Apple Arcade‘s catalog of games continued growing Friday with the addition of Populus Run, an endless-runner game from Russian studio FiftyTwo. The quirky title lets you control a crowd of people as they run along gathering coins and dodging giant food obstacles. You can try your hand at Populus Run this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook used an appearance on a virtual International Data Privacy Day panel Thursday to attack Facebook in a series of thinly veiled jabs and to call for global data privacy reforms. Cook’s remarks followed reports appearing earlier in the day that the social media giant has been preparing an antitrust lawsuit against Apple over the iPhone maker’s …
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Android users in the US will soon gain access to betting and gambling apps through the Play Store, Google announced Thursday. As of March 1, online casino games, sports betting, lotteries and daily fantasy sports apps will be allowed in certain states. You can see a complete list of what types of gambling apps are allowed in each state on …
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Facebook may file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, The Information reported Thursday, alleging that Apple abused its power through its App Store rules. The social network’s potential suit apparently says Apple forces outside developers to stick to rules that its own apps don’t have to follow. The report, much of which is behind the outlet’s paywall, cites anonymous sources and …
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Sling TV‘s Orange and Blue plans will now cost $35 per month individually, or $50 per month for the joint package, according to a release from the TV streaming service on Wednesday. That’s $5 extra a month above the price increase in December 2019. TV channel prices climbed too. If you’re a new Orange or Blue customer, Sports Extra will …
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Spotify on Monday began testing the appeal of audiobooks by adding nine classic public domain titles recorded by professional narrators and celebrities. If you open Spotify on your phone or computer, you’ll be able to find the titles under a section called Audiobooks: Hear the Classics. The books are available for free and premium users. Here’s a list of the titles …
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Did you know that some of Apple’s Macs will now let you run the same exact apps you currently use on your iPhone and iPad? That’s thanks to the new Apple silicon processor, the M1, that’s now used in the 2020 models of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac Mini. It’s one of several benefits to the Mac platform due to Apple’s move away from Intel …
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After a 2020 that went entirely virtual for many people, once-fantastic concepts like VR headsets and remote chat screens (including Facebook Portal) no longer seem so strange. In many ways, Facebook’s product lineup ended up being prophetic for the times we now live in. Last fall, Facebook launched its impressive Quest 2 VR headset. So, in 2021, what comes next? …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. At Samsung Unpacked on Thursday, the electronics giant unveiled its Galaxy S21 smartphones, which will arrive on Jan. 29 with a small but important change: Google Messages will be a native texting platform. “We made Messages by Google native to the …
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Update, Feb. 18, 2021: The Android 12 developer beta is here, and you can install it and try it out now. The latest and greatest version of Android has been out for a few months now and has slowly made its way to more devices. Samsung recently announced the rollout of Android 11 to some of its Galaxy devices, adding new and exciting features …
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