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Happy 20th birthday to my beloved VLC — the finest software known to mankind
VLC (AKA the greatest software in the world) has turned 20. Join me for a moment to celebrate the incredible work VideoLAN ...
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Google Search's new feature makes it easier to weed out unreliable results
Google Search is adding a feature to help you verify your search results are showing reliable information. Search will now show a menu icon "next to most results on Google" that you can tap on to access more information about a particular site without having to actually click through. ...
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5 apps every electric vehicle owner needs to know about
Switching to an electric vehicle might mean that you find yourself relying on your smartphone a bit more than usual in order to find places to fuel up. No longer can you go to the petrol station around the corner or just off your exit on the highway. At first, you’ll have to be ...
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Adobe Flash is going away for real this month
There have been plans to kill off Adobe Flash for several years, but the end is now truly nigh. The software is going away ...
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This handy site tells you if specific apps work on Apple Silicon yet
Are you interested in getting a new M1-powered Mac? Well, make sure you check this site that tells you if your favorite appes ...
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SoundCloud will bless popular artists with blue checkmarks to weed out copycats
From Twitter and Instagram to Tinder and Bumble, blue checkmarks have become a staple of social platforms. Not on SoundCloud, ...
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YouTube wants to steal Spotify's lunch with new audio ads
It seems YouTube wants a slice of Spotify's metaphorical pie: the company has announced it's introducing audio-only ads on ...
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One for the haters: Twitter considers adding a dislike button
There have been two major missing components everyone on Twitter: the edit button and the dislike button. Well, we might ...
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Chrome's latest update adds tab throttling for a major performance boost
A few months ago, we wrote about an update to Google Chrome's beta channel that added tab throttling in order to minimize ...
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Zoom's new security features tackle trolls and pesky zoombombers
Video conferencing software maker Zoom is introducing new features to stop trolls and "zoombombers" from disrupting meetings. ...
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Spotify’s song booster service offers better exposure for slashed royalties
Spotify is an influential service for artists to make their songs reach more people. If a large set of people stream their ...
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Why open ecosystems are the future of app development
We can’t get enough of our mobile apps. There were 204 billion apps downloads last year, and that number is rising in 2020. When app stores entered the mainstream tech culture, they exposed developers to an audience of millions who were keen to adopt the innovative capabilities ...