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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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Economy

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai: CNBC interview

CNBC: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google being interviewed by Deirdre Bosa. CNBC Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that while consumers are putting the Covid pandemic in the rearview mirror, the economy is clearly a growing concern for the company and the broader market. “We definitely see uncertainty ahead, like everyone else,” Pichai told […]

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Business

Bitcoin (BTC) price falls below $27,000 as crypto sell-off intensifies

Bitcoin plunged further below the $30,000 mark as investors fled cryptocurrencies. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Bitcoin slumped below $27,000 Thursday for the first time in over 16 months, as cryptocurrency markets extended their losses amid fears over rising inflation and the collapse of a controversial stablecoin project. The price of bitcoin plunged […]

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Internet

What To Do When The Internet Is Down

In this digital world that we live in, there’s bound to be something that always gets in the way. Sometimes the computer doesn’t like you. Sometimes what you need isn’t available. And sometimes, the internet just doesn’t want to cooperate. That is what happened recently in our little radio station. I noticed something was off […]

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Technology

Apple Discontinues iPod, Mobile Gaming Icon, After 22 Years

photo: justin sullivan (Getty Images) Pour one out for every kid who one-strapped a backpack in middle school, as they’re likely in mourning today. With Apple’s discontinuation of the 7th-generation iPod Touch, announced yesterdayit’s official: the iPod is dead. Ostensibly, the iPod was a music device, meant to digitize song libraries and move listeners away […]

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Technology

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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Technology

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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Personal Finance

Will inflation push more people to go back to work? ‘They’ll be entering a job market that’s eager to have them,’ one economist says and you can now use bitcoin to pay college tuition — but should you?

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Everything you need to know to get your yard ready for summer This week we caught up with Jeff Keiter, our resident landscape architecture guru, who previously chatted with us about winter trends for your yard. Today we are talking about spring gardening, the best tools and the […]

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Internet

How to Tell If You Qualify for Subsidized Internet From the Government

photo: New Africa (Shutterstock) The White House announced on Monday that tens of millions of American households will now be eligible for subsidized high-speed internet, thanks to the creation of the Affordable Connectivity Program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Biden administration has secured commitments from 20 of the country’s leading internet providers, including […]

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iPhone 15 Could Replace Lightning Port With USB-C

ipad miniphoto: Caitlin McGarry/Gizmodo I’m getting teary-eyed, and I can’t help it. Why the emotion? Because after years of stubbornly using the Lightning connector on the iPhone, a new leak says that Apple will make the switch to USB-C next year. I’d normally be quite skeptical about such a claim, but this one comes from […]