Новости за 25.04.2021

Sure, iOS 14.5 comes with a ton of new and useful features including the ability to unlock your iPhone with your Apple Watch, more Siri customization, App Tracking Transparency, and more. But we all know the most exciting feature is the assortment of new Emoji. 

As a co-worker said on Saturday when I showed her this video: "UGH he's so damn talented." It's true.

With iOS 14.5, Siri supports calling emergency contacts. All you have to do is say, "Siri, call my emergency contact" and it will know to call whoever you've assigned the title. The feature works whether you're in need of assistance or someone else is. 

Small tweaks sure can make big differences.

The YouTube mobile app, on both iOS and Android, now makes it the tiniest bit easier — at least for some users — to keep a handle on their data use. So reports 9to5Google, which highlights a new setting buried within the YouTube app that gives people additional controls over video streaming quality. 

And video quality, of course, translates to data use. 

For those doing the majority of their YouTube streaming not connected to WiFi... Читать дальше...

The 2021 NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday, April 29 and super-fans can now look forward to a week's worth of previews on Clubhouse.

If you're tired of hearing Siri's default voice, you're in luck. With iOS and iPadOS 14.5, you have a couple more options to choose from on both your iPhone and iPad. 

Mars is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because of the rusty, reddish-orange sandscape blanketing the planet. That comes into sharp focus in our first color photo snapped by the Mars Ingenuity helicopter.

An Amazon Kindle is a lot like a laptop, or a cell phone, or a house: Once you buy one, you have to buy things to fill it up to make it useful. An empty Kindle is a fairly useless hunk of tech. 

Life? Check. Liberty? More or less. Pursuit of happiness? On it. 

In 2020, as a global pandemic threatened lives, and lockdowns necessarily curtailed our liberty to roam, millions of people decided to tackle the Declaration of Independence's trickiest inalienable right. Specifically, they pursued happiness via a 10-week online course that explains in scientific detail why our brains keep getting the causes of happiness wrong, and how we can go about fixing that.  

The course in question... Читать дальше...

TL;DR: Watch TV and movies anywhere in your home with the WeMax Dice Portable Smart Projector, on sale for $599 as of April 25. Use code WEMAX100 to score $100 off.

Got a mom who wears the chef’s hat in your family? These kitchen-related products on sale are sure to make her smile this Mother’s Day. 

TL;DR: As of April 25, get a three-year subscription to PlayStation Plus for only $85.99 — a 52% savings.

Plenty of cars (and not just autonomous ones) use radar to spot outside dangers on the road, like that pick-up truck in your blindspot.

TL;DR: Tighten up your putting skills with the Exputt Real-Time Putting Simulator, on sale for 10% off with code EXPUTT10. When you use the code at checkout, it'll drop the price down to $359.10.

TL;DR: Listen to your tunes and improve your outfit with these stylish Troubadour 2.0 Wireless Over-Ear Headphones on sale for 25% off. As of April 25, grab a pair for only $134.99.

SAVE 82%: A three-year subscription to CyberGhost VPN is on sale for £1.99 per month as of April 25, and includes an extra three months for free.

TL;DR: The Premium Digital Copywriting Training Bundle is on sale for £17.92 as of April 25, saving you 97% on list price.

TL;DR: The Learn to Master the Queen's Gambit Course Bundle is on sale for £21.51 as of April 25, saving you 90% on list price.

You might have given up on the idea of using a robot vacuum in your small space, but it turns out that you can still rely on these devices to get the job done. Robot vacuum bases tend to need ample room around them so the vacuum sensors can find their way home, but this just means you might have to get creative about placement. Maybe you have that one awkwardly empty area that's the perfect size for a robot vacuum base. Now you know what to put there.

Are you excited to walk around Disney's Avengers Campus, which opens at Disneyland California on June 4? No? There's a pandemic, you say? OK, fair.

If you're a Marvel mega fan, you know that Disney+ is the place to get your fix.

If you're reading this, you must be familiar with one of the classic dilemmas of the modern age: You're looking at something on your iPhone and you desperately wish it was on your TV across the room instead.