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This is quite a meteoric rise for the musician, as Apple Music named him the best up-and-coming artist just four years ago, and now he is ruling the roost. As such, Bad Bunny, also known as Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had the most-streamed album on the platform in 2022. Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti was released in May and represented the artist’s sixth album in four years. Not only was it the biggest album on the platform this year, but also the biggest Latin album of all time....

Apple Watch Series 7 preorders officially went live Friday morning, but customers have reported long wait times for actual shipments, according to MacRumors. Consumers are saying that certain makes of Apple’s new wearable won’t actually show up until November. These extended delivery estimates impact certain aluminum and steel configurations. It is hard to say which configurations won’t ship until November, as there are many materials, colors, band styles, and sizes to choose from....

The survey was conducted in early April 2022 and asked over 33,000 female players in the US about their gaming habits, like why they play and how it fits into their lives. Some of the results showed that 40 percent play mobile games to deal with stress, and around 65 percent play up to four hours a day. The survey also revealed a shift in gaming behavior. Over 50 percent of gaming moms worked full-time jobs, with a little more than 10 percent working part-time....

Insert a slash character before and after the word or phrase. Example: /This is important/ Enclose the word or phrase in asterisks to signify bolded type. Example: This is important Type underline characters before and after the word or phrase to mimic underscoring. Example: This is important HTML, Rich Text, and Plain Text Emails You can choose the default format of emails in nearly any email client. Example: /This is important/ Example: This is important Example: This is important Here are the key differences:...

How to Connect AirPods to Xbox One With the Xbox App The official Xbox app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and most Android smartphones and tablets. You can use it to track Xbox Achievements, buy Xbox One games, and send direct messages (DMs) to your Xbox Network friends. Here’s how to use the Xbox app and Apple AirPods together when gaming on an Xbox One console. How to Connect AirPods to Xbox One Using Other Apps In addition to the Xbox app, you can also use your AirPods to chat with your gaming friends using any other chat app....

Several Reddit users have spotted a new update for Chromecast, which adds 4K support, additional visual and audio control, enhanced security, and more. This latest update (version STTE.220621.019.A2) skips right past Android TV OS 11, taking your Chromecast from Android 10 to Android 12. And, of course, there are a number of unspecified bug fixes and performance improvements. This download adds extra options to give you control over High Dynamic Range (HDR) and surround sound, as well as to manually switch refresh rates to match a video’s frame rate....

The chime, which usually means your Mac passed the startup diagnostic test, can be replaced by a sequence of audible tones that signal various hardware failures, including bad RAM or EFI ROM (Extensible Firmware Interface Read Only Memory). The Chimes of Death Over the years, the tones the Mac generates when the startup test fails became collectively known as the chimes of death. As scary as that sounds, Apple sometimes added a bit of humor to the chimes of death, as it did with the old Performa series of Macs, which used a car crash sound....

If you only want to use part of a tape in the Magic iMovie, select the length that you want the computer to record. If you don’t select this box, it will record to the end of the tape. You can choose multiple songs to use in your iMovie. If the video runs longer than the chosen songs, the run-over video will not have any music playing under it. If your songs run longer than the video, the music will stop when the video does....

The CRW format is no longer used in newer Canon cameras because it’s been replaced by the CR2 format. The last specification for the format is Version 1.0 Revision 4, dated late 1997. You can read all about it in the CIFF Specification on Image Data File [PDF]. The earlier digital cameras that support the CRW format includes Canon’s EOS6D, EOSD30, EOSD60, EOS10D, EOS300D, Powershot Pro1, Powershots G1-G6, and Powershots S30-S70....

The DIR-605L’s default IP address is 192.168.0.1; this address accesses the router’s administration screens. The DIR-605L Default Password Doesn’t Work Change the DIR-605L default password to something complex and hard to guess, because leaving it blank isn’t a good security practice. If you don’t know the password, reset the router to its factory default settings—the username and password will be restored to their defaults. Here’s how to perform a reset: Now that the router has been reset, all the custom options you configured, like the wireless password, etc....

