Not sure if that chat message is legit or not? Google has your back. Google Chat will start showing a warning banner under messages that might contain phishing links or malware downloads, according to a blog post by Google.  Phishing scams can lock you out of your device or result in identity theft. Malware attacks, …

If you’re an Apple customer and have an app subscription on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, your app could charge you more without your consent. Apple updated its App Store policy Monday and now allows some apps to charge more for auto-renewable subscriptions without requiring customers to take any action. However, there are some conditions to the policy update.  “The specific …

Music-streaming app Spotify is testing a new feature that would allow artists to promote their NFTs on their artist profile page, Spotify said Monday. Only select Android users in the US will have access to the new feature while it’s being tested. “Spotify is running a test in which it will help a small group of artists promote their existing …

Google’s latest AI model, called the Pathways Language Model, uses chain-of-thought prompting to learn how to solve problems, the company announced at its Google I/O 2022 event Wednesday. “Chain-of-thought prompting allows us to describe multistep problems as a series of intermediate steps,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said. “Kinda like when your teacher gives you a step-by-step example to help you understand how …

Tired from a long day? Want to relax on the couch in front of the TV, but don’t want to endlessly scroll through shows to find something to watch? IMDb has an app for that. What To Watch is a new, free app meant to help Fire TV users decide — you guessed it — what to watch. The app uses a …

Sonos plans to release a new, budget-friendly soundbar in the next few weeks called the Sonos Ray, according to multiple reports.  Twitter account SnoopyTech has posted what it claims are official pictures of the new device, as reported by What Hi-Fi Friday, and these seem to correlate with The Verge’s previous renders. The soundbar shown in the pictures looks similar to the …

Spotify has over 406 million users worldwide who enjoy a wide range of musical artists, as well as a large selection of audio and video podcasts.  If you’ve only listened to music or podcasts in the Spotify mobile app and never changed the settings, you’re missing out on features that can improve your listening experience.  Here are 10 Spotify features …

BeReal is a social media app that aims to leave behind artificial glamour and give you a more authentic way to tell your stories. Instead of carefully curated images, BeReal offers “a new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life,” according to the company.  BeReal users post a picture, called a “BeReal,” within …

Google launched a “Data safety” section in its Play app store on Tuesday. The feature is meant to show people safety and privacy guidelines before they download an app, such as how data is collected, protected and used. “We heard from users and app developers that displaying the data an app collects, without additional context, is not enough,” Google said in a post. …

Hustle culture has convinced many people they should constantly be working on something, striving toward a goal or monetizing a hobby. This kind of thinking is promoted just about everywhere, but especially on social media. Instagram houses countless instances of hashtags like #riseandgrind, #millionairemindset and #success. Hustle culture views downtime as a missed opportunity. Selin Malkoc, associate professor of marketing …