Fortunately, a really great free antivirus app doesn’t also have to hit you with performance issues you might expect from tools like these, like bloated RAM usage, excess bandwidth, etc. We’ve selected these particular apps because they excel with respect to usability, system resource requirements, user reviews, and feature set. Here are the four best antivirus apps for Android, each with their own unique advantages: It can scan each time you disconnect from a computer as well as start scheduled scans once a day, every day....

Video Bandwidth and Connections on Computers Computers face a problem rendering 4K or UHD content. The extremely high resolutions require a large amount of bandwidth in order to transmit the increased size of the video data. Older computer video technologies, such as VGA and DVI, lack the bandwidth and therefore can’t deliver those resolutions reliably. To maintain 4K resolution, you need newer video connectors such as HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt 2 or 3....

The problem is that FM transmitters aren’t foolproof, and they don’t always work right. If you’re trying to use an FM transmitter in your car, and you hear static or interference from radio stations, these five tips can improve your listening experience. Why Choose an FM Transmitter? When MP3 players were first introduced, they represented a change in how people listened to music in their cars. If you invested in an MP3 player, even with the storage limitations of the day, you could bring hundreds or thousands of songs along with you without fumbling with dozens of cassettes or CDs....

Check Your Apple Watch’s Connection The first thing we should do is make sure the Apple Watch is disconnected from the iPhone. It’s possible to have a problem with the Apple Watch that mimics not being paired with the iPhone. You can check the connection status of your watch by swiping up on your Apple Watch display while on the clock face screen. This will bring up the Apple Watch’s control center which, in addition to having a lot of great shortcuts, will show the watch’s connection status in the upper-left corner....

Each typing test works a little differently, so be sure to read all the directions before you start. It’s important to know how you start the test and how long it will last. At the conclusion of each test, you’ll be given your WPM (words per minute). This score tells you how many words on average you can type each minute. You’ll also be given your accuracy score as either a number or a percentage....

Over-Ear Headphones Over-ear models are probably the first thing you think of when you hear “headphones.” They’re larger and feature cups or cushions that surround your entire ear. The cushions are usually made of foam and come covered in various materials, including leather or suede. Noise-canceling is a popular feature for this type of unit. It comes in two types: passive and active. Passive noise-canceling means that the cups themselves block outside noise by both insulating with their filler material and forming a tight seal over your ear....

What Is Microsoft 365? The latest version of Microsoft Office is called Microsoft Office 2019, although the web-based Microsoft 365 is the version that Microsoft would prefer users to adopt. Various versions of the suite have been around since 1988, including but not limited to Microsoft Office Professional, Microsoft Office Home and Student, and various collections of Microsoft Office 2016. Most people still refer to any version of the suite as Microsoft Office, though, which makes distinguishing among editions difficult....

If you’re considering a multifunction printer, here’s a breakdown of the typical features to help you evaluate your needs. Read on to see if you need an all-in-one printer or if a less-feature-laden printer would be a better choice for you. Printing Consider if your business needs duplex (double-sided) printing. If you want to save paper or print brochures and flyers, duplexing is a must-have feature. Consider your advanced printing needs, such as stapling, folding, hole punching, cover binding, and more....

How to Open the iPad’s Accessibility Settings Here is how to find the iPad’s accessibility settings: The iPad accessibility settings provide vision assistance, hearing assistance, learning-based guided access, and the physical and motor assistance settings. These settings can help those who might otherwise have problems operating a tablet enjoy the iPad. Vision Settings The vision accessibility settings can increase the size of text on the screen or read it to you....

“Opening up to third-party app marketplaces means there’s less control over store and app content, which means that, at the end of the day, the quality of apps users find in the Microsoft Store is going to be lower,” tech expert Isaac Naor told Lifewire in an email interview. Windows Opens Up The new Microsoft Store will launch to the public alongside Windows 11 on October 5, and will be available to Windows 10 users in the coming months....

