Apple expands Wallet student ID support just in time for back

It’s that time of year again! It’s time for students to get ready to go back to school. Some kids may be continuing onto the next grade level in elementary or middle school, but others may have graduated high school and are heading off to college. Thanks to Apple, some university students in the US and …

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Verizon is giving away AMC Plus to new users in latest signup perk

Verizon’s offering of streaming services is growing. On Thursday the telecom giant announced that it will be offering up to 12 months of AMC’s streaming service, AMC Plus, to new users who sign up for Fios home internet or wireless service. Those ponying up for a new wireless service from the carrier — or existing users adding a new line …

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Facebook could be forced to sell Giphy amid competition concerns

Facebook could be forced to sell Giphy, a platform that allows people to find and share animated images known as GIFs, because of concerns the acquisition would harm competition in the social-media and digital-advertising markets.  Facebook purchased Giphy last year for a reported $400 million. The social network said in May 2020 that Giphy would join the team at Instagram, …

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Magic 3 is Honor’s first post

After being sold off by Huawei, Honor is back in the limelight with its new flagship Magic 3 series. It’s the company’s first global flagship launch since Huawei sold Honor to a consortium of buyers. And unlike Huawei devices, the Magic 3 lineup, will run Google’s popular software and apps in their full capacity — features it lost access to when …

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Zoom’s new focus mode aims to keep students’ eyes up front

Zoom’s newest feature, called focus mode, could help online classrooms stay more focused as the school year starts up. Zoom announced the new mode on Wednesday, alongside a number of other education-oriented updates to its video-calling platform. Focus mode acts as a filter for students in an online classroom. Teachers can see all of their students, but students can’t see …

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Disney Plus hits 116M subscribers, adding 12.4M while Loki and Luca landed

Disney Plus grew to 116 million subscribers as of July 3, Disney said Thursday. That’s more than double a year earlier, but it also means Disney Plus added 12.4 million new members since earlier this year while the service was releasing new episodes of popular shows like Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki and streamed its latest Pixar movie …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3: Is it the foldable phone for the masses?

Fundamentally, the new Galaxy Z Flip 3  is a phone that folds in half to get smaller, whereas the new Galaxy Z Fold 3 is a phone that opens up to make the screen bigger, like a tablet. The two latest additions to the Galaxy Z foldable line were announced at a virtual Unpacked event Wednesday. Samsung showcased durability improvements made …

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TikTok adds more safety features for teens

TikTok is adding more features aimed at protecting the privacy and safety of teenagers who use the short-form video app, amid growing concerns about the impact of technology on young people.  As teens spend more time on social media apps, parents, lawmakers and advocacy groups have urged tech companies to focus more heavily on issues such as cyberbullying, child exploitation …

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Get these sub

Soundpeats is a pretty popular brand when it comes to inexpensive true-wireless earbuds on Amazon. But Soundpeats Audio has a sub-brand called SoundPARA that apparently no one knows about, including me, and it’s not getting much traction. So that’s where this clearance deal comes in: $18.19 off the $25.99 SoundPARA Nano True Wireless Earbuds when you apply the code D2JF6HUB …

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3: Can the upgrades win over foldable skeptics?

After what seemed like an endless string of rumors and leaks, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is finally a reality. Samsung announced the third-generation folding phone along with the Galaxy Z Flip 3 at a virtual Unpacked event on Wednesday. Both phones prove that Samsung hasn’t given up on foldables. In fact, the Z Fold 3 angles to be the …

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Best back

You don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars on a back-to-school gift: There are plenty of inexpensive tech products every student needs that are critically important — whether they’re practical, interesting or just entertaining. Here’s a handful of school-friendly items to use in the dorm, the classroom or just around the house. They all cost less than $50. Amazon JBL …

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My first day with the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4

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Samsung Unpacked reveals new folding phones, plus advanced smartwatch monitoring

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