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WhatsApp is introducing extra settings to restrict your vanishing messages, the popular service revealed Monday. You can now choose how long the messages will fade and enable vanishing messages by default for all new conversations. Tech-tips-logo-badge.png files CNET’s Brett Pearce Every one-on-one conversation that you or someone else initiates will be scheduled to end after… Continue reading
Even if coronavirus vaccines are still being developed, it could be some time before everyone goes back to their workplaces and social events as they used to because of the spread of the delta and omicron varieties. This implies that you are most likely still using video-chat and conferencing programs like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and… Continue reading
More than a month after releasing iOS 18.1, Apple launched iOS 18.2 on December 11. Additional Apple Intelligence capabilities, such as Genmoji and ChatGPT integrated Siri, were added to some iPhones with the upgrade. iOS 18 gives you additional customization options for your iPhone, whereas iOS 18.2 adds new features and resolves bugs. You may… Continue reading
Websites, marketing services, applications, and other third parties greatly value your email address. It has a significant impact on how businesses provide their goods and services to you directly with little cost and effort. Occasionally receiving spam and commercial emails is usually not a big deal, but when your inbox is overrun with them, they… Continue reading
It’s likely that someone has advised you to shut down your background applications if your phone’s battery is rapidly draining. Some claim that it saves data, improves phone performance, and preserves battery life. Others, such as Google’s Android team and Apple execs, disagree, arguing that background applications don’t use up enough resources on your phone… Continue reading
Do you still file your taxes using paper records? You’re not alone yourself. Despite the claims made by National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins that “paper is the IRS’ Kryptonite,” the IRS actually received around 13 million paper tax returns in 2023, and substantial tax forms are still sent to many individuals. The majority of… Continue reading
Let’s be honest: It might be frightening to have a weak or nonexistent mobile phone service. You have no lifeline if you are unable to contact anybody. Additionally, you cannot care for yourself in an emergency if you do not have a lifeline. It’s reasonable if your thoughts start to stray when your signal totally… Continue reading
Communication infrastructure is often among the first to be disrupted during large catastrophe events like Hurricane Milton, despite the fact that communication is crucial in an emergency. Emergency SOS allows you to use satellites to send text messages to first responders when you need assistance if you have an iPhone 14 or later running at… Continue reading
Instagram claims to be giving you more control over direct messages, allowing you to modify messages that have already been received and highlight significant exchanges at the top of your direct messages. The ability to finally turn off read receipts, however, is the new feature that excites me the most since it will prevent other… Continue reading
Google is constantly updating Android with new features to enhance privacy and security, new ways to experience Google AI (such as Gemini Live and Circle to Search), and improved ways to communicate with others, such as the ability to edit text messages after they have been sent. CNET Tech Tips Google is launching five more… Continue reading