consumerelectronics
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How to Make Your Smart TV ‘Dumber’ (and Why You Should)
When people want to illustrate how fast technology advances in the modern era, they often reach for the (admittedly astonishing) fact that it only took us 66 years to go from the first manned flight to landing people on the moon. While it’s undeniably incredible to think that a human being could witness both of…
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Why You Should Turn Off Your iPhone’s Macro Mode
Has this happened to you? You turn on your iPhone’s camera to take a photo, only to see something strange: Your phone seems to be switching between camera lenses on its own, throwing off your ability to take your picture. After all, how can you properly frame a shot when the lens keeps changing?
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Every Samsung Phone Has a Hidden Chihuahua for Some Reason
I’m not trying to bullshit you. If you have a Samsung Galaxy — virtually any one of them — then you have a hidden chihuahua on your phone. You would never stumble upon it, which is why you’ve likely never seen nor known about it, but it’s there, lurking, ready to greet you at a…
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How to Really Tell If Your Headphone Volume Is Destroying Your Ears
If you have an iPhone and listen to music with your headphones, you’re probably familiar with the popup notification, “Volume Should Be Turned Down. Based on your headphone usage over the last seven days, you’ve exceeded the recommended limit for audio exposure.” But what is the recommended limit — and how are you supposed to know…