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Laura Tucker

Laura has spent more than 20 years writing news, reviews, and op-eds, with the majority of those years as an editor as well. She has exclusively used Apple products for the past 35 years. In addition to writing and editing at MTE, she also runs the site's sponsored review program.

Google Search Photos Ask Photos Featured

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

Google added easier ways to search for photos and is also granting users early access to the new AI Ask Photos feature.

23 mins ago in News, Productivity
Microsoft Copilot Pcs Tames Dont Work Featured

New Microsoft Copilot PCs Can’t Play Popular Games

While the new Microsoft Copilot+ PCs are top-notch when it comes to AI, they can’t play some of the most popular games, such as Fortnite.

23 hours ago in Gaming, News, Windows
Android 15 Release Featured

Google Announces Upcoming Android 15 Release

Google announced that it would be releasing Android 15 soon. It’s not a huge change, but there are some features to look forward to.

2 days ago in Android, News
Spotify Iphone Volume Buttons Featured 2

Spotify iPhone Users Can No Longer Change the Volume on Device

Apple changed its technology so that Spotify users on iPhones can no longer use the on-device volume buttons when using Spotify Connect.

6 days ago in iOS, News
Apple Intelligence Web Scraping Featured

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

Some major sites are saying no thank you to Apple Intelligence, not wanting them to use web scraping on their content to train the AI.

1 week ago in iOS, News
Yelp Lawsuit Google Featured

Yelp Takes Advantage of Google Loss to Bring Antitrust Lawsuit

Google losing the federal antitrust lawsuit has opened it up to more lawsuits. Yelp is now bringing an antitrust lawsuit against Google.

1 week ago in Internet, News
Childrens Smartphone Guidance Featured

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.

1 week ago in Mobile, News
Amazon Web Services Ai Openai Featured

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.

1 week ago in Internet, News
Apple Podcasts Web Featured

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.

2 weeks ago in Internet, News
Icloud Storage Apples Most Popular Featured

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.

2 weeks ago in Mobile, News
Npd Data Breach Passwords Featured

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.

2 weeks ago in Internet, News
Google Denies Fitbit End Featured

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.

2 weeks ago in Gadgets, News
Microsoft Stops Windows 11 Ads Featured

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.

3 weeks ago in News, Windows
Apple Rules Spotify Wechat Featured

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.

3 weeks ago in Mobile, News
Google Pixel 9 Series Featured

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.

3 weeks ago in Android, News
Birdkiss Smart Bird Feeder Featured

Bring More Birds into Your Life with a Birdkiss Smart Bird Feeder 

The Birdkiss Smart Bird Feeder not only feeds your bird visitors, but also films them with the attached camera. Find out more in this review.

3 weeks ago in Product-review
Tiktok Group Chat Featured

TikTok Users Can Now Use Direct Messaging Group Chat

TikTok announced that it’s updating Direct Messages by adding Group Chat and stickers. This way, you don’t need to leave the app.

3 weeks ago in Social Media
Disney Plus Crack Down Password Sharing Featured

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.

4 weeks ago in Lifestyle, News
Ios 18 Distraction Control Featured

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.

4 weeks ago in iOS, News
Google End Chromecast Dongle Featured

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.

1 month ago in Gadgets, News
Google Search Lawsuit Featured

Google’s Search Dominance Is Over as It Loses Antitrust Lawsuit

A federal judge decided that search dominance meant Google violated U.S. antitrust law and handed the company a huge loss.

1 month ago in Internet
X Twitter App Not On Mac App Store Featured

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?

1 month ago in News, Social Media
Google Maps Warn Cops Featured

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.

1 month ago in Mobile, News
Google Workspace Bypass Verification Featured

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.

1 month ago in News, Productivity
Youtube Stops Ad Blockers Featured

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.

1 month ago in News, Social Media
Firefox Testing Privacy Feature Featured

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.

1 month ago in Internet, News
Google Eliminating 3rd Party Cookies Featured

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.

1 month ago in Internet, News
Reddit Sports Deals Ad Revenue Features

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.

1 month ago in News, Social Media
Crowdstrike Update Windows Featured

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.

2 months ago in News, Windows
Joy Con Charging Stand Featured

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.

2 months ago in Gaming, News
Ai Trained Youtube Video Transcripts Featured

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.

2 months ago in Internet, News
Att Data Breach Featured

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.

2 months ago in Mobile, News
X Dislike Button Featured

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?

2 months ago in News, Social Media
Samsung Galaxy Fold6 Flip6 Ai Featured

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.

2 months ago in Mobile, News
Google Maps Ads Featured2

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.

2 months ago in Mobile, News
Google Apple Safari Search Featured

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.

2 months ago in iOS, News
Netflix Cheapest Plan Without Ads Featured

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.

2 months ago in Lifestyle, News
Nfc Multi Purpose Tap Featured

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.

2 months ago in Mobile, News
Apple Third Party Screen Repair Featured 2

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.

2 months ago in iOS, News
Openai Sued Copyright Violations Featured

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.

2 months ago in News, Productivity
Tiktok Deals For You Days Featured

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.”

2 months ago in Lifestyle, News
Tracking Devices Airtags Domestic Violence Featured

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.

2 months ago in Gadgets, News
Teen Safety Snapchat Featured

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.

2 months ago in News, Social Media
Google Prioritizing Reddit Featured

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.

2 months ago in Internet, News
Us Tiktok Ban Inevitable Featured

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.

3 months ago in News, Smart Home
Softvoice Ai Cancels Emotion Call Centers Featured

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.

3 months ago in News, Productivity
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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.

3 months ago in News, Productivity
Ftc Sues Adobe Fees Subscriptions Featured 2

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

3 months ago in News, Productivity
Employees Caught With Mouse Movers Featured

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.”

3 months ago in News, Productivity
Google Fitbit Web App Featured

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.

3 months ago in Gadgets, News

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