This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Safari has beaten Google’s Chrome to the punch with extensions that customize your browser on smartphones and tablets. The software add-ons will be available in Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 operating systems, which are expected …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple has begun testing passkeys, a new authentication technology it says are as easy to use as passwords but vastly more secure. Part of iCloud Keychains, a test version of the technology will come with iPhones, iPads and Macs later this year. To …
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Everyone’s trying to sell gamers on hardware that delivers the most immersive experience: the biggest monitors, the most surround sound-y headsets, the best games and graphics. But none of that matters if you have to pause in the middle of your AAA game to dig flagging AAs out of your controller and re-pair it once you’re powered up again. Otterbox wants …
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Lenovo’s ThinkPad X12 Detachable is a 12.3-inch tablet with a built-in kickstand and detachable keyboard. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s essentially the same as Microsoft’s Surface Pro. The Surface Pro hasn’t changed much at all for generations, though. The X12 may be familiar-sounding but it’s a fresh design with new components — including Intel’s 11th-gen processors and Thunderbolt …
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Despite what some headline writers would have you believe, Microsoft has not suddenly announced a new Xbox streaming stick. In a pre-E3 streamed briefing for journalists, Microsoft’s Xbox head Phil Spencer, CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft execs talked more generally about the plans for getting more Xbox games in front of more people in new and different ways. My …
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Capping off the Summer Game Fest’s live kickoff event ahead of E3 2021 on Thursday, Elden Ring, one of the most anticipated games from E3 2019, finally has a new official trailer and a release date: Jan. 21, 2022. Elden Ring is a collaboration between Dark Souls developer FromSoftware and Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin. The game’s director Hidetaka …
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I’m beginning to think the “N” in “Nvidia” stands for “not available” or “nowhere to be found.” The latest additions to Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series lineup, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and 3070 Ti, are likely to be as difficult to find in stock as the previous cards in the series, with Nvidia stating recently that it expects supply constraints …
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Vivaldi has never been afraid to add new options, such as mouse gestures, split-screen tab tiling and customizable keyboard shortcuts, to its web browser. On Wednesday, the Norwegian company unveiled two enormous new features: email and calendar apps. Vivaldi 4.0 sports an email app that lets you read, write and manage email from multiple accounts. It’s in beta testing for …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s FaceTime will soon look a lot more like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The iPhone maker on Monday said it’s adding features to its videoconferencing software that will let people schedule calls and even access them via a browser on Google Android and …
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Google’s Stadia video game service expanded to Android TV and Google TV on Monday, but that doesn’t mean Google is done making moves. On Tuesday the search giant announced a new partnership that will offer six months of Stadia Pro for free to AT&T wireless and Fiber users. Stadia is Google’s video game streaming service that is meant to compete …
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