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Microsoft is finally giving Teams users an easier way to control audio and video features during meetings. The software giant has started testing easily accessible tools for switching cameras, audio sources, speaker output, and much more. These new features are part of an update available for Microsoft Teams Public Preview today. In the current version … Read more
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Smart connected devices like lights, locks, shades, thermostats, robot vacuums, and security cameras can make your home more convenient, safer, and sometimes kind of fun. But even if you’re all in on connecting all the things in your home, there are two things that make the smart home a tough sell for a lot of … Read more
Apple has AirDrop, Android now has Quick Share. At CES 2024 Google announced Quick Share, a collaboration with Samsung for a unified method of sharing for Android and Chromebook devices. For several years now, Samsung and Android have used their own features for sharing, which work across devices, but not completely. Don’t miss: The Most Ridiculous and Weird … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 10: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen (R) greets People’s Republic of China (PRC) Vice Premier He Lifeng at the start of a bilateral meeting at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on November 10, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Secretary Yellen and Vice Premier Lifeng will hold meetings ahead of … Read more
A moment’s silence for a screen protector that did it’s job. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET My devices have a hard life, and probably no device has as tough a time as my iPhone. This thing has been dropped more times than I can remember, but the other day it took a rather nasty fall onto rocks, and … Read more
Researchers at Stanford University say they’ve made the sort of discovery that you’d expect to see in a piece of science fiction. In a controlled and randomized trial published this week, they found evidence that people can be made more susceptible to hypnosis with just two short sessions of non-invasive brain stimulation. The findings suggest … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill days before Christmas that would have made it easier for people who have pleaded guilty to crimes to challenge their convictions, a measure that was favored by criminal justice reformers but fiercely opposed by prosecutors. The Democrat said the bill’s “sweeping expansion of … Read more
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Ask Sophie: How do we transfer … Read more
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Apple announced a pilot program called “contingent pricing for subscriptions” yesterday that will let App Store developers automatically offer discounted subscriptions for users of other apps. Developers, the company says, will be able to base this on subscriptions “from one developer or two different developers,” which lets them not only entice customers they already have … Read more
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo If you give me access to your location, I am the person who will check on you constantly and bring it up the next time I see you. “So,” I’ll start casually, “what were you doing in the city last week?” Then you’ll ask me how I knew you were … Read more