Despite months with millions working from home, 2020 saw a rise in deaths related to traffic incidents, growing from 36,096 in 2019 to 38,680. Now, with even more workers returning to the daily commute, experts say keeping safe on the road is more important than ever. One way that has become especially popular in recent years is the installation of a dash cam in your car. These can record your driving, keeping track of your actions and the actions of others....

Users of iCloud+ can now add their own custom domain name to their iCloud mail. That is, instead of being kool_kim1988@iCloud.com, you can be kim@koolkim.com. And that’s not just vanity, or being more, you know, kool. If you want to leave Apple, or Gmail, or any other free mail provider, you leave your email address behind too. All future mail to that address, including security messages and more, will disappear forever....

The Count mode on iScanner uses artificial intelligence (AI) to save time totaling up toothpicks or any other objects you might want to tally. The iScanner software is one of a growing number of AI-driven counting and tagging apps available. The ability to count things with your phone might be handier than you expect. “I remember reading about the update and didn’t think much about it because I couldn’t think of a time when I would need to use it,” Andreas Grant, a network security engineer who works with AI, said in an email interview....

Here are some types of wireless adapter cards and network adapters. PCI Wireless Adapter Card for Desktop Computers A PCI wireless adapter card connects to a desktop computer’s PCI bus. Because the PCI bus is contained inside the computer, the computer case must be opened and the wireless network adapter installed inside. An example of a PCI wireless adapter card, the Linksys WMP54G, is shown here. This unit is more than 8 inches long to accommodate the standard connection strip required to electrically join to the bus....

For quick reference, 801.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) is the most recently approved standard. The protocol was approved in 2019. Just because a standard is approved, however, does not mean it is available to you or that it is the standard you need for your particular situation. Standards are always being updated, much like the way software is updated on a smartphone or on your computer. What is 802.11? In 1997, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers created the first WLAN standard....

What Is an XWB File? A file with the XWB file extension is an XACT Wave Bank file, a format that holds a collection of sound files for use in video games. They may include both sound effects and background music. The true source program for XWB files is the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT), part of the Microsoft XNA Game Studio program. This software exists to help develop video games for the Xbox, Windows OS, and other platforms....

Below is a list of the best Halloween wallpapers taken from our free wallpaper sites list, that are nothing short of stunning digital artwork. Whether you’re looking for spooky, funny, kid-friendly, scary, or quirky, you’re sure to find just the wallpaper you’re looking for. You’ll need to enter your email address on the download page to get this wallpaper. You can download this one in these “normal resolution” sizes: 1024x768, 1152x864, 1280x1024, 1280x960 and 1600x1200....

Everyone loves zombies, but there are so many zombie shooters, it can be hard to tell them apart. But when we played 7 Days to Die, we jumped for joy and grabbed our digital cricket bats, fully prepared to go full Shaun of the Dead on hordes of the undead. A game loosely based around a nuclear fallout that ends with the fall of civilization and the spawning of undead, hungry friends sounds like a good time....

Luckily, there’s a variety of free online alarm clocks available for almost everyone, and we rounded up seven of the best. As long as you have a computer or a mobile device and an internet connection, you can start using any of these customizable online alarm clocks right away. Use the drop-down options beneath the time to set your alarm. Select the gear icon at the bottom of the screen to configure your general settings, choose the type of clock you want, choose the color of the numbers, select or upload a background image, and set an alarm sound....

An image that’s in the public domain is 100 percent free, but that doesn’t mean that it’s of lesser quality than one you have to pay for. You can still find all kinds of top-notch pictures without hiring a professional photographer or paying for stock photos (which can get really expensive). What Are Public Domain Images? It’s simple: they’re images that are freely available for use, for commercial and private purposes....

Use Your Apple Watch to Find Your iPhone It’s easy to lose track of where you placed your iPhone. You can use your Apple Watch to ping its location, saving you a lot of time. To use the ping function, swipe up from the bottom of the watch display to bring up Control Center. Select the ping icon represented by an iPhone surrounded by vibration patterns. This will cause your iPhone to make a noise, hopefully allowing you to find it....

