My husband is a tech guy through and through — tinkering in code to build simple websites and apps just for fun. I’m not. I knew my way around MySpace HTML back in the day (enough to change my background at least) and could navigate WordPress for my college newspaper, but those skills are rusty …
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Ever wanted to be a news anchor while running an online meeting? Microsoft has something for you in an upcoming update to its Teams software. Previously announced in March, the company is working on adding a few new modes to liven up virtual presentations on its rival to Slack, Google Meet and Zoom. One mode, called “reporter,” will “show content …
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The world runs on microchips. Not just the elaborate ones at the heart of your phone or laptop but mostly a lot of ordinary ones that you aren’t even aware of. They enable the power windows in your car and the timer in your coffee maker. But a chip shortage is putting a crimp in the production of all kinds …
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Microsoft’s search engine Bing isn’t displaying image results for the famous 1989 “tank man” photo of a Chinese protester on Friday, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The tech giant has attributed the ongoing issue to “accidental human error” amid claims of possible censorship. Microsoft is “actively working to resolve this,” a company spokesperson told CNET in an emailed …
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The iPad Pro models for 2021 are fully loaded with plenty of features and processing power. In fact, both of the tablets use the same M1 Apple Silicon processor that’s being used in the latest MacBooks and iMacs. This processor helps power Center Stage, a feature that’s sure to change the way you use FaceTime on the iPad Pro for video calls. The first …
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The teams behind the Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers have banded together to improve extensions, the add-ons you can download to customize the software. That should mean your extensions will work better and come with a better security foundation to protect you from malware. On Friday, the teams unveiled a discussion and development forum at …
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Facebook’s augmented reality efforts are pushing a little further into the territory of video calls. A deeper support for shared AR effects and games in video calls are being supported across Facebook’s mobile apps, including Messenger and Instagram, the company announced at its virtual F8 developer conference Wednesday. These shared effects aren’t new: Facebook’s dedicated video-chat device, Portal, has AR …
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If you’re persistent, patient and willing to shell out $1,199 when the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card ships on June 3, you may be able to pick one up before the well runs dry and before the eBay prices skyrocket. The company’s latest gaming GPU for 4K speedsters comes in right behind the flagship RTX 3090 in the line …
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Microsoft will unveil its major Windows 10 redesign at a virtual event on June 24, the tech giant said Wednesday. CEO Satya Nadella and Chief Product Officer Panos Panay will introduce the “next generation of Windows,” which Nadella teased in his keynote address at the Microsoft Build developers conference last week. Rumors about the big Windows 10 update, reportedly codenamed …
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Google is losing one of its strongest champions of the web. Alex Russell, who has led the Fugu project to make web apps as powerful as those running on Google’s Android or Apple’s iOS software, is leaving the company on Wednesday. Russell announced his departure on Twitter. He’s not quitting in anger or being pushed out. But after 12 years …
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