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Google Amps Up Photos Search, Offers Early Access to Ask Photos

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New Microsoft Copilot PCs Can’t Play Popular Games

Google Announces Upcoming Android 15 Release

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Spotify iPhone Users Can No Longer Change the Volume on Device

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Multiple Sites Won’t Allow Apple’s Web Scraping to Train New AI

Yelp Takes Advantage of Google Loss to Bring Antitrust Lawsuit

Mobile Network Adds Guidance for Age of Children and Smartphones

With the world rapidly changing, a mobile network in the UK has laid out guidance for the age children should be to use a smartphone.

AI Gets Competitive as Amazon Instructs Sales Team to Trash Talk OpenAI

Amazon has set up sales guidelines that are meant to shine a bad light on Open AI, as well as other companies with AI chatbots.

Apple Podcasts Losing Ground as They Expand on the Web

With Apple Podcasts on the Web, a study shows that Apple lost ground with their podcasts, with fewer listeners now than Spotify and YouTube.

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iCloud Storage Is Apple’s Most Popular Service

New report shows out of more exciting services, like Podcasts, Music, and TV+, the iCloud storage service sees the most users.

Last Week’s NPD Data Leak Just Keeps Getting Worse

Along with personal data, passwords and usernames were published during the National Public Data (NPD) data leak.

Is Fitbit Coming to an End? Google Denies It

While it was reported that Google was ending the Fitbit in preference to the Pixel Watch, the company is denying it.

Microsoft Stops Showing Windows 11 Ads to Windows 10 Users

Microsoft is reminding Windows 10 users that the end is near with Windows 11 ads that have brought complaints.

Apple Breaks Own Rules for Spotify but Not WeChat

Apple set the in-app purchases rule and is allowing Spotify to break it but is not allowing WeChat parent Tencent to do the same.

Google Announces Pixel 9 Series and More

Google introduced the Pixel 9 series and a new Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds Pro, as well as changes to Gemini at the Made by Google event.

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Disney Plus the Latest Streaming App to Crack Down on Password Sharing

Disney Plus is poised to follow Netflix, with CEO Bob Iger announcing an expansion of plans to stop password sharing in the U.S.

iOS 18 Distraction Control Could Be the Best of Both Worlds for Ads

Apple seems to have found a way with Distraction Control to make the ads ago away, yet still allow the ads to make money.

Google Announced the End of the Chromecast Dongle

Google announced, very unceremoniously, the end of the Chromecast streaming dongle. It’s being replaced by the Google TV Streamer.

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Twitter and X No Longer Available on Mac App Store

With the Twitter (X) app no longer listed on the Mac App Store, is this because of a difference of opinion between Musk and Apple?

Worried If Cops Are Close? Google Maps Will Warn You

Google Maps stepped up the navigation app game to join Waze, leaving both apps to warn you when there are cops nearby.

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Google Workspace Accounts Created by Bypassing Verification

Google has admitted to fixing an authentication weakness with Workspace accounts, which allowed criminals to bypass email verification.

YouTube No Longer Allows You to Skip Ads with an Ad Blocker

YouTube has found a way to prevent users from skipping ads, if they are using an ad blocker extension. They’ll just see a black screen.

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Firefox Testing New Privacy Feature, Working with Meta

Firefox announced on Reddit that it’s testing a new privacy feature, with the help of Meta, that balances privacy and advertising.

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Google Is Tossing Its Plan to Eliminate Third-Party Cookies

To the dismay of many, Google has now gone back on its word, stating it will leave the choice of thired-party cookies up to users.

Reddit Will Include Sports Content for Advertising Revenue

Reddit social media platform has made deals with most major sports leagues for their content in an effort to earn more advertising revenue.

World Is Grinding to a Halt, Thanks to CrowdStrike Windows Outage

A CrowdStrike software update caused many Windows computers used by businesses to get the blue screen of death error message.

Nintendo Announces Joy-Con Charging Stand but Not Switch 2

Nintendo just announced a new Joy-Con Charging Stand but didn’t mention whether a Switch 2 would be released soon as well.

