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Google cracks down on spammy Chrome extensions with new policy updates

Google has announced new efforts to crack down on bad-faith actors posting misleading or fraudulent extensions to the Chrome Web Store, where users can download add-on software and themes for the Chrome web browser. “The increase in adoption of the extension platform has also attracted spammers and fraudsters introducing low-quality and misleading extensions in an …

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Google Duplex learns to make calls in Spanish, debuts in Spain

A Spanish-speaking version of Google Duplex, the AI chat algorithm that can call businesses on your behalf, is launching in Spain Thursday, Google tells CNET. Initially pitched as a way for the Google Assistant to call restaurants and book reservations on your behalf, the service will be used in Spain for inquiring about store hours during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. …

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Your kid’s Android screen time is out of control. Here’s how to rein it in

Over the last few weeks, I think it’s fair to say we parents have all loosened our screen time limits for our kids. With most of us under stay-at-home orders and with school canceled, letting the kids use phones and tablets more than usual has become the new norm. But, it’s still a good idea to know what they’re doing. Google’s …

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Facebook launches photo transfer tool in US and Canada

Facebook made it easier for users to take their photos and video off Facebook. A photo transfer tool on Thursday rolled out in the US and Canada, as first reported by Reuters. Facebook initially launched the option last December in Ireland, and in several other countries in the months that followed.  To access the photo transfer tool, Facebook users will need …

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How to pick the best iPad keyboard trackpad case

Yes, the iPad is a computer. But is it a computer that can really replace your laptop or desktop? That depends on whether you can deal with the opportunities and restraints of iOS (or as it’s now called for iPads, iPadOS). Seriously, iPads can do a heck of a lot. Your iPad can supplement your Mac or PC to the …

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Apple, Google announce new privacy features for coronavirus tracking tech

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As companies and governments around the world battle the coronavirus pandemic, Apple and Google are making changes to the contact tracing technology they’ve developed to help inform people when they may have been exposed to the virus. The contact tracing technology, which the …

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Apple makes iPhones easier to unlock without Face ID as many wear masks

Apple is including a new feature in iOS 13.5 developer beta 3 so users can unlock their iPhones faster while wearing a medical mask or facial covering because of COVID-19. Though not mentioned in the iOS release notes published Wednesday, the Face ID changes are meant to make it simpler and faster to get to the passcode field by swiping up …

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This AR contact lens startup is gaining steam despite Magic Leap’s struggles

There’s little debate that, as tech pushes further into our lives, we’ll soon be using augmented reality glasses that overlay computer images on the real world. While we still don’t know when that’ll happen, or what companies we’ll be buying them from, investors are making their bets — including a $159 million bet with a small contact lens startup called …

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Apple, Google deliver early tools to public health authorities for coronavirus tracking

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple and Google are delivering the first tools for their coronavirus tracking technology on Wednesday to certain public health authorities, with the aim of improving the technology before the software’s full release in mid-May.  During the initial testing phase, a limited group will …

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Google’s Zoom rival, called Meet, is now free to consumers

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google on Wednesday said it’s making its teleconferencing service, called Google Meet, free to consumers. The move takes aim at Zoom, the rival video chat service that’s become a household name during the stay-at-home era spurred by the novel coronavirus. Previously, Meet was …

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