This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. In a matter of hours Apple will begin the keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference 2019. This year’s WWDC presentation takes place at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, June 3 in San Jose, California. The weeklong conference will likely show off upcoming …
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3 June
Google Fi resolves outage that prevented calls nationwide
Google confirmed that the widespread outage of its Google Fi phone service had ended as of 11:38 a.m. PT on Monday. “This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know … if you continue to experience any additional issues,” the company said on a support page. “Thank you for your patience, and sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.” Google Fi …
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3 June
Apple Maps gets a makeover
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Maps is getting a new look. Apple on Monday unveiled a more detailed Maps app that the company said will roll out to US users by the end of 2019 and to more countries by 2020. The company also has added new features that …
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3 June
Altered Nancy Pelosi video seems to have disappeared from Facebook. No one knows why
A Facebook video that was altered to make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seem drunk appears to have been removed from the social network. Who took down the video, which garnered millions of views and generated storms of controversy, is unclear. On Monday, Politics WatchDog, the group that posted the video to its Facebook Page, said the social network had removed …
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3 June
Apple Watch getting its own App Store
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has managed to sell a lot of Apple Watches, but one of the complaints some users have is that there’s no native app store for the Watch — you have to find iOS apps that are compatible with the Watch. Well, that’s …
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3 June
Apple privacy push takes on all the creepy ways you’re tracked online
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2019 on Monday, Apple upped the ante on privacy again. “We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and we engineer it into everything that we do,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, said at the annual developer’s …
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3 June
Pokemon Go won’t connect to your Apple Watch after July 1
If you use your Apple Watch to play Pokemon Go, you’re going to need a new routine. Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go, said in a help page that it will be ending support for Apple Watch after July 1. The company said it wants to focus on Adventure Sync, which lets players use their phones to track steps and …
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3 June
Xiaomi shows off camera built into display
Xiaomi’s future phones could have an in-screen camera, the Chinese phone maker revealed Monday alongside a video. “Do you want a sneak peek at the future?” the tweet says. “Here you go … introducing you to Under-Display Camera technology!” Do you want a sneak peek at the future? Here you go…introducing you to Under-Display Camera technology!#Xiaomi #InnovationForEveryone pic.twitter.com/d2HL6FHkh1 — Xiaomi …
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3 June
YouTube algorithms make it easier for pedophiles to find more videos, study finds
YouTube’s recommendation system enables people who leer at videos of children in bathing suits to more easily find other videos that could offer pedophiliac appeal, according to a study reported Monday by The New York Times. YouTube said it has expanded its efforts from earlier this year to limit recommendations of “borderline content” to include videos featuring minors in risky …
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3 June
Meet Catalina: Apple’s newest MacOS
Apple unveiled the new name of its MacOS Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference held at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. According to Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering, the new OS is called Catalina. Catalina takes a turn from Apple’s last few years of naming patterns. MacOS Mojave began a California geographical feature …
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