This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC21 is happening — watch now. Apple’s big event kicked off Monday with a virtual keynote at 10 a.m. PT. CEO Tim Cook and team are likely to announce iOS 15, a new M2-chip MacBook Pro and new versions …
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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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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Of the many new features Apple revealed during its annual WWDC keynote, the one with the most potential to change day-to-day lives is the ability to store your state ID within Apple Wallet. By working with local governments and storing your personal information …
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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 upcoming MacOS Monterey software will add a new low-power mode to extend your battery life. It’s just like what your phone already offers, but for your laptop instead. Apple showed the feature briefly at its WWDC developer conference on Monday, part of …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. WWDC21 starts Monday June 7 at 10 a.m. PT and Apple is expected to preview the next versions of iOS and iPadOS (likely called iOS 15 and iPadOS 15), I hope the new software for the iPhone 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max and the pro …
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Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, on Friday said his digital payments company is considering building a hardware wallet for Bitcoin. If the company goes forward with the project, Dorsey said it will be built “entirely in the open, from software to hardware design, and in collaboration with the community.” Dorsey shared guiding principles for the possible Bitcoin …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. What has an M1 chip and isn’t a Mac? Apple’s newest iPad Pros. Apple’s latest high-end tablets are extremely fast, have improved displays and cameras and higher-speed Thunderbolt throughput. And while some iPads have A-series chips and some have the Mac-like M1, there’s …
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Apple’s App Store facilitated $643 billion in billings and sales during 2020, an increase of 24% over the previous year due in large part to the pandemic, according to an independent study from the Analysis Group released by Apple on Wednesday. Growth was not consistent across every app category during the pandemic: While sales of digital goods and services rose …
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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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Microsoft Edge will get a speed boost with version 91 this week thanks to a feature called sleeping tabs that gives computing priority to the tabs you’re actively using while pausing others in the background. The new web browser version also will start up faster, the software giant announced at its annual Build developer conference on Tuesday. The changes will …
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