computing
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How to Fix Someone’s Computer When You Can’t Visit Them
While the global pandemic may not have changed your status as the go-to free tech support consultant for your family…
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The Worst Smartwatch I’ve Ever Used
Photo: Victoria Song/Gizmodo It’s rare for a flagship gadget to fail on every single front, and yet the OnePlus Watch…
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The FCC Wants You to Use Its App to Test Your Internet Speeds
Photo: Joanna Nelius/Gizmodo The Federal Communications Commission is encouraging folks to use its internet speed test app, available for free across…
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Google Is Yanking Play Movies and TV App From Roku and Most Smart TVs
Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / Staff (Getty Images) Google is officially pulling the plug on its Play Movies and TV app…
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Apple to Combine Apple TV, HomePod: Report
Photo: Catie Keck/Gizmodo Listen, Apple’s great at a lot of things, but building smart home gadgets ain’t one of them.…
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Google to Shut Down the Google Shopping App for iOS and Android
Photo: Ethan Miller (Getty Images) If you liked shopping with the Google Shopping app on iOS or Android, you better…
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Microsoft Is Reportedly in Talks to Scoop Up AI Firm Nuance Communications for $16 Billion
Photo: Jeenah Moon (Getty Images) Microsoft is in advanced talks to acquire Nuance Communications, an artificial intelligence firm whose speech…
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Flappy Bird Revived as an Interactive MacOS Notification
Flappy Bird hasn’t graced the Apple App Store in years, not since its meteoric rise in popularity back in 2014…
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Zoom Bugs Would Have Let Hackers Control Your Computer
Photo: Olivier Douliery / AFP (Getty Images) A pair of security researchers revealed several zero-day vulnerabilities in Zoom in recent…
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Twitch and Facebook Gaming Are Having One Hell of a Year. YouTube Gaming? Eh, Not so Much
Photo: Martin Bureau (Getty Images) As the world descended into lockdown last year, people overwhelming tuned into livestreams to connect…
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