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Microsoft adds features to its Teams groupchat product

Microsoft Corp. has announced on its blog that it has added new features to Microsoft Teams, a group chat competitor to Zoom. In its announcement, Microsoft outlined the new features and included screen grabs to demonstrate ...

Sep 23, 2020

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Microsoft offers Windows 10 October update

They say big things come in small packages. But when Microsoft releases its second semiannual Windows 10 update next month, it'll be mainly small things in a big package.

Sep 19, 2020

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Google testing automatic tab-grouping feature

There are people in this world who are perfectly content to work on their computers with only one or two open browser tabs at a time. But then there are folks who collect a dozen, two dozen or more tabs each session, frantically ...

Sep 19, 2020 report

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Apple iOS14: 5 features I really like—and one I'm not so crazy about

When Facebook warns that a change to Apple's upcoming mobile operating system will negatively affect how closely it will be able to track you on mobile phones, you know you're going to like iOS14.

Sep 15, 2020

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LA has a new COVID-19 contact tracing app, from a controversial source

Since the COVID-19 pandemic first came to Los Angeles in the spring, the county Department of Public Health has hired nearly 2,600 people to do the manual work of contact tracing: asking people who test positive for the coronavirus ...

Sep 14, 2020

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Smart bug-checking for software

Computers and software are more important than ever. In systems such as cars, airplanes and medical devices, it is critical to implement software without major flaws, or 'bugs.' Eindhoven University of Technology Ph.D. candidate ...

Sep 14, 2020

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Huawei releases OS source code in push for own ecosystem

Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday said its nascent homegrown operating system could be available on smartphones early next year, as it pushes to build an alternative app ecosystem after the US barred it from using ...

Sep 10, 2020

Apple delays debut of anti-tracking tool in iPhone software

Apple is delaying a new privacy feature in the next version of its iPhone operating system that will make it more difficult for app makers to track people online to help sell digital ads.

Sep 04, 2020

Intelligent software for district renewable energy management

New homes are increasingly being outfitted with solar panels, heat pumps, rechargeable batteries and other means of producing and storing heat, electricity and gas, all of which interconnect with the electrical grid. At the ...

Sep 04, 2020

The next 'Mario Kart' game for Nintendo Switch turns your living space into a race track

The next version of Nintendo's popular Mario Kart series will turn your home into a race course.

Sep 03, 2020

Apple error approves MacOS malware

Oops. Apple, which recently stepped up efforts to guarantee malware is tracked and blocked before it can infect its Macs, has acknowledged the first breach of its notarization process.

Sep 01, 2020 report

Apple and Google team up to send you notifications if you've been exposed to COVID-19

Apple and Google teamed up to develop push notifications that let iOS and Android users know if they might have been exposed to COVID-19.

Sep 01, 2020

Q&A: College COVID-19 pandemic apps should follow best practices for privacy, ethical computing

As students head back to campuses across the country, many colleges and universities are using mobile phone and web apps to help them manage the pandemic.

Aug 28, 2020

Microsoft adds transcription feature to Word

Microsoft launched a new transcription service for its online version of Word this week. Transcribe in Word allows users to record live conversations with multiple speakers or upload prerecorded audio or even video files.

Aug 26, 2020 report

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Google Lens to let students snap pics of equations to get help

Google Inc. has announced that the company will soon be rolling out a new educational tool called Lens. Its purpose is to help students (and their home-teaching parents) solve and use math equations. The company made the ...

Aug 18, 2020 report

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Playing in 'The Yard': A first look at the new game mode in 'Madden 21'

With "The Yard," the new game mode landing on "Madden NFL 21," developers are trying to take football to the backyard.

Aug 18, 2020

Google improves document, food scanning on app for visually impaired

Google announced a boost to its Lookout app that will further assist visually impaired or blind users. Lookout allows users to point their camera at objects and then tell them what it sees. And it lets users scan text and ...

Aug 12, 2020 report