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Air purifiers can be effective at targeting the many irritants you’ll find inside, which the EPA estimates are two to five times higher than average concentrations found outside. That covers allergy triggers such as dust, pet hair, and dander to stale, musty air from cigarette smoke and unpleasant odors. Of course, not any air purifier will accomplish what you need for your particular space. It’s important to think about the amount of coverage you’ll need and your biggest air freshening priorities....

With Android Auto, you can place and receive calls and text messages without taking your eyes off the road, plot steps for a road trip, and use built-in tools such as EV charging, parking, and navigation apps. In addition to built-in apps, Android Auto can also access hundreds of apps in the Google Play Store. Here are some of the best Android Auto apps. In addition to guiding you to your destination, Waze provides secondary benefits, including alerts for nearby speed traps and cheap gas stations....

Here’s a list of the best Xbox One apps for movies, music, sports, and more. There are standouts in each category and apps that have great built-in controls, without resorting to a virtual mouse. If you see any apps you want to grab for your Xbox One, click the corresponding link to the Microsoft Store, log in to the same Microsoft account you use for your Xbox, and look for a button that says Get the app or Install/Play....

The flash drive has a rugged finish that’s designed to keep your data safe even if you drop it on a hard surface. There’s a feature to eject the USB connector or retract it when it’s not in use to ensure it doesn’t come off, leaving your data inaccessible. SanDisk’s device comes with 128GB of storage, which should allow it to hold 8,000 songs, and since it supports read speeds up to 150MB per second, you shouldn’t have any trouble accessing tracks on your devices....

Choosing the right sound card for your system can be a daunting task, since there are dozens of them out there. To help you out, we’ve detailed some of the finest PC sound cards/amplifiers in the market. Among these are PCIe-based options (best suited for desktops) such as ASUS Essence STX II, as well as USB-powered models (ideal for laptops, and even gaming consoles) like Creative Sound BlasterX G6. Read all about them, and make an informed decision!...

Any person buying a new camera should critique each model based on these three top factors: durability, video quality, and battery life. Durability will dictate the environment where you can record. Video quality will affect the final produced video. Battery life will determine how long you’re able to record your videos. Whether the video camera is capable of 1080p or 4K filming may be the most significant component you will need to consider in today’s world....

Most modern smartphones have “easy modes” or accessibility features that can be turned on. Generally, the best phones for seniors will have large buttons, a large bright display for easy viewing, wireless charging—meaning no fumbling with cables—and long battery life. Another thing to consider is budget. Many of our seniors are living on a fixed income, so it’s important to find options that will fit within those budgetary constraints. We’ve rounded up the best feature phones and smartphones on the market....

While many cameras have Wi-Fi, we selected options that give you a reason to carry or use them rather than just sticking with your phone. Whether you want to create and share professional-looking images or you’re a video blogger, here are our recommendations for the best Wi-Fi cameras. At its core, an enormous sensor powers the X100V. This sensor can deliver pro-grade images captured through its 35mm equivalent lens (a common and versatile size)....

If you’re not worried about specs and just need to boost your Wi-Fi, we think you should just buy the Eero Pro — it performed well in our tests and was by far the easiest to set up and use. Unlike many other mesh Wi-Fi systems, Eero also lets you mix-and-match between three different types of units. Powerful Eero Pro stations support three network for the fastest home broadband connections (i....

Baddie Selfie Captions As the saying goes, “If you’ve got it, flaunt it.” Or at least when you’re able to carefully curate your life through a series of carefully shot and selected photos you can at least act like you do. Nobody will be able to tell the difference, right? “I may be bad, but I feel good.”“It’s an ode to joy. Joy is me. I’m joy.”“My camera can’t get enough of me....

Genre: Drama Starring: Sibongokuhle Nkosi, Mandisa Vilakazi Director: Bonie Sithebe TV Rating: TV-MA Running Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes The Valley of a Thousand Hills takes its name from the region in South Africa where the movie was filmed and takes place. Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family Starring: Marco Simon Puccioni, Luca De Bei, Gianluca Bernardini Director: Marco Simon Puccioni TV Rating: TV-MA Running Time: 1 hour, 49 minutes The Invisible Thread (Il Filo Invisibile) is an Italian drama with a positive message and a few laughs....

