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Free Driver Scout will search for, download, and install all of your outdated device drivers for you, automatically and without any further taps, clicks, or other work from you. More About Free Driver Scout Support for most versions of Windows, along with a nice feature that’s helpful prior to a major Windows upgrade, are a few of the features you’ll find in Free Driver Scout: Free Driver Scout finds and installs device drivers for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP....

On this day, thousands of online retailers, both large and small, offer free shipping and guarantee your items by Christmas Eve. In 2022, Free Shipping Day will be Wednesday, December 14. This shopping day has been going strong since 2008, and it gets bigger every year, generating more sales than even Black Friday in 2010. Participating retailers waive minimum ordering requirements, making it a great way to finish last-minute holiday shopping, save money, and steer clear of the crowds....

Inexpensive webcams opened up internet video to the masses. For less than $100, anyone can start recording video and uploading it to their favorite site. There are no fancy camcorders, and you don’t even need a phone to take high quality video and audio. Which one is right for you? We ran the Genius WideCam F100 through a series of popular tasks to see if it’s right for streaming, recording, or video chat....

Initially spotted by Android Police on Thursday, the company’s experiment to only show partial URLs in the browser bar will officially end without launching. Google has attempted to hide full URLs on and off for years, most notably in Chrome 86, which launched last year. Chrome 86 hid all parts of web addresses except the domain name, and was accompanied by a hover animation. A Google developer said the company’s initial reasoning behind hiding full URLs was “because phishing and other forms of social engineering are still rampant on the web, and much research shows that browsers’ current URL display patterns aren’t effective defenses,” according to the Chromium bug tracker....

According to 9to5Google, the tech giant is working on the development of “quick phrases,” so you won’t have to prompt the voice assistant every time you need something. Specifically, quick phrases would work with the most-asked commands, such as “turn up the volume,” “create a reminder,” “set an alarm for 8 a.m.,” “what’s the weather,” and more. The commands you can choose to be quick phrases reportedly are categorized as Recommended, Alarms, Connect, General info, Lights, Media Controls, Timers, and To-Dos....

How Often Is Google Maps Updated? Google regularly releases updates for Google Maps to ensure accuracy and improve directions. If your smartphone or tablet is set up to automatically update Android apps, these new features will become available right away. However, if you want to make sure you’re running the latest version, you can perform a manual update. How to Update Google Maps on Android To update Maps for Android:...

When Will the Google Nest Audio Be Released? The Nest Audio was announced on September 30, 2020. It launched on the Google Store and other retailers in the US, Canada, and India on October 5. Target, Best Buy, and other stores in 21 countries began offering the smart speaker on October 15. Google Nest Audio Price The Nest Audio is priced at $99.99 in the US, $30 less than the original Google Home when it first came out and the same price as some competing speakers like Apple’s HomePod mini....

Smart displays provide additional benefits over smart speakers, allowing you to visually interact with a voice assistant as well as communicate via voice. Google’s Nest Hub 2nd Gen is the successor to the brand’s original Nest Hub (previously called Google Home Hub). Design: A similar look The Nest Hub 2nd Gen looks similar to the original Nest Hub, and it’s tough to tell the difference between the new and old models at first glance....

The company just announced that Chrome has fallen victim to a zero-day attack, meaning hackers have taken advantage of a security lapse before a fix could be released, as reported by an official security warning. The bad news? This is extremely dangerous for all Chrome users and impacts Windows, Mac, and Linux browsers. The good news? Google is rolling out a security patch beginning today. The company pushed out Chrome 96....

In a blog post published Thursday, the tech giant wrote that a new safety section within Google Play would provide more transparency into the data that apps collect and share. Google said the new safety section would make developers disclose what type of data is collected and stored within their apps and how that data is used (i.e., for app functionality or personalization). The company said examples of personal data include user location, photos and videos, personal information, contacts, and more....

One generation ago, with the introduction of the HERO8 action camera, GoPro decided to adopt a cageless design, make the device itself waterproof, and build mounting hardware right into the body. Now, the GoPro HERO9 Black takes things a step further, making the body of the device larger for the first time in quite a few generations. GoPro more than makes up for the minor size increase with a bevy of new features, including replaceable lens covers....

According to a security report from Zimperium zLabs, the trojan malware can be found in over 200 malicious apps approved to appear on the Google Play Store. It also was found in third-party app stores. At this point, Zimperium says that the trojan has managed to steal tens of millions of dollars from its victims. The way that Grifthorse works is by bombarding users with a ton of notifications about prizes and special discounts....

For the most part, lighting in the “real world” tends to just happen. The sun rises, we flick a switch, or we open the blinds and voilà: light. We might put some thought into where we place a lamp, how we angle the blinds, or where we aim the flashlight, but ninety percent of the time our experience with light is fairly passive. Things are different in the computer graphics industry....

Video Resolution You can find camcorders that record video in either standard or high definition resolution. As a general rule, HD camcorders are now the standard, don’t buy anything with lower resolution. 4K or better resolution will be more expensive, but the quality may be worth it. Even if you don’t own a 4K television, it’s worth considering a higher definition camcorder to “future proof” your videos for the time when you get around to trading in your current television....

Built-In Memory Error If you see this error message with your Panasonic camera, the internal memory area of the camera is either full or corrupted. Try downloading photos from the internal memory. If the error message continues to appear, you may need to format the internal memory area. Memory Card Locked and Memory Card Both of these error messages are related to the memory card, rather than the Panasonic camera. If you have an SD memory card, check the write-protect switch on the side of the card....

The troubleshooting process you follow will depend on the type of failure that you’re dealing with. With that in mind, it can be tremendously useful to start off by looking at whether both, or just one, of your headlights have failed, and whether or not the high or low beam mode still works. Common Situations and Fixes For Headlights Not Working When headlights stop working, it’s usually an electrical problem or an physical issue with the bulbs themselves....

Mail.com IMAP Settings Access the Mail.com IMAP services using the following settings: Mail.com IMAP server address: imap.mail.comMail.com IMAP user name: Your full Mail.com email address (for example, person@mail.com)Mail.com IMAP password: Your Mail.com passwordMail.com IMAP port: 993Mail.com IMAP TLS/SSL required: yes Why Use IMAP Server Settings? Web-based email services like Mail.com require web access to use their messaging features. However, you might prefer to access your account through an email client, such as Outlook....

What They Said: The note encourages users and system administrators to review the Chrome release notes (80.0.3987.116) and update the browser software right away. The Big Picture: Chances are your Chrome browser has updated itself. It’s easy to check, though, via the More (three dot) menu in the upper right corner of the browser window, under the Help/About Google Chrome item. Behind the Scenes: Google’s release notes specify five security updates addressed by the update....

Using the updated Street View app on an Android phone, you can just hold up your phone, walk down a street, and take photos. Behind the scenes, Google uses augmented reality, and the positioning data from your phone, to automatically line up all the images with the existing Street View images. “Now that anyone can create their own connected Street View photos, we can bring better maps to more people around the world, capturing places that aren’t on Google Maps or that have seen rapid change,” writes Stafford Marquardt, a Street View product manager....

Ithaca, a machine learning model built by AI researchers at DeepMind, can guess missing words and the location and date of written language, according to a new paper. The effort could help historians decipher ancient manuscripts. “Ithaca is a deep neural network, and as such, it is incredibly capable of finding hidden patterns in vast amounts of data, ’’ historian Thea Sommerschield, co-author of the recent paper, told Lifewire in an email interview....