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Windows 11 Insider Preview vs. Windows 10: Early benchmarks compared

The dawn of the Windows 11 era brings many questions. For now, the most pressing one may be: Will installing the Windows 11 beta screw up my system?  Having installed the current Insider Preview on several laptops, the answer so far has been no. But what about performance? Will my laptop be faster with Windows …

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iOS 14.6 adds a nifty new Apple AirTag feature

Apple AirTags launched in April alongside iOS 14.5, which added a slew of new features on top of support for AirTags, like a setting to turn off ad tracking within apps, the ability to unlock your phone even if you’re wearing a face mask, new emoji and new Siri voices. Now with iOS 14.6, one of the most useful features on …

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Clubhouse launches Android beta after year on iOS

Clubhouse, the invite-only audio chat app, is now available for Android devices after more than a year on iOS. The company said Sunday the beta would begin rolling out immediately in the US, followed by other English-speaking countries and eventually the rest of the world. “Our plan over the next few weeks is to collect feedback from the community, fix …

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iOS 14.6: Apple’s beta adds a significant tool for developers

After months of beta testing, Apple released iOS 14.5 on Monday. The updated iPhone software includes a slew of new features like a setting to turn off ad tracking within apps, the ability to unlock your phone even if you’re wearing a face mask, support for AirTags, new emoji and new Siri voices. But even before iOS 14.5 was released, Apple …

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Have an old Galaxy phone? Samsung now lets you turn it into a smart home device

If you have an old Galaxy phone gathering dust at home, you may now have a good reason to turn it back on: Convert it into a smart home device. All you have to do is install a software update. Samsung said the public beta of its Galaxy Upcycling at Home program, announced back in January at CES 2021, went …

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Clubhouse: What you want to know about the invite

For your average person, there aren’t too many places you can hang out with actress Tiffany Haddish on a Wednesday night. An exclusive app called Clubhouse, though, could be that rare chance.  Clubhouse is an audio-chat app that’s captured the attention and money of Silicon Valley and beyond. It’s just the latest way technology has brought people together at a …

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Hands

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has launched the public beta version of iOS 14. The latest iPhone operating system includes new customizations for the home screen, picture-in-picture video, better widgets, a new Siri interface and App Library, a new way to organize your apps. We had been using the …

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Don’t download iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 just yet: 4 reasons why you should wait

Apple recently released the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta. Now, anyone with a compatible iPhone or iPad can get an early preview of the features that everyone else will get this fall. If you’re willing to put up with occasional bugs and issues, you can install and help test it right now. But should you? My sage advice: …

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New Memoji Stickers and iCloud Folder Sharing come to latest iOS and MacOS betas

On Wednesday, Apple released the first developer betas of iOS 13.4 and MacOS 10.15.4, with several new features that will make the platforms more useful.  The iOS 13.4 developer beta includes nine new Memoji Stickers (expressing celebration, eye rolling, and huffing with anger, among other emotions) for Messages, FaceTime, and other apps that use your phone’s keyboard. CarPlay also has …

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