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Google Maps is full of pins—it uses one for its app icon too—directing you towards shops, bars, restaurants, and other places of note. You can also use your own pins for your own purposes, and you’ve got a few options when it comes to dropping pins in Google Maps in both the mobile and desktop interfaces.

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Facebook and Instagram influencers are losing access to a big moneymaking program that was previously paying out thousands of dollars per vid. It was an effort to get more Instagram users interested in watching the social network’s short-form video format Reels.

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As the role of artificial intelligence appears to continue growing in our daily lives, it’s taking people’s likeness along with it. This week, hundreds of deepfaked videos featuring faces that looked exactly like Emma Watson and Scarlett Johansson ran across Facebook and Instagram as part of an apparent advertising…

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Google is announcing more features that are being expanded to include all Google One subscribers. The new additions include VPN access for every Google One member, not just those with Pixel devices or Premium plans. The company is also launching a “dark web report” so you can figure out where your sensitive…

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Twitter has seen its share of political bot campaigns, but since spring 2022 there’s been a long-running, highly prolific bot campaign proliferating through Twitter to support former President Donald Trump. Even if you first thought it’s just the Russians again, a new report suggests these fake accounts were created a…

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There’s good news for all those folks who picked up the last version of the Pixel Buds Pro. Google’s finally catching up to Apple and announced it will add spatial audio to its flagship earbuds devices. Unfortunately for all those folks who went for cheaper options, less expensive buds like the Pixel Buds A-Series…

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Panic made a handful of announcements today for its almost-too-quirky-for-its-own-good Playdate handheld. Depending on your needs, they may either entice you to finally grab one, or have you just sticking with your smartphone for casual gaming.

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The easiest way to differentiate a Windows laptop from an Apple one is to either check the logo on the lid, or find the collection of Intel, AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia stickers near the keyboard: the telltale branding of the PC world.

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Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, cryptocurrency has played a surprisingly big role.