Facebook is introducing new updates to its Messenger Rooms video chat app, on Wednesday announcing personalization features. With more people separated or working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Zoom competitor also added a more streamlined way to find and create rooms on mobile. To personalize your room, you can now customize backgrounds …
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When big technologies like mobile phones, 5G networks and e-commerce arrive, it’s important to get in on the ground floor. That’s why the US government is establishing 12 new research centers, funded with hundreds of millions of dollars, to boost artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Congress already has appropriated most of the funds for the projects. But the White House …
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Get ready to throw more coins to your Witcher, this time with your smartphone. CD Projekt Red, a Polish game developer known for its intricate fantasy adventure titles, announced the latest installment in its The Witcher series, this time focused on mobile devices. The upcoming title is called The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and it marks the company’s take on augmented reality …
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Apple won’t be required to restore Fortnite to its App Store, but a judge’s temporary restraining order against the company late Monday prevents it from revoking access to Epic’s Unreal Engine developer tools. The legal battle between the two companies stems from a dispute over collecting revenue from in-app purchases, resulting in Apple — and Google — removing the game …
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Mozilla released Firefox Daylight on Tuesday, an overhauled version of its Firefox browser for Android phones that marks a new step to claim some influence player in the crucial mobile market. The new browser, with better speed and stronger privacy, is available in Europe and will be released in North America on Thursday. About 33 million people use Firefox on Android each month, …
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Google is giving Chrome an update to boost performance. In a blog post on Tuesday, the search giant revealed a host of new changes in the works to help make its popular web browser faster, more responsive and more efficient particularly when it comes to managing tabs. Among the big changes are some “under-the-hood performance improvements” that will make loading …
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The Opabinia, a 500-million-year-old creature with five eyes, can visit your living room in all its weird glory, thanks to an AR update to the Google Arts & Culture app. Google partnered with a variety of history and art museums to add a collection of prehistoric creatures, cultural artifacts and historic artwork as augmented reality objects that you can view …
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There are three new Fitbits on the horizon that promise to be your 24/7 health companions, from monitoring your activity during the day to tracking your sleep at night. The new Fitbit Sense smartwatch adds stress and heart-health monitoring to the mix, along with temperature and blood oxygen tracking during sleep. The company also launched a new Versa 3 which …
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Microsoft’s Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested by everyone from students to reporters to Microsoft executives. However, it has strikingly limited features when compared with competitors. The new transcription technology, which will be made available for free to Microsoft 365 subscribers writing with Word via a web browser, allows …
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For years — years! — iPhone owners have used AirDrop to quickly and easily share files, photos, videos and links with other nearby iPhones ($500 at Best Buy). By using AirDrop, you don’t have to fuss with texting a photo, compressing it and ruining its overall quality, or clog up your conversation thread with random links and files. Now, Android …
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