Apple might have made it harder for other people to gain access to your iPhone. A feature named “USB Restricted Mode” was spotted in a beta version for iOS 11.4, as noted by ZDNet. USB Restricted Mode keeps USB accessories from connecting to the phone’s Lightning port if you haven’t unlocked it in the past …
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Google’s Chrome OS gets new app muscle with built
Good news if you’re a Chrome OS power user: You’ll soon be able to run Linux software like programming tools, photo editors and word processors on the Google operating system. At its Google I/O show Tuesday, the company announced it’s released a test version of software that brings the Debian Stretch version of Linux to its personal computer software. Right …
Read More »Facebook’s version of Bitmoji avatars seemingly discovered in app code
Facebook might be considering upping its emoji game with avatars that rival Snapchat-owned Bitmoji, according to code found hidden in its Android app by a developer. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth computer science student Jane Wong posted images on Twitter that appear to be from within the Facebook app, showing the option to create an avatar as “a whole new way …
Read More »Google News app now taps AI for better personalization
Google updated its News app on Tuesday, adding artificial intelligence to help users find personalized stories and trustworthy sources. Now playing: Watch this: Google News uses AI to give you the news you want 2:43 The new version of Google News will scan millions of articles, videos, podcasts and comments from around the web using AI to assemble them based …
Read More »Facebook tests letting you rewind live videos as they stream
Facebook is testing the ability for you to rewind live videos while they’re still happening. Viewers have requested the feature so they can rewatch or catch up on important moments in a live video, Facebook said on its media blog Tuesday. After a period of testing, Facebook said it would bring Live Rewind to users globally. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook’s …
Read More »Google AI rises from Google Research
Just in advance of its Google I/O developer’s conference on Tuesday, the tech behemoth rebranded its Google Research arm as Google AI. The name reflects a lot of what Google Research was covering anyway, looking for different ways to apply its machine learning technologies. And probably because it seems like every major tech company is into (or getting into) AI, …
Read More »AT&T may ask Supreme Court for strip FTC of authority to police net neutrality
AT&T may ask the US Supreme Court to end a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission over the carrier’s data throttling policies for unlimited plans. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of Northern California, accusing the company of promising unlimited data service to customers and then slowing that service down to rates that were …
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