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Investigation Shows Tech Companies Trained AI on YouTube Transcripts

An investigation showed that some of the big names in tech, including Apple, trained their AI technology on transcripts from YouTube videos.

Nearly All AT&T Customers Hit with Data Breach

A data breach hit nearly all AT&T customers, exposing sensitive data, including their text and call history. AT&T is investigating.

X to Add a “Dislike” Button for Replies You Don’t Like

There have been references recently to the development of a dislike button on X (formerly Twitter). Is this a good thing?

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Z Fold6, Flip6, and Expands AI

Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event with new devices and extended artificial intelligence (AI), as well as a phone for Olympians.

Google Maps Will Show Ads, But Not While Driving

There have already been many complaints about the plans to add ads to Google Maps. However, they will not appear while driving.

Google Wants to No Longer Rely on Apple and Safari Search

The Google – Apple alliance may be ending, as Google reportedly would like to stop relying on Apple using Google search in Safari.

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Cheapest Netflix Plan Without Ads Removed

If you’ve been using the cheapest Netflix plan that allows you to not see ads, you’ll have to either watch ads or get a more expensive plan.

Tap to Pay on NFC Could Soon Involve “Multi-Purpose Tap”

The “Multi-Purpose Tap” concept could roll out in the future, which would allow you to do more things at the NFC pay terminal.

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Finally, Apple Will Allow Third-Party Screen Repair

Good news for iPhone owners! Apple will now start allowing third-party screen repair and battery replacement.

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OpenAI, Microsoft Sued for Copyright Violations

OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued by the Center for Investigative Reporting for copyright violations. And it’s not the only lawsuit.

TikTok to Host July Sales Event Like Amazon Prime Day

TikTok is challenging the online shopping king by hosting its own Amazon Prime Day-like sales event in July: “Deals for You Days.”

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Tracking Devices, AirTags Big with Domestic Violence, Organized Crime

Tracking devices and AirTags can appeal to the dark side, as a study reveals they are often used in domestic violence and organized crime.

Teen Safety on Snapchat Just Increased

Snapchat is doing what they can to help teen safety on the popular app and making it more difficult for strangers to reach out to them.

Here’s Why You Are Seeing Reddit More in Google Searches

One site that isn’t losing traffic is Reddit, as Google Search seems to be prioritizing it. Read on to learn why it seems to be the favorite.

TikTok Resigned to US Ban Unless Courts Step In

A US ban has been dangled over ByteDance for years, leading TikTok to now say the ban is inevitable unless a court order blocks it.

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AI Will Cancel Emotion for Call Center Workers

Future AI software will cancel the emotion in an angry caller’s voice, allowing the worker to deal with the call more appropriately.

Google Making Gmail More Secure, Will Lead to Less 3rd-Party Access

Google announced it is ending less secure access to Gmail in Google Workspace accounts. This will especially apply to third-party accounts.

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U.S. FTC Suing Adobe Over Hidden Fees and Subscription Model

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought a lawsuit against Adobe for its hidden fees and hard-to-cancel subscripti

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Employees Caught Using “Mouse Movers” to Fake Productivity

Some employees were caught and promptly fired, after trying to fool their bosses into thinking they were working by using “mouse movers.”

Google Limiting Fitbit Data, Will Only Work on Mobile App

Google is closing the Fitbit web app, so you will have to get all your data from the mobile app. It’s already causing issues for some.

Elon Musk Angered Over Apple Using ChatGPT

Apple using ChatGPT in its “Apple Intelligence” has angered Elon Musk, who has threatened to ban Apple devices at Tesla.

Apple Intelligence and New OS at WWDC 2024

It was announced at WWDC 2024 that macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18 will bring Apple Intelligence to the newest, most powerful devices.

Microsoft Recall AI Privacy Concerns Untapped by Simple Python Script

Microsoft’s Recall feature on its AI-focused laptops has now been humbled by a surprisingly simple Python script.