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Google added Smart Downloads to YouTube Music, a feature that would automatically download the songs and playlists you were most likely to listen to if you were offline. For example, in the woods, or in a poor coverage area. Now, ...
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Snapchat is testing an update to its Shows section that draws design cues from traditional streaming services. While the firm typically shoved Shows into Snapchat Discover, the firm is now testing a new Shows page. It is not widel...
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Facebook is to be hit with a $5 billion fine in regards to the FTC’s investigation about the Cambridge Analytica Scandal. The fine, which is the largest in FTC history, is one which comes with strings attached. While the rep...
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YouTube’s algorithm is pretty much a pipeline into hell, and the firm has recognised that. After coming under fire for the kind of content its algorithm sends users to — both in the Kids and regular YouTube app, it wil...
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Dealing with abuse and harassment on Twitter is about to get a lot easier. For users in Canada, and probably only temporarily. Twitter is testing a new feature that will let users hide replies to their own tweets, reducing the vis...
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For many people, Google is the start and finish line of their internet journeys. For many more still, it is where they find their news reports and the firm is aware of that. Google is building and rolling out an update to the Goog...
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While I’d like to see a global Netflix shuffle button in the same vein of Spotify, that’s probably not happening. There are hints that we’re getting the next best thing. Netflix was earlier spotted running a test...
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Huawei is expected to announce its Mate 30 Pro in the fall, and we know one feature it’ll have. As per an image of a screen protector for the device leaked on Weibo, the device will most likely have a curved screen, with the...
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Emoji have quickly become a new standard for communication, popularised by mobile devices, now PCs offer support for the latest and greatest emojis. But what about the noble kaomoji? Not quite an emoji, yet almost as expressive. M...
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Facebook will be making gaming a big priority by bringing Assasin’s Creed and Splinter Cell to its Oculist Quest and Rift S devices according to a report from the Information. Facebook’s foray into VR has not been ...
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Sometimes the walls do really have ears, especially if those ears come with cute little hot words and audio recording capabilities. Google’s Home speakers have been caught sending audio clips of their users back to Google to...
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Google is working on a successor to the Pixebook, its much-lauded Chromebook which debuted two years ago. Whi;e Google followed up the Pixebook with a Pixel Slate, the Slate has been so thoroughly banned that Google decided to qui...
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Apple has registered five new iPads in the Eurasian Economic Commission database today. These are most likely models of upcoming iPads (including LTE variants.) These new iPads aren’t all going to be the same form-factors as...
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Last month, Twitter announced it would be taking a page from third-party Twitter apps and introducing customizable timelines via way of lists. Now, the firm has gone a step further with that. In a new update, Twitter will make it ...
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Apple’s 3-month free trial is getting an extension to an even more generous 6-months free trial if you’re a student. Aside from its back to school focused Macbook updates released yesterday, Apple has launched a new 6...
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Android Q is almost here, and Google’s Beta 5 is rolling out now. There are no notable new feature additions in this build, but there are some feature regressions and/or extensions. To lead with the bad first, if you’d...
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Google is adding a dark mode to its Keep app on the web with this month’s Suite updates. The firm earlier brought dark mode to Google Keep for Android and iOS. As per Google’s blog post: You can now enable Dark mode fo...
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Google is improving its Translate service today as it rolls out an update to its Instant Camera feature. The firm’s Instant camera feature lets users translate text around them simply by pointing their smartphone’s cam...
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Users have always been able to report videos and get them “copyright stricken” off YouTube if they could prove copyright infringement. This process was easily abused, with bad-actors using this to take down videos the...
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Earlier this year, Huawei was restricted from doing any trade with US firms by an executive order of the Trump White House. This effectively crippled its smartphone and notebook business, leading Google and other tech leaders to p...
