The second thing you’ll want to keep in mind is noise. Active noise cancellation can be essential if you work in a busy office or have a long public commute. On the other hand, it adds to the cost of the headphones, and depending on how it’s implemented, can have a negative effect on sound quality. The majority of headphones we’re looking at use a closed-back design, which means anyone nearby won’t be able to hear what you’re listening to, at least at a reasonable volume....

RELATED: The 10 Best Hulu Original TV Series Bad Hair Play Video Dear White People creator Justin Simien comes up with a different kind of satire in Bad Hair, a period piece set in the world of cable TV in 1989. It’s a pitch-perfect recreation of an “urban” music video network, where the pressure to fit in drives young employee Anna (Elle Lorraine) to get hair extensions. Unfortunately, those hair extensions are demonically possessed and hungry for blood (but they look great)....

Windows 10’s April 2018 Update brings “Core Isolation” and “Memory Integrity” security features to everyone. These use virtualization-based security to protect your core operating system processes from tampering, but Memory Protection is off by default for people who upgrade. What is Core Isolation? In the original release of Windows 10, virtualization-based security (VBS) features were only available on Enterprise editions of Windows 10 as part of “Device Guard.” With the April 2018 Update, Core Isolation brings some virtualization-based security features to all editions of Windows 10....

What Is Satellite Internet? There are a few differences between regular, terrestrial internet and satellite internet access. The first is the route that information travels: In most cases, when you want to access a website, your laptop or phone sends a message to your router. Your router then sends a request to your internet service provider’s server, which in turn connects to the server of the website that you want....

What Is Incognito Mode? Private browsing has a lot of names, including InPrivate in Microsoft Edge and Incognito Mode in Google Chrome. Its purpose is to give your browser temporary amnesia. Whenever you’re in incognito mode, the browser will not store the data of the sites you visited: no addresses, no cookies, none of the data you entered, nothing. Incognito Mode also gives you a fresh browser state without any cookies....

If you have a new Mac, you might be wondering where your “Music” folder is, since Apple doesn’t put it in your Finder’s Favorites sidebar by default anymore. But fear not: It’s still there. Here’s how to find it, and how to add it to your Favorites sidebar again. First, click the Finder icon in your Dock. That makes Finder the active app in the foreground. Select “Go” in the menu bar at the top of the screen, and in the menu that appears, select “Home....

So you’ve shelled out the money for a fancy inkjet photo printer, only you’re not impressed with the images you’re getting out of your standard office paper. Have you ever wondered why that photo paper works so much better? Surely, paper is paper, right? What can be so special about it? In this article, we’ll explore the differences between regular typing paper, why these differences are good for printing, and how to take advantage of them for superior photographic printing....

“Alongside the amazing team at Epic Games, we’ve been working to enable a touch-friendly version of Fortnite for mobile delivered through the cloud. While PC games in the GeForce NOW library are best experienced on mobile with a gamepad, the introduction of touch controls built by the GeForce NOW team offers more options for players, starting with Fortnite,” said NVIDIA in a blog post. If you want to play Fortnite on your mobile device, you’ll need to sign up for the beta test....

How to Create Automations To create an automation, launch the Shortcuts app on your iPhone and tap on the Automation tab. Now, tap “Create Personal Automation” to see a list of triggers that you can use. It’s also possible to create home automations, but we’re focusing on personal ones today. Can’t find the Shortcuts app on your iPhone? It’s installed by default, but you might have uninstalled it. You can re-download Shortcuts for free from the App Store....

Internal vs. Output Resolution When you read that the PS5 doesn’t support 1440p, it means that it doesn’t support an output resolution of 2560×1440. The “p” is short for progressive scan and it’s not all that important these days since almost all modern HD devices are progressive scan rather than interlaced video. The important thing to concentrate on here is the idea of output resolution. This is the standardized final output signal the display device receives....

Update: Web of Trust has been found to track and sell users’ browsing history to third parties. This is a serious breach of…well, trust, so we no longer recommend using the Web of Trust extension, under any circumstances. Setup in Firefox The extension for Firefox installs in the same method as other extensions and once you have restarted your browser, you will see the following window asking you to accept the “WOT End-User Software License Agreement”....

There are a thousand potential reasons your Mac is having problems. Maybe an application is hogging resources. Maybe your hard drive is failing. Or maybe you’ve got malware. EtreCheck is a free program that runs over 50 diagnostics on your Mac, then gives you a tidy report outlining all of them—so you know where to start looking. This is not one of those scam tools that promises to “clean up your Mac....

Smartphone cameras are getting better and better every year, and while no one would argue DSLRs are the best choice for serious photography, smartphones have made middle-of-the-road point-and-shoots all the more rare in people’s arsenals. But there are still a few areas in which point-and-shoot cameras are superior to the phone in your pocket. Point and Shoots Save Your Phone’s Battery Life & Storage Taking lots of photos and videos doesn’t do wonders for your phone’s battery life or storage space....

Dynamic Range Compression is used in everything. Most audio editors have a “compressor effect,” and mastering it can mean the difference between an amateur and pro-level mix. To understand how it works, we need to see what exactly it does. Dynamic Range Compression First of all, this should not be confused with general “audio compression,” which is data compression and covers things like MP3 conversion. We’re most definitely NOT talking about compression of quality for space-saving reasons....

Being able to send out e-mail using your own domain name can be very nice, but what do you do when someone starts spewing out spam mail using your domain name? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post discusses the matter to help a frustrated reader. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of Maria Elena (Flickr)....

Google Photos is arguably the best photo management app on the Play Store. It’s intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful features, and best of all, it backs up all of your images. The thing is, if you’re using a non-stock Android phone—like an LG G series or Samsung Galaxy, for example—the stock gallery app can get in the way of an otherwise consistent and clean Photos experience....

You might want bigger icons on your Windows 10 PC to help you find what you need, or smaller icons to keep things compact and tidy. Fortunately, it’s easy to adjust icon sizes on your desktop, taskbar, and File Explorer. Resize Desktop Icons If the icons on your desktop are too large or too small, you can quickly resize them into one of the three available sizes. First, right-click anywhere on your desktop....

Mac owners running macOS Mojave or higher can choose from eight different accent and highlight colors to customize the look of their operating system. You can also set the accent and highlight colors independently. For example, instead of the default blue color, you can use purple as the accent color. It will appear in buttons and when you hover over menus. You can also use green as the highlight color....

Apple’s “Screen Time” settings include a bunch of handy things to help you foster healthy phone habits. That includes setting limits for how much you can use apps and checking up on your screen time. RELATED: How to Set an App Time Limit on iPhone and iPad First, launch the “Settings” app from the home screen. Now go to “Screen Time.” You will need to turn Screen Time first. Tap “Turn On Screen Time” to proceed....

iOS’ Notes app provides a convenient way to remember the great ideas you come up with and all the things you have to do. The app has evolved over the years, and iOS 10 adds even more features–including collaboration. Collaboration in Notes is not as elaborate as in Google Docs, it’s more of a passive collaboration. However, it’s useful for simple sharing of grocery lists, party planning lists, and trip itineraries with friends and family....