More than 50 major tech companies have helped put together California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ online tool for victims of revenge porn. California State Department of Justice California is ramping up its war on revenge porn by giving victims new tools for fighting back. State Attorney General Kamala Harris said Wednesday that her office has …
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Snapchat appears to have had second thoughts about producing its own original content. The Venice, California-based startup behind the popular messaging app of the same name told Deadline it has decided to shut down its Snapchat Channel, part of the startup’s plan to attract new users by offering original content. With the closure, a handful of recent high-profile hires brought …
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Enlarge ImageApple’s News app has been disabled in China. James Martin/CNET Apple has disabled its News app in China, according to the New York Times, apparently becoming the latest foreign tech company frustrated by China’s tough censorship rules. The app, intended to be a personalized digital magazine and newspaper viewer, launched to US users in June. Customers traveling abroad can …
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Tinder believes the world is ready to take romance to the next level with the popular matchmaking app’s newest feature. The smartphone app, which helps users anonymously locate others nearby who are interested in making a love connection, said Tuesday it has released Super Like globally after its initial launch in Australia earlier this month. The app has grown popular …
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LG has taken the wraps off a new smartphone that sports a second screen and offered a peek at a new smartwatch that can be used as a phone. The company will show off the devices at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET Thursday in New York. CNET will have an exclusive live-stream of the event here. The V10, the first …
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Enlarge ImageGoogle Maps comes to Apple Watch. Scott Stein/CNET Google Maps has found its way from the iPhone to Apple Watch, thanks to an update to Google’s iOS map app released Tuesday. Apple Watch compatibility was added to version 4.11.0 of the tech giant’s iOS Maps app, offering owners of Apple’s smartwatch the opportunity to look up directions from their …
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Enlarge ImageYahoo plans to proceed with its planned spinoff of stake in Alibaba. Yahoo Yahoo plans to proceed with a spinoff of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, even if the Internal Revenue Service doesn’t grant it tax-free status. Yahoo said in a regulatory filing Monday that the company’s board decided Wednesday to go ahead with Yahoo’s plan to …
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Facebook is warning users not to fall for a recent resurgence in privacy hoxes. Facebook has always been ripe for privacy hoaxes, and it appears it’s harvest time again on the social-networking giant. Users of the world’s largest social network were inundated Monday with messages on their news feeds reposted by friends that warn if they don’t act fast, Facebook …
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Enlarge ImageSamsung is discontinuing support for Video Milk, a video-discovery app it launched a year ago. CNET Samsung plans to shut down Milk Video, a video-discovery app for users of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones. The Korean electronics giant announced Monday it would end support for the app on November 20, a day after the first anniversary of its launch. “While we …
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Enlarge ImageThe larger iPhone 6S Plus scored best on bendability tests. James Martin/CNET With its new line of iPhones, Apple appears to have put its Bendgate issues behind it. The new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, which were released Friday, fared much better under pressure than their predecessors, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, according to tests results released Monday …
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