Zachary McAuliffe

Google Now Pays You Back if It’s Wrong About the Cheapest Flights

Google on Monday announced three new Search features that could make planning your next vacation cheaper and easier. The features are meant to help you save money on your next flight, explore a hotel before you book it and easily plan things to do on your trip.  Here’s what you can expect to see if …

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iOS 16 Cheat Sheet: Your Complete Guide to the iPhone Update

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. Apple released iOS 16 less than a week after its “Far Out” event, where the company announced the next line of iPhones, Apple Watches — including the Apple Watch Ultra — and the AirPods Pro. We put together this cheat …

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Easily Stop Third

When you use an iPhone app for the first time, you might be asked to give the app access to other features on your phone like your camera. If you’re like me and just want a new app to work you’ve probably tapped “Allow” without a second thought. However, you might not realize that tapping “Allow” gives the app access …

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DuckDuckGo, Mozilla, Brave Urge Congress to Vote on Tech Antitrust Legislation

Privacy-focused companies, including DuckDuckGo, Mozilla and Brave, sent a letter to members of Congress on Tuesday asking them to vote as soon as possible on the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. The legislation would ban companies from promoting their own products on their platforms over their competitors. That means, if passed, when you search for a product on Amazon, the top results won’t …

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Best Web Hosting for 2022

There are a lot of great reasons to start your own website. Whether you’re looking to create your own blog, kick off a side hustle or build a portfolio, there’s no better time than right now to build a website. It’s an exciting process, too. Picking your own personal design to represent yourself is one of the many exhilarating parts …

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Google Fi Gives Subscribers a Boost When Traveling Abroad

Google on Thursday unveiled updates to its Google Fi mobile phone service that could make international travel easier for its subscribers. One of the major updates is that Google Fi now offers Wi-Fi calling to iPhone users. Now, if you’re an iPhone user and you’re out of your coverage area (like in another country), you can make a phone call using available Wi-Fi signals. …

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Lowe’s Teams With Instacart to Bring Same

Lowe’s said Thursday that it’s teaming up with Instacart to offer customers same-day delivery nationwide. Items up to 3 feet by 3 feet by 5 feet and weighing as much as 60 pounds can be delivered to your front door in less than an hour in some cases. Deliveries can also be scheduled. Lowe’s began testing same-day delivery with Instacart …

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The New iPhone 14 Lineup Is Impressive, but These Models Will Cost You

This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Apple’s most popular product. The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus will start at $799 and $899 in the US, respectively, and the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will kick off at $999 and $1,099, Apple said Wednesday at its fall product event. …

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Best WordPress Hosting of 2022

If you’re interested in starting a blog or an editorial site just like CNET, then there’s only one content management system you need: WordPress. It’s one of the most popular CMS options out there, with around 40% of all websites using it, according to Web Tribunal. Not only that, but more than 600 sites are created every day with WordPress. That’s around 10 …

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Facebook’s $37.5 Million Location Tracking Settlement: Do You Qualify for a Check?

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has agreed to a $37.5 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit accusing the company of violating users’ privacy by tracking their movements without permission.  Plaintiffs in Lundy et al vs. Meta Platforms claim the social media platform collected location data even when users turned off their phones’ location services setting, violating both California law and Facebook’s …

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