This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2018) kicks off this coming Monday, June 4, and we’ve got a whole list of predictions — but Bloomberg says we shouldn’t expect a new Mac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or even …
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31 May
Apple and Microsoft team up to help the blind use computers
Apple, Microsoft and a handful of other tech companies are making it so you can plug in a braille display much like a mouse or keyboard. The companies have teamed up with the USB Implementers Forum, a nonprofit that promotes adoption of USB tech, to integrate braille into a new USB Human Interface Device (HID) standard (PDF), according to Engadget. Now playing: Watch this: …
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31 May
Acer brings AMD to its latest Predator gaming PC lineup
Just last week, Acer announced a bunch of new gaming PCs and accessories, but it apparently held back something for Computex 2018, which kicked off in Taipei today. The company’s new 17.3-inch Predator Helios 500 gaming notebook and Predator Orion 5000 and Nitro 50 desktops will be available with AMD Ryzen 7 processors as well as options for AMD Radeon …
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31 May
The FBI says you should reboot your router. Should you?
Last Friday, the FBI issued a report recommending that everyone reboot their routers. The reason? “Foreign cyber actors have compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office routers and other networked devices worldwide.” That’s a pretty alarming PSA, but also a somewhat vague one. How do you know if your router is infected? What can you do to keep malware …
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31 May
This umbrella drone can throw shade without having to hold a stick
We all know that there’s one glaring problem with parasols. In order for them to give you shade, sometimes you actually have to hold them — with your hands, no less! That’s not the case with the part-umbrella-part-drone Free Parasol developed by Asahi Power Service. In the company’s video, the prototype seems to be an off-the-shelf DJI Mavic Pro drone with …
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31 May
Canon just stopped selling its last film camera
Canon is officially done with film. The camera-maker just announced that it’s ending sales of its last film camera, the EOS-1V. In 2006, reports said that Canon was ending production of all film cameras, but the company never officially confirmed this. Instead, Canon quietly stopped making them. The EOS-1V is a 35mm SLR camera that released in 2000. Since Canon reportedly stopped …
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31 May
The trick to clearing a cluttered Windows 10 workspace
By lunchtime each day, open window upon open window litters my desktop workspace. I’m sure you feel my pain. Thankfully, there is a way to get rid of the clutter and focus on the task (and window) at hand that doesn’t involve going around and clicking the tiny minimize button on each and every window you want to clear from …
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31 May
Lenovo Z5 all
Update, June 5: The Lenovo Z5 has been officially announced — and it has a notch after all. It won’t be long now. Lenovo posted another teaser to its Weibo page for its upcoming flagship phone, the Z5, letting the world know it will launch on June 5. The company’s VP Chang Cheng shared images of the device earlier in …
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31 May
Spotify CEO tries to clear up handling of R. Kelly, XXXTentacion playlist bans
Spotify’s CEO said Wednesday the music-streaming service could have done a better job informing the world about its playlist ban, conceding the company “screwed up.” Earlier this month, Spotify initiated a new policy addressing hate speech and hateful conduct that lets the music-streaming service remove music or artists from its service or bury them without any promotion, like banning them from playlists. Under the …
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31 May
Dell dual
A dual-screen mobile device project from Microsoft thought to be abandoned may have been snatched up by Dell, reports Winfuture.de. The device, which resembles Microsoft’s Courier and Andromeda projects, was seen in documents by Winfuture.de and details a Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Windows 10 on Arm device codenamed ‘Januss’. The site also suggests it would be the first device to use an unannounced Snapdragon …
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