to you,” writes Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley in a blog post....