This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2019 on Monday, Apple upped the ante on privacy again. “We believe privacy is a fundamental human right and we engineer it into everything that we do,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At Apple’s WWDC 2019, it’s like Marvel and DC Comics characters crossing over into the same movie. Or the Yankees and Red Sox sharing the same dugout. You can hear the exasperated voice of Seinfeld’s George Costanza: “Worlds are colliding!” Well, sort of. One of …
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Problems are stacking up for Huawei as the US cracks down on the Chinese technology giant. After the US government barred Huawei from using US products, which includes Google’s Android operating system, the company is reportedly slowing down production of its phones, according the South China Morning Post. Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufacturers electronics from Apple, Huawei, Sony, Nokia, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The keynote address at Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) just wrapped up in San Jose, California. Along with new Mac Pros and new software updates for the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch and Apple TV, we saw a couple of upgrades for Siri …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. At WWDC 2019 2019 on Monday, Apple may be talking to developers. But it’s really all about you. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is an annual gathering at which Apple hosts designers and engineers making apps for iPhones, iPads, the Apple Watch and other Apple …
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As the NBA Finals evened up to 1-1 between the Golden State Warriors and the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, Google showed off a new way basketball fans can get team stats just by pointing their phone at a logo. Aparna Chennapragada, vice president of Google Lens and AR, on Sunday shared a video on Twitter demoing how the search engine’s …
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Google confirmed that the widespread outage of its Google Fi phone service had ended as of 11:38 a.m. PT on Monday. “This issue should now be resolved. Please let us know … if you continue to experience any additional issues,” the company said on a support page. “Thank you for your patience, and sincerest apologies for any inconvenience caused.” Google Fi …
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The bad news keeps coming for Facebook, as a government agency reportedly obtained the right to investigate whether the company engaged in monopolistic practices. The US Federal Trade Commission secured rights to a potential antitrust investigation of Facebook, according to a Monday report in The Wall Street Journal. Through an agreement with the Justice Department, the FTC would lead such …
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With phone makers struggling to differentiate themselves in a crowded market, the question often asked is how to best evolve the selfie camera. Right now a notch atop the display is the most common way of incorporating a front camera while taking up minimal screen space. Oppo on Monday offered another route: a camera built into the display. This means …
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If you had troubles with YouTube or Gmail on Sunday, those issues should now be fixed. Google Cloud had been experiencing widespread problems Sunday, which wreaked havoc on YouTube, Snapchat, Gmail, Discord and a host of other popular apps and services across the eastern United States. YouTube wasn’t completely down for CNET’s John Falcone in Brooklyn Sunday, but some videos were inaccessible, at …
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