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Experts say the technology is slowly getting better at recognizing people wearing face masks. The report’s authors used 6.2 million photos and applied simulations of various digital mask combinations to these images. This first study found the error rate of these pre-pandemic algorithms to be between 5% and 50%. reklamlar / Getty Images Numerous studies show that facial recognition is widely reported to misidentify the wrong person and have racial biases....

I still cant believe its not butter! But lab-grown meat isnt just about hamburgers and chicken nuggets. Its also about milk, cheese, and eggs. Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty Images Fake meat is so hot right now. Environmentally its way, way cleaner than growing cows, pigs, and chickens. It will also end up cheaper. Bloomberg Creative / Getty Images It could up-end the entire food industry, and youll be happy about it....

How Fast Does Your PC Need to Be? With web-based tools likeGoogle Docs, you don’t need to run software to compose and edit documents. This is something that a low-end computer cannot perform in a timely manner. sweetym / Getty Images That’s why companies like Disney have huge banks of computers to produce spectacular animated movies. CAD Software Computer-aided design, or CAD, is used to create blueprints for products and buildings....

It was ratified in June 2003 and replaced the older standard of 802.11b. Newer, faster versions of the standard have since replaced it, but 802.11g-compliant equipment is still in use. 802.11g Rated Speed The rated speed of 802.11g networking devices is 54 Mbps. oxygen / Getty Images However, 802.11g and otherWi-Fi connection protocolsinclude a feature calleddynamic rate scaling. When thewireless signalbetween twoconnected Wi-Fi devicesis not strong, the connection cannot support thefastest speed....

Like most computer networks, Wi-Fi supports varying levels of performance, depending on the technology standard. The802.11ax standardis more common, but that will soon change as more Wi-Fi 6 devices enter the market. Wi-Fi standards are certified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Lifewire Each Wi-Fi standard is rated according to its maximum theoretical data pipe bandwidth. However, the performance of Wi-Fi networks doesn’t match these theoretical maximums. The actual speed of a Wi-Fi wireless web connection connection depends on several factors....

Is DSL as fast as cable internet? DSL provides this access without tying up the phone lines, as dial-up internet connections do. Compared to the performance of cable internet service, DSL speed has lagged a little behind historically. deepblue4you / Getty Images DSL speeds vary depending on the provider you choose and the packages the provider offers. Even your equipment affects speed. If your router or PC is fairly old, the same may occur....

Ethernet kept this same speed rating for more than 10 years. Different forms of the standard were named starting with the number 10, including 10-Base2 and10-BaseT. Fast Ethernet The technology called Fast Ethernet was introduced in the mid-1990s. Lifewire Other common names for this standard included 100-BaseT2 and 100-BaseTX. Fast Ethernet was widely deployed as the need for greaterLANperformance became critical to universities and businesses. A key element of its success was its ability to coexist with existing connection installations....

Thecompany HighSpeedInternet.comrecentlyreleased a studyof internet speeds around the country. “States can offer incentives such as tax credits.” The average internet speed in the United States was 99.3 Mbps, the researchers found. Tim Robberts / Getty Images The winners and losers in the speed department were clear. Just below was New Jersey, which zips along at 120.4 Mbps. To make the internet faster in many states requires ISPs to make the necessary upgrades and investments....

In a new report,researchers foundnine vulnerabilities in the communications protocols used in IoT devices. Over 100 million consumer, enterprise, and industrial IoT devices could be affected. The security flaws could allow hackers to take devices offline or control them remotely. Yuichiro Chino / Getty Images Cybercriminals also could use the security issues to gain wider access to affected networks. They also can be a good tool for privacy protection. A soft firewall is generally one that is installed on the system and provides an easy-to-use interface....

When done well, I think fitness video games are fantastic. While both of these games did well, they also werent specifically aimed at the fitness market. Freiberger said it takes more to be successful in gaming and fitness today. Getty Images / Javier Rueda Games likeRing Fit Adventureare a perfect example of what fitness games can and should be. Riders pedal to an on-screen wheel to reach goals within the game....

It doesnt have the depth of regular virtual assistants, but its not meant to. “It requires a lot of data, and a lot of processing power. Fluent goes directly from speech to intent, taking your voice and converting it directly into an action.” d3sign / Getty Images What is Fluent? Fluent is voice-control software. “Turn out the lights,” becomes justoutandlights. Westend61 / Getty Images The essential elements are stripped from a messy human sentence and turned into steps....

With Framework’s computers, that’s exactly what you’ve got the option to do. For a start, few materials are truly recyclable. Old water bottlesdon’t usually endup as new water bottles, for example. golubovy / Getty Images And perhaps the psychological comfort actually makes us buy and use more. Emissions from you using it are just 19% of the total. After that, you might give it away. WC.GI / Getty Images And after that, how about repurposing it?...

This camera’s pretty rad Key Takeaways Thought the megapixel race was over? Well, a new camera from Fujifilm packs 100MP, and its pre-orders havealready outsold all three preceding modelscombined. Still, even these high-end, high-cost cameras have their downsides. Fujifilm Its cool if you have still subjects, tech journalist andcamera reviewer Andrea NeporitoldLifewirevia direct message. Even with 50MP, its impossible to avoid a little micro-blur when shooting without a tripod. What Does This Mean for You?...