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How to Use Clipchamp in Windows 11 Clipchamp is a free video editor made by Microsoft for Windows. To use all of Clipchamp’s features, you must upgrade to premium a subscription. How to Edit Videos With the Photos App The Windows Photos app also has a built-in video editor. It doesn’t offer all of the same tools as Clipchamp, but it may be preferable to use for simpler projects. If you selected Create a Video, the Your Media tab will open in a new project....

You can select the crop tool to visually cut out the part you want to keep. This works by having you drag the crop box over the part you want to keep, or you can enter the exact pixels to ensure that the crop is uniform as you see fit. There are also some preset sizes so that you can get the image resized to fit Facebook, Twitter, and other sites....

Searching the web more effectively doesn’t really take much effort. There are slight changes you can make to your searches to better explain to the search engine what it is you’re looking for. Plus, most of them have advanced options you can use to make an even better ultra-targeted search. Below are some tried and true web search techniques that work with virtually any search engine, along with a few basic web search skills you need to have for truly successful web searches....

Here are 10 of the best sites that offer free photo hosting, making uploading and sharing your images easier than ever. Access Google Photos on the web at photos.google.com or download the Google Photos app for iOS or Android to automatically upload the photos you take with your devices. Your photos sync across your account and devices, becoming accessible from anywhere. Use Google Photos to edit your photos, organize photos according to people, places, and things, and share photo online even with non-Google Photos users....

Below are 10 different things you might not know you could accomplish with the DuckDuckGo search engine and you can see how it differs from competitors like Google. What Is DuckDuckGo and What Can You Do With It? DuckDuckGo offers a few features that are worth a second look for the savvy web searcher: The DuckDuckGo results pages aren’t paginated, making it easy to scroll down and find what you’re looking for quickly....

ATX 24-Pin 12V Power Connector Pinout (ATX v2.2) Below is the complete pinout table for the standard ATX 24-pin 12V power supply connector as of Version 2.2 of the ATX Specification (PDF). More Information on the ATX 24-Pin 12V PSU Connector The power supply connector can only be plugged in while pointing a specific direction on the motherboard. If you look carefully at the following illustration, you can see the pins take a unique shape, one the motherboard matches in only one direction....

Xcode also lets you alter the settings available on the simulated device, depending on the device and iOS version, to see how those settings affect your app. For example, you can test how your app behaves when the screen is rotated to make sure it works in both portrait and landscape modes. If you want to dig deeper into using Xcode to test your app, check out the Xcode Help guide from Apple....

While it isn’t available everywhere, there are several reasons to consider using 5G at home if and when it rolls out in your area. What Is 5G Wi-Fi? Similar to how you get Wi-Fi at home right now, either through an existing wireless service like microwave or satellite, or a direct wired connection like cable or fiber, 5G is able to deliver internet to your home through a direct wireless connection....

Introduction to Bitmap and Vector Graphics Many of the image types people are most familiar with consist of a grid of pixels in which each pixel or bit contains information about how the color should be displayed. JPEGs, GIFs, and BMP images, for instance, are all pixel images known as raster or bitmap graphics. These bitmap graphics have a fixed resolution or a number of pixels in the grid, measured by pixels per inch (PPI)....

Budget-priced laptops in the sub-$500 category all have to cut corners somewhere to hit that price point. This usually manifests in things like poor battery life, low quality screens, and other concessions. Acer has managed to defy that stereotype with the Aspire E 15, which smashes the competition in terms of performance, display quality, battery life, and even includes a VGA port for anyone who actually needs one of those....

The CB3-532 Chromebook 15 from Acer is by no means a flashy laptop, but that’s likely a positive attribute if you’re in the market for a solid Chromebook. With a price that comes in well under $200, and the processor isn’t going to provide any record-breaking speeds. What you do get is a perfectly functional machine for basic productivity, full web-browsing, media consumption, and even some light gaming. You’re also getting a massive display that actually impressed us in our tests, especially when compared to other laptops in this range....

Setting Text in GIMP GIMP is a popular free open-source image-editing application, but its Text Tool isn’t designed for working with text in a significant way. This shouldn’t come as a surprise because GIMP is designed for editing images. However, some users prefer to work with text in GIMP. If you’re one of these users, GIMP’s Text Tools offers a reasonable degree of control for working with text in the software....

A smart display lets you visually interact with a voice assistant in addition to interacting through voice commands, with a screen to display things like photos, song lyrics, videos, and recipes, enhancing your overall experience. Design: A speaker with a screen The Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen) has a completely new design, moving away from the boxy looks of the past and toward a look that’s both modern and functional....

AMD may be best known for its home computer components, but processors and GPUs can be used in much more than laptops, smartphones, and game consoles. Onboard computers have been a part of most modern cars for some time now, including electric vehicles (EVs). But AMD and ECARX are planning to push EV computing platforms further. This new in-vehicle “digital cockpit” will be the first to utilize Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors, in conjunction with Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs....

In August, the tech giant initially announced a new policy that uses technology to spot potential child abuse imagery in iCloud and Messages, but concerns followed it. Experts warned that even though Apple promised user privacy, the technology would ultimately put all Apple users at risk. On Friday, Apple said it would delay the rollout of the technology altogether to make improvements and fully ensure user privacy. “Based on feedback from customers, advocacy groups, researchers and others, we have decided to take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements before releasing these critically important child safety features,” Apple said in an updated statement on its website....

Looking at Apple’s System Status page, both services went down at the same time in the early morning of April 25. At the time of this writing, the issues continue to persist. While Apple has confirmed the outages, it has yet to say what is causing the problem but has tweeted it is working on it. People have taken to the internet to air out their frustration and share their experiences with this outage....

How: The new beta of Apple’s development platform, Xcode, added this feature. Why Do You Care: Once developers start doing this, you won’t have to buy a separate app for your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. In the announcement, Apple says, “Starting in March 2020, you’ll be able to distribute iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS versions of your app as a universal purchase, allowing customers to enjoy your app and in‑app purchases across platforms by purchasing only once....

Start With Restart A restart can typically fix most problems you may experience with an Apple device. There are three ways to restart your Apple TV device: by using the Siri Remote, using the tvOS System screen, and unplugging the Apple TV device. Restart by Using the Siri Remote Press and hold the Menu and Home buttons on the Siri Remote at the same time until the status light on the Apple TV device starts blinking....

The new car crash detection feature is available on all of Apple’s latest smartwatches, as well as its newest iPhones. But by adding the feature to the already capable Apple Watch, Apple has given it yet another way to help save the life of the person wearing it and those who happen to be in the vehicle at the same time. “This is the sort of innovation that will save lives,” proclaimed Joshua Schwadron, founder of personal injury service Mighty, said via Twitter, adding that Apple is using one million hours of driving and car crash data to understand when a severe crash took place....

ASUS wants to make sure it’s prepared for the Windows 11 release later this year by rolling out new Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) updates for many of its motherboards. You can either download the newest firmware update for Windows 11 support, or manually enable support if you have an Intel or AMD model board. The new ASUS firmware will automatically enable Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for AMD boards and Platform Trust Technology (PTT) for Intel boards....