As any audiophile can tell you, Bluetooth audio technology is all about compression. It’s much better compression than it was in the early days — when Bluetooth speakers and headphones were unforgivably tinny and thin — but in order to go wireless, Bluetooth technology was all about squeezing as much sound into as little bandwidth …
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Apple and Google are under increasing pressure from global regulators, who say the tech giants have abused their power in mobile devices in order to exert control over app developers and pad their profits in the process. On Tuesday, South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill that will force Apple and Google to loosen restrictions they impose via the Apple …
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Microsoft has set the next big Surface hardware event for Sept. 22, during which it could announce updates to its well-regarded Surface tablets, Surface Book laptops and potentially even its Surface Duo phone. The event will take place entirely online, following a trend of product announcements happening remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tech giant didn’t leave much to the …
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“Does anyone have a charger?” is totally fine every once in a while, but if you’re always that person, it might be time to consider some portable battery banks. You can grab three on the cheap right now via MorningSave’s deal of three Mophie Powerstations for $19, plus $8 for shipping. See it at MorningSave Each of these battery banks has 8,000 …
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Apple’s Creative Studios education program launched earlier this summer as a way for disadvantaged youths to receive mentorship and learn skills that’ll take their careers to a new level. With its newest program in Washington, DC, that’ll mean getting a book published. The tech giant’s latest partnerships for its program, this time with writing workshop and publishing house Shout Mouse Press …
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Apple Wallet users in certain states will be getting the ability to add their driver’s licenses or state IDs to their wallets, Apple said in a blog post Wednesday. Arizona and Georgia will be first in line for the driver’s license feature, followed by Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Oklahoma and Utah. “The addition of driver’s licenses and state IDs to Apple Wallet …
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Apple plans to offer apps like the streaming service Netflix more leeway in how they sign up customers, allowing them to insert in-app links to their website from within the app. Apple announced the move as part of an agreement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, which had been investigating the App Store. The change will go into effect next …
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Google is reportedly working on its own processors for Chrome OS-powered laptops and tablets. The tech giant could roll out in-house chips for Chromebooks, based on Arm architecture, in 2023, according to a report Wednesday from Nikkei Asia. Last month, Google revealed that the Pixel 6 will be powered by a new system-on-a-chip that the company designed in house, called …
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Apple reportedly has some ambitious health features in store for future versions of its Apple Watch. The tech giant is working on giving the Apple Watch a “tool to tell users when their blood pressure is increasing and a thermometer to help with fertility planning,” according to a report Wednesday from The Wall Street Journal. The fertility feature could be …
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In Apple’s vision of the future, you and I would leave our homes without physical wallets. Instead we’d walk out the front door carrying only the virtual wallets stored on our iPhones. We wouldn’t bring keys, either. That hope for the future is creeping into the present as Apple unveiled that you can now upload your driver’s license to Apple Wallet …
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