Venmo fancies itself as a social network rather than a payment service and as such makes your transactions public by default. You have to change a setting if you’d rather keep your Venmo comings and goings private, otherwise Venmo users are able see when you make or receive a payment. Thankfully, it’s easy to set …
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Perhaps it’s a move to nudge me toward Safari and its fancy new favicons. Or maybe it’s just a bug. Whatever the case may be, the beta of MacOS Mojave has broken a small but important part of Chrome: Checkboxes. Without checkboxes, I can’t, for example, conduct my online banking in Chrome or use CNET’s content management system. Any web …
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Dark mode and Dynamic desktop are among the best features of MacOS Mojave, though I freely acknowledge that, unlike Stacks or the new and improved Finder, they do nothing to make your Mac more powerful or easier to use. They’re purely for show, but you’re sure to find them the two most tangible and enjoyable new features of your Mac …
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The Home Run Derby is arguably more exciting that the All-Star Game itself. After all, who doesn’t like to see Major League Baseball hitters looking like a group of 12-year-olds in the backyard playing Wiffle Ball, one trying to hit the ball farther than the next? Here’s what you need to know to livestream the 2018 MLB Home Run Derby. …
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Missed the World Cup Final? Perhaps you spent your Sunday watching not soccer but baseball (it was, after all, the last day of baseball before the four-day All-Star break hiatus). Or perhaps you spent your Sunday at the beach or pursuing another leisurely summertime activity. No matter your reason for skipping the World Cup Final between France and Croatia, you’ve …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In addition to Stacks, Dark Mode, a new screenshot tool and an improved Finder, MacOS Mojave has added a new element to the Dock. It now shows your three most recent apps. This new recent-app section sits between your collections of app icons …
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update rolled out new security and privacy improvements and some hidden gems, but one of its best new features makes sharing files between two PCs a snap. This new feature — “Nearby sharing” — lets you shuttle files and links between PCs without needing to bother with email or using a cloud service like OneDrive or …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Given that the tool currently relies on not one but two betas, it does not come as a surprise that the new Continuity Camera feature of MacOS Mojave and iOS 12 is hit-or-miss at the moment. Continuity Camera lets Mac users snap a …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. MacOS Mojave brings you Stacks, Dark Mode, a new screenshot tool and a better Finder. Finder can now do more than find things. With its new Quick Actions, you can annotate and rotate photos, combine multiple photos into a PDF and trim videos …
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It’s the biggest tournament for the biggest sport on Earth, and it comes around only once every four years. The 2018 FIFA World Cup will feature 32 teams and 64 games across four glorious weeks of action in Russia. In the US, Fox and FS1 will broadcast games in English, and Telemundo and NBC Universo will broadcast games in Spanish. Here’s …
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