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Updates to Google Maps and Search make it easier to plan your next outing

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Google is introducing a handful of updates that aim to take some of the stress out of planning trips and outings, from new translation features and AI-powered trip itineraries in Search to curated recommendations in Maps. Starting this week in over 40 cities across the US and Canada, Google Maps will now show users lists … Read more

Kim Kardashian met Bianca Censori to make communication with Kanye ‘easier’

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Kim Kardashian and Bianca Censori enjoyed Kanye West’s performance together Kim Kardashian met ex Kanye West’s current wife Bianca Censori to make her co-parenting situation with him “easier.” Kim and Bianca were famously seen enjoying Ye’s music during a listening event where the SKIMS mogul and the Carnival rapper’s daughter North West also performed. Now, … Read more

China is making it much easier for foreigners to use mobile pay

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Scanning QR codes with a mobile pay app has become the most common way to pay in mainland China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Foreign visitors to China can now spend up to $2,000 a year using the mobile app Alipay without having to register their ID, the app operator said Friday. … Read more

How accessing ChatGPT on Android is about to get easier

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Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET ChatGPT can help with on-the-go tasks such as writing quick texts, emails, and more. To make getting its assistance on your phone easier, ChatGPT is reportedly rolling out a new widget for Android users.  On Friday, Android OS expert Mishaal Rahman spotted that Android has a home screen widget with shortcuts for entering … Read more

MWC 2024: Lenovo’s ThinkPads get faster and easier to use

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While the ThinkBook Transparent Display laptop Lenovo showed off at MWC 2024 is just a proof of concept, the company also announced refreshed versions of several ThinkPads and ThinkBooks, as well as a few accessories. That includes three refreshed ThinkPad T-series laptops: the ThinkPad T14 Gen 5, ThinkPad T14s Gen 5, and ThinkPad T16 Gen … Read more

I hiked with Garmin’s ‘unlimited battery’ GPS tracker and it made life so much easier

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Matthew Miller/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysThe Garmin eTrex Solar is available now for $249.99. The eTrex SE without solar is available for $149.99.Potential for unlimited battery life, extensive GNSS support, rugged build, and affordable.Small monochrome display, no turn-by-turn directions of TopoActive maps. My brother and I grew up in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and being … Read more

Germany’s top security official wants easier ways to track right-wing financing

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BERLIN — Germany’s top security official said Tuesday that she aims to make it easier to trace right-wing extremists’ financing and plans to set up an “early recognition unit” to detect far-right and foreign disinformation campaigns as early as possible. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s proposals follow large protests against the far right in Germany in … Read more

Pro-Israel apps make online activism easier

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave As the war in Gaza rages on, and both sides battle for support and public attention, supporters of Israel are making use of tools that allow them to mass report pro-Palestinian content as violating a platform’s rules. The tools also generate AI-written suggested responses to posts online, … Read more

Google Chrome adds three new AI features to make your internet browsing life easier

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Google Using the Chrome browser is about to get a little easier and a little more efficient thanks to the addition of three new AI-assisted features set to roll out soon. First up is something Google calls “tab groups,” which lets users organize a large collection of tabs. With this feature, Chrome will automatically suggest … Read more