It’s important to note that the version of Teams that comes preinstalled on Windows 11 is a more lightweight edition of the software designed for personal use. If you want to log into the Teams account you use for school or work, you’ll need the full Microsoft Teams app. Check out the Microsoft support page for more information on how these two versions work together. In the meantime, click on the Chat button on the taskbar (the purple speech bubble with a camera inside) to see a simplified version of the Teams interface....

These days, we’re all spending a lot more time indoors, and some people may be having a hard time being physically cut off from friends and family. But even if you can’t be in the same room as your loved ones, you can still have a good time with them through multiplayer online games—a great way to stay in touch and have fun at the same time. There are a lot of options out there that offer multiplayer modes and allow you to connect with random people over the internet, though they’re not specifically designed for that....

For decades, building model airplanes has been the cheapest, easiest way for people to discover aircraft for themselves. Model airplanes have graced the pages of Popular Science since 1917 at least. And as with many scientific hobbies, kids who started playing with toy airplanes sometimes went on to great triumphs in the field. At the media breakfast, we spoke with Chad Budreau and Rich Hanson from the AMA’s government and regulatory affairs team, plus Bob Brown, AMA President, and Gary Fitch, AMA Executive Vice President....

While that shiny new TV is likely an upgrade from your old set, it’s not perfect out of the box. In fact, there are lots of steps you can take to ensure the picture looks as good as possible. But one hack involves more than digging into the menus—your new TV could benefit from light shining on the wall behind the display. This is called bias lighting and luckily, it won’t cost you very much money....

Hyalomma ticks prefer a more active hunting method. They ID you by your chemical scent, but they can also recognize a potential host visually from up to 30 feet away and will run along the ground to chase them down. The vibrations you cause as you walk and the heat from your body help Hyalomma ticks track you, too. They’ll follow you for 10 minutes or even more, covering distances of up to about 325 feet....

This scenario is what Virgin Galactic is banking on. So much so that though the rocket is still unfinished they are already putting their first-picked passengers through flight training. And that is how Wilson da Silva, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Cosmos (the biggest-selling science magazine in Australia) found himself in Philly last month at the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) Center strapped into one of the most advanced centrifuge simulators on Earth shouting words that we cannot print here as 6 Gs of force pressed down upon him....

“This is yet another step in proving that these systems are ready and are able to be deployed as force multipliers and as part of the directed energy and kinetic energy mix that our war fighters can use to defend against threats like rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles, UAVs, and small ships,” Richard Cordaro, a vice president at Lockheed Martin, said at a media roundtable. Since the US started developing and deploying these systems in the 2010s, the fundamental premise of modern directed-energy weapons—as the military prefers to call high-power lasers—is that they can cost-effectively destroy a range of enemy projectiles....

Most versatile: Novogratz Brittany Sectional Futon Sofa The Novogratz Brittany futon sectional couch is a multi-functional, modernly designed piece that converts seamlessly from a sofa into a bed and is ideal for small living spaces. It has stylish linen upholstery, a sturdy wooden frame, and tufted backrest seating that guarantees optimal comfort whether you are watching TV, reading a book or napping. This sectional is easy to assemble, clean, and is available in three colors: blue, grey, and green....

Now, however, companies such as Microsoft and Google are ramping up AI-powered efforts to cancel out annoying background noise during video calls. In fact, Google just started rolling out its noise-canceling feature to some G Suite corporate customers and it will make its way to more users in coming months. This week, Google gave Venture Beat a demo of the noise-cancelling tech it’s starting to implement. The demonstration is impressive....

The solution then is to grate the cheese fresh off the block or skip the grating process completely, says Mary Rizzo, owner of The Cheese Traveler shop in Albany, New York. If you’re making a pizza, one of the most common uses for shredded cheese, she suggests you leave the ingredients as pure as possible. “The style of cheese making that is traditionally on a pizza is called pasta filata....

