Chrome Is Changing How It Mutes Autoplaying Videos Again Google’s quest to kill autoplay videos with sound has been a confusing ride over the last year. But last month, Chrome finally went all the way and started muting autoplaying videos on sites by default. Now, Google is changing the way […]
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Twitter might have exposed your password. You should probably change it. Twitter advised its 330 million users on Thursday to change their passwords after some of them were accidentally stored in plain text on an internal log. Twitter said in a post on its official blog that it had fixed […]
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with snipping, Sets, Fluent, security, and gaming improvements Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with snipping, Sets, Fluent Design, security, Focus assist while gaming, sound, language, and HEIC improvements. This build is from the RS5 branch, which represents the Windows […]
Google Assistant on Wear OS watches is getting much more useful Google’s smartwatch platform, Wear OS, is getting several updates that should make interacting with Google Assistant more convenient with watches using the platform. Smart suggestions will soon be integrated, so when you ask Google Assistant a question, it will […]
Nintendo’s new president hopes silver bullet will blast iOS and Android game sales into Switch territory Nintendo’s leaders have won plaudits — and some criticism — for thinking differently about games than its competitors, so it’s perhaps no surprise that incoming Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa isn’t planning to rely solely […]
Verizon is putting Oath bloatware like Go90 on its Galaxy S9 phones Verizon has signed a deal with Samsung to preload four apps from Verizon’s Oath brand onto Galaxy S9 smartphones as part of the company’s ongoing effort to get people to actually watch content (and, more importantly, ads) from […]
Apple Watch credited with saving another life after user suffers a ruptured ulcer Apple Watch continues to prove successful in not only helping users achieve health and fitness goals, but also in saving lives, the most recent being William Monzidelis, who nearly died from an erupted ulcer earlier this month. […]
LG’s newest G7 ‘ThinQ’ smartphone looks great, but it has a short list of features that makes it stand out LG announced the G7 “ThinQ” smartphone on Wednesday, and it looks to be a solid, well-rounded, high-end device based on the brief amount of hands-on time I got to spend […]
Here’s everything Facebook announced at its 2018 developers conference Facebook’s annual F8 developers conference is typically chock full of splashy product and new feature announcements. This year, the social media giant entered F8 under a cloud of high-profile scandals, including how the company deals with hate speech, election integrity, and […]
Google bakes security into new .app internet domain Google took a new step Tuesday in its effort to curtail internet skullduggery, opening up its .app online real estate that requires the kinds of encrypted connections that can thwart such problems. The .app domain is one among many joining traditional top-level […]