According to Tom’s Hardware, the flaw can create a covert channel—a communication channel that can be exploited to transfer information in a way that violates security policy. In doing so, malicious apps can share data without being easily detected. Developer Hector Martin wrote about the vulnerability (dubbed CVE-2021-30747) in a detailed post, labeling it as harmless. since it can’t be used to infect a Mac. Still, Martin said the potential for malicious apps is troubling....

What Is a DVT File? A file with the .DVT file extension is a DepoView Digital Video Transcript file. It can be linked to a video so that when opened together, the transcript can display simultaneously with the video. When the video and transcript are merged into one, the result uses the .DVI suffix. How to Open a DVT File DVT files can be opened with inData’s DepoView, via the File > Open Transcript menu....

Entertainment Space will be easily accessible on tablets by swiping left on the home screen and will include three tabs you can select from called Watch, Games, and Read. The Verge reports that the Watch tab looks like Google TV running on a Chromecast, but notes that it has been downsized to better fit the tablet screen. The new space will bring together television shows and YouTube videos into one easy-to-navigate page under the Watch tab....

Some facial recognition systems, especially those on some smartphones, also use this file extension for data that stores face tagging information, and they are of a similar graphics-based format. How to Open a FACE File Open one with the free XnView program. Other graphics tools that work with raster-based images might work as well. It’s impractical to open FACE files from a smartphone because they can use up a lot of storage space if there are lots of them....

Horizon Workrooms uses virtual reality through an Oculus Quest 2 headset to bring coworkers to the same workspace, even if they’re each working from home. Users can create their own avatar to join a virtual room or connect from their computer via video call. Some of the features include the ability to collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to sketch out ideas, bring your files into VR, share your screen, configure a room’s layout for the best collaboration, and sync your Outlook or Google Calendar....

How: You can use the tool to see what information has been shared from other sites, and delete it. Why Do You Care: Managing your privacy is important, even if it falls to you to do so. Now Facebook brings a tool, soft-launched last August, to all of us that lets us manage this information transfer. Called the Off-Facebook Activity Tool, it will let you see what things are being sent to Facebook, and then delete them if you want....

Many Email Folders: Organized So Well, and So Unwieldy Folders are a fine way to organize; organize papers, organize stamps from South America, and organize emails, of course. In Mozilla Thunderbird, you can create as many folders as you want—including virtual folders that automatically collect messages based on certain criteria, and even each account can have its own set. The more folders, the unwieldier the list of folders becomes, though. Would it not be great if you could somehow limit the list to a few favorite mailboxes—easily accessible no matter how deep down in your folder tree they may be?...

When you tap or click the Free to me icon on the Prime Video Home page, it lists all the TV shows and videos in several categories you can view at no extra charge. Just browse through the selection, choose a movie or show, and start watching. Some titles that are available for free streaming with a Prime Account include (Originals) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Tick, Man in the High Castle, Bosch, Hanna, Jack Ryan, The Boys, (Movies) A Quiet Place, Snowden, The Big Sick, and Logan Lucky....

The company’s plans were posted on Google’s blog, The Keyword, detailing what is currently available and coming out in the near future. Additional new features include a Locked Folder coming to third-party devices and expanding Google’s VPN service to 10 more countries. The new Security Hub houses a Pixel device’s security features and settings in one convenient location. The app will have red, yellow, and green indicators telling you if something is insecure on the device....

Google’s new Pixel Pass will let you get your hands on a new Pixel phone without a large upfront cost, and give you access to things like YouTube Premium to boot. Depending on whether you want the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, it’ll set you back $45 a month or $55 a month, respectively, though it won’t include carrier costs. The Pixel Pass includes the latest Pixel phone (unlocked, so you can use it with all major carriers), YouTube Premium, and YouTube Music Premium....