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You Really Do Need to Update WhatsApp Right Now
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat app, making it the perfect playground for spreading misinformation and lies. You might spend your time begging your relatives not to believe everything they read in WhatsApp threads, often to no avail. However, there’s finally some WhatsApp news that is worth spreading as far and wide as possible:…
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All the Android Apps That Can Use ‘Material You’ Icons
Material You is one of Android’s great recent features. Introduced with Android 12, it automatically adjusts your smartphone’s UI elements based on your chosen wallpaper. If the image is predominantly green and black, for example, UI elements will update to match those colours. It’s a simple idea, but an effective one, making your phone’s design…
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How to Stop Your Pixel From Unlocking in Your Pocket
1It’s frustrating to take your phone out of your pocket only to realise it’s been on the whole time, draining battery. Pixel owners, in particular, have been complaining about their phones unlocking in their pockets. And while it’s possible that Google will sweep in with a patch in the future, there are a few steps…
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Delete These 35 Malware Apps on Your Android
While official app stores are the safest way to find and download new software on your smartphone, they aren’t without faults. The Google Play Store has protections in place to weed out malicious apps, but occasionally, some manage to sneak through undetected. Thirty-five such apps were just discovered hiding on the Play Store: If you…