Smartphones have tiny lenses, and even tinier sensors, making them inferior to almost any purpose-made camera. But they have a secret weapon. There’s a computer inside. In the case of the iPhone, that computer is absurdly powerful, and has a whole section of its chip dedicated to photography. Imagine, then, what Apple could do with that power inside a regular mirrorless camera. “Apple has firmly established itself as the brand of choice for high-end artists and creators, and moving into high-end photography would only reinforce this....

Monaural Sound Is a Thing of the Past Monaural sound is a single channel or track of sound created by one speaker. It is also known as monophonic sound or high-fidelity sound. Monaural sound was replaced by stereo or stereophonic sound in the 1950s, so you are unlikely to run into any monaural equipment for your home. Stereo Sound Is the Most Common Stereo or stereophonic sound consists of two separate audio channels or tracks of sound reproduced by two speakers....

Researchers recently took a significant step toward a future quantum version of the Internet by connecting three quantum devices in a network. A quantum internet might enable very secure communications, but experts say it won’t be unhackable. “The quantum internet allows users to transmit information more securely than ever,” Marijus Briedis, CTO at the cybersecurity firm NordVPN, told Lifewire in an email interview. “While the data encrypted using quantum key distribution will be transmitted more securely and would be harder for a bad actor to intercept, we cannot say for sure that there will be no weak points....

The Acer XFA240 offers some of the higher specs you’d typically see in a more expensive monitor, yet its price is relatively affordable. I tested the XFA240 for 40 hours, examining its design, setup process, picture quality, and sound quality to see how it stacks up against other budget gaming monitors on the market. Design: Function over form The 24-inch XFA240 doesn’t have that ultra-sleek look you get with a lot of the best high-end gaming monitors—the bezel measures about one-half inch in thickness, and it isn’t flush with the screen....

Canon’s new iOS app called Photo Culling shows you which of your photos are the best, based on its AI algorithm. The app is the perfect solution for cleaning up the duplicates of photos on your phone, and experts say this kind of application is exactly how AI can help us with tedious tasks. “The announcement of the new AI app, Photo Culling by Canon, is another step into the future and gives a teaser of what the future of AI is capable of,” wrote Atta Ur Rehman, content manager at Gun Made, to Lifewire in an email....

Are You Discoverable in AirDrop? AirDrop has a few settings that control if others can see your iOS or Mac device. These settings can block devices from appearing, or only allow some individuals to be able to see you. AirDrop uses three discovery settings: Off: Your device is not seen by anyone on your local network.Contacts Only: Only those people who are present in your Contacts app will be able to see your device in their AirDrop network....

The AKASO EK7000 Pro 4K Action Camera promises to deliver a stripped down version of the most expensive action cameras without sacrificing quality video and photos. At less than half the price of the budget GoPro, could it compete with the big name brand? We ran the EK7000 Pro through the paces to find out. Design: Looks like a GoPro clone The AKASO EK7000 Pro 4K Action Camera looks just like you’d expect an action camera to look....

Here’s a breakdown of the differences between the two devices to help you decide between the Echo Show vs. the Lenovo Smart Display. Overall Findings The Lenovo Smart Display has many built-in features that the Echo Show lacks. For example, it works with Google Home, Chromecast devices, and Roku devices through Google Assistant. The Lenovo Smart Display also works with the smart home devices that Google Home supports. Product Design: It Depends on Your Tastes The newer Echo Show models have an improved design over the original....

Desktop publishing is a term coined after the development of a specific type of software. It’s about using that software to combine and rearrange text and images and creating digital files for print, online viewing, or websites. Before the invention of desktop publishing software, the tasks involved in desktop publishing were done manually by people who specialized in graphic design, typesetting, and prepress tasks. Things You Can Do With Desktop Publishing With desktop publishing software and hardware you can:...