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While it’s easy to miss out on some of the Google Maps tricks you had no idea existed, the big user interface changes coming to the app are impossible to ignore. Google is now testing a significant design change to the Google Maps navigation screen that will let you choose your favorite transportation mode. The result is a cleaner UI that makes more of the map available to the user. Not to mention that selecting your preferred transport method might be easier than before. Google Maps power users probably…

Three big tech companies are finally making a push for passwordless sign-in options. Apple, Google, and Microsoft all plan to roll out FIDO passkey technology in 2022. The three companies announced the push earlier today. Big tech wants to bring passwordless sign-in to the masses this year Image source: FIDO Alliance “In a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, Apple, Google and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the…

Instant messaging giant WhatsApp is set to launch the 'Rection feature' for all its users on Friday. The big update on WhatApp come almost two weeks after the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this new feature on his official Facebook account. Zuckerberg had said that WhatsApp will be including more 'expressions' to help with thanks and appreciation. "Reactions on WhatsApp start rolling out today. We're including to help spread thanks and appreciation. More expressions…

IK Multimedia has added something of a Swiss Army knife audio interface to its iRig line. The 4-in/2-out Pro Quattro I/O is aimed at musicians and digital content creators, and promises broadcast quality results in the studio or out in the field.The portable audio interface rocks four combo XLR/0.25-inch instrument/line-in jack inputs and four low-noise microphone pre-amps with 48-V phantom power, as well as RCA and 3.5-mm connections. There's cooked-in MIDI I/O too for feeding in keyboards, synths, drum machines and…

AMD has announced new Ryzen 5000 C-Series processors for Chromebooks, and one of the first companies to make use of the improved performance on offer is Acer with its 2022 Chromebook Spin 514 2-in-1 convertible.Often much cheaper than full-tilt laptops, Chromebooks have been a student favorite for years but can suffer in the performance department. That's not been too much of an issue though, since most users will spend much of their work and play time online so the devices don't necessarily need multi-core processors,…

Reports on the collapse of the NFT market have been greatly exaggerated, as NFT analysis specialist NonFungible releases bearish - yet evolving - dynamics. Reports on the collapse of the NFT market have been greatly exaggerated, as NFT analysis specialist NonFungible releases bearish - yet evolving - dynamics. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is…

According to Newegg's Best Sellers list, Nvidia has begun dominating graphics card sales across the board since prices began to stabilize a month ago. Newegg's Best Sellers list consists entirely of RTX 30 series products -- with the only exception being an occasional RTX 2060 listing piled into the mix. Radeon cards, both new or old, are nowhere to be seen.The market situation at Newegg is quite strange, to say the least. GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia have been dropping in price steadily, and AMD even has a distinct…

The U.S. is looking to accelerate its quantum computing and post-quantum security push as it works to remain resilient in the face of the breakneck speed of research in the field. President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed two directives relating to the quantum push - an Executive Order creating the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, as well as a memorandum. Both aim to outline the U.S. priorities' in quantum computing leadership and the hardening of its information systems against quantum-based attacks on its…

Nvidia has announced that it has enhanced its GeForce Now games streaming offering for PCs and Mac. From today, users of the PC and Mac native apps will be able to stream their games at 4K and 60fps. The upgrade is for paying subscribers of the RTX 3080 tier of the service. Other news this GeForce Thursday includes enhancements coming to mobile gamers, and a long list of new games that will debut this month.GeForce Now gamers on PC and Mac can today play their games libraries via Nvidia's top tier RTX 3080 subscription…

If you're thinking of going all-in on the latest RAM standard then you already know it's pretty pricey. Well, we've spotted some recent reductions in the overall price of DDR5 as it becomes a little more mainstream and today we have 32GBs of GeIL Polaris RGB Sync DDR5 (5200MHz) RAM for $279 at Newegg. Also spotted today is the rather large and classy-looking Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL for $229. This case is a full-sized tower with front and side glass panels so that you can appreciate your PC's innards. Razer's BlackShark V2…