It’s not just stand-up scooters that are booming. Honda’s new U-BE electric scooter is a new electric scooter for the Chinese market that will cost just $475. “With the majority of commutes in the US being under 10 miles, people no longer feel as inclined to take on debt for a depreciating asset like a car, that could be replaced by something just as effective for a fraction of the cost,” Jeff Lawrence, the marketing director of electric vehicle manufacturer GOTRAX, told Lifewire in an email interview....

With the latest gaming laptops now sporting the RTX 30-series graphics cards from Nvidia, some users reported that, depending on which card you ended up with in your laptop, what would normally be a less-powerful card could be more capable than higher-priced variants. Nvidia is addressing this issue by requiring gaming laptop manufacturers to fully disclose the specs of the card. This should help make the process of buying a new gaming laptop much less confusing....

With tech like security cameras, automatic locks, interactive doorbells, and more, homeowners are making safety a priority in their homes. The future of home insurance will prioritize these types of smart home products to increase a home’s overall safety. “As the insurance industry starts to look at [smart home technology] more and more, I think it will become a part of every house,” Dave Wechsler, vice president of growth initiatives at home insurance company Hippo, told Lifewire over the phone....

There’s plenty of food to go around. The problem is distributing the surplus food from restaurants, stores, and kitchens to those in need. Apps run by businesses and nonprofits are stepping in where government programs are lagging. Take OLIO, for example, which allows neighbors to give away their spare food to each other quickly. “Technology has made a big difference to the efficiency with which perishable food can be redistributed,” Saasha Celestial-One, co-founder and COO of OLIO said in an email interview....

How to Link a Credit Card to Cash App Use the Linked Banks area of the app to add a credit card. How to Send Money With a Credit Card on Cash App If you have a credit card, debit card, and bank account all set up in your account, you might wonder which one Cash App will use when you send someone money. It’s easy to pick the specific funding source you want to use for each transaction....

How to Type a Degree Symbol in Word The degree symbol is not on most keyboards by default, so you have to do a little work to get it when you need it. There are three ways to get the degree symbol without adding any software to your system. Add a Degree Symbol Using a Keyboard Shortcut The quickest way to add a degree symbol to your Microsoft Word document is through a keyboard shortcut....

How to Accept Donations With PayPal To add a donation button, sign up for a PayPal account and follow the instructions on the PayPal Donations web page. Through this process, you’ll obtain a code that will link to your PayPal account. Next, copy and paste the code into your blog. Many bloggers put it in the blog’s sidebar so the button appears on as many pages as possible. Once the code is inserted into your blog, the donation button will appear automatically....

Follow the onscreen instructions start scanning. The iPhone will scan your face twice. Tap Continue > Done when prompted. You can use this secondary Face ID if you change your appearance or let a trusted face use it. How to Add an Alternate Appearance to iPhone Everyone has days where they don’t look like ’themselves.’ This can happen for various reasons. For some, it’s because you work in a job that requires you to wear a hat or other safety gear....

Do You Already Have Bluetooth? You should ask yourself this before following the steps below because they involve purchasing a Bluetooth dongle. Learn how to set up Bluetooth devices and see what to do when Windows 11 Bluetooth isn’t working or when Windows 10 Bluetooth isn’t working. It’s possible that it’s already available on your computer, but adding a device just isn’t working. Find a Bluetooth Adapter Getting a Bluetooth adapter for your PC is the easiest way to add this functionality to a desktop or laptop....

Link Your Nintendo Account to Your Switch If you want to send and receive friend requests, link your Nintendo account to your Switch first. Doing so is simple: How to View Your Nintendo Friend Code Once your Nintendo account is linked, you can access Switch’s online features and add friends to your list. You need to find your 12-digit Friend Code before you can share it with others. How to Send Friend Requests on Nintendo Switch From the home screen, select your user icon, then select Add Friend....

Where Are the Ads? Here are a few ways ads show up in apps: The screen is interrupted by an ad.An ad blocks a corner of the screen.You must view an ad before you can use the app.You must view an ad to do something you want within the app (such as complete a level in a game). Push Notification Ads Push alerts, push notifications, and notification spam are terms that describe spammers’ use of Android functionality to do some annoying things when you’re not actively using the app....

Take Advantage of Siri Siri isn’t just for ordering pizza or checking the weather. Siri is an effective productivity tool that is bundled with the iPad and is best used as a personal assistant. Siri can help in many ways. Use Siri to keep up with reminders, set meeting times, and schedule events. Siri also takes voice dictation, so that you don’t have to use the onscreen keyboard. Siri works in combination with the iPad Calendar, Reminders, and other apps....

How to Limit Searches of Your Facebook Profile via Email Address, Phone Number, and Search Engines You can customize privacy settings from Facebook.com in a web browser or via the Facebook mobile app. Here’s how to control who can find you on the web: Control Privacy Settings Using the Facebook App You can also control who can find your profile from the Facebook app: Who can look you up using the email address you provided?...

Getting on the Web The PS Vita has a pre-installed web browser, but before you can get online, you’ll need to set up internet access. Kiyoshi Ota / Getty Images Using Multiple Windows The browser app doesn’t have tabs, but you can have up to eight separate browser windows open at once. There are two ways to open a new window. If you want to open a page for which you know the URL or start a new search in a separate window, tap the Windows icon in the right-hand column, third from the top (it looks like stacked squares, with the top one having a + in it)....

Never Use Your Real Email Address When posting and responding to an ad on Craigslist, you have the option of using your real email address or a Craigslist-provided proxy email address. Protect your actual email address from spammers and scammers by opting for the Craigslist address. The anonymized Craigslist email address is great for posting ads on the site without revealing any identifying information beyond your first name. However, even if you opt for the proxy email when responding to an ad, the seller still sees your real name and any personal details listed in your email signature....

How to Install an ICC Profile Calibrating a printer, scanner, or monitor properly ensures what you see on the screen is what the print looks like, and that the colors on the monitor are accurately represented on paper. An ICC profile helps with calibration. ICC profiles are a set of standards created by the International Color Consortium and are commonly used in color management. Each file is specific to a certain device and provides a way to ensure consistent color....

How to Change File Associations in Windows 11 Windows can only open one program for a particular file extension automatically, so if you like to work with your PNG files in Photoshop Elements, for example, and not Paint, changing the default file association for PNG files is required. The Choose defaults by file type option is found in the Windows 11 Settings. How to Change File Associations in Windows 10 Like Windows 11, Windows 10 uses Settings instead of Control Panel to make changes to file type associations....

How to Resize the Taskbar in Windows 11 The easiest way to change the Windows 11 taskbar size is with a registry edit. You can learn more about using the registry here, but as long as you follow along carefully and back up the registry beforehand, it should be straightforward and safe. How Do I Make My Taskbar Normal Size? The default taskbar size can be restored by returning to step 5 and deleting the TaskbarSi value....

Using Task Manager to Check CPU Usage The Task Manager provides an overview of which apps and processes are currently running and how much of the hardware each uses, namely the CPU. The Task Manager’s functionality is pretty straightforward but handy nonetheless if you want a basic idea of what’s going on. Using the Resource Monitor to Check CPU Usage The Resource Monitor is similar to the Task Manager but gives much more information by explaining how your apps are using the CPU....

How to Conference Call on Android Android phones can handle up to five callers in a single conference call. Starting one is just a matter of dialing up the individuals one by one and merging the calls as you go. You can add more recipients to the call by repeating steps three, four, and five for each new caller, up to a maximum of five. How to Drop a Call From a Three Way call on Android If you’re in a conference call and you want to drop someone off the line, you can do so very quickly....