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You don’t need a dozen speakers to enjoyDolby Atmos Musicanymore. It’s now something anyone withan iPhone, an Apple Music subscription, and a set of headphones can hear. In the not-too-distant future, Android users will be able to get in on the Atmos action, too. But does Dolby Atmos Music actually sound better? Given Apple’s spin, plus my own experiences listening to Atmos Music via Tidal on my home theater system, my expectations were very high for Dolby Atmos via headphones....

France is limiting the use of the term “esports” and other English video game jargon in an ongoing effort to preserve the purity of the French language. According to a report fromThe Guardian, French officials in the culture ministry aren’t outright banning the use of English gaming buzzwords per se, but rather they are rewriting some of the rules around their usage to make such words drip out of the French mouth as smooth as melted camembert....

NASA astronaut Anne McClain and three of her colleagues are spending their last evening aboard the International Space Station (ISS) after a five-month stay in orbit. McClain, fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi of JAXA, and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, are part of SpaceX’s Crew-10 and are set to return to Earth inside Crew Dragon Endurance shortly after midday on Thursday — assuming the weather conditions are suitable at the splashdown site off the coast of Florida....

If you find yourself on a country road in aself-driving car, chances are you’re both pretty lost. Today’s most advanced autonomous driving systems rely on maps that have been carefully detailed and characterized in advanced. That means themillions of miles of unpaved roadsin the United States are effectively off-limits for autonomous vehicles. But a team of computer scientists from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)have designed a self-driving system aimed at successfully navigating unpaved roads by using basic GPS data and sensors technology....

Google’s Pixel 9 series smartphones are now on shelves. This year, Google’s lineup has four phones, similar to Apple’siPhoneline. They are theGoogle Pixel 9,Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, andPixel 9 Pro Fold. Now that Google has brought back the XL version, the Pixel 9 Pro is a smaller version of the Pro flagship. So how does it compare to last year’s Apple device, theApple iPhone 15 Pro? Let’s take a look....

Web hostingis by no means a commodity business. Hosting providers might all be doing the same thing — giving you a place to share your business with the world on the internet — but they’re by no means equal. Depending on the provider you choose, you might find one that offers outstanding speed, but not nearly enough storage to keep all of your stuff in one spot. And if it’s Linux servers you’re after (and in most cases, you should be after Linux servers), not every web-hosting provider will fit the bill....

On Tuesday, September 25, a server outage leftHoneywellcustomers unable to control their smart home devices via their phone and exposed a particular vulnerability of smart home devices. The news has been full of talk of cybersecurity recently, but the main focus has been on external forces breaking into a network through the use of an Internet of Things device — not on the failure of a core component of a smart home service....

Wi-Fi is almost a necessity for modern living, which is why having a goodrouter is a must! They allow us to connect our devices, many of which aren’t even equipped with an Ethernet port, to all the vast wealth of the web — or maybe just an app of your choice. However, your Wi-Fi signal can be a capricious beast, constantly fluctuating and sporadically dropping off during the most inopportune moments and scenarios....

This Prime Day season, if you want to help small businesses as well as the almighty Amazon, you may. That’s thanks to Amazon offering Prime members a $10 credit to use onPrime Day 2020when they spend $10 on items sold by select small businesses via the Amazon store. This way, you get to enjoy all the benefits of Prime Day while also knowing you’re helping smaller firms get by during this exceptionally tricky year....

Weapon customization is at the heart of theCall of Duty: Warzoneexperience, and following the integrations ofBlack Ops Cold WarandVanguard, you have even more firearms at your disposal — over 150 as of September 2022. Each weapon has a laundry list of attachments that can be unlocked by earning Weapon XP, but if you’re a new player or someone who just wants to make progress quickly, it can be tough to level up your guns — especially if you only ownWarzone....

How to watch Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story after streaming debut The Lifetimetrue crimemovie Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story caused a stir when it debuted last year, and it’s set to make its streaming debut soon. True crime dramatizations are coming in thick and fast, and they’re often prone to controversy. Last year, Ryan Murphy’sMonsters Season 2 proved divisivefor its differing perspectives on theLyle and Erik Menendezcase....

It finally happened. Intel killed Hyper-Threading on its desktop CPUs. The newArrow Lakerange, called Core Ultra 200S, ditches the simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) feature that Intel has held onto for more than a decade. And according to Intel, it doesn’t need the extra threads to still deliver a generational performance improvement, even up against thebest processors. Intel says the new range, which we break down in detail inour post focused its gaming potential, can deliver an 8% performance improvement in single-threaded workloads over the previous generation, and a 4% uplift compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X....

iOS 18 will use AI to make reading notifications easier than ever iOS 18 is poised to be a big upgrade, with loads of AI features, and a Bloomberg report reveals that the OS will use AI to summarize your notifications. A newBloomberg report, penned by Mark Gurman, reveals an auto-summarization feature for notifications as part of new AI featuresAppleplans to introduce with theiOS 18. This feature will also give you a quick summary of news articles and transcribe voice memos....