PAL is a video format standard used in European, African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Australian countries. You may not think about how the TV shows and movies we watch are formatted, but a lot of thought goes into how a video will be presented, as it can impact quality. Read on to find out everything…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
iOS 16 begins rolling out this week and with it comes a number of new features, including the super secure Lockdown Mode. Here’s everything you need to know about the new iOS security feature. What is Lockdown Mode? Lockdown Mode is an opt-in iOS feature designed to prevent the most highly sophisticated cyberattacks. The setting…
Sony announced a new gaming accessory for its Xperia 1 IV earlier today which brings active cooling and four additional ports. In addition to the accessory, Sony also announced a new Xperia 1 IV Gaming Edition smartphone which brings 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. Everything else from specs to the design is identical to the…
Apple-focused YouTuber and podcaster Luke Miani joins us this week on The MacRumors Show podcast to talk through some of our immediate reactions after Apple’s “Far out” event. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos We discuss all of Apple’s major announcements, including the Apple Watch Series 8, second-generation Apple Watch SE, Apple…
Garmin has reacted to Apple’s new rugged Apple Watch Ultra, saying in a tweet following the iPhone 14 and Apple Watch event that it measures battery life in “months” and “not hours,” promoting its latest Enduro 2 watch for athletes. While the Apple Watch Ultra has the longest battery life of any Apple Watch to…
The past two years have not been easy for business. However, through the disruption small businesses have been the heroes of our communities in many ways, from providing essential goods and services to being part of the community response. Take Casa Botín in Madrid, the oldest restaurant in the world. While much has changed in…
Are you getting a “python: can’t open file ‘manage.py’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory” error? It can happen when you type “python manage.py runserver” into the terminal. You got the error because you’ve added the manage.py file in a sub-directory. The file needs to be at the root of the project folder and…
Are you getting an “Object of Type ‘int’ has no len()” error in Python? Basically, an integer by design is to count up a number of apples or a number of people. You cannot break it down to constituent parts like a hundred is made up of 10, 20, 30, etc. It cannot be viewed…
(Author’s Note: *these referenced books have been banned.) I am so near-sighted my driver’s license used to include a warning label on the back that said “legally blind.” My sister and parents all have perfect eyesight, so my family teases that my bad eyesight stemmed from my face being buried in books since the moment…
Ground operations tackle the Leilani fire, which burned tens of thousands of acres in and around the US military’s Pohakuloa Training Area on the island of Hawai’i in August 2022. Wildfires like these are fueled by Hawaii’s recent drought. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources One of the wettest places in the United States…