Why show off your messy living room when you can video chat from the beach or the Starship Enterprise? Millions of people have taken to the Zoom video chat app to work and study from home during the coronavirus pandemic. And many have discovered a
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7 hidden Gmail features everyone should know
Get a better handle on your Gmail inbox with these must-have tips and tricks that will turn you into an email pro. If you use Gmail daily on a computer for work or personal use — or both at the same time
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How ransomware attacks are growing in severity
Demands are sharply higher, and the complexity and costs of addressing an attack are increasing, according to cyber insurance provider Coalition. Ransomware can harm an organization in a variety of ways. Business operations can grind to a halt as crucial
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Best tablet for remote learning in 2020
Here are your top tablet options — including an all-new iPad Pro for 2020 — for students and everyone else. Tablets have found new life in our homes as the coronavirus pandemic has upped the need for a smart device that can
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Farewell Flash Player: Microsoft tells businesses to get ready for the end of support
From January 2021, Flash will be disabled by default in IE 11 and Microsoft Edge browser. The end of Adobe Flash Player is nigh: Microsoft has reaffirmed its phase-out plan for one of the internet’s most successful – yet technically
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Facebook’s smart glasses could give you hearing superpowers
The tech giant’s research team has unveiled new advances to “redefine human hearing”. Ever had that awkward hesitation before asking the person sitting in front of you in a noisy restaurant to repeat their sentence for the third time? Facebook’s
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Best 15-inch laptop of 2020 for work, gaming or both
When 13 inches is too small and 17 is too big, a 15-inch laptop from a company such as Dell, Lenovo, Apple, Acer or someone else may be just right. Why a 15-inch laptop? As the middle child between smaller, less
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Windows 10 Insider preview build comes with laundry list of fixes
It includes fixes for printer errors, headphone problems and bugs in Outlook and Edge. Microsoft released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.487 (20H2) on Wednesday, and it came with a long, long list of fixes. It was released to Windows Insiders in the Beta
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Facebook braces for Apple’s privacy changes
The social network says some iPhone users might see less-relevant ads after Apple updates its mobile operating system. Facebook said Wednesday that Apple’s upcoming privacy update could make it tougher for the social network to target some iPhone users with ads on other mobile apps. Facebook offers a
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Microsoft brings transcriptions to its Word documents app, but there are catches
The tech giant adds a new feature to the web version of Microsoft Word allowing people to record and upload audio for transcription. Microsoft’s Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested
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