mobilephones
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Don’t Rely on Your Pixel Watch to Wake You Up
The best alarm clock is the one on your wrist. Smartwatches can wake you with gentle taps, rather than blaring alarms, resulting in a more peaceful morning for you and anyone else your traditional alarm might otherwise awaken. But whatever device you use for your alarm clock, you expect it to go off at the…
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How Samsung’s New ‘Message Guard’ Protects Your Phone From ‘Zero-Click’ Attacks
Hackers and bad actors are always looking for new methods of attack. One of those attacks is known as “zero-click,” which can infect your phone without you having to do anything at all. Samsung wants to be the face of the solution to this emerging problem, implementing a new security tool for its latest devices…
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There’s a Much Faster Way to Scroll on Your iPhone
When you start swiping through a long web page, message thread, or document on your iPhone, you see a scrollbar in the right edge. It’s a thin, greyed-out pill that disappears almost instantly as you stop swiping, making it feel like Apple doesn’t even really want it there. But you should want it there. In…
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This Setting Turns Your iPhone Into a Professional Video Camera
Flagship smartphone cameras sport incredible photo and video quality — good enough you’ve probably heard of movies and music videos shot on iPhones. Yet, if you pop open your camera app and take a video, chances are it won’t look like a professional production. While there are many things you can do to increase your…