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Google Play’s Change the Game design challenge is now taking applications

Google Play’s Change the Game, an initiative that empowers women as gamers and creators, started accepting applicants for its 2020 design challenge on Monday. To enter, designers 13 to 18 years old can submit their idea for an original mobile game with a statement on why they’re passionate about gaming or what change they’d like …

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Get 4 months of free Tidal and a discounted subscription with a purchase at Walmart

Are you curious if Tidal might be better than Spotify? How deep is its music library? Is the interface easy to use? These are the kinds of questions you might be asking, but there’s usually no way to find out without pulling out your credit card. Unlike Spotify, there’s no free trial over at Tidal. Here’s a deal that’ll let …

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MIT Tech Review is keeping tabs on coronavirus apps that are tracking you

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As countries around the world, as well as Apple and Google, release contact-tracing apps to help fight the coronavirus, MIT Technology Review has put together a list to help people track the apps.  The contact-tracing apps are designed to help people figure out if …

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Google AR now has a lot more than animals

I never expected that so many people would care about AR animals. Google’s searchable 3D animals, which launched last summer, ended up being being something that tons of people wanted to hear about. I understand why: They’re adorable.  The animals were part of a Google push to make its search engine become an extension of augmented reality. I expected Google …

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You can rent a farm animal to lighten up your next Zoom call. Here’s how

Videoconferencing with services like Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet has become the main way many people are staying connected during the coronavirus pandemic. People have found ways to make business meetings and calls to family and friends on the platform and other video chat apps more interesting, adding zany backgrounds and beauty filters. One more Zoom trend is starting to …

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Free entertainment to help you survive coronavirus social distancing

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Hang in there, everyone. Even though the coronavirus situation is showing signs of progress, we need to stay safe and stay home a little while longer. Fortunately, there’s plenty of free entertainment to make that proposition easier. Nearly every day I learn of some …

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Google Duo group video calls coming to Chrome in weeks

Google on Friday said it’s working on an update to its Duo video calling service that will let you make group video calls over the web. The search giant said Duo group video chats for the web would come as a preview in its Chrome browser in the coming weeks. Google also added a “Family Mode” feature to Duo for Android …

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Password managers can be a pain but they’re good for security

Editor’s note: In recognition of World Password Day, CNET is republishing a selection of our stories on improving and replacing passwords. If you’re one of the countless people who unwisely use easy-to-guess passwords or reuse a password for several accounts, cybersecurity experts have a message for you: It isn’t your fault. Memorizing a unique, complex password for each account is …

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Three old password rules that are dumb today

Editor’s note: In recognition of World Password Day, CNET is republishing a selection of our stories on improving and replacing passwords. Even though the tech industry is working on better alternatives to passwords, you’re going to be using them for an awfully long time. Some of the advice you’ve heard over the last couple of decades is outdated. Here’s a …

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5 ways to make video meetings a little less awkward, from a Google expert

In our new socially distanced world, video chat reigns supreme as the primary form of communication for many workplaces and groups of family and friends looking to keep in touch. Whether you use Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, or Google Hangouts, Meet or Duo, you’ve probably noticed that despite being able to see everyone’s face, it’s still not quite the same as …

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