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Twitter chaos continues: Epic trolling, and new blue checkmarks for iPhone owners only

November 10, 2022
There’s no let-up in the Twitter chaos, as new owner Elon Musk continues to make things up as he goes along. Musk has today stated that the rollout of “new verified Blue” is currently limited to iPhone owners only, and that new accounts are banned from applying for a Twitter Blue subscription after some epic trolling … Twitter chaos over verification Twitter’s blue checkmark used to…
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Pentax announces the KF, a slightly-tweaked version of its K-70 APS-C DSLR

November 10, 2022
Ricoh has announced the Pentax KF, the company’s newest APS-C DSLR. While the company calls this camera an ‘extension’ of its K-70 DSLR, the reality is the KF is the K-70 DSLR with only a few very minor tweaks, most of which were made as a result of changes in component availability. The biggest difference between with the KF is the articulating LCD display, which is now 1.04M dots, up from…
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Google One VPN coming to desktop with Mac and Windows apps

November 10, 2022
Following iOS availability earlier this year, the Google One VPN is now available for Mac and Windows through new desktop apps. The Google One VPN is available to those on the 2 TB or greater “Premium” plan, which is above the 100 GB “Basic” ($1.99/month or $19.99/year) and 200 GB “Standard” ($2.99/month or $29.99/year) tiers. Besides storage and the VPN, the required $9.99 per month…
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Google Contacts getting a large Material You homescreen widget

November 10, 2022
While we wait for YouTube’s to go back live, Google Contacts is in the process of getting a new Android widget that lets you more prominently place a person on your homescreen. Contacts has long let you create three types of homescreen shortcuts: Contact, Direct dial, and…
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Google One for Android gets tablet redesign

November 10, 2022
Besides announcing Mac and Windows VPN support today, Google One for Android is getting the tablet redesign that was previewed back in May. The redesign started at the end of last month when Google One’s Home feed switched to a grid layout that highlights key details about storage space, backups, the clean up tool, and VPN status. It makes for a glanceable feed and also rolled out to…
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