Before you get started, make sure all equipment is turned off, including the subwoofer. You never want to connect or disconnect any cables while anything is on, lest something incurs accidental damage. If Nothing Works, Consider Replacing Your Subwoofer If the subwoofer doesn’t power on at all, or it powers on but won’t play a thing, then there’s a good chance that it is defective and needs to be replaced....

The complaint accuses Facebook of entrenching itself in the lives of billions of people by absorbing competitors and behaving in a generally anti-competitive way. Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and South Dakota are the only states that failed to join. The landmark antitrust suit seeks to split up Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, alleging that Facebook’s acquisition of the latter two was an attempt to quell competitors and keep consumers from more privacy-focused alternatives....

Apple stores are amazingly open, inviting, and easy to use. You can walk in at any time and start trying things out, without having to ask a surly store clerk to take the sole demo unit out of the locked display case. But the same open-plan can also be viewed as a minimum-security venue with high-value, easily-grabbable goods just laid out there on tables, ready to snatch and run. The catch is, most of those devices will be useless if stolen....

The only way to fix it so that your cigarette lighter fuse stops blowing is to check each possible point of failure until you identify the issue. But whatever you do, don’t even think about replacing the cigarette lighter fuse with a higher amp fuse. Depending on the nature of your problem, replacing the fuse with a higher amp version could damage the fuse box, melt wires, or even cause a fire....

Normally, small speakers equal smaller sound. Those little speaker cones just can’t shift as much air as a bigger cone, which usually leads to a thinner sound, with less bass. Or smaller speakers manage to extend their bass with clever tricks, like rear-opening bass ports, or complex sound-shaping tubes inside. This helps, but the result can be flabby, or unfocused. These iLoud speakers use a mixture of clever design, digital processing, and an included room calibration microphone to create a sound that rivals huge speakers with even 8-inch drivers....

With its incredibly slim design, I plan to use the iMac as a gigantic laptop. After all, at only 10 pounds, it weighs about the same as some gaming laptops. And, since, like many people, I’m working from home these days, I don’t need to tote a real portable very often. You Can’t Have Too Much Screen I am a multitasking fiend, often running six programs at once along with dozens of tabs as I switch between emails, messaging, and researching and writing stories....

My love affair with the iPhone goes back to the first model released, and I’m thrilled with the latest Apple flagship. So, I wasn’t expecting to be wooed by Google’s Pixel devices. In the end, I found a lot to like about the Pixels, but the benefits weren’t enough to make me want to switch. Google vs. Apple Choosing my favorite phone was a tough decision with such excellent choices....

For $219, you can get a bundle that includes the new tablet, plus a one-year subscription to Microsoft 365 Personal—which provides access to all Office apps and 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage—and a detachable keyboard case. At this price, quibbles about whether the HD10 compares to the iPad are silly because, of course, it doesn’t. My iPad Air costs $599, plus my Apple Magic Keyboard retails for $299. You’re getting into decent laptop price territory with the iPad setup, but the $200 range for the Fire makes it something I’m comfortable throwing in a backpack....

I can barely hear the siren song of the Bose headset since I’m wearing my newish Apple AirPods Max headphones, but the Bose cans could be a longer-lasting and more comfortable option than Apple’s finest. The $329.95 QC 45s are also cheaper than the ProMax, which retails for $549. But the new Bose headset promises to be more than just a value proposition. I’ve owned several Bose headsets, including the current QuietComfort 35, and have been impressed with their, well, comfort....

Coming up with designs that appeal to women is a tricky task. After all, shouldn’t good design appeal to anyone, regardless of gender? An individual may not like the iPhone’s look or something like Teenage Engineering’s sleek aluminum OP-1 Field, but nobody would say that they’re “for boys” or “for girls.” But the gaming accessory market is decidedly “male teenager” in its design character, which can put many people off—including the boys....

