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While you won’t notice a camera lens on the front or back of your Nintendo Switch console, there are two lurking on the Joycon controllers. Each motion-sensing controller includes an infrared (IR) camera at the bottom. It doesn’t look like a camera since there’s no traditional lens, but if you look you can see the black spots located at the bottom. These cameras were infrequently used when the Switch first released, but with Nintendo’s cardboard Labo kits, the camera and its capabilities have become more clear....

While it seems that iPad would be a useful device for blogging via WordPress, this just isn’t the case. It’s surprising to sit down to what you would think would be an easy process and find out it’s not as easy as you would think it should be. While certain aspects are easy, there are certain (important) aspects that are not. Some things, such as updating the WordPress software, are surprisingly easy and can be done right there via a browser....

Have you ever wanted to use your Mac’s trackpad for something other than navigating your Mac? Mac OS X has handwriting recognition built into it, so you’d think that you’d already be able to use the trackpad much like you would a tablet. Luckily, if you want to handwrite or sketch on your Mac’s trackpad, you can do so via an app called Inklet. It turns your trackpad into a pen tablet....

Twitch’s premier mindful streamer Lilas Fox sits engulfed by a calming sea of green potted plants accentuated by an adorably placed cat cam. Fox began their path on Twitch two years ago in an attempt to build a community of like-minded gaming enthusiasts. Fox built a 6,000-person audience with their clinical disposition and penchant for radical positivity and hopes to reach a few thousand more! “When I first started creating content… I never thought anything would come of it....

A new partnership between Samsung and uBreakiFix by Asurion aims to make it easier for everyone to recycle their old electronics—with some exceptions. According to the announcement, the partnership works because uBreakiFix and Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores will act as a drop-off point. You bring the old or broken electronics you don’t want to (or can’t) use anymore to them, and they send everything off to a Samsung recycling partner....

Here are all Roblox UFO Simulator Codes that you can redeem for free rewards like new Pets, Coins, Hats, Upgrades, and more. When new codes are released, we will add them to this list so check back often. Further ahead, you will also find all the out-of-date codes and how to redeem valid ones. These are all the codes that are working on December 28, 2022. There is no given expiry date for them but usually, such Roblox codes expire in 2 to 3 days....

When written messages were commonly delivered on paper, the term re stood for “regarding” or “in reference to.” It was used at the top of a formal letter, followed by the subject of the letter. Re isn’t an abbreviation. Rather, it’s taken from the Latin in re, which means “in the matter of.” With electronic communications, however, re has been repurposed. RE: in an email subject line precedes the subject when the message is a reply to a previous one that uses the same subject....

Microsoft will soon release a cross platform code editor to develop ASP.NET and NodeJS applications in Windows, Linux and Mac. The Visual Studio Code is an advanced code editor which is part of the Visual Studio family. I will give that a moment to sink in. Yes, Microsoft has made a code editor for Linux. And the pre-release version looks most promising especially for cross-platform development. As a powerful code editor, Visual Studio Code comes with many great features....

There is a lot you can do in Roblox Wacky Wizards and get creative with the potions that you can craft in the game. Using a number of ingredients, you will be able to craft some of the most powerful and useful potions of the game. This will help you level up and do unimaginable things. The tricky part here is to gather the ingredients required in the first place. One such ingredient is the fish....

This week on Pureinfotech: Microsoft pushed the 23rd preview as part of the Windows 10 20H1 update to Insiders with a new networking status settings page, improvements for notifications, Calculator, and File Explorer. (You can now also download the Windows 10 build 18950 ISO file to perform a clean installation or in-place upgrade of the OS.) In addition, the company released Windows 10 build 18362.10013 and build 18362.10012 as part of the 19H2 update coming later in the fall of 2019....

Push notifications on Facebook are the alerts you receive when your phone is locked or when you aren’t actively browsing Facebook. Think of a Facebook push notification as an alert that pushes through the closed app to make you aware of any Facebook activities that may interest you. Push notifications are useful if you don’t want to miss a comment, message, livestream, or anything else on Facebook. Turn Each Facebook Push Notification On or Off To make sure that Facebook pushes only the notifications you want to receive, navigate to Notifications Settings, and adjust the Push setting for each notification....

Recipes in Legend of Zelda aren’t just to give you a full meal but certain combinations can lead up to having a buff for your character giving you additional benefits by using one or two ingredients more if you want to learn about the cooking recipes in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, then check this guide out. What Are The Cooking Recipes In Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Link’s journey has taken his hundreds of years into the game’s timeline and you often have to wonder that once in a while, he will probably get starving from all the adventure that he’s set out for....

You’ve probably seen the term “roguelike” been thrown around a lot, and you may be confused. That’s because it is a confusing term, one that has become muddied over time. But you can venture to learn what it is, and enjoy a genre of games that you might not have understood before. What Is a Roguelike? That’s a good question, and one with a complicated answer because the definition of it has become very muddied....

A webcam is a digital camera that’s connected to a computer to stream live video in real time. In most cases, webcams are used for online meetings, web conferencing, and online learning, but there are a few other uses for them. And not all webcams are equal. Here’s everything you need to know about webcams and how they work. What Is a Computer Webcam? You’ve probably heard of, and maybe even used a webcam on your computer....

It’s easy to listen to music these days. But the process of getting music, dialogue, and sound effects from a source to your ears is a complicated process involving seemingly magical technologies. One technology used to deliver sound is a Bitstream (aka Bitstream Audio, Bit Stream, Digital Bitstream, or Audio Bitstream). What Is Bitstream? A bitstream is binary bits of information (1s and 0s) that can transfer from one device to another....

Cheer Gurl may be her name, but she’s more of a rallying cry. This part-time TikToker, full-time streamer has little desire for the high-pitched jolt that her name insinuates. “Chaotic positivity” is her brand. She embodies this through a penchant for quick-witted, sharp-tongued assaults aimed at the malcontent gaming boys you’d find on any online game. With more than 320,000 followers to her name, this gentile firebrand is looking to reform the gaming space one clapback at a time....

Microsoft is rolling out the January 2022 update for the Surface Duo 2 devices with several fixes, security patches, and a small scope of new features. According to the official notes, the update introduces a new option to configure the Surface Slim Pen 2 in many different ways. For instance, you can now configure the pen’s button to assign other actions like opening an app or taking a screenshot for press-and-hold, single-click, and double-click....

Microsoft is now rolling out a new firmware update for the month of August 2015 for two of its Surface tablets (Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 2) and only for those users running Windows 10. The August firmware updates are meant to improve stability to the operating system and bring performance enhancements to graphics, but no major changes are included. According to the Microsoft Surface update history page: Surface Pro 3 The Surface Pro 3 gets an update for Intel’s HD Graphics Family driver update (v10....

After only a month of the release of Microsoft’s Surface with Windows RT, the company has just announced that Surface with Windows 8 Pro would be available sometime in January 2013 and here are prices for the two upcoming versions: Surface Pro with 64GB will cost $899 and the 128GB version will cost $999. As expected either version of the Surface Pro will come bundled with a pen with Palm Block technology that prevents interruptions by accidentally placing your palm on the screen while you write, and of course you can opt for the Touch Cover or the Type Cover, both sold separately....

Welcome to Pureinfotech: The Recap edition. Each weekend I will bring you a compilation of articles of the week, including how-to guides, features, tech news, and more. This is simply a list with a brief description of pieces you may have missed or you might just want to read again. Windows 8 upgrade prices are officially going up on February 1st: Microsoft announced this week that all its line of Windows 8 products are going back to its original prices....