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Google Updates Maps to Make Your National Park Visit Easier to Navigate
Updates due later this month will help you better plan your summer getaway. Summer is just around the corner, and that means many of you are planning a road trip to one of America's 63 national parks. The National Park Service recorded 312 million visits in 2022, an increase of 5% over the previous year, and while that's still a bit lower than pre-pandemic levels, figuring out how to make the mos ... Read more
2023-04-11 20:24:21
What to Know Before Purchasing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
According to an audiologist, here's everything you need to know about over-the-counter hearing aids. In the US, hearing aids are now available over the counter. Audiologists and established technology companies have teamed up to make hearing aids more accessible to the public. You no longer need to see a health practitioner to get hearing aids for age-related hearing loss, making hearing aids les ... Read more
2023-04-11 20:23:41
SpaceX Launch Begins Startup's Plan: 'Cell Towers in Space'
With a satellite lofted into low Earth orbit, Sateliot plans to join the race to build networks that hop across the heavens. With a SpaceX rocket launch set for late Tuesday, a Spanish company called Sateliot expects to take its first step toward giving you text messaging abilities in mountains, rural areas and other parts of the world where conventional mobile networks fail. The 50-employee Bar ... Read more
2023-04-11 20:22:42
ChatGPT vs. Bing vs. Google Bard: Which AI Is the Most Helpful?
ChatGPT is seeing competition from Microsoft's Bing and Google's Bard. Here's a breakdown of how all three chatbots fare. When ChatGPT launched late last year, it earned instant and widespread attention for bringing an AI engine to the masses, free of charge. Suddenly, anyone could type in queries and ChatGPT would give novel, humanlike answers in seconds. From writing an essay on the First Crusa ... Read more
2023-04-11 20:21:10
6 Rumored Apple Products That May Arrive in 2023
This year, we're expected to see an iPhone 15 with USB-C charging and Apple's first mixed-reality headset. When it comes to upcoming Apple product launches, you never really know what to expect until the company makes an official announcement. However, Apple tends to release certain products on a regular schedule, providing possible clues about what's to come. Leaks and rumors also paint a pictur ... Read more
2023-04-11 20:18:59
Galaxy Z Fold 4: The Best and Worst Things About Using Samsung's Foldable Phone
Using the Galaxy Z Fold 4 for several weeks has shown me that foldable phones have real promise -- and real drawbacks. As someone who has been testing and reviewing tech products for roughly a decade, it's hard to get excited about new phones. That's become true even for foldables now that phones with bendable screens have existed for about four years. But after spending an extended period of t ... Read more
2023-04-10 20:41:01
You Can Now Order Domino's From Your Car With Apple CarPlay
Here's how to place your favorite Domino's order from the comfort of your car. Domino's Pizza on Monday said that people can now place an order from their car using Apple CarPlay. "We know how frustrating it can be to wait in a drive-thru line just to place an order," Christopher Thomas-Moore, Domino's senior vice president and chief digital officer, said in a release. "Domino's ... Read more
2023-04-10 20:40:05
14 Hidden iOS 16 Features That Will Make Your Life Easier
Explore some of the lesser-known features and settings on your iPhone. Apple released its iOS 16 update to the general public back in September, and in the six months since, we've written about most of the major new features to the iPhone, like unsending text messages and emails and cutting out objects from your photos. Yet, there always seem to be new features and settings to discover hidden wit ... Read more
2023-04-10 20:39:39
Capture It All: Use This Hidden Feature to Take Really Long iPhone Screenshots
A scrolling screenshot lets you capture more than your average iOS screenshot. Pretty much everyone knows how to take a screenshot on the iPhone. For the unfamiliar, all you have to do is press the volume up and side buttons at the same time to capture exactly what's on your screen -- nothing more, nothing less. If you want to capture more, like what's above or below what you see on your screen ... Read more
2023-04-10 20:37:23
World Startup Convention: The India start-up gala that exploded into a scandal
In March, hundreds of budding entrepreneurs descended on Noida, a suburb of India's capital Delhi, to attend a three-day convention that had dubbed itself the "world's biggest funding festival". Eager start-up founders looked forward to rubbing shoulders with business leaders at the World Startup Convention (WSC), hoping that their 15-minute pitches would transpire into funding. In 202 ... Read more
2023-04-10 20:34:59