Left-handed WearOS users have been asking Google for the feature since 2018, pointing out that it would be more comfortable and less prone to accidental button pressing. In January 2022, Google confirmed a resolution, stating, “Our development team has implemented the feature you have requested and will be available on future new devices.” The stated implication that the feature won’t be coming to existing WearOS devices (i.e., smartwatches these users already own) has become a sticking point....

Display the Develop Menu in Safari Before you can use the Develop menu, you must first make the hidden menu visible. This is an easy task, much easier than revealing the Debug menu that—prior to Safari 4—contained all the commands that are now in the Develop menu. However, don’t think that the older Debug menu is no longer relevant; it still exists and contains many useful tools. Should you ever want to disable the Developer menu, remove the check mark in the Safari > Preferences > Advanced screen....

Benefits of the SSHD The tagline from Seagate for their SSHD lineup is “SSD Performance. HDD Capacity. Affordable Price.” This marketing slogan is an attempt to communicate that these new drives offer the benefits of the two technologies without any significant cost increases. These drives are conventional plater drives that add a small-capacity solid-state drive to the drive’s controller. It behaves like an additional cache for frequently used files. It allows those files to be accessed more quickly because files are stored in the solid-state drive rather than the magnetic hard drive....

Companies are increasingly using AI to craft and aim ads for users. A new essay in The Atlantic argues that the use of AI for advertising is “poisoning” society, and some experts agree that there are reasons for concern. “Data getting in the hands of the wrong people can cause personal harm to real people,” AI expert Sameer Maskey told Lifewire in an email interview. Mind Control? Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, recently attacked the practice of AI advertising in his essay in The Atlantic, suggesting the things we like are no longer up to us but are instead chosen for us so companies can profit....

With its edge-to-edge OLED screen, glass frame, and new technology such as Face ID, the iPhone X looked little like previous versions of the iPhone. Add the huge 5.8-inch screen—the largest of any iPhone to that point—and the specs made it a stand-out device. Is the iPhone X Discontinued? Apple no longer makes the iPhone X, but the company still supports it. iPhone X runs iOS 15 and should be compatible with iOS 16 when released....

Until this week, the basic Kindle, which is the lowest—and therefore, default—option in its e-reader lineup, had a pitifully low 167 PPI screen resolution and an old micro USB charging/syncing port. MicroUSB, for those who can’t be bothered to keep track of the names, is the most annoying of all USBs, usually taking at least three tries to insert the right way around. The new model fixes these problems but is neither cheap enough nor good enough to beat the competition....

But how do new televisions work? This overview should shed some light on the difference between past and current TV technologies. CRT Technology Although you can’t find new CRT TVs on store shelves anymore, a lot of those old sets are still operating in households. CRT stands for “cathode ray tube,” which is essentially a large vacuum tube, which is why CRT TVs are so big and heavy. To display images, a CRT TV employs an electron beam that scans rows of phosphors, line by line, to produce an image....

Animal Crossing fans had to wait nearly seven years for a new console release, but New Horizons didn’t disappoint. Delays pushed the game’s release to March 2020, and in the year since I have dutifully tested it for over 700 hours. New improvements to the setting, gameplay, and graphics have made New Horizons the most irresistible Nintendo Switch game yet. Setting/Plot: Your goal is to have fun Tom Nook has big dreams in Animal Crossing: New Horizons....

The 8th generation iPad 10.2-inch doesn’t shake things up as much as its predecessor, but it introduces a few important improvements under the hood. The biggest change in the 2020 iPad is the inclusion of the A12 Bionic chip that was previously seen in the iPad Air 3. It also boasts improved battery life and better screen sensitivity when used with the Apple Pencil, among a handful of other tweaks....

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg knows that. He’s already telling Meta staffers that the company is on a collision course with Apple over what he says is “a competition of philosophies and ideas,” stopping short of saying what that means. He did suggest that Meta wants “a much larger ecosystem” than Apple, but what that translates to is very different if the past is any indication. “Zuckerberg believes that the metaverse is essentially a VR space....