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Mozilla will introduce subscriptions to one or more as-yet-unknown services this fall, but will not charge people to use its Firefox browser, the company said. “A high-performing, free and private-by-default Firefox browser will continue to be central to our core service offerings,” David Camp, Mozilla’s top executive for the browser, …
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19 June
VMware preps milestone NSX release for enterprise-cloud push
Looking to ease deployments of software-defined networks while reinforcing automation and security for hybrid and multicloud customers, VMware has taken the wraps off of a major release of its NSX-T Data Center software. While the NSX-T 2.4 announcement includes over 100 upgrades, VMware said the release anoints NSX-T as the …
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19 June
Office 365: A guide to the updates
Office 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2016. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2016 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches and bug fixes. But it can be …
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19 June
Samsung’s fast, spacious 512GB Evo Select microSD card gets a gargantuan 50% discount
Running out of space on your phone, camera, Nintendo Switch, or laptop can be annoying, but fortunately, portable storage prices just keep on plummeting. Today, you can grab a 512GB Samsung Evo Select microSDXC card for $100 on Amazon, a massive drop from its $200 list price. Even on sale, …
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19 June
The star of WWDC wasn’t the Mac Pro or Dark Mode. It was privacy
During Apple’s two-and-a-half hour WWDC keynote, we were treated to lots of great moments. Craig Federighi’s quip about how bloated iTunes has become. The introduction of iPadOS. And of course, the new Mac Pro. But the theme of the show was a familiar one: privacy. For the past several years, …
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18 June
NSA warns that ‘BlueKeep’ vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows 7 is especially dangerous
The National Security Agency is warning users that a recent vulnerability affecting Windows 7 and Windows XP systems is potentially “wormable,” meaning that it could be exploited and weaponized by malware. Microsoft issued an alert in mid-May about a Remote Code Execution vulnerability, known as CVE-2019-0708, that can affect Windows 7, Windows …
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18 June
44 ways Google Assistant can make you more efficient
Google Assistant is artificial intelligence at your fingertips — but sometimes, it can be tough to know what to ask an omniscient robot to do. I’m here to help. I’ve talked to my phone more than I’d care to admit (even before it did anything in response — boy, were …
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18 June
Fast forward: What’s coming in future versions of Chrome?
Chrome gets fat while every other browser starves. Now with more than two-thirds of the world’s browser user share – a measure of browser activity calculated monthly by metric vendor Net Applications – Google’s Chrome has no peer in popularity. Its rivals are barely worth the name, with Microsoft’s Edge …
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18 June
iOS 13 enables Siri support in third party media apps: Spotify, Pandora, Overcast, and much more
File this one under Apple should have done this years ago: In iOS 13, you’ll finally have the ability to use Siri with audio apps like Spotify, Pandora, Overcast, Audible, and many more. To date, Siri has only worked with Apple’s own audio apps. If you want to use a …
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18 June
Max out your storage with an Intel 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD for an all-time low price of $100 at Amazon
If you’ve got an M.2 slot in your laptop or desktop motherboard that still isn’t filled, now is the time. Amazon is selling the 1TB Intel SSD 660p for $100Remove non-product link—that’s the all-time low for this M.2 80mm drive and a huge drop from its $210 list price. We …
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