High latency can also cause high delays. For example, your video game might experience high latency, which causes the game to freeze at times and not deliver a live update of the other players. Fewer delays mean that the connection is experiencing lower latency. Network lag happens for a few reasons, namely distance and congestion. In some cases, you might be able to fix internet lag by changing how your device interacts with the network....
What Happens When You Reset Your Network Settings? Most devices and services will let you manually delete specific information relating to individual internet connections and paired devices. For example, you can delete a single Wi-Fi network you no longer use without affecting any of your other Wi-Fi connections. Choosing to reset network settings, on the other hand, will delete not just the login information for that Wi-Fi network but also all of the data for all of your other stored Wi-Fi connections, all of your Bluetooth device pairings, mobile network preferences, and stored VPN information....
Cutting the Cord: What You Need There are three cord-cutting options available: antenna, streaming, or a combination of the two. Antenna The antenna is the way TV started and it’s making a big comeback with cord-cutters. If you connect an indoor or outdoor antenna to your TV, you can receive programs from over-the-air local and network affiliate TV channels free. This is a great way to receive programming from the major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, and PBS)....
This definition is often confused with another popular term in digital audio, known as a bitrate (measured in kbps). However, the difference between these two terms is that bitrate measures how much data is sampled every second (size of the chunks) rather than the number of chunks (frequency). Common Sampling Rates Used for Digital Music Content In digital audio, the most common sampling rates you’ll encounter include: 8 kHz for speech, audiobooks, and other spoken materials....
What Games Can You Not Play on Nintendo Switch Lite? Technically all games will start on your Nintendo Switch Lite. The problem lies in whether you can play the game properly. Some games require you to have detachable Joy-Con controllers, which means you can still play them if you have a separate pair of controllers. Here’s a list of the games that require separate controllers and for you to prop up your Nintendo Switch Lite....
Why a Keylogger Trojan Virus Is so Insidious Trojan keyloggers are installed without notice along with a regular program. Like their namesake, Trojan horse viruses don’t actually look dangerous. They’re attached to regular, commonly used applications. Trojan keyloggers are sometimes called keystroke malware, keylogger viruses, and Trojan horse keyloggers. What a Keylogger Trojan Does A keylogger monitors and logs every keystroke it can identify. It stores the information locally to share with the hacker through either physical or online access....
In recent years, OLED TV, led by LG, has been touted as the successor to LCD. Although OLED represents a step-up in TV technology, LCD TVs have taken it up a notch with the incorporation of quantum dots (aka QLED). What a Quantum Dot Is A quantum dot is a manufactured nanocrystal with semiconductor properties that can enhance the brightness and color performance displayed in still and video images on an LCD screen....
How IP Address Conflicts Happen Two computers or other devices can acquire conflicting IP addresses in several ways: A system administrator assigns two computers on a local area network with the same static IP address. A system administrator assigns a computer a static IP address within the local network’s DHCP range, and the local DHCP server assigns the same address automatically. A malfunction in the network’s DHCP server allows the same dynamic address to be assigned to multiple computers automatically....
What Is an SRT File? A file with the .SRT file extension is a SubRip Subtitle file. These types of files hold video subtitle information like the start and end timecodes of the text and the sequential number of subtitles. It’s important to note that the file itself is just a text file used along with video data. This means it doesn’t contain any video or audio data. How to Open SRT Files Any text editor can be used to open SRT files since they’re just plain text files....
What Is an Ultrabook? First off, Ultrabook is not a brand or even a category of system. Technically, it is just a trademarked word by Intel that they are trying to use to define a certain set of features for a laptop computer. One might associate it with what they did in the past with Centrino but the definition this time is a bit more fluid in terms of the technical aspects....
What Is Apple One? Apple One is an all-in-one subscription service available for Apple users, including iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 14 or later, iPad with iPadOS 14 or later, Apple TV with tvOS 14 or later, and Mac with macOS Big Sur 11.1 or later. You don’t need to own all of those devices to enjoy an Apple One subscription, with users able to pick and choose how they use the services....
In other words, and in general, it’s an intentional lowering of the “speed” that’s typically available over an internet connection. Bandwidth throttling can happen at various places between your device (like your computer or smartphone) and the website or service that you’re using over the internet. Why Would Anyone Want to Throttle Bandwidth? You, as the user of an internet connection or service, rarely benefit from bandwidth throttling. Very simply, bandwidth throttling means limiting how fast you can access something when online....
What Is Bing? Bing, sometimes also referred to as Bing Search, is a search engine developed by Microsoft and primarily known for being a search engine website accessible by visiting Bing.com. While Bing is still mostly known for its search engine website, that’s not the only way you can access its web searching services. Those who want to use Bing can also use it via Microsoft Edge, as well as through the Bing mobile app....
What Is Cyber Monday? You’ll be forgiven if you assume Cyber Monday is just a bunch of tech companies discounting their electronics. The truth is quite incredible. Cyber Monday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. In 2021, Cyber Monday sales were 11.3 billion dollars, according to SalesForce, topping sales from 2019 and 2020. Black Friday sales in 2021 were a bit higher at 13.2 billion dollars. The sales extend well beyond electronics into every facet of retail, and the best part is that there is no lining up hours ahead of time to push and shove for one of the very few doorbusters retail outlets use to draw shoppers to their store....
Is DuckDuckGo Safe? The primary selling point of DuckDuckGo is that it offers its users true online privacy. Not only does it avoid tracking your online activity, but it also has embedded tools to protect you from privacy tracking conducted by the sites you visit. If you’re like many other internet users and are concerned about how much your internet activities are being searched and used for advertising or other purposes, DuckDuckGo may be the perfect solution....
What Is Google Chat Used For? Google Chat is used to send messages over the web. It requires an Internet connection to use, as SMS/MMS text messaging is not supported. It supports two forms of messages: direct messages and Spaces. A direct message sends text or media directly to one or more recipients on Google Chat. The recipients can view the message and send a reply. This is similar to dozens of other messaging services like Apple’s iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and WeChat....
So, for instance, if you wanted your smart lights to turn on automatically whenever you arrived home, you could do it by connecting your smart lights app to your mobile device’s GPS via IFTTT. IFTTT stands for “If This Then That,” where “This” represents a primary app and “That” represents a secondary connected app. When an action takes place on the primary app, the secondary connected app is automatically triggered to also take some sort of action....
How ReplayGain Works Traditionally, when normalizing audio, you use an audio-editing program to alter the audio file physically. This is usually achieved by resampling volume peaks, but the technique isn’t effective for adjusting the perceived loudness of a recording. ReplayGain software stores information in the audio file’s metadata header rather than directly affecting the original audio information. This metadata allows audio players and sound systems that support ReplayGain to adjust the volume to the desired level automatically....
What Is the SmartThings App? SmartThings lets you control a large family of devices from an ever-growing library. Regardless of your smart device brand, you can add it to the app and control everything in your home with it. SmartThings is handy since almost every smart device has an app, making it frustrating and annoying to find the right one to control each device individually. How to Set Up SmartThings App You’ll get the most use out of the SmartThings app if you’ve purchased and installed the SmartThings Hub....
What About WPA2 Wi-Fi? Don’t worry, WPA2 isn’t going away anytime soon; Wi-Fi Alliance will continue addressing its shortcomings and WPA3 access points will remain backwards compatible with WPA2 for the time being. You can get a feel for how long it’s been since a new version of WPA has been released when you realize that the first version became available in 2003, and WPA2 just a year after. This puts the release of WPA3 at over a decade later....
