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• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's lack of accessibility is turning us into muggles

  As I realized Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was incompatible with my phone, I learned that I'm a device-muggle in the wizarding ...

  • Henry Sung

• Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and Booking.com are already on board)

  Huawei is quietly gearing up to take on Google Maps with its own mapping service – and it's already got Yandex and Booking.com's ...

  • Mix

• TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sites

  TikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase – and get them ...

  • Mix

• Over 50% of Google searches result in no clicks, data shows

  Google is hungry for your clicks. But it turns out that more than half of all Google Search queries now result in no clicks. ...

  • Mix

• Here's how to listen to articles on your phone

  There’s a whole selection of apps that make news more accessible and engaging including paid subscriptions like Curio, ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Facebook is finally testing Dark Mode

  Facebook is finally testing a dark mode for its Android app afeter sitting out for long. Reliable app leaker Jane Manchun ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Chrome for Android will now let you log in to some services without password

  Google announced today that you can use the fingerprint sensor to sign in to some of its services when you're using Chrome for Android. The company said this functionality is available for all Pixel users today, and will be rolling out to all using Android 7 or above in coming days. At ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Researchers break iPhone’s FaceID by putting modified glasses on unconscious people

  Researchers have cracked Apple's FaceID biometric system yet again. But to unlock an iPhone, the attackers need to make sure ...

  • Mix

• Researchers: Popular gay dating apps are still leaking users' location data

  A handful of the most popular gay dating apps are exposing the precise location of their users. In a demonstration for BBC, security researchers were able to generate a map of app users across London, revealing the precise location of each using a method called trilateration. Apps ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Google Maps' easy-to-follow AR walking navigation feature is rolling out to more phones

  Back in February, Google announced that it’s testing an augmented reality (AR) feature in its Maps app for a limited number ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google updates Image Search with new scrolling UI... within a scrolling UI

  Google has revamped Image Search with a new side panel that lets your scroll through images as you, eeerm, scroll through ...

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• Disney will bundle ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+ for $13/month to take on Netflix in November

  Disney today announced it’ll bundle ESPN+ and Hulu along with Disney+ for $12.99 a month when the entertainment giant's ...

  • Ivan Mehta