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Q Link Wireless made private customer information accessible with just a phone number

A mobile carrier allowed anyone with one of its Hello Mobile customers’ phone numbers to access their personal information, including name, address, phone number, and text and call history, according to a report by Ars Technica. The carrier, Q Link…

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Apple is building video and music sharing into FaceTime

Apple is bringing video and music sharing to FaceTime through a feature it’s calling SharePlay. Using SharePlay, people will be able to watch or listen to content in sync with everyone else on the call, either by casting the content…

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Microsoft Edge’s new Kids Mode is ideal for shared family PCs

Microsoft is launching a new Kids Mode for its Edge browser today. It’s built directly into Microsoft Edge on Windows and macOS as a free option that’s simple to enable and doesn’t require much work for parents to manage. The…

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LG promises three years of Android updates despite exiting phone business

LG has announced a pledge to issue future Android OS updates to many of its smartphones despite confirming earlier this week that it’ll be leaving the phone business altogether. The Velvet, Wing, and G- and V- series phones from 2019…

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Windows 10’s Timeline feature is going away

Windows 10 is officially losing its once-ambitious Timeline feature, Microsoft announced today. Timeline, first launched in 2017, was designed to make it easier for users to swap between multiple devices — transitioning seamlessly from a Windows 10 PC to an…

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FaceTime is coming to Android and Windows via the web

Android and Windows users will finally be able to join FaceTime calls. During its WWDC keynote, Apple announced that FaceTime is going to be available on the web so users can call in from Android devices and Windows PCs. The…

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LG leaves behind more than a flip phone-shaped hole in our hearts

LG’s exit from the smartphone business felt inevitable in the weeks leading up to it as rumors mounted. When it was finally confirmed, Avi Greengart, a longtime consumer tech analyst and president of Techsponential, noticed a trend toward nostalgia in…

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Microsoft board members thought Gates should step down after affair with employee: WSJ

Some of Microsoft’s board members concluded that Bill Gates should step down last year as an investigation was being conducted into an affair with an employee, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Gates ultimately resigned from the…

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Hans Zimmer’s ringtone for the Oppo Find X3 Pro is fit for a Hollywood score

Hans Zimmer, the legendary composer of The Lion King, Inception, and other iconic soundtracks, has brought his epic compositions to a new audio medium: phone sounds. Yes, Hans Zimmer created a ringtone and other phone sounds for Oppo’s newest flagship,…

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Live blog: Apple’s 2021 WWDC keynote with iOS 15, iPadOS, and more

Apple’s 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference is upon us again, and we will be tracking all of the new software announcements from the keynote. Apple has a lot of operating system plates spinning and has done a decent job keeping a…