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Google originally intended to offer a baby blue color, to the Pixel 4a and you can now officially buy it at Google’s website for the same $349 price. Today, it’s announced a limited edition of the Pixel 4a called Barely Blue and it’s a pale pastel hue with an orange power button. Google did not […]

Google is adding a new option to let users opt out of having their Gmail, Chat, and Meet data used to offer smart features like Smart Compose and Smart Reply, Google announced today. Although you’ve previously been able to toggle these individual features on and off, the new toggle disables the background data processing that […]

Microsoft is introducing the ability to integrate popular workplace apps like Asana into meetings on its Teams collaboration platform. Teams meetings were previously limited to chats and channel communications, but now users can integrate 20 new apps into their meetings. For instance, you can discuss and modify a project built in Asana with others directly […]

iFixit has finished a teardown of the 12 mini that reveals just what Apple sacrificed in the name of size. The battery is an expectedly smaller 8.57Wh versus the 10.78Wh in the regular iPhone 12, although that’s still larger than the 6.96Wh from the iPhone SE. The Taptic Engine, speakers, and MagSafe ring are all […]

Apple’s smallest and largest iPhones have recently gone on sale – the iPhone 12 Mini and the iPhone 12 Pro Max and it seems like the former is in a spot of trouble. Some early iPhone 12 Mini buyers have been reporting issues with their new handset. Users took to Reddit, MacRumours and Apple’s forum […]

Cyberattacks that originated in North Korea and Russia have been targeting companies conducting research for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Microsoft said in a new blog post. The company says the attacks were aimed at seven leading pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the US, Canada, France, India, and South Korea. The campaigns reportedly come from Russia’s […]

Qualcomm on Friday received a license from the US government to sell 4G mobile phone chips to China’s Huawei Technologies, an exemption to US trade restrictions imposed amid rising tensions with China. “We received a license for a number of products, which includes some 4G products,” a Qualcomm spokeswoman told Reuters. The American company didn’t […]

Zoom said earlier this week it would lift its standard 40-minute limit on free video chats for Thanksgiving Day to make it easier to spend time with friends and family virtually on the US holiday. Given spikes in COVID-19 cases nationwide and various new and existing restrictions on interstate travel, this year’s Thanksgiving will be […]

YouTube Rewind, the company’s annual end-of-year tribute to creators, trends, and moments that defined the platform, will not happen this year. The annual Rewind videos celebrate YouTube’s biggest moments and trends each year, as well as its enormous community. However, “2020 has been different,” the platform said in a statement. “It doesn’t feel right to […]

Facebook is giving users a new way to chat with disappearing messages. Messenger and Instagram will soon get a new “vanish mode” feature for ephemeral messages. Some users may have already noticed Vanish Mode in the chat settings on Messenger, as Facebook has been rolling out it slowly to some users since the redesign was […]

The latest major version of macOS, Big Sur, is now available to everyone. The new-look operating system adds a slew of privacy features, along with upgrades for core apps like Safari, Maps and Messages. Apple designed Big Sur to get the most out of its M1 processor, which will debut in the latest MacBook Air, […]

Amazon’s Key in-garage delivery is now available in many, many more places. Amazonas has expanded the free, Prime-only service to over 4,000 cities and towns across the US, including Atlanta, Philadelphia and Phoenix. You’ll need a myQ smart garage door opener to let the courier in, but it might be worthwhile if you’d rather not […]