Apple has released a new Android app called Tracker Detect, designed to help people who don’t own iPhones or iPads to identify unexpected AirTags and other Find My network-equipped sensors that may be nearby. The new app, which Apple released on the Google Play store Monday, is intended to help people look for item trackers …
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WhatsApp is adding more options to control your disappearing messages, the popular app announced Monday. You can now turn on disappearing messages by default for all new chats, and you can choose how long you have until the messages fade. Brett Pearce/CNET When you enable the feature, every one-on-one chat that you or someone else starts will be set to …
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The COVID-19 pandemic required us to to work, attend school and socialize from home — meaning our tech reached a new level of importance in our lives. Although the lockdowns are over, the time we spent at home in 2020 gave Samsung plenty of ideas for how the smartphone experience could be improved. Those takeaways surface in One UI 4, Samsung’s next …
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Though the basic objective is essentially the same, using a virtual private network on a router is much different to using a VPN’s client software on your computer or its app on your mobile device. Both methods have their advantages and limitations, and which path you choose to take will ultimately depend on what you need from your VPN. If …
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Uber on Thursday unveiled three new safety features it’s rolling out for the ride-hailing app. The company will now check in when rides take unexpected routes or have unexpected stops, remind riders to buckle up and allow drivers and riders to record the audio of their trips. Uber has allowed audio recording in 14 countries in Latin America and is piloting …
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Twitter on Tuesday banned the sharing of photos and videos of private individuals without their consent, the company said in a blog post. The update to its private information policy notes that people can contact the microblogging platform to have such media removed. The ban doesn’t apply to public figures if the media and tweet are of public interest, but …
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There are plenty of reasons why your iPhone keeps track of all your locations: Many of your phone apps depend on accurate location tracking to function, from directions in Google Maps to looking for a nearby restaurant on Yelp. That precise location awareness extends to the images you capture with your Photos app, too. Anytime you snap a photo or …
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Nov 2021 Once only found in business settings, Zoom’s video chat service became the way millions of people connected during the pandemic, inserting the question “Wanna Zoom?” into the popular lexicon. Even after the novelty of changing our Zoom backgrounds to make it look like we were beaming in from the Starship Enterprise wore off, and the exciting glow of …
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Apple released iOS 15 for iPhones in September, alongside four new phones, the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini and the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. And a new OS update has already arrived with iOS 15.1. (We also get a small glimpse at iOS 15.2 with the update’s first developer beta.) iOS 15 brought a variety of new and improved features …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. The day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, and despite a worldwide pandemic, shoppers spent a record $9 billion on Black Friday back in 2020, an increase of 21.6% over the previous year, according to Adobe Analytics. And with …
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