It’s important to understand those differences if you plan to buy one of these models. This article explains five key things that make the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus different. Use this information to make an informed iPhone buying decision. The iPhone 6 Plus upgrades the display even more. The 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch screen. That makes it a “phablet” (a combination phone and tablet) and a close competitor to the iPad mini, which has a 7-inch screen....

The new Galaxy starts at $699 and offers new colors options, powerful cameras, and a 6.5-inch, 120Hz display that can make video look smoother. It’s meant to target consumers shopping for a phone that’s better than a cheap Android or iPhone, but are cautious about overspending at a time when the economy is in a downturn due to the coronavirus pandemic. “If you’re an Android user looking to upgrade your old phone, but don’t want to break the bank, the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE’s feature set makes it an excellent option,” Chris Hauk, consumer privacy champion at Pixel Privacy, said in an email interview....

The ever-expanding “who would win in a fight” simulator that is Fortnite has announced its first-ever Icons Series addition from the NFL: Patrick Mahomes, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs. Complete with his own signature emote and outfits. “Getting to be a part of a game that I have played for so long is a dream come true,” Mahomes said in the press release, “It was awesome to be involved every step of the way on the creative and design of my Outfit....

The phone (1), launching this month in Europe, is a much-hyped and quite amazing-looking phone, with some genuinely neat features—like that crazy lighting rig around back. But there’s a problem. The phone (1) seems to be aimed at Apple users, which, as we shall see, is an almost impossible task. “It is increasingly hard for new vendors to enter the Smartphone market for the simple reason that Apple, and Google to an extent, have gone to great lengths to ensure that the iPhone is an integral part of your wider ecosystem of tech,” Lee Essex, of U....

Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 Field is a tiny, portable, battery-powered music studio. It’s also just about the most fun you can have making and recording music. It’s an update to the decade-old OP-1, bringing refinements more than anything new, but these changes take the OP-1 Field from quirky to essential. In short, the OP-1 Field makes music fun again. “For me, it gives me a portable take-on-the-train all-in-one production device that I can also use at home in the house with an acoustic piano or Nord Grand, and lets me stay in a musical frame of mind rather than a computer frame of mind,” said OP-1 F user and musician Rowan Pope (aka darwiniandude) on a forum thread participated in by Lifewire....

Smart locks, in concert with smart doorbell cameras, will unlock your front door automatically when you arrive home, let you check whether you left the door unlocked (and lock it again if you did), and even let you check who just rang the doorbell. But they can be hacked, and there are all kinds of unintended consequences, like alerting homeowners to pending FBI raids. Yes, you read that right. “The most serious risk, I think,” John Brownlee, editor of health magazine Folks, told Lifewire via Twitter, “isn’t hackers or thieves—there [are] easier ways to break-in....

What Are Snapchat Emojis? The Snapchat app tracks your messaging habits with your friends and assigns Friend emojis to represent the current status of your level of interaction with other users. As you continue to send and receive messages, the emojis will change over time. Likewise, if you stop messaging someone for a while, the emoji may disappear completely. Your Friend emojis are not public; they are only visible to you....

This year, CES is online, and there’s no giant screen to see. But there are still plenty of weird displays, from LG’s “smallest” OLED to Mercedes’ 55-inch dashboard-shaped “hyperscreen.” Let’s take a look at the screens of CES. When you think of screens, cars may not be the first place you look. CES has always had a massive car component, and this year we have a great crossover between cars and screens....

What Is the Wiki Game? The Wiki Game is a fun activity for groups of two or more (not just by a single player) and for people of all ages, young or old. You may know it by other names like “Speed Wiki” and “Wiki Racing.” The only thing players need is access to the internet on a computer or a mobile device. You need to know a few basic rules to play the Wiki Game, which includes two variations: Speed Wiki and Click Wiki....