From there you can place furniture, shelving systems, decorations and change wall colors, then export your design in both 3D and 2D and send it to others for approval or ridicule. The models can also include ceilings so you can add in virtual suspended light fittings. Other new features include […]
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Crush the Dance Floor With These Colorful Retro Beat Machines
“This hardware and software gives you limitations,” says Polyend CEO Piotr Raczyński (no relation to Bogdan Raczynski, the musician he collaborated with). “When you have a DAW nowadays with any computer, you can have thousands of tracks and thousands of effects. That is tempting, and it can be a little […]
A Firmware Issue Threatens to Make PS4 Games Unplayable
Unless something changes, an issue lurking in older PlayStations’ internal timing systems threatens to eventually make every PS4 game and all downloaded PS3 games unplayable on current hardware. Right now, it’s not a matter of if but when this problem will occur. This ticking firmware time bomb has been known […]
How the Smart Remote Lost Its Way
“If we think about any company that tried to make a dent in that, what comes to mind is Harmony,” says Paul Erickson, senior analyst at research company Parks Associates. “It wasn’t just that they gave you the ability to condense multiple remotes into one; there had been universal remotes […]
How to Schedule Emails and Texts to Send Anytime You Want
Your phone will need to be switched on and have an active connection to the outside world for these scheduled messages to be sent—you’re delaying the sending of the text from your local device, rather than having it wait in the cloud or on a server somewhere, so bear that […]
Ecobee’s Ecosystem Is an Easy Way to Embrace the Smart Home
The Ecobee smartphone app is an excellent companion too. You can see everything from the live camera view to real-time temperatures in each room. I can quickly see when my dog jumps on the couch when no one’s home (and even yell at him to get off via the included […]
Come Cry With Us on the ‘Gadget Lab’ 500th Episode Extravaganza
MC: Oh, you’re warming my heart over here. Well, OK. So of all the changes that you instituted to our institution, what do you think is the most lasting contribution to the podcast? DP: So the thing that I still find myself loving, and I get no credit for this, […]
Cord-Cutting Isn’t About Saving Money. It’s About Control
The point of cord-cutting was to save money. Pick the programming that means something to you, and jettison the rest. Then the broadcasters, streamers, and studios all sectioned off their little wells of content, and the services such as Hulu, Youtube TV, and SlingTV homogenized their offerings. Now I can […]
15 Best Weekend Deals on TVs, Smart Speakers, and PC Gear
relax. tune out. Make your home work for itself for a change. The weather may be warming up and bars and restaurants slowly reopening, but this is a take-it-easy, ease-into-spring weekend with no pressure to pick right up where 2019 left off. From TVs to smart speakers, our favorite weekend […]
What Is Hi-Fi Audio, and Should You Pay More for It?
Here’s a riddle: If higher-quality audio sounds better, and better-sounding music is more enjoyable, then shouldn’t you stream music in the highest possible audio quality? The answer is yes. Listen to music in the highest possible quality. You’ll love the shimmering drum cymbals that keep singing out long after they’ve […]