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In honor ofWorld Sight Day,Google Mapshas introduced a new feature for blind or partially sighted people. Maps will now offer more detailed voice guidance and verbal announcements to make navigating with limited vision easier and safer. “As a legally blind woman living in Tokyo, I know that getting around unfamiliar environments can be a challenge,” Google’s Wakana Sugiyama wrote in ablog post. “I can easily commute from my front door to my desk at work; it’s a trip I take regularly and know well....

Roonis the go-to software for audiophiles who want to manage their music library, streaming services, and audio gear from one central location. And as of November 27,it’s now owned by Harman, parent company of JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, and Mark Levinson. Roon is a subscription-based service that gives demanding audio fans the ability to manage vast collections of digital music while controlling where and how that music is played on compatible devices throughout their homes....

It’s not every day you get to bring the Earth to the brink of destruction, but that’s exactly what director Roland Emmerich set out to do in his latest film,Moonfall. Directed and co-written by Emmerich, the film follows a pair of former astronauts and a conspiracy theorist forced to undertake a dangerous journey to the moon in order to stop it from crashing into Earth. Why the moon was suddenly knocked out of its orbit — and how to get it back there — are mysteries faced by the characters in the film, but they were also a problem to solve for the team tasked with grounding the film’s cosmic calamity in plenty of very-real physics....

Are websites loading slowly or not operating properly on your MacBook? Is your machine sluggish when it tries to loadanything? Are those Facebook ads getting a bit too creepy? It’s probably time to delete your cache files. Wiping your cache and deleting cookies is a great way to improve performance in even thebest web browsersand clear some space on your hard drive. Wiping browser data is pretty simple, but deleting cache for apps and the system itself is a bit more involved....

Whether you’re a seasoned marathon veteran or you just bought your first pair ofrunning shoes, it helps to know how far you’ve run and to plan how many miles you want to clock in a day. The appMapMyRun— from the folks over atUnder Armour— is designed specifically to assist with this. It allows you to create and save your own custom running routes and even tracks mileage live as you run....

Blur can be either a frustrating flaw or an artful tool to illustrate motion within a still photograph. A long exposure turns blur into something positive, smoothing waves, creating light paintings, obliterating crowds, and making traffic actually look attractive. Understanding long exposure opens up endless creative possibilities and, thankfully, isn’t terribly hard to learn. You’ll need a tripod, and, if you plan to take long-exposure photographs during the day, neutral density filters, along with your camera and lens....

Cult of the Lambgives you a few ways to customize your playstyle. Fleeces are one of the main methods, as these items can radically alter how you experience Crusades. Some might grant you increased damage for killing enemies, while others will have you draw Tarot cards at the start of a new adventure. But unlocking Fleeces isn’t easy — and it’ll take a lot of dedication to unlock them all....

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Awkwafina, David Beckham, Billie Eilish, Idris Elba, John Legend, Lizzo … the list of artists and celebrities performing from their homes tonight or otherwise taking part in theOne World: Together at Homeevent seems endless. Tonight’s concert — curated by Lady Gaga and organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization — will raise funds to support frontline healthcare workers. Stars like Elton John, Taylor Swift, the Rolling Stones, and Stevie Wonder are all set to perform as well....

Spoilers are ahead for Dark Matter (2024) season 1. Summary TheDark Matterfinale leaves its best Jason Dessen mystery pretty open-ended — and I hope it remains ambiguous. Based on a novel of the same name, Apple TV+‘sDark Matter significantly changes Blake Crouch’s book, though the basic premise remains the same. In the nine-episode series,Joel Edgerton plays multiple versions of Jason Dessen across many realities. The first Jason we meet is a (mostly) happily married college professor; his wife, Daniela (Jennifer Connelly), gave up on her career as a painter — much in the same way Jason abandoned his groundbreaking scientific research....

An Instagram test temporarily created a news feed that felt more like Stories, much to the frustration of users. On Thursday, December 27, Instagram users shared the outrage at a re-designed news feed that requires users to tap through posts — similar to Stories — instead of scrolling through the feed.Instagram saysthe feature was supposed to be a test among a small group of users that inadvertently launched to a wider user base....

Summary Out of all the heroes inJoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,few have earned the reputation and pop culture presence thatJotaro Kujohas. Since his first appearance in theStardust Crusadersarc of the series, fans have adored his blunt manner of speaking, sheer physical power, anduniquely memorable Stand, Star Platinum. As the first Joestar to utilize a Stand, he broke new ground in the series and paved the path for every Joestar who followed in his footsteps....

2018 brought a handful of new cameras to market, but which ones were the most popular?Lens Rentals recently sharedits annual breakdown, which tracks the rentals over a one-year period. It showed growth for Panasonic and Sony, while other brands saw marginal declines in the percentage of rentals, including the most-rented brand, Canon. The data tracks rentals on the platform from November 2017 to November 2018. Canon leads three of the different lists, with the brand in the top four spots for the most popular photo and video gear overall for the year....

Brewing beer at home is typically a time- and labor-intensive hobby, but it’s about to get much easier. LG is going to make it easy to turn your home into a speakeasy with the introduction of its new LG HomeBrew, an at-home beer maker that makes it easy to bring craft brews to life without needing access to a brewery. It will be making its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January....