For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. US Rep. Adam Schiff has a message for Google and Twitter: It’s time to take a tip from Facebook. Specifically, the California Democrat and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee sent letters this week to Google, Twitter and YouTube …
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Google has announced new efforts to crack down on bad-faith actors posting misleading or fraudulent extensions to the Chrome Web Store, where users can download add-on software and themes for the Chrome web browser. “The increase in adoption of the extension platform has also attracted spammers and fraudsters introducing low-quality and misleading extensions in an attempt to deceive and trick …
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A Spanish-speaking version of Google Duplex, the AI chat algorithm that can call businesses on your behalf, is launching in Spain Thursday, Google tells CNET. Initially pitched as a way for the Google Assistant to call restaurants and book reservations on your behalf, the service will be used in Spain for inquiring about store hours during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. …
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Braille has been helping the blind and vision-impaired to read and communicate for more than 150 years. Now Google wants to help blind and vision-impaired Android users put braille to work on their smartphones. To do so, Google developed a virtual braille keyboard called TalkBack. In essence, it divides the user’s screen into six zones, each one representing one of …
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For weeks, we’ve been tracking rumors that Apple is working on Tile-like Bluetooth trackers for keys, wallets and other possessions. Now it seems Apple might have just let slip that the gizmos are indeed coming soon — not an image, but an accidental mention inadvertently posted to YouTube. First spotted by the site Appleosophy and seen by 9to5Mac as well, the …
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Samsung announced a new foldable phone called the Z Flip at its Samsung Unpacked event Tuesday. From the sounds of it, the Z Flip should be a more durable device than the company’s previous addition to the folding phone trend, the Galaxy Fold. Specifically, the Korean manufacturer claims that you’ll be able to fold the clamshell-style device open or shut more …
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Unhappy with the way your phone’s photos look when you’re shooting in low-light conditions? Apple’s newly introduced iPhone 11 has a fix — a new automatic night mode for the camera that can help brighten your shots and reduce the amount of noise in them. Read: iPhone camera comparison: iPhone 11 with Deep Fusion vs. iPhone XR Apple says that feature …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC, Apple’s annual developers conference, brought the usual slew of software announcements meant to power Apple’s hardware through the new year. Among them: An alternative dark mode color scheme for devices running iOS 13, the newest version of Apple’s operating system for iPhones. …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The keynote address at Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) just wrapped up in San Jose, California. Along with new Mac Pros and new software updates for the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch and Apple TV, we saw a couple of upgrades for Siri …
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One thing you’re always bound to see at CES: hordes of groggy, exhausted journalists trudging through Las Vegas on very little sleep. Maybe that’s why the tech that focuses on getting a better night’s rest tends to jump out at us. And to be sure, we typically see a lot of it. Everybody sleeps, after all, and some people are …
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