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Grammarly now integrates directly with Microsoft Word’s Mac app
Jon Porter//35 views/2 comments
Grammarly, a service designed to give you advice on improving your writing, is getting an add-in for Microsoft Word’s Mac app, as well as for Microsoft Word onl...
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Dell now lets you control iPhones from its PCs
Jon Porter//36 views/1 comments
If you’re an iPhone user with a modern Dell computer, you can now mirror your phone’s screen to your PC and control it using Dell’s Mobile Connect app. Version ...
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Apple’s Siri voice assistant now provides coronavirus advice
Jon Porter//39 views
Apple has updated Siri to provide information to people who are concerned they have COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, CNBC reports. Users c...
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iFixit is building a repair database for medical equipment, and it needs your help
Jon Porter//25 views
Repair specialist iFixit is building a database filled with repair information for the world’s hospital equipment in anticipation of the increased demand caused...
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Walmart, Target, and other retailers impose dedicated hours to help at-risk shoppers
Jon Porter//41 views
Supermarket chains across the UK, US and elsewhere have started offering dedicated shopping hours for elderly or vulnerable customers during the coronavirus pan...
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate adds extra in-game content with new Perks
Jon Porter//36 views/2 comments
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers are getting new in-game content as part of their subscription, Microsoft has announced. The new “Perks” vary by game, but th...
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Apple doubles the storage in the standard Mac mini
Jon Porter//45 views
Apple has announced that the standard configurations of its Mac mini will now come with double the amount of storage. The computer’s $799 base configuration now...
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Nintendo’s Switch Online service experienced a nearly nine-hour outage
Jon Porter//45 views/2 comments
Nintendo’s online service experienced a nearly nine-hour outages, according to the company’s network status page. “All network services” were affected from 4:56...
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Samsung’s PC-to-phone game streaming service will shut down later this month
Jon Porter//36 views/3 comments
Samsung’s PlayGalaxy Link service, which allowed you to stream games from your PC to select Galaxy smartphones, is shutting down on March 27th, the company has ...
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Apple hit with record $1.2 billion fine by French antitrust authorities
Jon Porter//34 views
France’s competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has fined Apple €1.1 billion (around $1.2 billion) for illegally restricting how wholesalers sel...
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Alex Jones ordered to stop selling fake coronavirus cures
Jon Porter//31 views
New York attorney general Letitia James has ordered radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to stop claiming that InfoWars’ products can protect against t...
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Discord ups Go Live streaming limit from 10 to 50 people during coronavirus
Jon Porter//31 views/1 comments
Discord is upping the amount of people who can simultaneously view a live stream from 10 to 50 as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Discord CEO Jason ...