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iOS 13 will let you automatically block spam calls and unknown numbers

Jun05
by on June 5, 2019 at 6:54 am
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With its iOS 13 update earlier this week, Apple introduced a bunch of privacy-focused features, including ‘Sign In with Apple‘ and limited location tracking. But I’m particularly excited about one that didn’t get much time in the spotlight during the WWDC keynote: the ability to filter out calls from numbers you don’t recognize. Here’s what Apple has to say about the new feature on its iOS 13 page: A new setting protects users from unknown and spam callers. When the setting is turned on, iOS uses Siri intelligence to allow calls to ring your phone from numbers in Contacts, Mail,…

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The only person with the power to fire Zuckerberg is Zuckerberg himself

Jun05
by on June 5, 2019 at 6:45 am
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The revolt against Facebook is gathering momentum, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg can rest easy for the time being. Amid calls for more scrutiny over Facebook‘s business practices in the wake of one privacy mishap after the other, shareholders of the company made a case for Zuckerberg’s ouster as Facebook‘s chairman. At the company’s annual stockholder meeting on May 30, some 83 percent of independent shareholders proposed an overhaul of the voting structure that would limit Zuckerberg’s outsized influence on the company he founded. The voting power would also have decided whether Zuckerberg can stay on in his current role as both chairman…

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Apple’s new battery optimizer is iOS 13’s most underrated feature

Jun05
by on June 5, 2019 at 1:02 am
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Apple’s under-the-radar battery optimizer is iOS 13’s most unheralded feature While we debate the merits of a $1,000 monitor stand, one of the coolest things to come from yesterday’s WWDC event was an iOS 13 feature that didn’t even get mentioned. According to Apple’s own list of what’s to come in iOS 13, its new operating system has a rather genius way to keep batteries in tip-top condition longer. Optimized battery charging “helps slow the rate of battery aging by reducing the time your iPhone spends fully charged.” Or, put simply, Apple is no longer trying to keep your phone…

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Apple Arcade gets some real gaming cred with PS4 & Xbox controller support

Jun05
by on June 5, 2019 at 12:47 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


During its WWDC keynote yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple‘s tvOS would now support third-party controllers such as the PS4‘s Dualshock and the Xbox One S gamepad. Later, game companies confirmed iOS 13 would also support said controllers — meaning Apple‘s upcoming game service, Arcade, just got a whole lot easier to play. Sony confirmed via the PlayStation Twitter that the Dualshock 4 would be supported by iOS and iPadOS (also announced yesterday during WWDC). The primary emotion accompanying the reveal is mostly relief. Finally you don’t have to pay for yet another controller just for the sake of…

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