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What Is HLG? HLG is an HDR standard designed to both add HDR compatibility to broadcast TV signals and maintain a similar simplicity for the broadcast data itself, without adding much in the way of additional bandwidth demands. It allows broadcasters to transmit a signal with a wide dynamic range supported by HDR and SDR televisions, massively reducing the cost and complexity of the broadcast signal. HLG is royalty-free, unlike more niche standards like Dolby Vision, and unlike the other HDR standards, it doesn’t use metadata to tell the TV how to display the HDR content....

Here’s a look at the proprietary Audible format and how to listen to your spoken-word downloads. Downloading an Audible Title When you purchase a title on Audible and add it to your library, you have the option to Listen Now or Download. If you’re on a computer and select Listen Now, your title begins playing immediately via the Audible Cloud Player, which streams your title on a Windows PC or Mac....

WPA Features WPA provides stronger encryption than WEP using either of two standard technologies: Temporal key integrity protocol and advanced encryption standard. WPA also includes built-in authentication support that WEP does not. Some implementations of WPA allow WEP clients to connect to the network, too, but the security is then reduced to WEP levels for all connected devices. WPA includes support for remote authentication dial-in user service servers. In this setup, the server accesses device credentials so that users authenticate before they connect to the network....

The side switch on the iPad controls either rotate or mute, depending on how you configure the settings. Whichever one you don’t assign to the side switch appears in Control Center where you can turn it on and off. Assigning Rotation and Mute in iPad Settings If your iPad has a side switch, check to see where the iPad’s Lock Rotation setting has been assigned. How to Toggle Screen Rotation On and Off in Control Center You can access many iPad features and settings from the customizable Control Center, including the Lock Rotation feature....

WhatsApp End-to-End Encryption Explained WhatsApp claims that every single chat has a unique lock and key to keep things safe. You don’t need any specialized hardware or software, and you don’t have to turn anything on, it is built right in. However, they do provide one caveat. When connecting with a business using end-to-end encryption, anyone within that business may be able to share the connection and see messages. Additionally, if the business contracts its communications to another company, that vendor may be able to see, store and access messages sent through their system....

What Is an XFDF File? A file with the XFDF file extension is an XML Forms Data Format file that stores information usable by a PDF file, like the values in the document’s different forms. The XFDF file inserts that data directly into the PDF. For example, if several forms in a PDF should be populated with a user’s information, it might first be taken from a database containing said details and stored in the XFDF format so that the PDF file can use it....

What Are the Yahoo Mail Message and Attachment Size Limits? Yahoo Mail sends emails up to 25 MB in total size. This size limit applies to both the message and its attachments. If an attachment is exactly 25 MB, it won’t go through because the text and other data in the message add a small amount of data. How to Reduce the Size of a Message If a message you are about to send in Yahoo Mail exceeds the limit, you can employ a number of strategies to reduce its size:...

“Guitar Hero: Metallica” is one of the most difficult and challenging Guitar Hero or Rock Band games, but it’s also a fan favorite. The guitar work is intricate and interesting, the drums are frantic and wild, and the bass is more than just the same repetitive notes over and over again. It is worth noting that you can export the “Guitar Hero: Metallica” tracklist into “Guitar Hero 5” and “Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock....

Here are four high-quality camera apps for creating a cheap security camera in a matter of minutes. All you need is an iOS or Android device and a computer. What sets it apart, though, is the app’s facial recognition technology, which begins recording video whenever it identifies a person. The app records the person, generates an animated GIF of the individual, and sends it to you in a push notification....

Whether you’re looking for Mozart and Bach or a more recent composer, you’ll find it all on these sites. This is their long-term goal in providing these downloads: One thing we don’t like is that none of the music is actually housed on Classic Cat. You’re taken to other websites to download the tracks. Every download, therefore, has a slightly different process to it. This also increases the likelihood that you’ll run into broken download links, though they say that they regularly check links to avoid that, so that’s great....

