Safety feature for Microsoft 365 apps bites the dust as hackers embrace more sophisticated AI-powered techniques

What you need to know Microsoft is depreciating Defender Application Guard for Office, impacting Windows Security Isolation APIs. The feature is essentially designed to help protect users from falling victim to malicious attacks deployed by hackers. The company recommends that users transition to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and Windows […]

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Apple Books Launches New ‘Year in Review’ Feature

Apple today announced that its Books app now offers a “Year in Review” recap in select countries, including the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, France, and Germany. The feature requires an iPhone or iPad on iOS 17.1 or iPadOS 17.1 or later, and it can be found within the Read Now tab under Top Picks, for […]

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Police Departments and News Sites Spreading Misinformation About How iOS 17 NameDrop Feature Works

Apple with iOS 17.1 and watchOS 10.1 introduced a new NameDrop feature that is designed to allow users to place Apple devices near one another to quickly exchange contact information. Sharing contact information is done with explicit user permission, but some news organizations and police departments have been spreading misinformation about how functions. As noted […]

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What’s this new ‘Silence while driving’ feature in One UI 6.0?

There are many things your Samsung Galaxy phone can automate for you when you’re driving your car, all thanks to Modes & Routines. But there’s another easy way to restrict notifications and ringtones when driving without ever touching a Mode or a Routine. Here’s a quick tip on how you can do it. Android 14 […]

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View once feature coming back to WhatsApp on desktop

WhatsApp, like most social messaging apps, supports disappearing messages, a feature that automatically deletes a message after a particular period of time. WhatsApp users can also send images and videos that can only be viewed once before they’re automatically deleted. These features are available on both Android and iOS, and they were also available on […]

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Sony Xperia 1 VI and 5 VI to offer a digital signature feature to combat fakes

With each Sony flagship release, the company tries to introduce something never seen before in the mobile industry. In a way, Sony tries to maintain a tradition of “world’s first” and a recent report from a Japanese news outlet with a fairly accurate track record regarding Sony-related rumors has an idea of what’s coming next […]

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One UI 6.0 might not feature screen burn-in protection

The Android 14-based One UI 6.0 update has been released for several high-end and mid-range phones over the past few weeks. It brings a lot of new features and design changes to Samsung phones, but it also appears to have removed a critical feature that stops devices with OLED screens from getting screen burn-in issues. […]

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Apple is getting rid of a major feature on the iPhone 16 series

Now that Apple is done with the launch of the iPhone 15 series, the rumor mill’s attention has understandably shifted to its successor. Word on the street is that the company is going to remove a popular feature from the iPhone 16 lineup. It’s still early days to know anything for certain about the iPhone […]

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IDC: HMD Global tops feature phone market for Q3

HMD Global, the company that is in charge of manufacturing Nokia phones, announced it secured the top spot in the feature phone market for Q3 2023, according to the latest analysis by IDC. The detailed breakdown wasn’t shared by either the maker or the analyst company, but HMD holds a 30.7% market share by value […]

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ChatGPT iPhone App’s Voice Chat Feature Now Free to All Users

OpenAI has announced that the voice chats feature in its official ChatGPT app for iPhone and iPad is now available for everyone to use, no subscription required. OpenAI introduced voice chats in its ChatGPT app back in September. The feature gives users the option of speaking conversationally with the chat bot instead of typing, but […]

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Samsung Galaxy A55 to feature 25W charging

Samsung Galaxy A55 got a regulatory approval in China, and the official listing revealed the phone will have 25W charging. This will be the fifth device in a row from the Galaxy A5x series with such rates since the company started implementing it in midrangers in early 2021. The phone with model number SM-A5560 (the […]

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iPhone’s Roadside Assistance via Satellite Feature Tested in New Video

Starting with iOS 17, all iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 models offer a roadside assistance via satellite feature that allows users in the U.S. to contact roadside assistance company AAA for vehicle service when outside of cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. In a video shared today, tech reviewer Brian Tong provided a look at the feature […]

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Bing search, not Bing Chat, just got a new AI feature — here’s how generative AI captions will change how you search the web

What you need to know Microsoft announced generative AI captions for Bing recently. The feature uses artificial intelligence to summarize the contents of a page. Those who manage websites can opt out of having Bing use AI generative captions summarize their pages. When you mention Bing and AI, the first thing that comes to mind […]

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Report: Next iPad mini to feature 8.7-inch OLED screen

Apple is planning to transition its MacBook and iPad lineups to OLED screens in the coming years and a new report from ETNews sheds some more light on the next generation iPad mini. According to the report, Apple will introduce single-stack LTPS OLED screens on its seventh-gen iPad mini and iPad Air models in 2026. […]

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The Pixel screen recorder feature Samsung should copy for One UI

Android 14 has been out for Pixel smartphones for some time now, and Google is now busy working on adding new features as part of the Feature Drop updates it releases for Pixel devices every few months. And in the latest Feature Drop, or at least the beta version of it, Google is introducing a […]

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Samsung Expert RAW camera app updated with ND filter feature

Samsung has updated its Expert RAW camera app with the neutral density (ND) filter feature as an experimental tool. Once you update the app to the latest version from the Galaxy Store, you’ll find the ND filter toggle under the app’s “Expert RAW Labs” section in the settings. Once the ND filter is enabled, you’ll […]

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Samsung Expert RAW update adds neutral density filter feature

Samsung has released an update for the Expert RAW camera app that is available for flagship Galaxy smartphones. Expert RAW is an advanced camera app that provides manual control over the shooting parameters, saves pictures in high-quality RAW format, offers a wider dynamic range, and enables features such as astrophotography. Expert RAW comes with a […]

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I bet you’ve never heard of this feature Microsoft will cut from Windows 11

What you need to know Microsoft released Windows 11 Build 23590 to Insiders in the Dev Channel recently. While the update adds previews for natural voices and brings other improvements, it also marks the end of a Windows feature. Going forward, Steps Recorder will not receive further updates and will be removed in future releases […]

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iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature New Thermal Design

Apple plans to introduce a new thermal system on the iPhone 16 to reduce overheating, according to the leaker known as “Kosutami.” In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Kosutami explained that Apple is working on a graphene thermal system for the ‌iPhone 16‌ lineup, while the ‌iPhone 16‌ Pro models could add metal […]

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