Month: November 2022
Gmail tracker update will make sure you always know where your package is at
Audio player loading… Google continues to pump out shopping features to its many platforms for the holiday season; this time, Gmail is getting a new package tracker. This year’s Black Friday lands on November 25 and we predict retailers are going to offer steep discounts or have early sales as…
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Outdated Android and iOS phones could put US government workers at risk of attack
Audio player loading… Many individuals working across US government agencies and organizations are using smartphones with outdated operating systems, putting both them and the organizations they work for at major risk of identity theft (opens in new tab), data leaks, and other forms of cybercrime. A report from cybersecurity experts…
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With Netflix’s ads tier, you never know what you’re going to get
Clicking into something on Netflix’s new ads tier is a roll of the dice: you never know how many ads you might have to sit through. Netflix Basic with Ads is finally here, offering a cheaper Netflix subscription at $6.99 per month with the tradeoff that you might have to…
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Chromebooks with AMD CPUs can now play Steam games – RIP gaming laptops?
Audio player loading… AMD has hooked up with Google to offer the ability to play Steam games on Chromebooks with Ryzen CPUs. You may be aware that it’s been several years since Google first started talking about supporting Steam games on Chromebooks, and the functionality entered alpha testing earlier this…
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How to set your Google calendar to private
Recently, journalist, author of Platformer, and former Verge reporter Casey Newton tweeted something that had many readers both laughing and panicking: that entrepreneur David Sacks’ calendar at Twitter was not set to private and, as a result, was being carefully scrutinized by curious Twitter employees. Laughing because — well, it…
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Philips Hue Bridge is getting updated to Matter early next year
The Philips Hue Bridge is now Matter certified, with a software update coming to all users by Q1 2023. The free update will make most existing and new Hue lights and accessories Matter compatible. Developers, or anyone willing to live on the edge, can access the beta firmware as of…
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