It’s 2075, and America is facing yet another civil war, with battle lines drawn on maps that are changing as sea levels rise, cities drown, and glaciers melt. There’s enough plague, panic, and war for anyone who loves a good dystopia. $18. To travel beyond our solar system will take a long time—generations, even. An Unkindness of Ghosts takes place on a ship carrying what’s left of humanity, centuries into a long journey to an elusive promised land....

Here’s a rundown of all the Fire TV stuff that’s currently on sale. Buy one for your mom this Mother’s Day and get her to watch Severance so you have something to talk about other than that one successful kid from high school who made much better life choices than you. We know Trevor is a doctor, jeez mom! Fire TV Cube $69 (Was $119) First TV Stick 4K Max $45 (Was $55) Fire TV Stick 4K $35 (Was $50) Fire TV Stick Lite $20 (Was $30) Fire TV Stick $25 (Was $40) Fire TV 43-inch 4K TV $279 (Was $369) Fire TV 50-inch Omni 4K TV $349 (Was $510) Fire TV 55-inch Omni 4K TV $369 (Was $560) Fire TV 75-inch Omni 4K TV $749 (Was $1,100)

The first locations are expected to pop up in Ohio and California, and will be around 30,000 sq ft each. The WSJ did not provide any details on what brands are likely to be offered, and said that the plans aren’t yet final. Americans are also slowly easing back into in-person shopping. AdAge reported that US customers still prefer to shop in person for most types of retail, based on a recent 2021 survey....

Reviewing newly obtained Department of Defense records, Damien Spleeters at Motherboard dives into the recent spree of malfunctioning machine guns. He writes: The investigation, supported by Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and with reporting from Brian Anderson, reveals an impressively long list of dangers. These include poorly made parts, bad supply chains, limited manufacturer accountability, and flaws in parts for other weapons, like the M249 light machine gun....

Scientists with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology first spotted evidence that the Conger ice shelf had crumbled into the sea on March 17, although they speculate the event happened between March 14 and 16. At 460 square miles wide, the mass of ice is crucial for protecting the Conger and Glenzer glaciers from warmer ocean waters. While ice shelves themselves don’t contribute to sea level rise when they break away or melt, melting glaciers can be a serious problem....

When talking about defense and science, the 800 pound gorilla in the room is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Famous for inventing the Internet, DARPA conducts direct research in nearly every imaginable scientific discipline and gives out millions of dollars in grants every year for further research. When Senator McCain referred to “benefiting today from technology that was invented for military use a quarter of a century ago (e....

In honor of Earth Day, consider this: In a study on the efficiency of household composting, researchers had a series of households compost for an entire year and tracked the waste they avoided. They found that, on average, composting saved 277 pounds of waste per person per year. Those scraps would otherwise have gone to a landfill or other garbage treatment facility. The results of the study, the researchers say, show that organic waste that would normally be placed in the garbage can be reduced by more than 80 percent....

Apple’s AirPods Pro earbuds are the most popular Bluetooth headphones on the planet at the moment. This morning, however, the company announced its new AirPod Pro headphones, which add active noise-canceling, improved sound, and a redesigned form factor with interchangeable tips. The Pro model costs $250, which is a significant jump up from the $179 price point on the original AirPods wireless earbuds. Here’s a look at what you’ll get if you plop down the cash when they start shipping on Wednesday....

From a form-factor perspective, the new iPhone SE shares many characteristics with the iPhone 8. It has the same 4.7-inch screen (which isn’t that small after all), uses TouchID instead of FaceID, and employs aluminum for its body instead of stainless steel like the current iPhone 11 Pro. Notably, however, you will find the A13 Bionic processor inside, which is the same chip that resides inside the iPhone 11 models....

Through the past century, Popular Science has been trying to forecast what the future of weather will look like, and how to stop a weather disaster. Click the gallery to see plans for weather-reporting radios, chemical warfare against clouds, and a lot more. It’s 1930 and, for obvious reasons, pilots want regular reports on the weather. What to do? Congress’s solution was to give the U.S. Weather Bureau cash to send them what they needed....