Summary I’m not a professional video person, but as a YouTuber and someone married to a video pro, my life became a lot easier when I took the time to learn some of the lingo. It won’t turn you into Scorsese overnight, but it’s a good start! Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO These three terms are crucial to understanding how light enters your camera and interacts with the camera sensor, or the film, in a film camera....

Summary It might not seem like a huge deal thatBrava Glassadded a see-through door to an otherwise unchanged countertop oven, but it is, kind of. The high-tech oven has a camera inside to view the food on an integrated screen, but there’s something instinctual about wanting to glance over and see the cooking process happening. Now that’smostly apossibility with this smart appliance update. Brava Glass Brava Glass features a specially formulated, double-layered, high heat-resistant glass door....

Quick Links Summary Experimenting with the ChouBox automatic litter box has been a pretty good experience, and its best feature is easily saving me from having to manually scoop the litter box. However, for such a high price, I wish there was a more feature-rich companion app and better tips for helping your cat acclimate to the ChouBox. Automatic litter boxes are expensive, but as a cat owner, if you’re able to automate the process of scooping the litter box, it’s a worthwhile investment....

Summary As premium phones continue to go up in cost, theCMF Phone 2 Proshows that buying one is largely unnecessary. It has its shortcomings, but for the price, they are far fewer than you’d expect. CMF Phone 2 Pro The CMF Phone 2 Pro sets a new standard for sub-$300 phones. With a distinct look, modular accessories, and competent performance, this is an easy phone to love. That’s not to say everything is perfect, with the location of the Essential Key in particular prone to frustrate many buyers....

Summary TV manufacturers often call out “peak brightness” in marketing materials, as displays get brighter and brighter each year. So why does this matter, and can a TV be too bright? Why TV Brightness Matters High dynamic range, or HDR for short, has quickly become the standard for modern media production. TV shows, movies, video games, and even digital broadcasts are nowmade to take advantage of displays that can display a broader rangeof light and dark areas....

Summary If you run any type of home server, then you’ve likely needed to access it when away from home. I know I have. That’s where running a VPN at home comes in, and here’s how I do just that. A VPN Setup Is Your Best Choice The most secure way to access your home server when you’re not at home is through a VPN. A VPN is a virtual private network, and creates a “tunnel” of sorts between the network you’re on and your network at home....

Quick Links Want to organize all the worksheets in your Excel workbook? Try creating a table of contents. It makes it easy to find specific sheets, especially if your Excel file contains hundreds of them. Unfortunately, Excel doesn’t have a one-click feature for creating a table of contents, but there is a way! Why You Should Add a Table of Contents to Excel What would you do if you had hundreds of sheets in an Excel workbook and needed to find a specific one for updating or modifying data?...

Quick Links Summary Do you see a “Steam Cloud Sync” error when launching a game through Steam? Without cloud sync your game saves won’t backup properly, so let’s get that error patched right up before you lose any progress! While we’ll focus on applying the fixes on Windows, many of the solutions will also help you troubleshoot the issue on your Mac. Check The Steam Server Status There’s no sense spending time solving a problem you can’t solve because the issue is with the Steam servers....

Quick Links Before LAMBDA was introduced to Excel, you’d need to know how to use VBA or macros to create your own function. However, today, Excel’s LAMBDA tool lets you do this using familiar Excel language and syntaxes. In this guide, I’ll show you how. If this is the first time you’ve tried using LAMBDA, I’d strongly recommend you follow the sections in this article in order. Understanding the tool’s syntax and a straightforward example first will make putting LAMBDA to use in real life much easier....

Quick Links It is now easier than ever to manage Android apps on a Windows PC. You no longer need to switch constantly between your phone and computer. With tools like Microsoft Phone Link, Scrcpy, AirDroid, and others, you’re able to easily access your Android phone’s content on your Windows PC. Use Phone Link (Microsoft) One of the straightforward ways to access your Android phone’s content on a Windows PC is through Microsoft’s Phone Link app....

Quick Links This year’s Computex expo was a battlefield for major AI players, specifically NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD. Thankfully, the Taipei-based event included plenty of substantial hardware announcements, interesting concept products, and excitement for the future. So, we’re taking a moment to highlight some of our favorite announcements from Computex 2024. Some of the products we’re listing will arrive later this year, while others will never becomerealproducts. Best Desktop CPU: AMD Zen 5 AMD’s Zen 5 processors might have been the most anticipated launch at Computex, andAMD didn’t disappoint....

Quick Links My partner’s world revolved around macOS—sleek hardware, fluid integration, and everything just working. So when I asked her to try Linux for a week, she agreed, on one condition: I owed her a cruise if she made it to the end. Day 1: A Rough Landing We decided to use an Acer laptop we had lying around. I wanted to give her as much of the Linux experience as possible, so I guided her through manually partitioning the disk as part of the installation process....

Quick Links You love your Mac, and you love your Android phone. But getting these two ecosystems to play nice together is often not easy. What if I told you there’s a free, open-source app that can sync notifications between your devices and so much more? Enter KDE Connect. This clever utility is the missing link for turning your Mac and Android phone into a cohesive team. If you’ve ever looked with envy at the integration between an iPhone and a Mac, or even the way Microsoft’s Phone Link ties Windows and Android together, KDE Connect is the solution....