South Korea’s competition regulator is fining Google 207.4 billion won, or roughly $177 million, for allegedly abusing its dominance in the smartphone market by squeezing out rivals to its Android operating system, according to a report from Bloomberg. Android is the world’s most widely used mobile OS, powering almost nine out of every 10 smartphones …
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Eagle-eyed observers may have noticed that last week’s Sonos price increases, by 10% on most products, didn’t include the Beam. Now we know why. The company has taken the wraps off a new Beam (Gen 2) soundbar, which offers a number of upgrades over the original, including compatibility with Dolby Atmos and better performance, according to Sonos. The speaker retains the design of …
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At its annual Zoomtopia conference on Monday, Zoom unveiled several new features for the video chat platform, aiming to help its millions of users in the transition to the hybrid workforce. Upgrades include live, multilanguage transcription and translation for Zoom calls. The platform will use machine learning and natural language processing to first transcribe the spoken language, and then each …
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Netflix has so many great TV shows and movies that seemingly every time you hear about a new thing to watch, it’s on Netflix. For that reason you might be wondering how to watch the streaming service on your TV. Relax, it’s easy. Here’s what you need to know. First, the basics: You’ll need the Netflix app, and you’ll find it either …
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They’re back. Smart glasses. Not the ones from Google and Snap that largely fizzled and faded from view many months and years ago. Now there’s a new pair of high-tech glasses that craves your attention: the awkwardly named Ray-Ban Stories from Facebook. Priced at $299, the Facebook Ray-Bans can shoot photos and 30-second videos, play music and podcasts, and make …
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Apple is holding a special event on Sept. 14, and while the main focus of the keynote is likely to be the iPhone 13, there’s a chance Apple will talk about MacOS Monterey, the next major update for its Mac lineup. Monterey will add convenient new features to your Mac, such as the ability to copy text from any image, or …
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Amazon has long worked with other brands like Toshiba and Insignia to produce Fire TV Edition sets equipped with its own smart TV system. Now the giant online retailer is getting into the TV hardware game itself. The Amazon Fire TV Omni and Fire TV 4-Series are the first Amazon-built TVs, according to the company. Preorders start today; they’re slated to …
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Google is showing off a video preview of its upcoming phone, the Pixel 6. In a teaser posted Thursday, Google asks the question, “What if a smartphones weren’t just smart?” Images of the phone show a two-toned back with a band near the top around the camera, a design unveiled in August. The phone is expected to come with a …
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As more companies move to a hybrid workforce in the wake of the pandemic, Microsoft is adding new tools to its suite of software to make remote meetings feel more like in-person ones, according to a Thursday company blog post. A new feature called Cameo will integrate the Microsoft Teams camera feed into your PowerPoint presentation, allowing you to customize …
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Screenshots are fast and handy, but the process for taking one can change depending on your device. Newer versions of phones can require a different process for capturing a screenshot. Press the wrong combination and it can trigger an unintended action, like waking up the iPhone’s Siri assistant, shutting your phone off or doing some other inconvenient thing. Here’s a …
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