Gordon Gottsegen

Facebook may let you block certain words, emoji from appearing in comments

Facebook has been working to combat issues like hate speech and disinformation on its platform. While the social network does what it can to remove toxic content before you ever see it, you may be able to take matters into your own hands with an upcoming feature. Facebook is reportedly releasing a feature that will let you …

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Best Buy promises big deals on Apple, Samsung, Microsoft products with 20 Days of Doorbusters

Didn’t find exactly what you were looking for during your Cyber Monday/Black Friday shopping? You may have another chance. Best Buy is hosting a 20 Days of Doorbusters promo where it’ll debut a new deal on a specific product each day. Best Buy promises that each deal will be its lowest price of the season, but you’ll only have one …

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Instagram improving accessibility for users with visual impairments

On Wednesday, Instagram announced new features intended to provide a better experience for people with vision impairments. Instagram is introducing automatic alternative text, which lets you hear descriptions of pictures when using Instagram with a screen reader. The automatic alternative text uses object recognition tech to generate a list of things that may appear in the photo, helping people know …

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Samsung’s new Infinity

Samsung was never a big fan of the notch. Instead, it released its “Infinity Display” starting with the Galaxy S8. The Infinity Display is a curved display with thin bezels on the top and bottom to create more screen space on phones. Now it seems like Samsung is ready to get rid of bezels entirely with its new “Infinity-O” design. …

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Purported Google Pixel 3 Lite appears next to iPhone XR, Pixel 3 XL in leaked pics

Google released its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL back in October, but there may be another Pixel 3 phone on the way. Russian blog Wylsa seems to have gotten its hands on a Google Pixel 3 Lite, the rumored affordable version of the Pixel 3. Wylsa shared several pictures of the unannounced device, showing it off next to other …

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Samsung’s new 860 QVO SSD gives your computer up to 4TB of storage for less

There are lots of advantages to solid-state drives (SSD): they have no moving parts that can break and render the thing useless; they’re quicker to start up than traditional hard drives; and they’re small, light and energy efficient. But SSDs are usually more expensive than hard drives, which is one reason many people don’t use them in laptops or PCs. Samsung’s new …

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iPhones, Samsung and OnePlus devices coming to Google Fi, says report

More phones may be able to use Google’s wireless service, Google Fi. That is, if the reports are true. Google is reportedly adding devices from Samsung, OnePlus, LG and Motorola to its list of Google Fi-supported phones, according to XDA Developers and Droid Life. The publications indicate that this info comes from a purported broken embargo, so until Google makes …

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Tech companies, celebs to rally for net neutrality ahead of congressional deadline

On Thursday, activists and tech companies will hold a final internet-wide day of action to help preserve net neutrality. Dec. 10 is the deadline for Congress to vote on the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which has the potential to reverse the FCC’s repeal and preserve net neutrality.  Now playing: Watch this: California takes a big stand on net neutrality 1:01 Ahead of …

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Cyber Monday deals at T-Mobile are live and if phones are on your holiday shopping list, you may want to check these deals out. Beginning from Black Friday on Nov. 23, the carrier has offered new phones either for free, or up to $750 off the phone’s full price. The catch (because isn’t there always one?) is that you must open up …

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Google Call Screen will let you save call transcripts by the end of the year

Have you ever finished a phone call and then forgotten the address, phone number or other piece of important information you were supposed to remember from that call? Wish you could go back and reread your conversation? Google is working on just that. Google introduced Call Screen back in October with its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. If you …

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