A New Generation of Wi-Fi to Improve Your Home Network
The technology, Wi-Fi 6, is designed to reduce congestion from devices. We put it to the test.
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When the pandemic upended our lives, many of us were forced to stay home and shift our work and hobbies to the internet. Office meetings and classrooms were replaced with video calls. We binged on Netflix, played more video games and shopped online.
The result: We slammed our home Wi-Fi networks with more devices that were doing more than ever before. Our congested internet connections, which contributed to spotty video calls and sluggish downloads, became the No. 1 tech headache.
When Influencers Make Fools of Themselves
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We can all use a reminder that envy-inducing content looked ridiculous behind the scenes.
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Feb. 24, 2021
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden with its roses, magnolia plaza and cherry esplanade is an urban refuge, except for when the cherry blossoms burst from their buds. Then it becomes a hazardous place to stroll: Dozens of people dart across its paths, eyes trained on their phones, colliding while trying to frame perfect shots among the brilliant pink petals. A few years ago, Los Angeles Magazine noted something similar about the Paul Smith store on Melrose, which it ranked as having the city’s single most Instagrammed wall. Better known as the Pink Wall, it is neither more nor less than that description: a wall painted bright pink. But like the cherry blossoms, that is enough to make it a destination for a w
Youâre New Here, Arenât You? Digital Theaterâs Unexpected Upside
Companies and venues that put work online are finding big, new and younger audiences â but little revenue.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has found an audience for streamed shows like âThe Gift of the Mad Guys,â an adaptation of O. Henryâs âThe Gift of the Magi.âCredit.via Pittsburgh Public Theater
Five days after the coronavirus quieted performing arts venues, the Irish Repertory Theater found its voice.
It was St. Patrickâs Day, after all â not an occasion to go unacknowledged, even during a pandemic. So the humble nonprofit started posting homespun videos of company members performing Irish-themed songs, poems and monologues on social media.
Head Back to the Past With Old-Time Radio
A wealth of radio shows, constructed from dialogue and sound effects, and with a touch of narration and music, is free on the internet.
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Feb. 20, 2021
In the image and video cacophony of our world, there’s an old-fashioned medium that rouses and works with our own powers of imagination, one that suits these cooped-up inner-world days of ours. It’s radio drama, especially from its golden age, in the 1930s through the ’50s, when radio was king of home entertainment. Thanks to the internet, the archival wealth of such shows constructed from dialogue and sound effects, with a touch of narration and music is freely available. Here are six to enjoy whenever and wherever, indoors or out.
Rupert Neve, the Father of Modern Studio Recording, Dies at 94
His equipment became the industry standard and influenced the sound of groups like Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, the Grateful Dead, Santana, Chicago and the Who.
Rupert Neve in 2009 at a mixing console at the Magic Shop recording studio in New York City. His revolutionary consoles like the Neve 8028 (not shown here) had a huge impact on the music industry.Credit.Joshua Thomas
Published Feb. 19, 2021Updated Feb. 21, 2021
When the Seattle grunge band Nirvana recorded their breakthrough album, “Nevermind,” at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Calif., in 1991, they used a massive mixing console created by a British engineer named Rupert Neve.