Back in February 2005, I covered a nifty utility, Brightness Control, that provides a simple slider for dimming your Mac’s screen. Such a program was needed by some, I explained, because many ...

We’ve come a long way in adjusting the brightness setting on our iPhones to strike a balance between legibility (especially in sunlight) and battery life. Modern iPhones and iPads have bright enough ...

This is the most popular season for buying a new TV. But if you want to get the very best performance out of a new set, you need to adjust the picture settings. That’s always been true, but the tweaks ...

Tablets or convertibles are not only suitable for Office jobs. They find some utility in kiosk scenarios too. In this scenario, the usage of a device or equipment is severely restricted for some ...

For years now, iPhones and even Samsung’s Android smartphones have supported the ability to adjust the brightness of the LED flashlight on the back of your phone. Now, in Android 13, Google is finally ...

Your phone display’s brightness consumes up to half of its power. And chances are it’s being horribly mismanaged, thanks to bad engineering and a backwards user interface. Here, Dr. Raymond Soneira of ...

Most of the modern devices these days come with a Brightness Control setting that lets you adjust the screen brightness to a level comfortable for your eyes. A similar set of options is available on ...

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Usually, an MCU is considered a digital device. By default, its output voltage level can be either high or low and nothing in between. With the requirement to create an LED brightness control, the ...

Google’s Android 16 is set to introduce native flashlight brightness controls, a feature Pixel users have long awaited. Spotted in the latest beta, this update promises to enhance hardware ...