MusicCast Core Features MusicCast’s central pitch is its wireless control. Through Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you can send, receive, and share music and audio through compatible Yamaha products. These products include home theater receivers, stereo receivers, wireless speakers, soundbars, and powered wireless speakers. The downside is that it’s a closed system, meaning its products and features are only designed to work with other Yamaha MusicCast devices. It’s also not backward-compatible with the older versions of Yamaha MusicCast....

It’s the modern era, with some people making contactless payments from their phones, while the really intrepid are getting payment implants. Surprisingly, most of us are still swiping cards and authenticating transactions using insecure means such as pins and passwords. Samsung says it has created the industry’s first, all-in-one fingerprint security integrated circuit (IC) for payment cards. The chip reads biometric information using a fingerprint sensor, stores and authenticates data with a tamper-proof secure element (SE), and analyzes it with a secure processor....

Researchers say many contacts on the popular networking site LinkedIn aren’t real people. It’s part of the growing problem of deep fakes, in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with a computer-altered representation. “Deep fakes are important in that they effectively eliminate what was traditionally considered a surefire method of confirming identity,” Tim Callan, the chief compliance officer of the cybersecurity firm Sectigo told Lifewire in an email interview....

This remaster, dubbed Pac-Man World Re-Pac, repackages (see what they did there?) the 1999 game for modern platforms. But don’t expect anything that closely resembles the arcade classic—while Pac-Man, Pac-Dots, and ghosts are present, this is more in line with later Super Mario games. Pac-Man will need to run, jump, and otherwise adventure his way through multiple themed areas and levels full of puzzles, items, and boss fights. Definitely not like the maze navigating of yesteryear, except it’s that too because there’s a 3D Maze Mode available....

The latest from Housemarque—the Finnish studio that’s previously blistered thumbs with arcade-style shooters Dead Nation and Resogun—Returnal combines rewarding combat, absorbing storytelling, and haunting environments to deliver one of the PS5’s best exclusives since the console launched last fall. But while it might look like a straight-up sci-fi shooter on the surface, it’s actually a “rogue-like,” an increasingly popular genre that strips players of most of their progress upon death....

In multiplayer, only one player can have the gamepad, and this can lead to fights over it or general confusion as it exchanges hands. The Wii U is weirdly complex. One of the most common questions those new to the console ask is, “What controllers do I need?” After a couple of disastrous years and suggestions that the Wii U should be re-released without the pricey controller, Nintendo set Shigeru Miyamoto on the task of creating games that would prove the beauty of the controller....

Know Your Material Knowing your material thoroughly will help you decide what information is essential to your presentation and what can be left out. It will help your presentation flow naturally, allowing you to adjust to unexpected questions or events, and it will help you feel more comfortable when speaking in front of an audience. Don’t Memorize This is, after all, a presentation, not a recital. Every presentation needs two major components: life and energy....

You can convert files that are as large as 50 MB. Input Formats: CSV, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPS, KEY, KEY.ZIP, MPP, MSG, NUMBERS, NUMBERS.ZIP, ODP, ODS, ODT, PAGES, PAGES.ZIP, PDF, PPS, PPSX, PPT, PPTX, PS, PUB, RTF, TXT, VSD, WKS, WPD, WPS, XLR, XLS, XLSX, and XPS Output Formats: CSV, DOC, HTML, MDB, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDF, PPT, PS, RTF, TIF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, and XML It also supports document to MP3 conversion, meaning it functions as an online text-to-speech tool....

However, when it comes right down to it, the 2006 to 2012 Mac Pros are the only Intel-based Mac models that have easily user-upgradeable drive space. If your Mac isn’t a Mac Pro, it’s likely that if you need more storage space, you’re going to go with an external drive. External drives are available in many styles, including single-drive enclosures, multi-drive enclosures, prebuilt enclosures, bus-powered enclosures (no external power supply needed) and DIY enclosures....

