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RELATED: The Best Netflix Original Movies in 2021 Bad Hair Play Video Writer-director Justin Simien takes a ridiculous concept—an evil-possessed hair weave—and turns it into a smart and sometimes scary satire. Set in 1989 Los Angeles, Bad Hair is a clever period piece about the rise of hip-hop music video programming, starring Elle Lorraine as an aspiring VJ. She’s advised to get a weave to improve her chances of landing an on-air job at a network focused on African-American culture, but that proves to be a deadly choice when the cursed hair goes on a killing spree to feed its bloodlust....

But before you go shopping, one of the most important things to consider is compatibility. Apple has released three iterations of the regular AirPods and two of the Pro model. Not every accessory will work with each model. You must ensure that the accessory you buy will work with your new AirPods Pro. You must be particularly careful with AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) cases. The AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) charging case has the exact dimensions as the original AirPods Pro....

We spoke to 1Password’s chief of security, Jeffery Goldberg, who said he’s, “cautiously optimistic that this time we might see a dent in the password problem.” That’s the optimistic take—and it’s far from the death of passwords. Why People Want to Kill the Password When discussing the company’s goal of “Building a world without passwords,” back in May 2018, Microsoft’s Security Team wrote: Passwords have become more annoying over time, and we’ve all become wise to the risks of reusing one....

Aperture and the Exposure Triangle Aperture is one of the three legs of the exposure triangle, along with shutter speed and ISO. It’s a measurement of how wide the hole is at the front of a lens and, thereby, how much light it allows in. Shutter speed measures how long light is allowed to hit the sensor and ISO measures how sensitive the sensor is. While shutter speed is measured somewhat intuitively in fractions of a second, aperture is measured in f-stops, such as f/1....

The Best Wi-Fi Encryption is WPA3 As of February 2022, the best Wi-Fi security standard is called Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 3, or WPA3 for short. Introduced in 2018 by the Wi-Fi Alliance, there are several variations of the WPA3 standard: WPA3-Personal: This is designed for individual and home Wi-Fi users. For ease-of-use, it allows you to pick your own arbitrary password, including one that might not be optimally secure. WPA3-Enterprise: This standard enforces minimum 128-bit authentication encryption, 256-bit key derivation encryption, and the use of an authentication server instead of a password....

1. Keep Your iPhone (and iPad) Up to Date It might sound obvious, but keeping your iPhone (or iPad) up to date is one of the most important things you can do from a security standpoint. Security issues are often discovered in iOS, and once they’re public knowledge, that means they’re ripe for exploitation. Apple regularly patches these holes with incremental updates. You can turn on Automatic Updates under Settings > General > Software Update so that you never need manually install one of these updates again....

Apple holds a Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) every year, and WWDC 2022 is quickly approaching. Here’s how to watch it, and what Apple might reveal. When is WWDC 2022? WWDC officially starts with the Apple Keynote on June 6 at 10 AM Pacific Time, or 1 PM Eastern Time (time zone conversion). Apple will also have a ‘Platforms State of the Union’ presentation at 1 PM Pacific Time, or 4 PM Eastern Time (more time zones)....

Android introduced the ability to use external storage as internal storage a few years ago, but this ties the SD card and phone together. If something goes wrong, you won’t be able to get back whatever data was on the card. Why Would You Format an SD Card or USB Drive as Internal Storage? If you format the SD card or USB drive as internal storage, your phone’s original storage and the added storage merge into one giant pool....

Our First Glimpse of a Black Hole Thanks to a Marriage of Science and Technology This type of story is normally outside of the things we talk about here at HTG, but it’s a really big deal, and it’s really cool. It’s worth talking about! Yesterday, the first image of a black hole was released. Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration shared the image. The fact that we’re getting real-life human eyeballs on one of the most powerful forces known to man is humbling, fascinating, and just downright cool....

