As time consuming as Facebook can be sometimes, a new study suggests what you post could offer a window into your health. The language used in Facebook posts could be helpful in predicting diseases and mental health disorders, according to research from Penn Medicine and Stony Brook University. The study, published Monday in the journal …
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18 June
As smart TVs become the only option, your privacy choices fizzle out
If you’re worried about your privacy, there are precautions you can take like staying off social networks, using cash or watching out for certain apps. But when it comes to watching television, more and more you’re out of luck. Smart televisions collect a massive amount of data on viewers, through a technology called Automatic Content Recognition. It recognizes everything you’re …
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18 June
Trump’s China tariffs would mean pricier phones for you, CTA report says
A new study details how President Donald Trump’s $300 billion tariff proposal on imported Chinese goods could harm US consumers. The study, commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association, highlights how the prices of phones, laptops, tablets, video game consoles and toy drones from China would rise significantly as a result of the potential tariffs. The price of phones imported from …
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18 June
Stock up on batteries with 25% off AmazonBasics alkalines
So many tech items these days rely on rechargeable batteries, it’s easy to forget we still need regular old alkalines for lots of things: game controllers, drone remotes, TV remotes, kids’ toys, garage-door openers, smoke alarms and so on. Good news: For a limited time, Amazon is taking 25% off many AmazonBasics batteries when you apply promo code POWER25 at …
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18 June
Pixel 4 teaser photo reveals a whole new Google
Google did something un-Googley last week: It officially released an image of the Pixel 4, the next version of its flagship phone. This is a phone we all expected to appear, based not just on rumors, but also on Google’s pattern of an annual October release. Teasing a photo of an unannounced phone is a move we expect from LG …
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18 June
FCC’s Ajit Pai wants to auction more 5G spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission is set to decide whether to auction off 2.5GHz spectrum for 5G mobile use. The meeting on July 10 is part of the Facilitating America’s Superiority in 5G Technology (5G Fast) program, FCC Chair Ajit Pai said Tuesday. 5G, already launched in the US by Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, is the next-generation network being used by …
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18 June
How to survive with an iPhone and a Windows computer
Using an iPhone or iPad ($170 at Amazon) with a Windows PC as your main computer has always been a tricky setup. You’re forced to accept that you’ll miss out on Apple services such as iMessage and won’t be able to easily sync photos between your computer and iPhone, like through AirDrop. If you pay for extra iCloud storage and rely …
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18 June
Here come the dark
If you like your text white on a black background, good news: Browser support for dark mode websites is hitting the big time. Apple built dark mode support into its Safari browser for MacOS and Mozilla followed suit with Firefox. But now dark mode website abilities are coming to Google’s Chrome, Microsoft’s newly overhauled Edge and Apple’s Safari on iPhones and …
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18 June
Microsoft might add dedicated Office key to its keyboards
You’ve been seeing the dedicated Windows key on Microsoft’s keyboards for years, but we might see an Office key soon. The company asked people who’ve tried keywords with such a key for feedback, as spotted by regular Microsoft leaker WalkingCat. You can even see a concept design showing what the Office key might look like. the Office key concept https://t.co/TAuu7l8y8W …
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18 June
Google Calendar is back after global outage
Google Calendar is back after a more than two-hour outage Tuesday morning. At 10:31 a.m. PT, Google’s G Suite team tweeted: “We’re all clear folks!” The service had been down for users around the world, showing 404 pages and error messages instead of important meeting and event information. Problems started to crop up early in the morning, and Google tweeted that …
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