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In the iOS 16 public beta, Apple has added six new actions to the Shortcuts app that work with Safari on iPhone and iPad.Currently only available for developers and public testers (but coming to everyone this fall), these actions are aimed at interacting with different "views" in Safari, plus creating tabs and doing basic Tab Group management.To help you take full advantage of these, here are 14 shortcuts built out with each potential option across the actions so that you don't have to build them yourself — if you're…

Source: Matthew Cassinelli / iMore If you're installing the public beta, developer beta, or just curious about the new features for Shortcuts coming to iOS 16, you'll be glad to know that Apple added 46 new actions that add deeper access and advanced functionality to the Shortcuts ecosystem. The main set of actions for Shortcuts focuses on Notes, Voice Memos, and Safari, plus Shortcuts itself. Additionally, Apple added new actions for Clock, Files, and Parked Cars, plus more for features like Focus Filters, Background…

Snap is one of many social media platforms trying to get in on the NFT action.Photo: STRMX (AP)Snapchat just joined a slew of tech companies that are trying to get in on the NFT trend, adding their own twist on the digital art pieces. Snap is reportedly testing out ways for creators to display their NFTs as filters on the social media platform as a way to showcase their work to admiring fans.The feature is currently being prepared, and may be rolled out as soon as August, according to the Financial Times. As part of the…

TikTok recognizes that not all of the content on its platform will resonate with all viewers. The Inventory Filter provides brands with options to show or not show their content near brands or videos that aren’t similar in nature. The solution is embedded in the TikTok Ads Manager and empowers advertisers with the options to choose where their content is displayed. What does it mean. The TikTok Inventory Filters give advertisers three layers and tiers of video inventory. These…

TikTok is starting to offer users a new level of control over their For You page. The company announced today that you’ll be able to specify specific words or hashtags you don’t want to see in your feeds, and the app will automatically filter them out. TikTok’s examples are fairly simple — like when you’ve finished a reno and don’t want to see DIY videos anymore or decide you don’t want to see cooking tutorials using a certain type of food or meat. But these kinds of filters could be used to much more carefully control…

FaceTime is Apple's video chat feature built into iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Apple TV with AirPlay mirroring. You can call one person or a group of people (up to 32!), and thanks to Memoji and Animoji, it's also loads of fun. On an iPhone or iPad Pro with Face ID, you can stick an Animoji or Memoji right on top of your face and video chat with anyone in real-time. There are also filters you can use to change how you look to others (like Comic Book or Watercolor) and stickers that you can drop onto your screen to make…

When cooking oil is extracted from peanuts and sunflower seeds, a waste product known as oilseed meal is left behind. New research shows that proteins harvested from that meal can be used to filter heavy metals out of contaminated water.The recent study was conducted by scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Switzerland's ETH Zurich research institute.They started by extracting proteins from peanut and sunflower oilseed meal, then winding the protein chains together to form nanoscale…

Source: Luke Filipowicz/iMore WhatsApp is working to bring unread message filtering to its apps and was already testing the feature with some users of its desktop app. Now, it's rolling out filtering to those who are using the latest WhatsApp app via TestFlight, too. The feature will allow WhatsApp users to filter their long list of active chats, highlighting only those that have unread messages that are waiting to be dealt with. WABetaInfo now reports that TestFlight testers are seeing the feature be enabled for them, a…

Instagram’s Sensitive Content Control feature, which puts an adjustable filter on content recommended by the platform, now applies to more areas on Instagram. In a post on its blog, Instagram says it’s expanding the setting’s impact beyond the Explore page to include anywhere it makes recommendations, including in your feed, search, hashtag pages, Reels, and Accounts You Might Follow. While you could always choose from three toggles that vary in how much sensitive content Instagram filters out, Instagram is renaming…

Most Android users (and a good portion of iOS users) use the Gmail app to handle their emails. Now, according to a new report from 9To5Google, the app just launched a new feature to make it a bit better. Gmail for Android now has search filters to help people search through their emails faster.Most people, especially those in certain industries, accrue a stunning number of emails on a daily basis. It can be hard searching through them to find one important email they got just days before. This is why there’s a search…