One of the new security features arriving with iOS 15 brings a new level of privacy to web browsing beyond what VPNs offer. But while the feature boasts total encryption, there is a potential downside with keeping it enabled. Here’s how to turn on/off iCloud Private Relay on iPhone and iPad in iOS 15.
Apple announced iCloud Private Relay as part of its enhanced iCloud+ features at WWDC with…
Even though Apple removed the power adapter from the iPhone box last year, many users still prefer to charge their devices using a USB adapter in order to get fast charging. Now according to a sketchy rumor coming from a Chinese website, the iPhone 13 lineup might support…
Largest-ever Google Doodle game celebrates 2020 Tokyo Olympics w/ seven minigames [U: Day 2]
July 24, 2021
The Tokyo Olympics are set to begin on Friday, and keeping in that friendly competitive spirit, Google is launching “Champion Island,” their largest-ever Doodle game, letting you compete for one of four teams across seven different minigames and explore a fantastic…
Last month, Google announced that it would delay Chrome’s plan to phase out support for third-party cookies. As part of that, the company provided more details about the Privacy Sandbox and has today released a rollout timeline.
As promised, the company now has a detailed schedule. Google was originally planning to phase out third-party cookies within two years of its 2020 announcement.
Despite having officially launched earlier this year, there’s still quite a bit of mystery around Google’s next operating system, Fuchsia. To help explain the most important details, two Googlers have shared a video tour and Q&A with much of what you might want to…
As of last month, all personal Google Accounts can enable the new Gmail that supports Chat and Rooms. The latter aspect, which will soon be renamed to “Spaces,” allows for large-scale productivity. Gmail now supports opening a Google Slides presentation directly to allow…
As Google’s Android TV platform continues to expand, the TVs running it are only getting better. For the past couple of months, I’ve been using the Hisense U8G that runs Android TV with a great display, and importantly, much better software performance than I expected.
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Display & hardware: In a word, excellent
Sound: As good as you’ll get outside of a…
The long-awaited successor to Apple’s popular AirPods earbuds have been rumored and leaked in many forms at this point, but customers are still waiting for them to actually be released. A supply chain report from Digitimes indicates that production is ramping and the new…
iOS security researcher Will Strafach agrees with a recent claim that Apple can do more when it comes to combating NSO and others who exploit combat zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS.
It follows a report by Amnesty International that said that NSO spyware Pegasus was being…
Latest Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Jetpack Joyride and Skate City: Tokyo]
July 23, 2021
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 180 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on the latest from Apple’s gaming service.
New for 7/23: iOS hit Jetpack Joyride has arrived on Apple Arcade along with a new Tokyo expansion for Skate City.
You can learn more about and download all the new games by heading to…
