Instagram added the ability to limit comments and DM requests from people who don’t follow you, or who only started following you recently, it said in a blog post Wednesday. You can toggle the Limits feature within Instagram’s privacy settings. The Facebook-owned social media platform developed Limits due to creators and public figures experiencing sudden …

YouTube on Wednesday suspended Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky for breaking the company’s rules against spreading misinformation about COVID-19. As part of the suspension, Paul won’t be able to publish videos to his channel for one week.  In the offending video, the Republican senator denounces the effectiveness of wearing masks to ward off the coronavirus. The claims contradict guidance from …

Google has a history of quirky names for the colors of its gadgets, but the name Not Pink doesn’t really do justice to the pale white flesh tone of the Pixel 3 XL. While you can drop the phone into a case and forget about the color underneath, this color option never sold very well for Google. As a result, …

At the all-virtual Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday, the tech company resurfaced Bixby, Samsung’s somewhat forgotten virtual assistant. While showing off the new Galaxy Z Flip 3 features, Samsung said Bixby is now 35% faster on the phones and supports on-device transcription for voice-to-text.  Samsung’s newest foldable phones took center stage during Unpacked, namely the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and …

The Galaxy Buds 2 earbuds are technically the third generation of Samsung’s entry-level true-wireless earbuds, but their name makes sense. Introduced alongside new Galaxy foldable phones and smartwatches at Samsung’s August Unpacked event , the Buds 2 are a departure from the original Galaxy Buds and the upgraded Galaxy Buds Plus, which shared a similar design aesthetic.  The Buds 2 hew …

If you get an emergency alert on Wednesday, don’t panic. It’s part of test of the nation’s public alert and warning systems.  The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission are testing the Emergency Alert System, which sends messages via radio and television, and the Wireless Emergency Alerts System, which delivers alerts to mobile phones. The test will begin …

There’s one clear go-to smartwatch for iOS: the Apple Watch. But for Android, there hasn’t been a singular option. Will the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 finally be that watch? At Samsung’s newest folding-phone-focused Unpacked announcement  where the latest Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 phones were unveiled, the company also announced the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 …

Google unveiled the upcoming Android 12 OS release during its Google I/O developer conference back in May. It’s considered the biggest design change for Android phones in years, and on Wednesday, the company said it’s approaching the final phase of development with the release of its fourth beta.  Android 12 Beta 4 is available for Android beta testers. This version, however, …

Samsung made a slew of an announcements Wednesday at  Samsung Unpacked  as it lifted the lid on its newest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. High on the list of features that caught our eye was the under-screen selfie camera on the Z Fold 3. See also Galaxy Z Fold 3, Z Flip 3 reignite Samsung’s foldables …

WhatsApp users will soon be able to move their chat history between iOS and Android devices if they decide to switch mobile operating systems. The announcement came during Wednesday’s Samsung Unpacked event. Will Cathcart, head of WhatsApp at Facebook, also posted about the feature in a tweet: “Want to securely take your WhatsApp history from one platform to another? We’re …