Google on Thursday rolled out a series of updates to Maps, Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier aimed at improving user accessibility. The company also launched an app called Action Blocks that lets people create customizable home screen buttons for everyday tasks. The features arrive on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, which aims to promote digital accessibility and inclusion.  Google …

Facebook unveiled a new safety measure for its Messenger app on Thursday. Designed to pop up when a user is about to interact with a new contact that’s acting suspiciously, these notifications will offer tips for blocking or ignoring conversations. Whether the safety notifications pop up seems to be driven by machine learning — a process by which artificial intelligence …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As people stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Facebook is rolling out more ways for workers to video chat and businesses to use virtual reality to train employees.  The new features show how Facebook is responding to the rise of remote working amid …

Lyndsay Tucker, a 25-year-old skin care consultant at Sephora, gets a lot of calls about bionic limbs and people volunteering to go to space. That’s because her phone number once belonged to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.  Tucker gets at least three calls or texts meant for Musk each day, she told NPR, in a Thursday report. That volume …

Razer delivers unto its largest Blade a speed upgrade across the board with the current-gen versions of components, as well as the same much-needed change to the keyboard layout that its smaller siblings, the Blade 15 and Blade 13 Stealth, received earlier this year. The Razer Blade Pro 17 gets a bump to a GeForce RTX 2080 Super option, a …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. If you’re struggling to unlock your phone with facial recognition while wearing a face mask due to the coronavirus outbreak, a better alternative may be on the way. The Chinese tech company Huami, best known for its Amazfit wearable devices, is working on …

Amazon this week reportedly picked a month for its annual Prime Day sale, moving it to September. The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported on the expected timing, citing people familiar with the plans. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment for this story. Prime Day is typically held in July, but a later date was already expected. Reuters last month …

Not using your Netflix account? If so, that monthly subscription fee is an obvious waste of money — and now, Netflix will nudge you to go ahead and cancel the account in case you simply forgot to do so months earlier. Starting this week, the company will send emails and in-app notifications to all users who haven’t watched anything on …

Google said on Thursday it had removed three apps related to the QAnon conspiracy theory from its Play Store digital marketplace.  The apps — called QMAP, Q Alerts! and Q Alerts LITE — were taken down for violating Google’s policies against “harmful information,” the company said. The removal was earlier reported by Media Matters for America, a progressive not-for-profit. The QAnon …

A National Advertising Review Board panel on Wednesday called for a halt to AT&T’s use of the “5G Evolution” label. The designation applies to AT&T’s upgraded 4G LTE network, which the company’s rivals slammed as “fake 5G.” Despite this, you may continue to see  the “5G E” service icon on your phone. AT&T started using the 5G E designation in 2018, …

Google on Thursday is celebrating Zimbabwe’s Culture Week with an interactive Doodle of the mbira, the country’s national instrument. The mbira originated in Southern Africa and has played an integral role in the traditions of Zimbabwe’s Shona people for more than a 1,000 years.  The interactive Doodle starts by telling the story of a young girl who quickly fell in …

T-Mobile is joining the likes of AT&T and Verizon with new offers for first responders. On Thursday, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced that the carrier is now offering free service to public and nonprofit state and local fire, police and EMS departments. We’ve just launched something only the⚡️Supercharged⚡️ #Uncarrier can, something that gives BILLION$ back to our nation’s First Responder …

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