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Meta's Investigation of Sheryl Sandberg Goes Back Several Years, Report Says
The COO is being probed over whether she used company resources for her personal projects. Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is being investigated by the company's lawyers for her use of corporate resources over the past few years, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. The investigation is reportedly into whether Sandberg used Facebook staff to work on her p ... Read more
2022-06-10 23:57:48
5 Reasons Why the 13-inch MacBook Pro Still Exists
Commentary: The new M2 MacBook Air seems more "pro" than the actual 13-inch MacBook Pro. So why is the littlest Pro still around? Among everything announced at Apple's WWDC 2022 was the company's new M2 chip and the first two laptops to host it, the all-new MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro. While the Air received a lot of attention in the keynote, the MacBook Pro update received ... Read more
2022-06-10 07:28:42
Apple's Safety Check Is Built to Prevent 'Terrifying' Consequences
Among the long-requested and popular new features Apple plans to bring to the iPhone this fall, like undo send for iMessage texts and emails as well as a function to find and remove duplicate photos, is one that could mean life or death when it's used. On Monday, Apple announced Safety Check, a new feature within the settings of an iPhone or iPad, designed to aid domestic violence victims. The se ... Read more
2022-06-10 07:27:50
iOS 16: All the iPhone Features We Didn't Get at WWDC 2022
Commentary: Many of these features have been on Android for years. Apple's iOS 16, which debuted Monday at WWDC 2022 as a developer beta, brings a lot of changes to the iPhone. But despite numerous upcoming features, there are several things that we see on other Apple products and Android phones that don't appear to be coming to iOS. I don't mean to discount the good highlights, like the new cus ... Read more
2022-06-10 07:26:51
Microsoft to Begin Disclosing Pay for All Jobs
Microsoft will start publicly listing the pay ranges for all jobs advertised at the tech giant in the United States, the company said Thursday. "Today we're announcing another best practice with our commitment to publicly disclose salary ranges in all of our internal and external job postings across the US, beginning no later than January 2023," Microsoft said in a blog post. Several y ... Read more
2022-06-09 21:04:11
Chrome to Use AI to Predict if People Want Website Notifications
For some internet users, the answer to website notifications is always no. Google Chrome is doing something about websites that constantly ask users if they want to receive notifications by automatically disabling prompts based on a person's history. On the next release of its Chrome browser, Google will launch a machine learning model that will predict a user's browsing preferences, the compan ... Read more
2022-06-09 21:02:16
It's Time to Learn About Passkeys, the No-Password Login Tech Coming in iOS 16
Apple later this year will introduce support for a new logon technology that promises to be more secure than passwords, the jumble of letters, digits and special characters we routinely curse while trying to get to our bank accounts or email. Coming in iOS 16 and MacOS Ventura this fall, passkeys don't require a unique configuration for each app or service, the recommended practice with password ... Read more
2022-06-09 21:01:50
What WatchOS 9 May Reveal About the Next Apple Watch
Apple isn't expected to announce the Apple Watch Series 8 until the fall, but the company provided a glimpse of what's in store for its smartwatch lineup. During the WatchOS 9 preview at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, one message rang clear: The Apple Watch's future is all about health and fitness. The update will bring more sports performance-tracking metrics (especially for ... Read more
2022-06-09 21:00:55
TikTok Wants to Remind You to Take Breaks From the App
TikTok users who spend too much time mindlessly scrolling through the app's short-form videos now have another way to limit their screen time. TikTok said in a blog post Thursday it's releasing a new tool that will enable you to schedule reminders to take a break from the app after a certain amount of time. TikTok currently has a tool that can prompt you to enter a passcode if you've spent 40, 60 ... Read more
2022-06-09 03:45:00
At least 1,400 rural phone boxes protected from closing
Ofcom has brought in new rules to protect rural phone boxes from closure. The UK telecoms regulator said it will stop British Telecom (BT) from closing down phone boxes in areas with poor mobile signals if they are needed by local communities. Ofcom estimates there are at least 1,400 phone boxes in areas without good mobile coverage. This is lower than its original estimate that 5,000 phone box ... Read more
2022-06-09 03:44:06