While Wear is easy to use on a basic level, it has many interesting features and options. To help you get the most out of your smartwatch, we compiled a list of the 10 best tips and tricks for Wear. Basic watch faces only show the time. However, you can get watch faces for Wear that display weather information, the number of steps you took, notes about appointments, and your heart rate....

Facetune’s intuitive interface lets you smooth out your skin, whiten your teeth, reshape your jawline, emphasize your eyes and so much more. It’s really one of the best apps out there if your main priority is to look your absolute best. Since it’s a pretty advanced app, it’s not available for free. You can get it for just about $4.00 though from both the iTunes App Store and Google Play....

USB-C cords are capable of transferring both power and data faster than their older counterparts; if you’ve recently upgraded to a phone with a USB-C connection, you may have noticed that it charges faster (or charges a longer-lasting battery in the same amount of time). As this speedier cable becomes more popular, you may run into issues where you have a USB-C cord and a USB-A port without any way to connect them....

Filezilla includes a live log of your connection to a server and shows your local files in a section next to the remote files on the server, simplifying transfer to and from the server and displaying the status of every action. FileZilla Client supports bookmarking FTP servers for easy access later. You can resume and transfer big files 4 GB and larger, and it supports simple drag-and-drop functionality. It also allows you to search the FTP server....

One of the most annoying things about TVs is the limited number of ports to connect things like streaming boxes and games consoles. An HDMI switcher gets around this, adding more ports by letting several devices share the same cable into your TV. One key thing to make sure of when you buy is that you get a switch that supports the highest resolution you’ll need. The two main options are HD, which is a little cheaper, and 4K, which is also known as ultra HD, and gives a sharper picture....

Depending on where you’re planning to use your 3D printer, there are a handful of things to keep in mind. Industrial settings will benefit from larger volume printers, capable of churning out larger components at a rapid pace for prototyping. However, if you’re using this in an educational capacity, you can get by with a lower-end printer as long as it has an intuitive interface. The Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer supports all filament types....

Gamers cite these kinds of games as a great way to get non-gamers to share in their gaming passion. While getting people into a new hobby can often be difficult, gaming presents its own unique barriers to entry. People whose most recent gaming experience was with Mario on the Super Nintendo are sure to feel out of their element picking up the latest Call of Duty. Here are a few of the best easy-entry co-op games for newbies that are fun, rewarding, and just might strike up a love of gaming....

Finding a speaker to provide superior sound may seem daunting, but luckily the extensive number of options available means you can find a speaker to meet your every need. Some of the best speakers deliver amazing sound without breaking the bank. Whether you want to rock an outdoor party or just need something to play lo-fi beats in your office, there’s a speaker on our list that will suit your goals....

Some brands have taken the leap into the future of home entertainment and begun to offer 8K models which produce four times the resolution of 4K models and 16 times that of 1080p HD. However, this innovation often comes at a steep price, and 8K content isn’t available for streaming or over broadcast networks yet; though if you’re forward-thinking, an 8K television is a solid investment to future-proof your home theater....

The game emphasizes exploration, allowing for an experience where you can walk, drive, and fly anywhere with the next challenge always waiting around the corner. You’ll sneak in the ferns over a hill and spy on a hostile neighborhood, parachute from a cliff while firing your machine gun, and then land in a boat and travel through swamplands as you rescue hostages in a nearby warehouse. Far Cry 5 even has a skill progression system that will give you even more ways to take control of your environment....

What We Like: Streamlines the process to only the most basic steps.Automatically handles many of the options in other apps.No watermarks, limiting, or advertisements. What We Don’t Like: Uploading and downloading large video clips can take ages.Default compression option can’t be changed. Go to mergevideo.online Basic options allow for adjusting quality slightly. A broad palette of editing tools like stabilization, effects, trim, crop, and rotate can modify clips in simple ways before the videos are combined....

Enemy Within is the expanded version of the original game, Enemy Unknown. It includes everything from the original, as well as new themes and gameplay elements. Players familiar with earlier editions of the game know what to expect: a sprawling, empire-building, turn-based monstrosity that’s difficult to turn away from. First-timers, however, may find the complexity difficult to navigate. Civilization VI comes with a hefty price tag, which is understandable given the similarity to the PC version....

Overall Findings While the iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6 Plus are great mobile devices, the iPad has advantages over the iPhone. The power and larger display size of the iPad Air 2 are major benefits for most tasks, especially gaming. The iPhone 6 Plus is awesome at playing games. If you don’t have anything to do while you wait at the doctor’s office or a restaurant, it’s great to have entertainment....

With the announcement of the iPhone 14 lineup on September 7, Apple confirmed that none of the devices sold in the United States will feature a SIM card tray, meaning there’s no way to install a physical card, as has been the case historically. Instead, a virtual card, called an eSIM, will be used. And while that could be beneficial for most people, there’s a concern that anyone who travels might find themselves stuck with sizable roaming charges—or unable to connect entirely....

Of all the energy used by the MacBook Air over its lifetime, only 15% comes from plugging it into the wall. According to Apple’s own environmental report, 71% of the lifecycle carbon emissions for the M1 Air come from production, and 8% from transport. And that hot, power-guzzling 16-inch Intel MacBook Pro from 2019 isn’t much different—only 19% of its entire carbon emissions come from using it. And it’s not just MacBooks, of course....

LG’s new smart refrigerator adds a voice-controlled door and a giant screen that turns transparent when you tap it, so you can see inside without opening the door. Why? Why not? More interesting, perhaps, is why these things have never really taken off. I’m sure some of you actually have a connected fridge in your kitchen, but does anyone else really care? “After trying out HomeKit lamps, I’m not sure we want appliances connected to the internet,” IT security expert and tech CTO Martin Algesten told Lifewire via Twitter....

Stanford University researchers claim to have developed a critical experimental device for future quantum physics-based technologies. The technique involves acoustic instruments that harness motion, such as the oscillator that measures movement in phones. It’s part of a growing effort to harness the strange powers of quantum mechanics for computing. “While many companies are experimenting with quantum computing today, practical applications beyond ‘proof of concept’ projects are probably 2-3 years away,” Yuval Boger, the chief marketing officer of the quantum computing company Classiq told Lifewire in an email interview....

Since September this year, auto theft investigators from York Regional Police in Aurora, Ontario, have seen five incidents of Apple’s AirTag trackers being used to steal cars, and now it appears to be happening in the US, too. The tags are hidden on high-end cars when they are parked in public spots. Thieves then track the tag to the victim’s home, typically in a less public spot, and steal it by breaking into the car and using a mechanics’ diagnostic rig to convince the car to accept the thieves’ key....

The Ads Incentive Program would give streamers (Affiliates and Partners) the option of running a set number of ads per hour, with the promise of a guaranteed payout. Two minutes per hour would provide $100 at the end of the month, three minutes nets $300, and four minutes would bring in $500. So long as the streamer runs the requisite number of ads and streams for at least 40 hours each month, that paycheck would be guaranteed....

Twitter’s Tor service has been under development for some years, but the recent Russian ban kickstarted its public launch. Now, anyone can access Twitter through an anonymizing Tor browser, which has two big effects. One, it stops authorities from tracking users’ use of Twitter, making it safer to access the site and to use it to disseminate and read information. Second, it lets you work around governmental blocks. “A connection from a regular browser may be encrypted to restrict a third-party easily accessing the content, but the connection itself is trackable or can be blocked and monitored....