Connectivity is important with a PC controller. It should have easy button mapping, and you shouldn’t have to worry too much about learning new mapping for different games. Really high-end controllers often let you customize the buttons and sensitivities, making the controller exactly how you like it. Some of the best controllers are dual-purpose too, and they can work on both a console and a PC. This makes the controller a better value....

With all of that out of the way, if you feel you need a UPS, just buy the APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA. It’s got a big enough battery so you can save your work and safely shut down without having to panic. While this APC model has 10 outlets, only five of them are connected to the battery (the other five do have surge protection, though). We feel five outlets are plenty and should cover most setups adequately (more so, really)....

The best thing about Gboard is that it’s free. You are never asked to pay to unlock new features, and you never see ads on your keyboard to support the developers. You can also sync your dictionary to your Google account to personalize text correction. The pro version of Chrooma includes a grammar and spelling checker, which you launch by tapping the icon in the upper-right corner of the keyboard....

Before spreadsheet software was invented, the term “value” in relation to a spreadsheet meant only numeric data. In the case of digital spreadsheets, like Microsoft Excel, the term “number data” is used to describe numeric data instead. Types of Values in Excel If someone refers to a value in Excel, they may be referring to any of the following types of data: Text: String data, such as “High” or “Low....

“Ambient intelligence can enable an individual to become more effective and more efficient in their life,” Clark Dodsworth, founder of Osage Consulting and co-author of the original ambient intelligence strategy, told Lifewire over the phone. Tech That Adapts to You “Ultimately this means that you’ll reach for your phone a little bit less and you’re talking to Alexa less,” Taylor said during the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon this week....

A Canadian company says it can recover around 99% of the gold used in electronics circuits using new chemical techniques. Recycling could cut the cost of personal electronics by reducing waste. It’s part of a growing effort to keep components from damaging the environment. “Mobile phone circuit boards can have significant quantities of gold, silver, and palladium,” Eoin Pigott of electronics recycling company Wisetek told Lifewire in an email interview....

According to MacRumors, the 2014 iPhone model will be added to Apple’s vintage products list on December 31. Apple said products are considered vintage after the company stops distributing them for sale more than five and less than seven years ago. The iPhone 6 Plus joins a broad list of other vintage Apple products like the fourth-generation iPod shuffle and iPod touch, the 13-inch MacBook Air from 2014, the iPhone 5, the first-generation Apple Watch, and more....

Josh Summitt, co-founder & CTO of JavaScript security firm otto-js, discovered that under specific but common conditions, the extended spell checkers in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge leak sensitive information to their respective companies. “This incident is indicative of what we have seen in the industry for years, teaching us nothing that we haven’t already gleaned from past experiences,” Alon Nachmany, Field CISO, AppviewX, told Lifewire over email. “If anyone is under the impression that Chrome, Gmail, or even Google’s search engine is Google’s product, they are naive and incredibly mistaken....

Still, a number of new and upcoming titles are exclusive to Microsoft’s exosystem, labeled as Xbox exclusive games that won’t appear on the Sony PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch. Some of these titles are exclusive (timed) for a limited time and are noted as such. This Annapurna Interactive game has Hollywood stars James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe as voice performers. Players can augment and enhance their body with cybernetics, and there’s loot galore from defeating enemies....

The issue is that dumping liquid into a vehicle is a no-brainer. Put a spout into a hole and away you go. Charging stations not only have to work on their own, but they also have to have a digital conversation with each car that is attached to them. It’s way more complex than, say, plugging your phone into the wall. Every time a new EV is introduced into the world, charging station companies have to bring it into their labs to make sure there’s a hardware and software “handshake” between the station and the vehicle....

If you use a password manager, you’re familiar with the feeling you get when you look for a login but can’t find it. It’s probably because you signed in with your Google, Apple, Twitter, or Facebook ID, and your password manager knows nothing about it. Now, 1Password will remember how you signed up for a new service, keeping all your login information in one place. But between this and the passwordless future promised by passkeys, password manager apps could be on the path to irrelevance....

According to a tweet from Twitter’s official support page on Wednesday, updates will roll out over the next two months to ensure tweets don’t disappear. Twitter said the issue seems to happen most often when the timeline auto-refreshes. “The background: a tweet would move up the timeline as replies were added to the ongoing convo. Since some convos can evolve quickly, this made it so you didn’t see the same tweet repeated in the TL,” Twitter Support said....

Changes to How Mac Manages Memory With the release of OS X Mavericks, Apple changed how the Mac managed memory. With the addition of memory compression, your Mac can now do more with less memory while maintaining or increasing performance. In older versions of OS X, memory usage was built around a standard memory management system. Apps requested an allocation of RAM, the system fulfilled the request, and the apps gave back the RAM when they no longer needed it....

Earlier in February, a European Union lawmaker told Reuters that he’s confident a deal with member states on a common charging port for smartphones and other mobile gadgets could be finalized before the end of the year. Experts are conflicted about the merits of the move. “On the surface, the move to a standard charging port seems like a good one for consumers,” Eric Brinkman, Chief Product Officer at Cobalt, told Lifewire over email....

That’s the pitch, at least. Cramming PC hardware in a device slightly larger than the Nintendo Switch isn’t easy. Thermal throttling and battery performance could dampen expectations. Still, there’s reason to hope the Steam Deck will overcome its obstacles and conquer your Steam library. “It is very easy to expect any sort of console-like big game will at least get 30 frames per second at decent settings on its 720p screen,” Alex, the Low Spec Gamer, a YouTube creator who focuses on entry-level gaming hardware, said in a Zoom interview....

Cybersecurity firm McAfee has released a report uncovering a new vulnerability in a video-calling software development kit (SDK). Hackers could exploit this vulnerability to spy on users’ live video and audio calls. Dating apps such as eHarmony and Plenty of Fish were among those identified as using the vulnerable SDK platform. “Whether you are attending regular virtual work meetings or catching up with extended family across the globe, as a consumer, it’s important to realize what exactly you’re getting into when downloading applications that help you stay connected,” Steve Povolny, head of McAfee Advanced Threat Research said in an email interview....

View Source Code in Safari Showing source code in Safari is easy: Advantages of Viewing Source Code Viewing the source to see how a web designer achieved a layout will help you learn and improve your work. Over the years, many web designers and developers have learned quite a lot of HTML by merely viewing the source of web pages they see. It’s an excellent way for beginners to learn HTML and for seasoned web professionals to see how others used new techniques....

Vizio is known for its soundbars and smart TVs, so why not expand both offerings as it completes its second decade of existence? Its M-Series soundbar line is getting two new models: the Elevate and the All-in-One. The Elevate 5.1.2 Immersive Sound Bar uses Adaptive Height Speakers, and works with Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, to provide what Vizio says is “the ultimate immersive home theater experience.” Meanwhile, the All-In-One 2....

WarioWare: Get It Together! is the ninth installment in Nintendo’s quirk-tastic “microgame” collections, starring Mario’s greedy doppelganger and the surprisingly large cast of eccentric characters in his orbit. The appeal of WarioWare has always been its sheer rapid-fire creativity. Each entry in the series contains dozens if not hundreds of short, intuitive games that can and must be completed in seconds flat. It was always one of my go-to games for Nintendo’s old portable systems, as it provided an instant bite-size distraction whenever I needed one....

This technology is already available for Samsung phones, but Apple could take it to the next level. Every iPhone owner in the world also has an Apple ID, and most have a payment method tied to that ID. Just like you can use Apple Pay now, tapping your iPhone onto a terminal in a store to pay for goods, you might be able to do the opposite, and tap to receive payments....