A Bluetooth headset, like the Aminy UFO, offers hands-free calling, so you can go about your day without having to constantly hold your phone in your hand to avoid missing a call. I tested the Aminy UFO Bluetooth headset for a week to see how its design, comfort, sound quality, and features compare to other options on the market. Design: Sleek and high tech The Aminy UFO Bluetooth headset is one of the cooler looking headsets you can buy in its price range....

The display consists of a gorgeous 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display. At 10.9 inches it’s slightly larger than the iPad Air 10.5-inch panel, but it has the same resolution and pixel density at 2360x1640 and 264ppi. The screen is crisp and bright at 500 nits and looks great even outdoors resulting in sharp text, graphics, and media content. One important thing to note though is that the display isn’t high refresh and doesn’t support standards like HDR10....

The best credit monitoring services include credit bureau monitoring and identity theft insurance to help pay for experts and lawyers needed to set things straight. Many of them also have extra features to help prevent identity theft. All of our top selections have easy-to-use websites and offer a mobile app to help keep your identity safe. LifeLock is a comprehensive identity theft and credit monitoring service. Founded in 2005, Symantec acquired LifeLock in 2017 and changed its name to NortonLifeLock in 2019....

The best Bluetooth headsets provide sufficient noise cancelation, and the BlueParrot B550-XT cancels out 96% of background noises. The B550-XT should be the ideal headset for an office worker or truck driver, as the fifth generation headset boasts voice control and other advanced features in addition to its high level of noise cancelation. I tested the BlueParrot B550-XT for two weeks, evaluating its design, comfort, audio quality, and features to see if the Bluetooth headset is worth its $200 price tag....

California has a history of radical green laws that become normal in the rest of the world soon after. For example, 14 US states have hopped on board its zero-emissions standards for cars instead of following less-stringent federal regulations. Now, California has set out its plan to ban gas cars, which should lead to similar changes over the globe. “California’s leadership in sustainability is the product of a number of factors that combine in a fairly unique fashion,” Ryan Rickards, COO of electric vehicle transition advocate EVE, told Lifewire via email....

When the iPad Can Replace Your Laptop The common tasks people perform on their laptop or desktop PC are the same tasks in which the iPad excels: Exploring the web.Checking email.Finding out what friends and family are up to on Facebook.Playing games.Balancing your checkbook.Writing a letter or a paper for school. You Use Microsoft Office Productivity has become increasingly easy on the iPad. The virtual touchpad makes manipulating text easier; the iPad supports Microsoft Office and includes a free version of Apple iWork....

Quickly Change Margins in Word To make the margins in your document smaller or larger, use Word’s Narrow, Moderate, or Wide margins. To print your document on both sides of the paper and put it in a three-ring binder, use the Mirror margin setting. Mirror margins cannot be set in Word Online. However, if you view a document with mirror margins in Word Online, the mirror margins are preserved. To apply a predefined margin, select Layout > Margins and choose the predefined margin you want to use....

Imagine, though, if someone took the labels off the folders, switched the locations of all the folders, moved documents into and out of folders at random. It would take you a lot longer to find anything because you wouldn’t know where your documents were. That’s sort of what happens when your hard drive gets fragmented: It takes the computer much more time to find files that are scattered here, there and everywhere....

Dell set a host of lofty goals when it set out to develop the XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop. It aimed to create a slim but powerful laptop that could go toe-to-toe with MacBooks. Dell designers were charged with packing the new XPS with enough power to run games like Fortnite and also fit it with a screen crisp enough to please professional photographers. If these weren’t tall enough orders, they also aimed to make the XPS 13 a 2-in-1 laptop....

Since a carputer needs a screen and some type of input method, DIY carputer projects that involve laptops, tablets, and smartphones are the simplest way to go. If you prefer to go another route, a dash-mounted touchscreen LCD is the easiest way to cover both the display and input bases at once. However, you can also opt for a keyboard, voice controls, or other options. You can use a laptop as your main computing device, as well as a screen and interface....