Sheets works like any other spreadsheet. However, because it’s a cloud-based service, by default, it saves your work in near-real-time and stores your files in your Google Drive. You must log in with a Google account to create new spreadsheets, but once logged in, the tool is free to use. Sheets is a cloud-based service that supports real-time collaboration and document sharing features that desktop-based solutions generally cannot match. It works with the same file types as nearly every version of Microsoft Excel, including the XLSX, XLS, and CSV formats....

If you’re addicted to knowing what’s up in Hollywood, and you don’t want to wait around for Entertainment Tonight to air on television, here are a few sites you can use to get your celebrity gossip fix accurately and in real time. The site resembles an online version of its magazine, featuring the latest headlines and what’s making news in Hollywood, so there’s always something new to read. They have some pretty fun online quizzes too....

Some of the more popular drama movies we’ve been able to watch include The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Babysitters, Open Window, The Outside, and Personal Effects. There are lots of other hidden gems that you’ll love. To find only the free dramas, choose Free as the source and Drama as the genre. Here are some of the free drama movies I was able to watch at Yidio the last time I visited: Groundhog Day, Twilight, Flipped, The Passion of the Christ, and Ninja....

Plenty of iPhone games offer jump scares, psychological terrors, and pure zombie-dodging fun. Here are 9 of the spookiest. With limited power, players switch between security cameras and door locks to keep an eye on these metal-boned monsters as they try to live to see another day. The series has spawned multiple sequels, each one revealing hints about a much deeper story. As a result, the internet is full of message boards discussing and deciphering Freddy’s lore....

How to Add a Recovery Email Address to Outlook.com Including a recovery email address is easy to do: Verify that the email password recovery address was added by returning to the Update your security info section. Your Microsoft email account should also receive an email that says you updated your security information. Why Do You Need a Recovery Email Address? Outlook.com is home to your Outlook, Hotmail, and other Microsoft email accounts....

Affinity 2 is an alternative to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. It offers apps for photo editing, publishing, graphic design, and illustration, available across macOS, iPadOS, and Windows. Version 2 is a big redesign, adding some impressive new features, but the one that has everyone talking is the price. You pay $99.99 once and can use the app across all those platforms forever. Not $99.99 per month or per year, but just once....

Researchers are using machine learning to make printing materials that are stronger and tougher, according to a recently published paper. The new materials could have applications that range from industrial to hobbyist 3D printing such as packaging tailored for specific electronics, customized personal protective equipment, or even designer furniture, Keith A. Brown, an engineering professor at Boston University who was among the researchers conducting the study, told Lifewire in an email interview....

A new technology developed by Columbia University researchers, called Neural Voice Camouflage, may offer a defense. It generates custom audio noise in the background as you talk, confusing the artificial intelligence (AI) that listens and transcribes voices. “The presence of AI transcription raises issues of trust,” Michael Huth, co-founder of Xayn, a privacy-protecting search engine, and head of the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, who was not involved in the research, told Lifewire in an email interview....

The updated operating system, which includes Google’s Material You customization settings, as well as updates to the privacy and security options Android offers, is now available for Pixel 3 and newer Pixel devices. The full list of supported devices includes the Pixel 3 and 3A, Pixel 4 and 4A, as well as the Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 5 and 5A (and the upcoming Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, of course)....

When Animal Crossing New Horizons was first released in March of 2020, it came at a time when people were looking for an escape. One that New Horizons was more than happy to offer up. The game quickly became one of the most adored titles on the Switch, even helping to sell out Nintendo Switch devices worldwide. With over a year behind it, though, Nintendo is finally bidding adieu to developing content for the island builder....

Apple’s annual iPhones have mostly gotten larger and more expensive over the years, but the original iPhone SE (2016) hung around in the lineup to combat both trends. Essentially an iPhone 5S with newer components, it was both much smaller and cheaper than any other recent iPhone at the time. Well, it took a few years, but Apple finally issued a new 2nd-generation iPhone SE in 2020, and it thankfully continues the trend with new source material....