The iPhone 12 is one of the best-rated phones of all time on CNET thanks to its solid all-round performance and its 5G connectivity. It’s more “affordable” than the iPhone 12 Pro Max, lacking as it does some of the camera pizzazz, like the telephoto lens and lidar sensor. But its powerful photography software means this …
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Ted Lasso fans are gearing up for season 2 of the hit show, streaming on Apple TV Plus starting July 23. Subscribing to Apple’s streaming service costs $5 a month, but Apple has repeatedly extended free trials for people who bought a new Apple device. However, many of those trials are set to expire on July 1 — meaning you …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Every summer, the majority of Apple users gauge their excitement about the progress of the Apple ecosystem based on the hardware the company occasionally unveils at its WWDC event — though there was none in 2021 — and the new software features that …
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A federal judge in California issued an order Thursday saying Google must face a proposed class-action lawsuit related to privacy concerns about its digital assistant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses Google of recording certain users’ conversations and then analyzing the recordings to target advertising, despite the users having activated Google …
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It’s no secret I think E Ink is one of the most underused gadget features. It’s one that feels especially useful right now, because after spending the past year glued to screens more than ever, our frazzled eyeballs need a break. One way to get that break (besides reading an actual dead-tree book) is to read on an E Ink …
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Ex-President Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Jason Miller is heading up Gettr, a new Twitter-like social media platform that launched Thursday, says a report by Politico. The platform calls itself a “non-bias social network for people all over the world” and has apps in the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. It has a look similar to Twitter’s and the same features as …
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Popular investing app Robinhood on Thursday publicly filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. In its S-1 filing with the SEC, the company revealed that it has about 18 million funded accounts on its platform. Robinhood was also profitable last year, generating net income of $7.45 million on net revenue of $959 million in …
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Good news, TikTokers. Three-minute videos are on the way. TikTok is rolling out the option for all users to create longer videos, extending its 60-second limit to 180 seconds. The popular social-video app has been testing the new format since December, so some people may have already experienced creating or watching longer videos. “Creative expression brings people together. It’s how …
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Netflix has upgraded mobile downloads for Android phones and tablets so that you can watch partially downloaded titles offline. The change — which means you can watch the portion of a movie or episode you successfully downloaded before you lost connectivity — is available for Android phones and tablets now, and Netflix is going to test it for iPhones and iPads in the …
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Samsung’s next Galaxy watch is being announced at an Unpacked event later this summer, and its new Google co-designed OS and interface is called One UI Watch. The news arrived Monday at a virtual Samsung event as part of this year’s Mobile World Congress. But all Samsung showed for now is the software interface. The actual watch design remains unknown, …
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