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Suddenly want to leave the nest? Here’s how to delete your Twitter account on iPhone

October 31, 2022
Are you ready to take a break from or part ways with Twitter? Read along for how to deactivate or delete your Twitter account from iPhone, iPad, and the web. We’ll also cover how to download a copy of your Twitter archive. Twitter notes that you can restore an account up to 12 months after deactivating it (same as deleting). If you think you may want to use your existing username or email with…
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Elon Musk considers making verification a Twitter Blue perk

October 31, 2022
With Elon Musk in charge, Twitter is planning to boost the price of its Blue subscription plan from $5 to $20 per month and make it mandatory for verified users, according to Platformer‘s Casey Newton and The Verge. If it launches the plan, verified users (celebrities…
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Yes, the Google Play Store’s Update button got bigger

October 31, 2022
In recent weeks, the Play Store has picked up a handful of new multi-device features and more are coming. A much smaller Google Play Store tweak sees the Update button get bigger. Google’s initial Material You rollout for the Play Store only applied to the homescreen and…
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Google breaks down what Pixel Watch usage gets you 24 hours of battery life

October 30, 2022
Google officially says you can get 24 hours of battery life from the Pixel Watch’s 294 mAh battery and now provides an official breakdown of how it got to that number. At launch, Google’s fine print just said that the “maximum battery life is approximate and is based on testing using pre-production hardware and software.” Charging times are approximate. Use of certain features will…
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Arm reportedly changing licensing model to prohibit custom GPUs and TPUs, could impact Google Tensor

October 30, 2022
Arm and Qualcomm are currently involved in a dispute over the latter’s acquisition of a chip company called Nuvia and subsequent work on new desktop (and server) chips. This lawsuit has revealed that Arm is apparently changing its licensing terms and business model so that what makes the Pixel’s Google Tensor chip unique and Samsung’s work on AMD GPUs might not be possible going…
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Google prototyped iris scanning during the Pixel 2 era

October 30, 2022
Like any other hardware maker, Google goes through a lot of ideas before the final product, and one such exploration involved putting an iris scanner on the Pixel 2.  Shared on Twitter yesterday by Internal Archive, we see a prototype Pixel 2 as evidenced by various…
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9to5Rewards: iPhone 14 Giveaway + Abode HomeKit Bundle

October 30, 2022
We’ve teamed up with Abode to give away Apple’s latest iPhone 14 to celebrate the launch of Abode’s new for a limited time. Head below to enter the giveaway now and get a closer look at Adode’s latest range of HomeKit accessories. Abode HomeKit Bundle 40%…
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Google brings back beloved multiplayer Halloween game w/ new maps, hats, and more

October 29, 2022
Over the years, Google has crafted some fun and spooky games for Halloween, and this year they’ve expanded The Great Ghoul Duel with hats, new maps, and so much more. While some may be partial to Magic Cat Academy, the single-player Halloween Google Doodle game series about drawing shapes to defeat ghosts, a little healthy competition keeps things exciting. Back in 2018, Google launched The…
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