Seriously though, how cool is that? The report goes on to state that the satellites would provide coverage ranging from 56 degrees north to 56 degrees south latitude, and that “about 95 percent of the world’s population lives within that wide swath of the planet.” Sorry, other five percent. [GeekWire] Apple News: Another AI Expert Moves from Google to Apple Things have been quiet for Apple over the last day, with the biggest news being a move that aims to make the company’s AI tech better....

Happy Friday, guys and gals! While Apple and Microsoft have been quiet for the last day, there’s a little bit to talk about in Google-land. But the biggest news? Office Depot has been duping users. And it makes me sad. Google News: Gmail on iOS Finally Gets Gestures Google has a new game, Gmail on iOS gets gesture-ized, and Photos is getting some document storing chops. All this and more!...

Apple News: Today’s the Day Apple is expected to announce its long-rumored streaming TV and news services at a 10:00 AM PT event today. We’ll be covering all the details here at HTG when it happens, but here’s what we “know” so far (based on rumors, that is). First of all, the company’s news service is rumored to be $9.99 a month and offer users access to over 200 magazines and dozens of newspapers....

Long Story Short, You Should Avoid 85+ dB With extended and repeated exposure, sounds that exceed 85 decibels can cause permanent hearing loss. And while 85 dB may sound like a lot, there’s a good chance that you’re exposed to 85 dB of sound every day. As an example, every time you open your car window while driving at 50 mph, you’re being exposed to about 89 dB of sound....

At best, it’s irritating to get an email that contains unreadable characters. At worst, it can prevent you from reading the mail at all. Sometimes, changing the encoding in Outlook shows those missing characters and lets you read the message. Here’s how to do it. What is Character Encoding? If you’re not sure what “character encoding” is, we’ve got a comprehensive explanation for you. The less-comprehensive explanation is that a character is a glyph that appears on screen when you type something....

You can assign multiple motion paths to a single object in PowerPoint, but if you don’t combine them, the object will reset to its original position before executing the next animation. Combine the motion paths for a smooth, seamless transition. Assigning and Combining Motion Paths Let’s assume you have an object that you want to bounce to the left, then drop down a bit into its final position. You can assign a single object with multiple motion paths, but if you don’t combine the motion paths then you’ll end up with something like this:...

PDFs are often used when distributing documents so that they’re seen the same way by all parties. Because they’re designed in this way, they can be quite difficult to edit. You may want to convert your PDF to a Word document so that you can make changes to your text more easily. Convert a PDF to a Word Document Using Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader DC Adobe’s own Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC both offer an easy way to convert PDF files to Word documents....

Note: For this article we are using VLC version 1.0 on Windows Open up VLC and select Media and Convert / Save. Now in the Open Media window click on the Add button and browse to the location of the video file you want to convert and after you have it click the Convert / Save button. When the Convert window opens you should see the source of the video file you want to convert and you will need to browse for a destination for the MP3....

A radar chart compares the values of three or more variables relative to a central point. It’s useful when you cannot directly compare the variables and is especially great for visualizing performance analysis or survey data. Here’s a sample radar chart, so you can see what we’re talking about. It’s likely you’ve run across them before, even if you didn’t know that’s what they were. Creating Radar Charts in Excel is straightforward....

Apple has finally taken the wraps off its iPhoto successor: Photos. It’s great so far, but we’re not sure everyone is going to be thrilled about its iCloud integration. Here is how to make adjustments to Photos’ iCloud features, or turn them off completely. Photos has been a long time coming. Development on iPhoto, which used to be Apple’s go-to photo-editing and library app of choice since 2002, ceased in 2014....

Data trends change over time. As such, you may need to edit or remove data from a chart in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to reflect those changes. Doing so is a reasonably straightforward process. Here’s how to do it. Editing and Removing Data from a PowerPoint Chart Open PowerPoint and head over to the slide that contains the chart or graph. Once there, select the chart. Now, right-click the chart....