Microsoft on Monday said Minecraft: Education Edition is coming iPads next month. The education-focused version of the popular video game, which was previously available on Windows 10 and MacOS devices, helps educators teach everything from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to language, history and art. Currently, the program has been licensed by 35 million …
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School is already back in session for some lucky students; others have just a few precious days of summer vacation left. Either way, you’ve missed all the back-to-school bargains, right? Not quite. Best Buy just unveiled some college-student deals, including $150 off all MacBooks, up to $150 off various laptops and $100 off select Microsoft Surfaces. To get the discounts …
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At Samsung’s lavish Unpacked 2018, the tech powerhouse announced two new gadgets we all expected — the Galaxy Note 9 phone and a new Galaxy Watch — as well as one we didn’t: the Galaxy Home smart speaker. You know, the speaker that looks like a cauldron, fondue pot or backyard grill. The Home is Samsung’s first speaker based on Bixby, …
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Two of the best phones you can buy, Apple’s iPhone X and Google’s Pixel 2 XL have lightning fast speeds, exceptional cameras and high-end hardware. As the marquee devices of Silicon Valley’s largest tech companies, it’s only natural to compare them head-to-head: design, camera, performance, software and overall value. No phone will ever meet 100 percent of anyone’s needs and, …
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The US government has reportedly asked Facebook to help wiretap its Messenger chat app to listen to a suspect’s conversations in a criminal investigation, according to a report Friday by Reuters. That would involve breaking the encryption on the app, which is used by more than a billion people a month. The probe is related to the MS-13 gang in …
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Google is making life a bit easier for people affected by hearing loss — with official hearing aid support in Android. On Thursday, the company announced that it’s working with GN Hearing to bring low-power hearing aid streaming support to future versions of Android. This means people will be able to connect, pair and monitor their hearing aids from their …
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The “Intel Inside” marketing campaign has put an Intel sticker on millions of personal computers since it launched in 1991. But your next laptop could have Intel outside if rival chip designer Arm gets its way. Arm’s chip technology is used in nearly every iPhone and Android phone in existence, though other companies like Apple, Qualcomm and TSMC actually design …
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Now that you know how to copy an iPhone photo album to your PC, let’s look at another important process: converting those photos to a more common format. As you may recall, with the release of iOS 11, Apple switched over to HEIF technology from the long-standard JPEG. That means any photos (those taken after installing iOS 11, anyway) copied …
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Apple allegedly pressured Yahoo Japan to cut back development of its game platform, a report says. The Fair Trade Commission, Japan’s antitrust watchdog, is investigating reports that Apple interfered with the potential App Store competitor, according to Nikkei. Yahoo’s Game Plus platform, launched in July 2017, lets people play games without needing to download apps. Now playing: Watch this: 11 …
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The Galaxy Note is widely known for its signature large screen and smart stylus, but will the new steep price-point overshadow the Note 9’s amazing features? Samsung followed Apple’s lead and released a pricey premium smartphone of its own, the Galaxy Note 9, at $1,000. Although pricey, we can’t forget to mention the Note 9 has a 4,000mAh battery, 128GB …
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