When mobile phones first became popular in the 1990s, many airline pilots noticed that phones belonging to passengers were interfering with their headsets. This was due to the phone’s radio frequency ...

If you've spent time shopping for earbuds or headphones during the past several years, you've probably seen that many brands advertise a feature called transparency mode. First popularized by Apple's ...

Jason Wojnar started his gaming life with the original PlayStation and the Commodore 64, despite being way too young to know what the was. He started writing about video games in 2018 and hasn't ...

Vanish Mode is a feature in Messenger that lets you send disappearing messages to your friends. Once a friend sees your Vanish Mode message and closes the chat, your message will delete itself. You ...

Pretty much every modern car is equipped with a driving mode selection system. Usually, this choice implies at least three modes: standard, sport, and eco. The truth is, in most cases, the difference ...

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Some of the best TVs of 2020 come with a feature called Ambient Mode, Art Mode, or Gallery Mode. Different manufacturers market this feature under different names, but they’re by and large the same ...

For car buyers on the hunt for a vehicle that excels in almost any weather, Subaru is sure to be at or near the top of their shopping list. Except for the sporty BRZ sports car, all Subaru models ...

In the evolving landscape of audio technology, modern headphones have gone beyond their original purpose of simply delivering sound. The transparency mode has emerged as one of the most innovative ...

Limp Mode allows your car to be driven a limited distance at reduced speed when something is wrong and may cause severe damage or stop the vehicle from running, such as a problem related to the engine ...

The Eco mode (or Econ on some vehicles) is a fuel-saving feature offered by several manufacturers that instructs the engine computer to shift into a program that maximizes efficiency over performance.