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The $69.99 Luna controller isn’t cheap, but it delivers rock-solid performance. It was also incredibly easy to pair with the gaming service and offers reduced latency compared to other controllers. Delivery to Connection in Five Minutes After inserting the included batteries, it was just a matter of downloading the Luna game controller app for my iPad. The device instantly was detected, and I was playing seconds later. And while my controller immediately noticed my Wi-Fi connection, you can use the Luna controller via Bluetooth, as well....

The team of scientists and engineers was led by Benjamin Puttnam at the NICT, an organization with a history of data transfer feats. In fact, the NICT transmitted 172 terabits over 2,000 kilometers in April 2020, setting a world record at the time. To give some perspective, the latest speed record could let someone transfer 10,000 high-definition movies, at 4 gigabytes each, in about one second. To achieve this feat, the team took a coupled four-core optical fiber cable and channeled the data down four optical fiber tubes....

What’s the big deal: Pronouncing the three letters has become a bit of an internet sensation, however, as most people use a hard-G sound, as in Graphics, Gurgle, or Grass. Steve Wilhite, the guy that came up with the format, however, famously told the New York Times that it should be pronounced with a soft-G, as in Giraffe, Giant, or Geography. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Mr. Wilhite told the Times....

Liteboxer just launched Liteboxer Total Body for the Meta Quest 2, a virtual reality fitness app that actually pairs you up with a personal trainer. These are not live sessions, but the company says the technology makes them feel live, as you are directly facing a pre-recorded trainer. As the name suggests, this is a total body workout with users participating in squat ropes, lunge lines, speedbags, battle ropes, and more....

Case in point? Meta and Ray-Ban’s collaborative effort, simply called Stories. These smart glasses have just added support for WhatsApp messaging, among other nifty hands-free features. Stories glasses include a built-in microphone and speakers, so this update allows for hands-free calls, encrypted texting, and the ability to hear any message received spoken aloud. The integration of WhatsApp follows last year’s support for Facebook Messenger. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also stated that more features are rolling out to the smart glasses soon, like voice-activated message replies for both WhatsApp and Messenger....

Microsoft announced the new feature at its Build developers conference, noting that it will allow for more natural language to be used when creating code for productivity-based applications. Engadget reports the new system is being integrated into Power Apps and will use GPT-3’s expansive language model to make creating code much easier for programmers. Created by OpenAI, GPT-3 is considered the next generation of apps and is capable of creating content that looks like it was written by a human....

The company is urging customers to download and install the latest security patch, according to a message issued by the Microsoft Security Response Center. This update addresses several vulnerabilities for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 users. What’s the big deal? The update plugs around 120 security holes, which includes six zero-day patches. That’s par for the course these days, but one of the flaws patched is “wormable,” which is far more dangerous....

How Do I Know If My Phone Has Been Hacked? Signs that someone hacked your phone include losing charge quickly, running slowly, strange activity like pop-up windows or unexpected apps showing up, or unknown calls or texts in your phone logs. Causes of a Hacked Phone Your phone can get hacked for various reasons, not all of which are entirely under your control. Clicking on links on social media sites that take you to a website that installs malware on your phone....

The Nord CE 2 looks to be both a follow-up to the original Nord CE, as well as a less feature-heavy (but possibly more affordable) alternative to the Nord 2. The Nord CE 2 will also have a headphone jack, which seems to have been enough of an issue for Nord 2 owners that OnePlus saw fit to call this feature out in the announcement video. Specific details on the Nord 2 CE that don’t involve headphones are a bit more sparse, though the OnePlus’ teaser confirms support for up to a 1TB microSD card and 65W SuperVOOC fast charging that boasts a full day’s charge in 15 minutes....

This is possible through a recently announced partnership with Yat, a company that can provide users with their own personal string of emojis to act as a sort of ID. The team-up makes it possible to enter an arrangement of emojis to navigate to a Yat page, which can then redirect to other websites. According to the announcement, users (companies, brands, etc.) can set up a personalized string of emojis, which will then create a Yat page....

