Summary Earlier this year, Razer revealed a future of gaming driven by AI. Artificial intelligence aid Project AVA is designed to provide real-time tips and tricks, making it a tool that could finally be used to end the debate surrounding gaming difficulty. The Conversation Around Game Difficulty The discussion surrounding video games, their difficulty level, and accessibility is not a new one. Yet, it seems with the continued popularity of harder genres and subgenres, particularlySoulsborneand Roguelike games, the debate has become more contentious....

One of life’s greatest struggles in the 21st century is achieving maximum privacy. With smart home devices constantly listening and websites perpetually collecting user data, it can feel impossible to protect your personal information. It feels even more hopeless when you factor in data brokers, the nefarious entities who exist solely to collect and sell your information to the highest bidders. Thankfully, the 21st century has options for technological remediation, specifically in the form of services likeDeleteMeandIncogni....

There are various way to assess the quality of a laptop, but one method you may not be familiar with is the one-finger lift test. Some laptop reviewers do this test, and it turns out it can reveal a lot. How to Do the One-Finger Test Doing the test is quick and simple. First, put your laptop down on an even, steady surface, such as a desktop. Next, with the laptop lid closed, use the tip of your finger to open the lid....

Summary Many people choose smartwatches because they’re more versatile than standalone fitness trackers. TheFitbit Charge 6isnota smartwatch, but it’s also trying to be more than just a fitness tracker. With Google apps onboard, the Charge 6 just might be the perfect middle ground. I’m one of those people who chooses asmartwatch over a fitness tracker. I don’t want to have one wearable for daily life and one for exercising. I’ve always leaned toward smartwatches despite them having slightly worse fitness tracking than standalone devices....

In 2018,PlayStationand Sony Santa Monica Studios brought Kratos back to star in a new video game simply calledGod of War. Before the game’s announcement at E3 2016, there were many questions surrounding the future of the franchise. It had been quite a few years since the last mainline game, and no one was quite sure where Kratos could go next. Having him jump into a Norse mythological world was unexpected, but made so much sense....

Google Photos gives you some photo storage and editing tools for free, but getting the most out of it requires paying for a subscription. That’s now changing, as some editing features are opening up to everyone. Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and some other Google Photos editing features previously required either a Google Pixel phone or a Google One subscription. Those features use a mix of on-device AI and cloud servers, so the specific hardware requirements or subscription requirement made some sense....

Despite what some billionaires might want, we aren’t yet at the point where anyone can just book a ticket online to visit space, which means if you want to get a taste of the great beyond, you need to use some more mundane methods. Personally, these are some of the ways I’ve experienced outer space on Earth. 6Virtual Reality By far, the best way I’ve found to get some sort of feeling that I’m in space is through the magic of virtual reality....

Summary If you’re just getting started setting up your home theater, there are quite a few factors to consider. Here’s all the basics of home theater audio you’ll need to know. Essentials for Setting Up Your Home Theater In order to set up your home theater, beyond the obvious basics of having a screen to watch and a surface to sit on, you’re going to need an audio setup so you can hear everything that’s going on....

Summary Sudden button prompts—known as quick time events (QTEs)—have garnered a reputation as one of the most widely hated features in gaming. Despite this, QTEs aren’t inherently bad, most games just don’t know how to use them. Quick Time Events Were a Necessary Innovation Quick time events are gameplay prompts that require you to press a specific button within a brief window of time. Passing a QTE usually triggers a special event or is necessary to avoid an immediate game over....

Quick Links Bluetooth tags can be misused for stalking, but iPhone and Android devices have built-in features to scan your surroundings for nearby trackers and detect ones moving with you. Apple and Google Combat Unwanted Tracking Some people have misused trackers for stalking. In most states, planting tracking devices in carsbreaks the law(unlesstracking your vehicle). Electronic sweepers and bug detectors are helpful, but Apple and Google have a better solution....

Quick Links Modern TVs are incredibly thin and haveawful built-in speakers. As a result, soundbars are marketed as a quick and easy solution to bad TV audio. And while soundbars usually work just fine, problems are inevitable and frustrating. Thankfully, soundbar problems are fairly easy to pin down. And you can always go nuclear with a factory reset, if necessary. Here are some common soundbar problems, plus the solutions you’re searching for....

Quick Links “Oh no, I shouldn’t have sent that email.” This has happened to all of us at least once. The good news is that you can unsend or recall an email in Microsoft Outlook. To help you prevent this scenario in the future, we’ll explain how tounsend an emailand how to delay emails so you can review them. Use Undo Send in Outlook for the Web You can cancel the sending of an email inOutlook for the webwith a click....

Quick Links Summary macOS supports three main types of linking for referencing files and folders within the file system on a Mac: hard links, symbolic links (symlinks), and aliases. Each works differently and serves a different purpose. So, how do you decide which one to use? Aliases An alias is a simple shortcut to a file or folder present in one location on your file system at another location. It’s a convenient way to improve the accessibility of your frequently-used files or folders buried deep in the file system on your Mac, though it only works within theFinder app....