On Monday, the researchers and developers behind the Twitter account @mysk_co shared that they discovered a new issue with the Mail app on the Apple Watch. According to them, when previewing or opening email on the Apple Watch, the app downloads remote content using your real IP address instead of the protected address provided by Mail Privacy Protection. Apple originally introduced Mail Privacy Protection with the release of iOS 15, saying the feature will protect your location, prevent senders from tracking you, and also stop marketers from checking whether you’ve opened an email or not....

Connected Lighting and Heating Technology is moving toward a state in which all of our devices are connected, creating an Internet of Things. We are currently in the first wave of these devices reaching the mainstream, and this trend seems poised to continue. Within this first wave are a number of devices that allow for greater control over the physical environment. For example, the Nest smart thermostat has redefined the task of home heating and cooling, allowing for control over the web, and automated optimization to reduce energy usage....

Dell’s new AR Assistant app uses augmented reality to guide users through step-by-step, at-home repairs or replacements to over 97 different systems in 7 languages. The software is part of a growing right-to-repair movement that could also reduce e-waste. “The right to repair movement is an important development with regards to the sustainability in the tech world—many old devices, such as laptops and smartphones, are physically destroyed to prevent sensitive data from being recovered and used for malicious purposes,” Russ Ernst, executive VP of products and technology at Blancco, a data erasure and mobile lifecycle solutions provider, told Lifewire via email....

At today’s live stream of its Pinnacle of Performance event, ASUS announced plans to reduce weight, increase performance, and bring OLED displays to its newest laptops. This encompasses the company’s new and upcoming Zenbook and Vivobook devices, but the new Zenbook Pro 16X OLED was a big highlight. According to both the presentation and the ASUS website, the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED offers either an Intel 2.3 GHz i7 or 2....

Check With Your School Before shopping for a computer, check with the school regarding any recommendations, requirements, or restrictions there may be on student computers. Often, colleges will have recommended minimum computer specifications that can be helpful in narrowing down your search. Similarly, they may have a list of necessary applications that require specific hardware. Elementary and middle schools, too, will have recommendations. Many tend to go with Chromebooks for budgetary reasons but every school has different reasons for using different types of laptops or desktops....

What Is a BAT File? A file with the .BAT file extension is a Windows Batch file. It’s a plain text file that contains various commands used for repetitive tasks or to run groups of scripts one after another. Software of all types use BAT files for various purposes—for example, to copy or delete files, run applications, and shut down processes. They’re also called batch files, scripts, batch programs, command files, and shell scripts, and may instead use the ....

Best Choice Products 119-Inch HD Indoor Pull Down Projector Screen is a manual pull-down style projector screen with a metal body and a matte white vinyl screen. It provides an absolutely massive value proposition, although it’s important to temper your expectations in regards to the screen size. This is a square 1:1 aspect ratio screen, not a 16:9 or 16:10 screen, so the actual diagonal viewing area when viewing high definition content is significantly smaller than it says on the box....

If you’re comfortable with that sort of work, then the conversion process probably isn’t beyond your abilities. For everyone else, paying a qualified technician to convert your current car is still likely to be more affordable than buying a brand new electric car. Really? Anyone Can Convert a Gas Car to Run on Electricity? Anyone can convert a gas car to run on electricity, but the difficulty and feasibility of the project depends on a number of factors....

A new paper released by Microsoft puts numbers to the problem. While multitasking was rare in short, small meetings, it surged to near-universal levels in meetings that dragged on for more than an hour. However, it’s not all bad news: the paper, which focused on the use of Microsoft Teams, suggests several ways workers might improve their focus. “FocusAssist for Windows has already shipped and could be a huge help here,” Dr....

However, there are many suitable alternatives to FaceTime for Windows that make it possible to video chat with friends and family from your computer, phone, or tablet. Why Can’t You Get FaceTime for Windows? When introducing FaceTime at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs told attendees, “We’re going to make FaceTime an open industry standard,” which would mean that anyone could create software that was compatible with FaceTime....

Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch Lite While there are a handful of Switch games that don’t work with the Switch Lite, Animal Crossing is not on that list. As Animal Crossing is designed to be played in handheld mode, with no special requirements for the dock or joy-cons, it works the same way on a Switch Lite as it does on the original Switch. If you already own an Animal Crossing game card, you can use it with your Switch Lite....

Here’s what could be found with the LiDE 210: Three-color LEDs. Auto scan, copy, email, and multiple PDF-conversion buttons. Compatible with Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP/2000, and Mac OS X v10.4.11 to 10.63. High-speed USB power source. Guide Review Flatbed scanners are rarely small, graceful items, but Canon turned things around with the CanoScan LiDE 210 flatbed scanner. Measuring 9.9 inches wide by 14.4 inches long and only 1....

While the durability of screens has improved over the years, your average “glass sandwich” smartphone—with glass on both sides connected via the frame—is still very susceptible to damage. That’s where specialized rugged phones come in, and the CAT S42 is the latest model bearing the CAT construction equipment brand (manufactured by the Bullitt Group) and built to target the same kind of audience with a similar product ethos. The CAT S42 is tough, no doubt, with chunky plastic frame and backing that give this Android 10 phone not only a more grippable nature, but also significant protection against drops along with everyday wear and tear....

For one, we’ve never had CCleaner cause a problem in the Windows Registry, which some less-well-done registry repair tools do on a regular basis. And two, because it’s optionally available in a portable format (i.e., it doesn’t need to be installed). Read our full CCleaner review below for a list of features, pros & cons, my opinions on the program, and some basic instructions, or head straight to their download page linked above....

What Are Smart Quotes? To help you produce documents that look great and behave as expected in other uses, Microsoft loaded Word with smart quotes. This feature automatically changes straight quotation marks to typographer’s quotes as you type. The curly smart quotation marks curl toward the text they precede and away from the text they follow. While this feature makes for a nice printed document and attractive headlines, it can be troublesome if your work is going to be used electronically, where straight quotation marks are preferred—particularly with computer-code listings....

Antennas Save Money Antennas are, by default, money savers because their job is to receive free TV. If you use a cable or satellite service, you may pay a monthly local service fee to receive local channels. Installing a TV antenna means you can cancel that service fee and enjoy local programming for free, which is how it was meant to be. Find Channels Your Provider Doesn’t Offer While your cable, satellite, or streaming service offers a seemingly endless number of channels and entertainment options, many broadcast stations offer at least one subchannel....

Some speakers are “smart,” and connect to the internet directly and wirelessly in order to stream audio and music content. Older speakers, of course, aren’t so smart and need some help. That’s where the Chromecast Audio comes into play. So, if you have traditional (older) speakers, but want to be able to wirelessly play audio programming and music that’s streamed from your Internet-connected smartphone, tablet, or computer, simply connect a Chromecast Audio device to the speaker(s)....

Overall Findings Roku and Chromecast are similar devices with strong media-streaming capabilities. Both deliver HD video streaming through an available HDMI port in a TV, then connect to your home’s Wi-Fi network, providing a crisp, clean digital picture and sound. Both Roku and Chromecast have basic models that support standard HD streaming and more advanced models. Both are easy to set up and have intuitive iOS and Android mobile apps. Content options for Roku and Chromecast are plentiful....

How to Close All Tabs in the Safari Browser Use the Tab menu to close all open tabs simultaneously. Tap and hold the Tab button, which looks like two stacked squares. When you tap it, the button opens a new window, but when you keep your finger pressed on it, the Tabs menu appears. The Tabs menu includes an option to close all open tabs, except for the page you’re currently viewing....

With this in mind, it’s imperative that you convert any valuable recorded audio to digital that may still be on your old cassettes as soon as possible, before the degradation process damages it beyond recovery. Basic Equipment for Transferring Audio Cassettes to Your Computer Even though your music library may be mostly in a digital form, such as audio CDs, ripped CD tracks, and content downloaded or streamed, you may have old recordings that are rare and need to be transferred....