For April Fools Day, 2017, Reddit decided to do something a little different by giving users a shared digital canvas (roughly 16 million tiles) that they could add to. The project, r/place, has been the website’s most popular event for the usually prank-driven day—and after five years, it’s finally coming back. The new r/place won’t simply be a rehash of the original experiment, however. Reddit states that it’s making a number of improvements across the board for the 2022 iteration, with a better platform and international availability....

At first, it may seem like the phone is sold out, but all links to the S21 Ultra redirect to other iterations of the S21. If the S21 Ultra were out of stock, it would still be included in the listings. It’s also important to point out that Samsung has done this before with other devices in the lead up to a new product launch. Removing product listings prior to a new product launch appears to be a marketing move on Samsung’s part....

First reported by Protocol, the new compatibility allows anyone to watch Samsung’s streaming service, regardless of whether or not they have a Samsung device. Previously, you only could watch Samsung TV Plus on Samsung smart TVs or Samsung smartphones. Protocol said that Samsung hasn’t yet officially announced the new ways to watch the streaming service, but that the company confirmed it added the new watching compatibilities in May. The new Chromecast compatibility allows you to stream your favorite shows and movies with the Samsung TV Plus app for Android to a Chromecast-compatible device....

Send Newsletters and Emails With Inline Images Not Attached in Outlook 2003 and 2002 For inline images to appear in emails without being attached to the email, the images must be downloaded from a remote server when the recipient opens the message. Outlook likes to go the safe route and won’t display remote images if there’s no internet connection when the email is opened or if the remote server is down....

For the sake of performance, the Roku Ultra uses a quad-core processor and fast dual-band Wi-Fi AC radios with 2x2 MIMO for maximum bandwidth. There’s also an ethernet port onboard, and you can play external media with its microSD and USB ports. Sadly, like many Roku products, there’s no Dolby Vision and HDR10+ in video apps, but Dolby Atmos is present to enhance the cinematic soundstage. The Ultra ships with Roku’s standard TV interface, which is clean and very simple to use, as well as the new remote....

Different Ways of Controlling Apple TV Apple TV Android apps have two ways of working, either via your WiFi network or via a phone’s built-in IR transmitter. Apps that utilize WiFi don’t require any special hardware and are performed by connecting to your Apple TV over your home WiFi network. On the other hand, apps that utilize an IR transmitter require a phone with the correct hardware and control your Apple TV by sending out signals just as a typical remote would....

Read on for all of the rest of the best Klipsch speakers, or bounce over to our best Bluetooth speakers roundup for some more amazing wireless selections. One of its most notable features is the built-in phono preamp, which lets you hook it up to a turntable to play vinyl. It also comes with a small remote control that’s fairly intuitive to use. Overall, the R-15M is best suited for smaller rooms and although the bass is full, adding a powered subwoofer would truly optimize the heart-thumping impact....

Fortunately, there are plenty of amazing apps out there for both Android and iPhone that can help bridge that gap. We’ve rounded up our 6 favorites out of the dozens available. Google Translate also offers camera translation, typing translation, and voice translation. You can also use the included phrasebook to find and save phrases for easy access. Google Translate is also a great online translator, as well as an offline translator....

Have an important message you want to be able to find easily later? Tap and hold, then “star” the message. Access it anytime in your starred messages category. Messages also has a fun Emoji Kitchen where you can access emoji combinations and save your recently used stickers so you can get back to them easily. There are even contextual Emoji Kitchen suggestions to help you express yourself. Requirements: Android 5....

Fortunately, there are a variety of solutions to this problem. These are the eight best ways to send large files through email. WeTransfer and SecurelySend are both similar services that works in the same way as JumboMail and also offers 2GB uploads for free users. Degoo offers an impressive 100GB of free storage space with no limit on individual file size and protects all file uploads and downloads with end-to-end encryption....