Month: January 2022
You no longer have to say ‘Hey Google’ to get the Assistant to shut up
If your Google Assistant-powered smart home display or speaker is rambling on and on after you asked it for the weather, you can now tell it to “stop” without having to say “Hey Google” first. It’s a small, but welcome, change and one that makes interacting with a digital assistant…
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Some special Microsoft 365 accounts will now receive stronger protection than the rest
Audio player loading… Microsoft is preparing a new feature for its antivirus platform that will give organizations a greater level of control over the protection provided to specific employees. As per a new entry in the company’s product roadmap, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will soon allow companies to dial…
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Discord is down
Discord is experiencing a widespread outage, preventing users from connecting to the communications app. The outage started at around 2:45PM ET, and prevents users from joining calls or participating in text chats. “We are currently investigating a widespread API outage and are working to resolve this ASAP,” says the official…
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The Steam Deck is finally coming out on February 25
Audio player loading… The Steam Deck is set to launch on February 25, 2022, Valve announced today, bringing the PC gaming handheld one step closer to the eager hands of a mass of waitlisted gamers. “On February 25th, we will be sending out the first batch of order emails to…
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Steam Deck is finally coming out on February 25
Audio player loading… The Steam Deck is set to launch on February 25, 2022, Valve announced this week, bringing the PC gaming handheld one step closer to the hands of a mass of waitlisted gamers. “On February 25th, we will be sending out the first batch of order emails to…
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Thousands of TracFone users saw their numbers ported to other carriers without their consent
Customers of Verizon-owned TracFone saw their numbers transferred to different carriers without their consent in recent weeks, as part of what the company characterized as the work of external attackers, according to a notice on its website (via the Wall Street Journal). Its Straight Talk and Total Wireless brands were…
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