Apple is in talks with the Department of Veterans Affairs to give military veterans portable access to their electronic medical records, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Apple would create software tools to allow the VA’s 9 million veterans to transfer their electronic health records to iPhones under the plans being discussed, the Journal reported. …
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Facebook has begun rolling out a feature that shows you how much time you spend using the social network, as first reported by TechCrunch. Now playing: Watch this: See how much time you’re wasting on Facebook 1:31 It’s called Your Time on Facebook and it’s currently only available through the mobile app. I’ve checked a few different devices of my …
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One of the big selling points of the iPhone XS, XS Max and iPhone XR is the ability to edit the depth effect in portrait mode photos. These new iPhone models let you edit portrait mode photos to increase or decrease the background blur effect — aka bokeh — to your liking. It’s certainly a handy feature and gives you …
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The iPhone XR and XS are not waterproof. But they are water resistant, and you can take them for a swim without too much concern — even in salt water. According to Apple, the iPhone XR can survive a dunk up to 1 meter (3 feet) for 30 minutes, meeting the IP67 standard. The more expensive iPhone XS and XS …
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My favorite part of Thanksgiving weekend is either making and eating leftover stuffing waffles or digesting the Thanksgiving feast (that is, napping) on the couch in front of televised football on Thursday. If you are unable to watch the TV broadcasts of the three NFL games, you have streaming options. Each one is a bit different, however, since each game is …
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Cheeps! I first shared this deal last week. To my amazement, it’s still available — now potentially even cheaper! As a general rule, I tend to favor ubercheap headphones, because my ears are easy to please. But when there’s a good deal on premium gear, I gotta share. For a limited time, and while supplies last, QVC has the Bose …
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Apple has reduced production orders in recent weeks for all three 2018 iPhone models, a report said Monday. The iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, unveiled in September, didn’t sell as well right off the bat as analysts expected, and Apple cast doubt about sales volumes for the current quarter as well. Best Cyber Monday 2018 phone and wearable deals …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. If your workflow requires taking regular screenshots on your Mac, then you’ll need to know three keyboard shortcuts. Two of the three have been around forever, and MacOS Mojave added a new screenshot tool and keyboard shortcut. Let us review your screenshot options on a …
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With a new mode called SpeedReader, the Brave browser will use AI technology to strip clutter out of websites so they load more than 20 times faster and trample your privacy a lot less, the startup said. Apple’s Safari, Mozilla’s Firefox, Vivaldi Technologies’ Vivaldi, Microsoft’s Edge and other browsers have reader modes designed to show simplified versions of many websites, …
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iFixit does careful teardowns to figure out how repairable the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2 are. But watching durability tester JerryRigEverything use pliers, a box cutter his hands and other tools to demolish an iPad Pro, carve Spider Man into the back and snap an Apple Pencil 2 in half is informative in a different way. And it’s seven …
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