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In this file photo taken on April 13, 2020 the social media application logo, TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in Arlington, Virginia.OLIVIER DOULIERY (AFP) US government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.

Following literal years of rumors and leaks, Google has finally announced the Pixel Fold, its first folding device.The $1,799 Fold is set to go head-to-head with Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 4 with preorders starting today, May 10th, and will be shipping to customers in June.Though this is Google's first attempt at a folding phone, there's a lot to like here.

When changing your Apple ID password - and you are changing your Apple account security passcode regularly, right?- you should prepare for the process by remembering three things, otherwise you may be caught by surprise or, worse, unable to regain access to common functions such as messaging and iCloud data and services.

If you ride the TTC, you may have recently noticed new fare machines on the streetcar or bus.The black and green Presto machines will one day soon also allow Toronto transit riders to pay by tapping a credit card, debit card or mobile device like a smartphone or smartwatch.Currently, to pay a fare when boarding a streetcar or bus, riders have to either tap a pre-loaded Presto card or pay with exact change.

Comment There comes a time when every parent will glance up from their mobile device or busy work schedule and take a moment to ask: "Where are my kids?"Well, as the hackneyed marketing slogan goes, there's an app for that.It's called Find My Kids, and this week it announced a new collaboration with Apple Watch.

Apple "unlawfully records and uses consumers' personal information and activity," claims a new lawsuit accusing the company of tracking iPhone users' device data even when they've asked for it to be switched off.The would-be class action lawsuit, filed in Pennsylvania, accuses [PDF] Apple of violating Pennsylvania's Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, as well as breaching its trade practices and consumer protection law by "representing that its mobile devices enable users to choose settings that would stop defendant from collecting or tracking their private data - a feature they do not have."

After months of detailed leaks, Sonos has finally announced its next generation of wireless speakers.Dubbed the Era 300 and Era 100, they replace the longstanding Sonos One and emphasize spatial audio or stereo sound, respectively.Let's start with a look at the Era 100, which directly replaces the Sonos One in the lineup with a slight $20 price hike to $249.

As e-commerce has evolved drastically over the past few years, so has the role of digital marketing.Marketers have had to remain agile, adapting strategies to keep up changing consumer needs.Entering 2023, we'll see marketers continue to shift how they engage and communicate with consumers.Bloomreach provides a few trends that digital marketers are bound to experience as the year picks up and how they can get ahead of them.

Elon Musk needs to make money...and fast.And he's eyeing Twitter users' wallets to do it.Musk recently paid $44 billion for Twitter, a company that has turned a profit only twice in the past 10 years, and now he has billions in debt plus creditors and investors to please.What's more, advertisers are fleeing the platform due to his leadership and a resulting rise in toxicity.

Crooks are using an Android banking Trojan dubbed Godfather to steal from banking and cryptocurrency exchange app users in 16 countries, according to Group-IB security researchers
The security firm first detected Godfather in June 2021 and as of October, the credential-stealing malware has targeted the users of more than 400 applications.

A password manager can be a useful and effective tool for creating, controlling and applying complex and secure passwords, but if you don't use it the right way, you can open yourself up to account compromise and even identity theft.A recent report from security advice site Security.orglooks at the ways people try to handle their passwords and how they use password managers in particular.

New survey insights released by LoopMe, a leading technology company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising performance, has found that 66% of UK consumers play games on their phone or tablet - a higher percentage than their US counterparts (64%) - with nearly all (94%) surveyed in the UK playing at least once a day.

Santa Photos 2022
Make memories this holiday season by taking photos with Santa!Here are some places around New York to get photos with Santa this year.Psst... Check out Holiday Road Trips for NYC Families!Manhattan
Macy's Herald Square, 151 W. 34th Street, Herald Square
November 25-December 24, See website for schedule
There is no fee to meet Santa.

More than a third of pay as you go tickets on the London Underground are now being paid for with a smartphone or smartwatch, according to new figures from Transport for London ( TfL).Using contactless payment cards to automatically debit bank accounts for fares was launched in 2012, initially with a simple model on buses, but really took off with the formal launch in 2014 for the tube and trains.

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