The ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab found that trackers released by X-Mode, a data broker involved in multiple privacy scandals, are in many more apps than previously reported. X-Mode trackers appeared in apps that have been downloaded at least 1 billion times. The trackers, which can reveal your location, are raising privacy concerns. “A person’s location information reveals a lot of them,” Sean O’Brien, a principal researcher at cybersecurity firm ExpressVPN, said in an email interview....

2020 was an outstanding year for Nintendo. The Switch dominated sales charts throughout the year, driving the company’s stock price up 60 percent by year’s end. Nintendo’s superstar console is closing in on its four year anniversary, however, and is starting to show its age. “Where we are in the Switch lifecycle—almost 4 years since launch—we are hitting peak sales, and it is a good time to consider releasing an improved version to maintain momentum,” Piers Harding-Rolls, Head of Game Research at Ampere Analysis, said in a Twitter DM with Lifewire....

“How much driving range would a fully charged all-battery electric vehicle need to have in order for you to consider acquiring one?” That’s the question Deloitte asked 927 of-age drivers in the United States. The 518-mile range result is an answer the company says is based on consumer expectation from a fully-charged EV. If you’re an automaker, you might be looking at this and having a bit of a breakdown; batteries are typically the most expensive part of an electric vehicle....

Nimo, new glasses from a company called Nimo Planet, use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR1 processor, turning them into a mini-computer for your face. The glasses are part of an effort to replace many computer functions with wearables. “Smart glasses are useful because they help you blend environments with intelligence,” Bob Bilbruck, the CEO of the technology consulting firm Captjur told Lifewire in an email interview. Finding Nimo The $799 Nimo glasses are the product of four years of development by the India-based company, according to Wired....

How to Access Windows 11 Account Settings Right-click the Start menu and choose Settings, or use the WIN+i keyboard shortcut to get there without a mouse. Then, select Accounts from the menu on the left, and scroll down to the Account settings area. What Are the Windows 11 User Account Settings? There are several options available from the Accounts settings page: Your infoSign-in optionsEmail & accountsFamilyWindows backupOther usersAccess work or school...

Design and Durability: Utilitarian and substantial The YUNSONG iPhone Charger is made of a braided-nylon cover that is 6-feet long. The package comes with three of these cords that the manufacturer claims are strong enough to withstand over 8,000 bends and are tough against splitting and breaking—supposedly more so than the standard iPhone charging cable. While I can’t speak to this over an extended period of time, over the several days I used this cord, it was much sturdier in feel than the proprietary Lightning cable....

What’s an office without mail? Not Zoho’s suite of online apps, of course. Zoho Mail, like the editing, spreadsheet and presentation programs, is ambitious and capably standing in for a desktop application. Ample Storage Space, POP,​ and IMAP Access You get ample storage with Zoho Mail – 5GB for personal accounts that’s expandable to a full terabyte (for a fee) – and you can set up other email accounts inside Zoho Mail for sending and receiving mail....

Zoolz offers a cloud backup service that comes with support for unlimited users, external drive backup, and server backup. There’s also policy control, strong data encryption, and 24/7 live support. It lets you upload all types of files and of any size, assuming you don’t go over your maximum allowed backup space. Several plans are available that offer anywhere from 1 TB up to over 200 TB of space. There are, however, some limitations that you should understand before you purchase one of these plans....

The popularity has triggered dozens of clones and ports over the years, allowing almost anyone to obtain a copy of the game for modern devices. How to Download Street Fighter II There are a few clones of Street Fighter II available for PC and DOS. Some are clones, others are remakes. As these are ports and remakes, they are not guaranteed to work on every system. How to Play Street Fighter II Players select from one of eight fighters from around the world, each with his or her own special combo moves, attacks, strengths, and weaknesses....

Even though I’m playing the new virtual reality game The Climb 2 ($29.99) for the Oculus Quest 2, the view is enough to make my heart pound. That’s actually a good thing, because the game is as much of a workout as pure entertainment with all the motions required. The Climb 2 is not for those afraid of heights. While the graphics aren’t super realistic, the fast-paced gameplay is enough to take your breath away, as the levels have you jumping between moving elevators or climbing through mountainous crevasses....