The company’s virtual assistant arrived in Windows 97 in the form of a small paper clip to help Microsoft Office users. Clippy was flicked into the wastebasket by Office 2007 after complaints that it was ineffective and annoying. But I stand up for Clippy as a welcome attempt at humanizing computer interfaces that now seems to have been all but forgotten with the trend towards cool minimalism. It’s true that Clippy didn’t accomplish much at times, but his cheery metal face was a reminder that there could be warmth in dealing with computers....

As Twitch streamer Pikachulita, Katie Robinson electrifies the audience with her style of socially aware wit and an element of gaming finesse and intrigue that permeates her variety streams hoping to give Twitch a shocking makeover. A veteran on the platform, Robinson has seen a sea of progressive changes at Twitch and she’s dedicated to ensuring they continue. Boasting the coveted Twitch Partner status, as well as a partnership with computer hardware brand Logitech, this streamer has turned her passion into a lucrative side hustle....

The Neo has a tiny LCD monochrome screen and can pretty much only do word processing. That means no web browsing, email, Netflix, etc. It’s clunky and ugly with a dark green plastic case. But I’ve found the Neo to be an invaluable, distraction-free gadget that makes me more productive. It’s got incredible features that no ordinary laptop can match. Do you claim your fancy Samsung laptop has 12 hours of battery life?...

TikTok is expanding the amount of music available to its users under this agreement, which the social media app says will help content creators use licensed music, and could even lead to more “ambitious experimentation, innovation, and collaboration” in the future. It’s a smart move for both TikTok and UMG, though experts say content creators are the real winners. “This is a good thing for TikTok users,” Adam Chase, president of Music Minds, told Lifewire in an email....

A sealed copy of the Nintendo 64 classic Super Mario 64 recently sold for $1,560,000, toppling the record that The Legend of Zelda had just claimed. It’s part of a heating market for collectibles that’s likely to continue, experts say. “There’s a perception among gamers now that physical media-based games are going to become increasingly rare, which in turn is accelerating the nostalgia market,” Michael Hancock, a professor at The Games Institute at the University of Waterloo, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Twitter TV Twitter’s plan to become a broadcaster was first noted by The New York Times, which first reported speculation about this. Now that it’s available, Twitter’s app has unleashed a new era of socially connected TV. The company is reaching a host of different content deals. When it began it started to offer NFL’s Thursday Night Football games through the Apple TV app. This is great as it means you can access all the action without needing a pay a TV subscription (or even a Twitter account)....

Blend, which is still in beta mode, is a new type of evolving playlist based on two listeners’ musical tastes. Unlike Spotify’s existing shared playlists, Blend automatically picks and updates songs instead of requiring each user to manually add tracks. While I found Blend to be far from perfect, I still think everyone should try it. What Is Spotify Blend? Blend analyzes two Spotify users’ musical tastes to create a mix....

What to Do When Your Car’s Headlights Won’t Turn Off When your headlights suddenly stop working, things can get dangerous in a hurry. But headlights can also fail in the other direction. Far from a fail-safe, headlights that won’t turn off, no matter what you do, can quickly drain your battery and leave you stranded. With that in mind, the short-term solution for headlights that won’t turn off is to take emergency preventative measures to keep the battery from going dead....

While there are a few reasons that a keyless entry remote might stop working, most of them are pretty easy to check yourself. The most common problem with these car key fobs is that the batteries go dead over time, in which case replacing the battery should fix the problem. Other key fob remote problems are more complicated, but it’s still possible to fix them. Here are the five things you’ll want to check first when your remote stops locking or unlocking your car doors:...

The move is a response to Etsy increasing the fees it charges sellers from 5 percent to 6.5 percent. In an online letter, the protest organizers said that the increase is hurting small businesses. However, Etsy seller Naomi Morris told Lifewire in an email interview that she thinks the condemnation of the company is unwarranted. “During these times of high inflation, we should expect price increases on everything,” Morris said....