You can turn your phone into a radio scanner for free with apps that let you listen to emergency situations wherever you may be and for whatever reason. If you want to follow breaking news or are just curious about what’s going on in your neighborhood, you can do so with one of these apps that connect you directly to live police feeds. You can get the pro app for more police feeds, no ads, a sleep timer/alarm, a siren noise maker, weather feeds, and other features....

If you want to combine the best of both gentle wake-up and old-school function, there’s FM radio capability and a tap-to-snooze alarm clock, just in case. Additionally, the bedside light dims and it sounds gently to help you go to sleep, emulating a more natural way to enter REM sleep. With 20 total brightness settings, the lighting begins to gradually increase 20 to 40 minutes before your selected alarm time....

Another neat feature that expands the utility of these devices is the ability to upscale SD and HD content into 4K. The final quality may vary drastically based on the quality of the upscaling software used by an individual player, but players are still a fantastic way to squeeze a little more life out of your aged DVDs. Make sure to read our guide on what to know when you buy a Blu-ray disc player before diving into our top picks for the best 4K Blu-Ray Players....

Never fear—here at Lifewire, we know a thing or two about electric scooters. Taking into account various specs such as battery life, motor power, and ease of use, we compiled the best electric scooters on the market. Take a look at the list below to see which one will fit your lifestyle and budget. If bike paths are part of your daily routine, the scooter has two speed settings for its 250W motor: 8mph and 15....

It’ll give you a live feed of data from your backyard, which, if you are a farmer or live in a storm-prone area, can give you valuable time when bad weather is on the way. Even if you live where the weather is pretty steady, the amount of data you can collect with a home weather station is truly fascinating to look at, especially using the smart apps many of them can use....

For a more general overview of the games you can play on the PS4, take a look at our roundup of the best PS4 games. If you’re looking to be the next digital golf champ, or if you just want to blow up a fancy palace with your backswing, we can help you decide which PS4 golf game will be the next addition to your library. You can select from more than 100,000 user-created courses or make your own in the new course creator....

Here are some equalizer apps you can install from the Google Play Store. 10 Band Equalizer opens as an overlay, so whatever app you have open, this app will appear over it. Once opened, you can manually adjust the frequencies or select from one of the preset options. The app does a great job of adjusting the sound, so the change is quite noticeable. 10 Band Equalizer does include ads, and there is no pro version to remove that functionality....

These games run the gamut from puzzle games to action games, and from newer to more classic games. Whatever you choose, it’s sure to help you pass the time. Although the game originally released in 2011, it holds up well after all these years and provides endless hours of fun and entertainment. Increasing difficulty levels gives it plenty of replayability, and few things feel more satisfying than finally advancing past a level you’ve struggled to beat....

DLP Technology The BenQ HT2150ST incorporates DLP (Digital Light Processing) technology for the projection of images. In brief, the version of DLP used consists of a lamp that sends light through a spinning color wheel, which, in turn, bounces light off of a single chip that has millions of rapidly tilting mirrors. The reflected light patterns then pass through the lens and onto the screen. The color wheel used in the HT2150ST is divided into six segments (RGB/RGB) and spins at 4x speed (with 60hz power systems such as the U....

How Much Memory Is Enough? The rule of thumb for all computer systems to determine whether it has enough memory is to look at the requirements of the software you intend to run. Check the website for each application and the OS that you want to run. Find out the minimum and recommended requirements. More RAM than the highest minimum and at least as much as the highest listed recommended requirement is ideal....

Increase Screen Sensitivity If the Galaxy S5 doesn’t respond to touch, make it more sensitive to your finger. Go to Settings > Display and select the Increase touch sensitivity check box. This helps the phone understand your touch easily, even if you’re wearing gloves. Hide Things in Private Mode Private Mode on the Galaxy S5 hides media files from the person using the phone, useful in situations where you let someone such as your kid or friend access your device....

The xMac concept is a little less relevant today because both the Mac mini and the MacBook Pro are more than powerful enough for any home- or studio-based task, but here it is. Apple’s cool new Mac Studio is a little workstation Mac with more power than most people need, in a tiny package, and reasonably priced, starting at $2,000. “The Mac Studio is very much the desktop Mac I’ve wanted for years....

Over 50 US electric companies have joined the National Electric Highway Coalition (NEHC) to build a nationwide EV charging grid. The Edison Electric Institute estimates there will be almost 22 million EVs on US roads by the end of the decade. To charge them, the country will need 100,000 EV fast charging ports. And that’s the job of the NEHC: achieving this goal “using any approach they see fit.” “A realistic timeframe for replacing gas stations would be within the next 10 to 15 years....

Apple’s first round of M1-based Macs was designed to show off the incredible power and efficiency of Apple’s own chip designs, without scaring anybody off. Externally, the M1 MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini are all but identical to the preceding Intel versions, providing a sense of continuity. But now that Apple has proven that these Silicon Macs are more than capable, what can it do with these ultra-efficient, ultra-powerful computers?...

Yesterday, to beat the other passengers on the plane, as soon as I got out of the airport, I rushed to the car rental location, leaving my wife to deal with the luggage. That’s a pro tip. One person deals with luggage the other gets the car. Go team Baldwin. While I was able to get our vehicle quicker than most (another pro tip: use car rental company apps and sign up to be a preferred member, the line is shorter), it still took too long....

What Is Xbox Game Pass Ultimate? Game Pass Ultimate is an unlimited gaming subscription service for Xbox One consoles and PCs. It will also work with the new Xbox Series X and Series S consoles. There are no limitations on how many games you can play each month and there are no restrictions. The games are the full titles, just like if you’d paid the full price for them. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate also bundles in Xbox Live Gold so you can play these games online too and enjoy the multiplayer features available through them....

Thanks to Xbox Cloud streaming, any PC or phone can play Xbox games. And now, with an update to the Xbox Game Pass app, it also runs on Android devices, including Microsoft’s little fold-up Surface Duo, a dual-screen tablet/phone thingy. The Surface Duo uses one screen to show the game, and one screen to display the touch-screen controls. In this way it’s a kind of combination of gaming on the iPhone, and on the Nintendo DS....

In a recent Twitter thread, Twitter Support revealed the social media company’s upcoming changes for DMs. The stated intention is to improve navigation for conversations and make tweet sharing within messages easier, among other adjustments. Unfortunately none of these involves the (very) often-requested Edit button. First on the list is the option to share a single tweet through up to 20 separate DM conversations. The hope is that this will lessen the chances of someone accidentally creating group chats when trying to send a tweet to multiple people....

Micro USB has been around longer and is on more devices such as digital cameras and smart home devices. Technically, Micro USB can mean one of three shapes: Micro USB-A, Micro USB-B, and USB 3.0 Micro-B. USB-C is used mainly on newer smartphones and computers, and it, too, has different specs as it has evolved over the years. What could be more confusing is that despite USB-C’s evolution, the shape has remained the same....

Here’s what else you need to know. Overall Findings (Main Differences) The easiest way to understand the differences between USB-C vs USB 3 is that one describes the connector (USB-C), and the other is the data transfer technology (USB 3). USB-C is the latest generation of USB connectors that provide a reversible plug you can insert into the device without inserting it wrong. USB-C is also capable of providing more power to devices....