WWDC 2021, Prime Day deals, ransomware, Windows 11, iOS 15, Facetime, Bezos in space, subsea cables, birdman, rich authors and Sea Snot. This week brought a lot of really big news in the tech world so make sure to look over all of the headlines below. Clicking on a headline will take you to the full story.
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Electronics
- Pixel Buds A-Series review: Impressive features for $99
- Fossil is planning a premium Google Wear OS watch for fall
- Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd-gen) review: Great upgrades for video callers, good updates for everyone else
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- 5 Amazon Prime Day deals available right now, and 13 more we expect soon
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- NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti review: A solid replacement for the 2070 Super
Privacy and Security
- Ring will stop sending video requests from police to Neighbors app users
- Supreme Court limits reach of computer hacking law
- Ring’s new police request policy is only the first step on a long road
- Amazon Sidewalk’s confusing privacy permissions, explained
- Zoom could be letting your boss spy on you. All the privacy risks to watch out for
- Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack linked to a single VPN login
- US recovers part of multi-million dollar ransom paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
- DOJ recovers 63.7 Bitcoins paid out in Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack
- FBI tricks criminal groups into using messaging app, makes 800 arrests
- Microsoft June 2021 Patch Tuesday: 50 vulnerabilities patched, six zero-days exploited in the wild
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Software
- Is Windows 11 on the way? Here are hints Microsoft has dropped so far
- Google Photos is no longer unlimited: How to switch to Apple’s iCloud Photos
- All Out of Cloud Storage? Here’s How to Make More Room
- Apple needs to tailor iOS 15 to make the iPhone 12 Pro more pro
- iOS 15 has officially arrived, and the new features unveiled at WWDC are major
- FaceTime’s iOS 15 upgrades: Blur backgrounds and schedule calls, just like in Zoom
- Apple overhauls notifications with summaries and focus tools
- Apple’s Camera Can Read Text, Spotlight Now Searches Photos
- Apple moves Siri’s speech recognition offline with new privacy updates
- Apple’s watchOS 8 adds new mindfulness exercises and workout types
- Buried features: There’s more to macOS Monterey than the keynote let on
- No more FaceTime FOMO: How to use the iPhone app on Android or Windows
- Microsoft pauses Windows 10 preview builds ahead of ‘Windows 11’ event
- 6 new FaceTime features I can’t wait to try with my friends
- Vivaldi browser now runs your email and calendar, too
Technology
- Dealing with iOS 14.6 battery drain? Try this fix
- United Airlines will put supersonic planes in the skies by 2029
- Stop watching bad TV picture settings: 9 ways to optimize your big screen
- Michelin’s inflatable boat sails aim to decarbonize large ships
- Fastly outage: Why it just broke Amazon, Reddit, Twitch and much of the internet
- Jeff Bezos will fly on Blue Origin’s first crewed rocket to space
- WWDC: Spatial audio is now available on Apple Music. So, what is it?
- Apple adds digital legacy service so users can prepare for the inevitable
- Microsoft’s bizarre new camera design is based on its logo
- All the new Apple features we didn’t get at WWDC 2021
- Locked out of your iPhone or Mac? How your family and friends can get you back in
- Elon Musk’s Boring Loop is finally transporting passengers in Las Vegas
- Google’s new subsea cable to handle data surge between US, Brazil, Argentina
Phones
- Samsung maintains grip on global smartphone sales crown
- Surprise iOS reveal delights users with older Apple iPhones
Fun Stories
- Massacre on the Mary Russell: When a 19th-Century Ship Captain Murdered His Crew
- 17 Facts About Al Capone
- Secrets of England’s Champion Birdman
- 7 Misconceptions About the Civil War
- Look Inside the World’s Most Expensive Private Home
- Watch Mélanie Barboni, the Geologist Known as ‘The Hummingbird Whisperer,’ in Action
- The 10 Richest Authors of All Time
- The Fiddly Business of Tracking Australia’s Most Venomous Spider
- Philadelphia’s Neon King Gets a Glowing Castle
- What the Heck Is a Pneumonia Front?
- Meet ‘Cooper,’ a Recently Discovered Sauropod Believed to Be Australia’s Largest Dinosaur Species
- The 30 Greatest Action Movies of All Time
- 51 Must-Visit National Park Properties Across America
- The Best Way to Fix a Broken Zipper
- The new Lego Lamborghini is utterly ridiculous (and we love it)
- What in the World Is Sea Snot?
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