We’ve also shown you where it is within the larger Windows 10 User Interface (UI). This time we’ll dig deeper into the Start menu, to give you an idea of how it’s similar to the Windows 7 Start menu, and how it’s different. Getting to it is easy; it’s the little white Windows flag in the lower-left corner of the screen. Click or press it to bring up the Start menu....

With 2022 beginning to draw to a close, it’s time for Adobe to roll out 2023 versions of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. But beyond the updated date, the company says that these iterations will be offering more AI-powered editing tools that will make projects easier for both advanced and novice users. These AI tools include new Artistic Effects that can be applied to your full video with one click, as well as Moving Elements for photos....

The watches comprise the latest iteration—fourth-generation for those keeping score—of the GTR and GTS series. All three watch designs share some features, including advanced GPS antenna technology for better geo-positioning, resulting in more accurate location tracking as you exercise. Each watch design also boasts a big and bold HD AMOLED display and plenty of advanced sensors to track your health and, more importantly, your sports and fitness goals. These smartwatches are essentially made for outdoor activities, with over 150 tracking modes to suit different sports, including a newly-added sensor to track your golf swing....

For iOS 14.6, one of the most notable updates is Apple Card Family support, which allows users to share their Apple Card with other family members, according to 9to5Mac. Additional new features include support for the Podcasts app, the ability to unlock your phone using Voice Control, and some minor improvements to Apple AirTags. AirTags and Find My both now get a lost mode option, so you can add an email address in addition to your phone number for both accessories....

Emergency SOS via satellite is available today to customers in the US and Canada, though it only works with the various iPhone 14 models. The feature taps a network of satellites, uses Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)—or emergency services call centers—and is not tethered to cellular networks or wireless networks. Here’s how it works. If you wander off the grid and find yourself in a prickly situation, opening up the app lets you message emergency services and automatically sends them location data so they can scoop you up and give you a warm mug of tea and a blanket....

The way you organize and make use of your desktop spaces is up to you, but as you work with the desktops in Mission Control, you’re likely to run into apps that you want to have opened in all of your active spaces. You can set apps to open in all the spaces so that when you switch between desktops, the same apps are available on all of them, in addition to the ones you assigned to specific desktops....

With a little homebrew know-how, you can access dozens of titles across multiple genres, including puzzle, role-playing, strategy, and action games. Here’s a sampling of the best Nintendo DS homebrew the internet has to offer. Luckily, you can treat the Nintendo DS’s RTS deficiency with A Touch of War. It offers good times with big, colorful sprite graphics and medieval soldiers who are out for blood. Keep a store of air in your lungs; you won’t have time to breathe....

What Is a CFM File? A file with the CFM file extension is a ColdFusion markup file. They’re sometimes called ColdFusion Markup Language files, which might be seen abbreviated as CFML. ColdFusion markup files are web pages made up of specific code that enables scripts and applications to run on a ColdFusion web server. How to Open a CFM File CFM files are text-based, which means they can be opened as a text file with any text editor, like Notepad in Windows or Brackets....

Retain the Original Subject Depending on where you are, you may be able to change the subject by typing a new one in the Subject line when writing your reply. But this may not be the best path to take. Rather than change the subject, make it clear that you’re continuing an old thread and not starting a new one by including the previous subject line with the new one. If the original subject was “New cloud form discovered,” and you want to change it to “The finest English umbrella,” the complete new Subject line could be “The finest English umbrella (was: New cloud form discovered)....

Dell has announced its newest Latitude and Precision laptops, which it says have been built to cater to those in various types of hybrid work environments. The Latitude 9330, Precision 7670, and Precision 7770 boast added power and better security, housed within smaller and thinner (i.e., more portable) frames. In addition to being easier to carry, the Latitude 9330 also features a “collaboration touchpad” that offers additional touch areas that can control microphone, video, and screen share options....