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US stocks futures swing higher as S&P 500 fights off bear market territory

US stock futures were pointing to a higher start for Wall Street at the end of a volatile week, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cooled speculation about the potential for 75-basis point rate hikes. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, +1.20% rose 1.1% to 3,971 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, […]

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Google Updates Android Auto to Fit More Touchscreens

Google heeding Bruce Lee’s advice to be like water. You put Android Auto in a screen, it becomes the screen.gif: Google Google is redesigning Android Auto’s interface to fit all sorts of touchscreens, regardless of their size and shape. Google says the redesign will come in an update this summer, and will increase Android Auto’s […]

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How to Use Your Android Phone’s Built-In Password Manager

photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) Android devices are packed with features that make your digital life easier to navigate, and one of the most helpful is the password manager. Password managers not only store your login information for frictionless loginsthey also make it easier to create strong, unique passwords for every app or website you use. […]

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Android Auto Makeover Lets You Watch YouTube in Your Car

Android Auto’s refresh will make it easier to mind your maps and messages while driving. picture: Google Android Auto in the dash is getting a much-needed refresh. During a session at its developer conference, Google introduced to revised interface coming to the Android-based car software. It includes a new split-screen mode that’s more scalable across […]

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Xero Users Feel Impact of Tight Labor Markets — Interview

By Stuart Condie SYDNEY–Cloud-accounting software provider Xero Ltd.’s users are more concerned about a shortage of skilled labor than inflation or rising interest rates, Chief Executive Steve Vamos said. New Zealand-based Xero increased staff by 31% over the 12 months through March but its employee costs rose by 34% against the backdrop of what it […]

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All the New Android Features Announced at Google I/O 2022

Google took the stage at this year’s I/O event for about two hours, announcing new and exciting products like Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, and the Pixel Watch. While hardware tends to steal the show at these events, the team certainly didn’t gloss over Android: between fresh Android 13 features and general Android updates, Google had […]

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Google Maps Immersive View, New Translate Languages, Docs TL;DR

Google’s 2022 I/O Conference is finally here. From virtual maps that come to life to a new way to communicate with your home security system, there’s a lot of unexpected surprises from the keynote to unpack. Here are some of the highlights. Stare Your Google Nest Down Till It Does Stuff For You One of […]

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Unity Software loses $5 billion in market cap after Apple’s changes lead to ‘self-inflicted wound’

Unity Software Inc. executives thought they had found a way to avoid fallout from changes in Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system. It turns out they were wrong, and Wall Street punished Unity U, -35.25% stock for it Wednesday. Shares shed more than a third of their value, worth roughly $5 billion in market capitalization, and […]

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New Lenovo Legion 7 and Slim 7 Laptops Pair Brawn with Beauty

Lenovo Legion 7photo: Florence Ion/Gizmodo Lenovo is best known for its ThinkPad business laptops, but its Legion series has birthed some of the best gaming systems I’ve used in the past few years. Today, the laptop maker is replacing the old with a new fleet consisting of the Legion 7 and Legion Slim 7, each […]

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Intel Arc Laptop and Desktop GPUs Delayed

when Intel told us in March that the first Arc 3 laptops were shipping “today,” we assumed they were, well, ready. It turns out, however, that like every other thing we’ve been dying to try in the past two years, Arc is delayed. As detailed in a blog posts Written by Lisa Pierce, the vice […]