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Quick Links Summary Calibrating your HDR display in Windows 11 is crucial for optimizing the visual experience. Proper calibration enhances color accuracy, shadow detail, and overall immersion by adjusting brightness, contrast, and color settings. However, it’s important to note that some monitors labeled as “HDR” may not meet the necessary standards, rendering calibration ineffective. Additionally, Windows 11’s handling of HDR for regular desktop usage may not be satisfactory. HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a technology that expands the color and contrast range of digital displays, promising a more immersive and realistic visual experience....

Summary If you have a Steam Deck, or you’ve installed SteamOS on another brand of handheld like the Lenovo Legion Go or ASUS ROG Ally, you might have encountered an issue where game downloads to your SD card arepainfullyslow. Like pre-broadband slow. So what gives? While I can’t tell you exactly why this happens, it seems you and I are not the only ones that have this problem. Luckily a fix has been lurking out there on various forums for years now, and I think it’s time to bring it out into the light....

Quick Links Summary Have you got a Wi-Fi printer that you want to use with your Windows 11 PC? If so, it’s quick and easy to make the printer work with your computer. I’ll show you the ways you’re able to connect your printer to your machine. Scenario 1: Install a Printer You’ve Never Connected to Your Wi-Fi Network If you’re trying to set up a printer that you’ve never connected to your Wi-Fi network, you’ll have to use your printer’s utility to connect it to your wireless network first....

Quick Links Do you want to extract pages from a PDF file and save those pages as a separate PDF? If so, you have both built-in and third-party ways to do that on your Windows 11 PC. Extract Pages From a PDF Using Microsoft Edge The easiest built-in way tocreate a new PDFusing chosen pages from an existing PDF is by using Microsoft Edge. Although this is a web browser, it allows you to view andwork with PDF files....

Summary If you’ve spent any time reading posts online by serious, hardcore gamers you’ve likely seen the terms “i-frames” and “hitbox” bandied about. If you felt too nervous to ask what the heck any of that means, I’ve got a quick noob-friendly explanation that might just make you die less often in both online and single-player games. What Are I-Frames? If you’ve ever watched speedrunners do their thing in games likeDark Soulsor marvel at how professional fighting game players can seemingly take punishment but no damage, you’ve seen mastery of i-frames in action....

Quick Links Shopping can be tough if you don’t already know what you want. Even if you do know, it can be hard to get all the details while sifting through thousands of reviews or digging through product specs. Thankfully, Amazon’s new AI helper, Rufus, can help streamline the process in many ways. Rufus is Amazon’s Helpful AI on the Amazon Mobile App Rufus can help ease the burden of shopping online in many ways....

Summary An often-overlooked part of many people’s gaming setup is the headset, but it’s an essential one if you play online games and if you play with friends a lot. Now, HyperX’s latest headphones are here, and they’re really good. HyperX, which is owned by HP as one of its two gaming brands, has introduced its latest wireless gaming headsets, the Cloud Flight 2 and the Cloud Alpha 2. The new headset offers two different wireless connectivity options through both 2....

Quick Links Spotify is by far my most-used streaming service, but I can’t say I’m happy about it. Sometimes, a great product is created by a not-so-great company—but I just can’t seem to find another music streaming service that scratches the same itch. It’s time to air some grievances. Prices Increase, Features Don’t I’ll start with my most obvious complaint—frequent price increases for Spotify Premium. For a long time, this wasn’t a problem at all....

Quick Links Following in the steps of the iPhone,Google added gesture-based navigation to Android in 2018. It’s been a while since then, yet many people still cling to the old three-button navigation system. Allow me to make the case for gestures. A big reason why so many people still use three-button navigation is Samsung. DespiteGalaxy deviceshaving gesture navigation built-in, Samsung defaults to three-button out of the box. You have tomanually switch to gesturesyourself—not everyone will know they can do that....

Summary The 11-inch form factor is a tricky one, landing somewhere between the ideal size for a tablet and a laptop. Like its predecessors, theGen 9 Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11-inchaddresses this problem by checking boxes, and it’s yet again proved a winning combo. Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11-Inch Gen 9 The Gen 9 Lenovo Chromebook Duet 11-inch may not be the most powerful laptop, but its MediaTek Kompanio 838 processor and Mali-G57 MC3 GPU can handle everyday tasks with ease, and with up to 8GB RAM available, you have plenty of space for open tabs....

Summary Mechanical keyboards are a hot commodity thanks to their quality and responsiveness. TheLogitech G915 X Lightspeed Keyboardproves you can provide that and more in a thinner, faster package. Logitech G915 X Lightspeed The Logitech G915 X Lightspeed Keyboard is a thin mechanical keyboard that doesn’t compromise on features or performance. Price and Availability The Logitech G915 X Lightspeed Keyboard is available from Amazon, Best Buy, or direct from Logitech for a list price of $230....

Summary Whether they come from Bose, Apple, Sony, or another company, most wireless earbuds have a similar aesthetic. If you’re looking for something with a more unique style, look no further than theMarshall Motif II ANCearbuds, which feature a design based on the brand’s iconic guitar amps. Unlike many other earbuds, but like the amplifiers Marshall is known for, the Motif II ANC feature a distinctive sound signature. This could have been a gamble, but here it works....

This week Meta (formally Facebook) revealed its all-new virtual and mixed-reality goggles, theMeta Quest Pro. It’s a high-end VR headset with a lot to offer at an eye-watering$1,499 price tag, but unfortunately, the battery life will be terrible. As the name suggests, the new Quest is a pro-level VR headset that improves on every aspect of the current Meta Quest 2, whichretails for $399. It has an upgraded design, better ergonomics, new controllers, more power, and a slew of eye-tracking sensors to capture facial expressions or blend the outside world with your virtual one....