The Google Photos app “privacy nutrition label” in Apple’s App Store shows just how much of your data it collects. You probably guessed that online photo sites trawl your images for data, but one look at this privacy label might shock you. The problem is, most online photo-sharing services collect more info than you’d like. Is there any safe way to sync and share your images? “By downloading the app onto your device, you’re essentially gift wrapping and handing over massive quantities of your personal data for Google to use however they please,” cybersecurity expert and journalist Casey Crane told Lifewire via email....

Overall Findings Both cloud storage providers offer a great deal. They each have their own unique approach to encryption and which apps and services they integrate with. However, both line up when it comes to collaboration, syncing across desktop and mobile devices, and the convenience of working remotely. Google Drive offers significantly more storage space up front and provides the convenience of integration with almost all of Google’s apps and services....

DSL Speed Basic DSL supports maximum download data rates ranging between 1.544 Mbps and 8.448 Mbps. Actual speeds vary in practice depending on the quality of the copper phone line installation involved and the length of the phone line needed to reach the service provider’s premise equipment (sometimes generically called the central office). Symmetric vs. Asymmetric DSL Most types of DSL service are asymmetric—also known as ADSL. ADSL offers higher download speeds than upload speeds, a tradeoff that most residential providers make to better match the needs of typical households who generally do much more downloading....

This full-featured set blends the best of size options with a sturdy, comfortable build. Plus, the carrying case is pretty heavy duty. We spent about a week, and a loud concert or two, with our pair and here’s how they shaped up. Design: In line with the rest of the industry The tiered, almost traffic cone-like shape of the Eargasm earplugs is a pretty well-trodden design for plugs of this category....

What Is an EDS File? A file with the EDS file extension is an Electronic Data Sheet file, also called a Rockwell Automation DeviceNet or ControlNet file. This plain text format is based on the CANopen standard and is used to specify various descriptive and communication data for hardware devices, usually those within industrial automation systems. XDD files are an XML based format specified in the newest CANopen standard and will eventually replace EDS files....

Google will now let business account users try end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for email, which will prevent even Google from seeing the contents of messages. It’s just like sending an E2EE message in WhatsApp, Signal, or iMessage in this regard. Despite the insecure nature of email in general, end-to-end encrypted mail is perfectly secure and a real boon to security. The problem is nobody uses it. “[Implementing] and using encryption can be challenging for some people, especially those who are not technically savvy....

How EV Federal Tax Credits Work When you buy a qualifying EV, you might be eligible to apply for a federal tax credit. To qualify, your vehicle and specific situation must meet certain criteria set by the federal government. If you do qualify, tax credits basically work like this: When you file your taxes, you can take a specific dollar amount off the amount of taxes that you owe. The maximum EV tax credit is $7,500, so if you buy a qualifying EV and owe $7,500 in federal taxes, you likely wouldn’t have to pay any federal taxes at all....

Use Your Email Address, Get Spam If you hand out your email address, you might get spam back. As soon as you enter your email address in a form on the web, you lose control of it. Most probably nothing bad will happen, but they may just as well use the address to spam you, or they hand it to spammers for a few bucks. Yet many sites require an email address to function properly, or to function at all....

You can now buy an unlocked iPhone because customers now pay full price for their phones, rather than getting discounts from phone companies in exchange for multi-year contracts. An unlocked iPhone is more flexible, but it’s not right for everyone. Here are the answers to the most common questions about unlocked iPhones. What Is an Unlocked iPhone? An unlocked iPhone is a phone that isn’t tied to any one phone company....

Wired headphones, for instance, may get tangled and limit your movements. The electronics may also wear faster being in the sun or after being exposed to sweat, whereas more durable options are made to withstand the elements. The best workout headphones also are designed to stay put while you’re moving around and come with other essential features such as exceptional sound quality, noise isolation, transparency modes, and reliable battery life....