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Spam, scams, and Search: How Google’s using AI to keep you safe from malicious content Not a day goes by where we don’t run into spam online. Whether it’s another few pieces of junk mail in your inbox or a comments section laden with offers to make millions of dollars just by clicking a suspicious link. As the web’s predominant company, it’s no surprise Google takes spam and scams seriously. The company just released its annual Webspam Report, summarizing all the efforts it implemented to keep spam away from its search engine....

The 5 Best Equalizers for Apple Music Apple Music is a great music streaming app if you want to listen to your favorite songs and albums at the best quality. But despite the fantastic sound quality available on the platform, you might need to adjust your equalizer settings for enhancement if you’re unsatisfied with the sound. While there’s a built-in equalizer, Apple Music offers custom presets with no way to customize the sound effects....

The 7 Best Lights for Streaming You want to elevate your streams, right? Sure, entertaining content is one thing, but production value is just as important, whether you’re popular or otherwise. And what better way to do that than with dedicated lighting? Just like a good webcam, adequate lighting is enough to uplift streams from amateur hour to professional status. Even a simple lamp is enough to prevent your stream from looking like you’re gaming in a dungeon....

Wine 8.0 Boosts Linux Gaming, 32-Bit App Support The developers of Wine have announced version 8.0 of the Linux Windows compatibility layer. The new version boosts support for 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit machines as well as 3D graphics acceleration. Wine 8.0 Represents “A Year of Development” The Wine developers posted an announcement on theWineHQwebsite. “This release represents a year of development effort and over 8,600 individual changes,” the announcement said....

Google and Samsung’s latest promo is hitting hard with the ’90s nostalgia Whoa!Samsung and Google are both huge tech powerhouses in their own right, and recently we’ve been seeing the pair get closer than ever as theyteam up for some cross-promotion. Earlier this month, that brought us a cute video featuring TikToker Addison Rae, highlighting Google services and Samsung devices, all set to some Backstreet Boys. Now that ’90s love continues, as the teen-heartthrob Lawrence brothers get their own chance toshow off Samsung and Google gear....

How do smartphone cameras work? Table of contents The first cellphone with a camera landed on American shores in 2002. Since then, OEMs have been racing to produce better mobile cameras. The dawn of the smartphone era in 2008 and the rise of social media made having a good phone camera a must for everyone who wants to keep up with the Joneses. But before mobile cameras began taking most of the world’s photos, pictures were taken with devices that were larger than nearly all the mobile devices that replaced them....

OnePlus’s first foldable might actually be worth getting excited about Foldables are slowly but surely becoming mainstream. Just a few years back, there were only a few concept devices out there, but today, most smartphone manufacturers already sell at least one foldable phone. The same is true for BBK Electronics owned Oppo, which debuted its excellentFind Nin December last year in China. While we haven’t heard of any plans of Oppo wanting to go global with it, a report suggests that OnePlus may have a very similar device in the works, and it might just come to international markets....

Reigns: Three Kingdoms arrives on Android alongside two more Netflix Games Netflix Games launched just over a year ago with anunderwhelming library of just five games. Since then, the streaming giant has steadily grown its collection, adding notable titles like Into The Breach, Moonlighter, and Exploding Kittens. Well,Netflix just added three more games, Reigns: Three Kingdoms, Cats & Soup, and Hello Kitty Happiness Parade. This rounds out the library to a respectable 40 games....

The new Wyze Cam Pan v3 can keep an eye on your entire backyard Smart security camera options can get pricey fast, with some ofthe top optionscosting $100 or more apiece. Wyze is known for making especially affordable smart home gadgets, though, and today, it’s announcing a versatile new connected camera, the Wyze Cam Pan v3. The third iteration in the Pan series offers some serious upgrades at a characteristically Wyze price of just $34....

TinyWow makes file sharing simple with its free PDF compression tool How useful is TinyWow? It can distill the genius of William Shakespeare’s entire collection of sonnets down from 558 kb to a very taut 485 kb. How does it do such a stupendous feat? Compression is the process of reducing the size of the original file to expedite file sharing. The resulting files will occupy less space on your USB drives and make emailing your documents a possibility....

Ukraine recognizes Google’s ceaseless support with inaugural peace prize Russia’s invasion of Ukrainehas been underway for over three months. It has seen numerous territorial changes and war tragedies, and while it hasn’t stopped yet, Ukraine has managed to hold its own and defend its territory. A significant element of the war has been battling misinformation to ensure both those in and out of the country are kept informed about what’s happening....

What Is Facebook Dating? How to Get Started Tinder, Hinge, Bumble—there is no shortage of dating apps nowadays. It seems that if you want to meet a significant other, the only way to do it is with an app. But if you feel that you’re going nowhere with the popular dating apps, why not try a new one? While Facebook itself is not new, its dating feature was only launched in 2019....

WhatsApp starts rolling out its revamped voice call interface to some users A long time ago,WhatsAppused to be good for nothing but texting. In fact, it didn’t even have a chatting component in the beginning — it only allowed you to add a profile picture and set a status. Since the app was purchased by Facebook (now Meta) in 2014, it started branching out from just offering messages, and added support forvoice calling in 2015— complementing it withgroup calls in 2018....