Don’t Register for an Account Until You’re 13 While you may want an account when you’re 11 or 12, Facebook expressly forbids anyone younger than 13 from registering. If they find out you’re lying about your age, they might terminate your account and all of your content, including your pictures. Don’t Use Your Real First or Middle Name Facebook’s policy forbids fake names but does allow for nicknames as your first or middle name....

There’s little reason to download a traditional image editor or spend hundreds of dollars on a full-blown program like Adobe Photoshop when all you need to do are a few touch-ups, crop an object out of an image, or add something extra to your picture. This list of the best free online photo editors will do all this and more for you, and you don’t even need to download them....

Difference Between Public and Private IP Addresses In order to access the internet, your computer needs a public IP address usually assigned to you by your ISP. Nowadays, your router or gateway will allow computers on your network to share that one public IP address. To do this, though, each computer still needs its own, private address - and your router will have one too. This private IP address doesn’t need to be globally unique since it is not a direct access address, that is, no one can access the IP address 192....

While Ultra HD TVs are flying off store shelves, most home theater video projectors are 1080p rather than 4K. Incorporating 4K into a video projector is more expensive than TV, but that’s not the whole story. It’s All About the Pixels Before plunging into how manufacturers implement 4K in TVs vs. video projectors, we need a reference. That point is the pixel. A pixel is a picture element containing red, green, and blue color information (referred to as sub-pixels)....

AI is making home life easier than ever. We’ve all seen smart thermostats or robot vacuums. With AI, those types of simple products can become contextually aware of what’s happening in the home environment, analyze the data it’s receiving, and decide how best to operate given the information it has. Here’s a look at five ways AI helps both homeowners and renters save money, stay safer, and even get more fit at home....

Calling for the rollout delay, the FAA first argued that 5G C-band antennas could interfere with crucial airline equipment. It then went ahead and issued a couple of airworthiness directives (AD) ordering airlines to divert flights under certain conditions, which industry insiders say could cost billions of dollars. “If the AD were applied in arrears to Airlines for America members’ 2019 operations, approximately 345,000 passenger flights, 32 million passengers, and 5,400 cargo flights would have been impacted in the form of delayed flights, diversions, or cancellations,” concludes an Impact Analysis of FAA’s 5G Airworthiness Directive by Airlines for America, shared with Lifewire....

With 5G still in its early stages of implementation and not yet available in every country, you might be hearing about the 5G bandwidth spectrum, spectrum auctions, mmWave 5G, etc. Don’t worry if this is confusing. All you really need to know about 5G frequency bands is that different companies use different parts of the spectrum to transmit data. Using one part of the spectrum over another impacts both the speed of the connection and the distance it can cover....

Besides your iPhone alerting you with an error message, you’ll know your iPhone is having a problem with its SIM card if the carrier name and signal bars/dots at the top of the screen are missing, or have been replaced by messages like No SIM or Searching. Causes of iPhone No SIM Error There are a number of reasons for the iPhone No SIM error. It could be that the iPhone doesn’t recognize its SIM card, which is used to connect to these networks....

BigOven isn’t strictly a grocery list app. Instead, it’s an app that integrates recipes, menu planning, grocery lists, and meal suggestions. The app offers over 350,000 recipes for all sorts of occasions and from all kinds of cuisines. You can save a recipe and, with one touch, add all the ingredients from it to your shopping list, sorted alphabetically and by a section of the supermarket. A $20 per year pro membership lets you upload unlimited recipes, store recipes in custom folders, remove ads, and more....

Funny Beach Captions “Life’s a beach” was a good start, but there are other ways to show off your sense of humor on the sand and surf. Behold! The ultimate cat box!“No throne in the world can substitute a beach chair.” —Talismanist Giebra, Talismanist: Fragments of the Ancient FireThere’s about to be so much frolicking.Why so crabby?“The only thing that can be hated from the beach is ‘time to go home....