Noise-cancellation comes to Google Meet
Google is making noise this week—or should we say it's making no noise—with its rollout of a new feature for its video-conferencing app Meet.
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Apple patents socially-distant selfies
Apple has been granted a patent for software that creates socially-distant group selfies.
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Researchers eye tech wearables as virus early warning system
Can your Fitbit or Apple Watch detect a coronavirus infection before the onset of symptoms?
Jun 7, 2020
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Raspberry unveils new 8GB Pi 4 and 64-bit OS
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally released the 8GB version of the Pi 4.
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Wallpaper image crashing Android phones
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but apparently one image is worth potentially thousands of headaches for Android users recently.
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IoT labels will help consumers figure out which devices are spying on them
When hungry consumers want to know how many calories are in a bag of chips, they can check the nutrition label on the bag. When those same consumers want to check the security and privacy practices of a new IoT device, they ...
May 29, 2020
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Student finds privacy flaws in connected security and doorbell cameras
Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe and eight other manufacturers of internet-connected doorbell and security cameras have been alerted to "systemic design flaws" discovered by Florida Tech computer science student Blake Janes that allows ...
May 27, 2020
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First peek at Microsoft's Surface Duo smartphone
Details about Microsoft's long-awaited Surface Duo smartphone have been sparse since word of its existence was reported last fall. But the first specs have now been released.
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Google updates Read Along and Google Lens apps
Google this week announced upgrades to two programs: one will assist users researching words and expressions and learning foreign languages, and the other will help children who are learning to read.
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Next up: Charge earbuds wirelessly with NFC
It's going to get a lot easier to wirelessly charge earbuds and smart watches following the release of upgraded specifications for Near Field Commincation (NFC) technology.
