Chances are you may not be planning a major blowout for Super Bowl 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. But just because you can’t gather around the same TV together eating wings doesn’t mean you can’t watch the Bucs versus the Chiefs — or, for some, the commercials and halftime show — alongside friends and …
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Google asked the US Federal Aviation Administration for permission to test a drone for monitoring and fighting fires. However, its drone plans, which were published Thursday in the federal register, have since been extinguished. The request came from Alphabet’s Google Research Climate and Energy Group — not the company’s Wing subsidiary, whose drone delivery service was certified by the FAA …
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As many companies consider the future of their workforce, and whether it will exist in an office, remotely or some combination, video chat giant Zoom is adding new features to its Zoom Rooms conferencing platform to boost employee health and productivity, wherever work is taking place. Zoom Room customers can now pair their Zoom Room with their mobile device, to …
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Google is adding new ways to help users find and support Black-owned businesses. Starting last July, US merchants with a verified Google Business Profile could add a Black-owned business attribute to their profile so customers can see that it’s Black-owned when they find that business through Google Search and Maps. This week, Google extended the Black-owned attribute to the site’s Shopping tab, …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. At Samsung Unpacked on Jan. 14, we finally saw the new Galaxy S21 phone line, complete with new camera features and a major price drop. Samsung also showed off a change on the software side: Widgets on many Samsung phones are …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Update, Jan. 21: Here are CNET’s reviews of the Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S21 Ultra. If you’re in the market for a new Android phone, you may be considering the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G — last year’s flagship phone from the Samsung Galaxy line. But …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. At Samsung Unpacked on Thursday, the electronics giant unveiled its Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will arrive on Jan. 29 with a small but important change: Google Messages will be a native texting platform. “We made Messages by Google native to the …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Samsung officially revealed its latest Galaxy S21 phone on Thursday, at the 2021 Samsung Unpacked event on the last day of CES. The flagship phone costs less than its predecessors, starting at $800 (£769, AU$1,249), and includes new camera and video features, along …
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On Wednesday, Belkin recalled its Portable Wireless Charger + Stand Special Edition WIZ003 for iPhones due to fire and shock hazards, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. The power bank and charging stand combination was sold exclusively by Apple and Belkin from July through October 2020 for about $80, with about 2,280 units sold. The charger includes a …
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Last year, Zoom became synonymous with video chatting and conferencing for more than 300 million participants each day as coronavirus lockdowns led many to work and socialize from home. But there’s another Zoom service that has flown under the radar and is quickly picking up steam among business users: Zoom Phone. The cloud phone service built into the Zoom platform …
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