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This popular Android Auto feature might be coming back - here's why

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-09-23 01:34:07

ZDNET | Charlie Osborne Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google appears to be reverting to an older Android Auto display. A recent upgrade to Material You changed the background colors. A recent beta version shows code that gives users a choice. Android Auto is scrapping a controversial feature. Last month, the Android in-car infotainment system rolled out a small change -- an update to the Material You design. The upgrade didn't add or take away

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Microsoft made a free YouTube Premium workaround, but I’m keeping my paid sub anyway

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-12 12:30:43

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority A couple of days ago, Microsoft Edge’s latest Canary version added a new and very intriguing feature: video background playback. While the feature seemed cool and innocuous at first glance, we discovered that it could be used to play YouTube videos in the background without paying for a Premium subscription. Better yet, Microsoft Edge also has a built-in ad-blocker that can remove ads while watching YouTube. A plus B equal the two most useful perks from a YouT

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Microsoft found a way to let you play YouTube in the background on Android, without Premium

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-19 13:57:59

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Microsoft is testing a new feature on its Edge browser for Android that lets you play videos in the background. The feature can be enabled through the Edge flags page. It works on YouTube, so you can play YouTube videos in the background. Edge Canary for Android also offers a built-in ad blocker that works on YouTube. One of the main benefits of subscribing to the $14 YouTube Premium plan is that it allows you to play videos in the background. But you mig

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Can't Get Your Baby to Calm Down? Try This Hidden iPhone Feature

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-30 07:00:03

Comforting a crying baby can be difficult, especially if you aren't getting enough sleep. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, playing calming sounds via a white noise machine can help soothe your baby and get them to settle down -- and give you a moment of respite. But instead of buying a white noise machine, you could save money and use your iPhone instead. When Apple released iOS 15 in 2021, the operating system brought a hidden feature to your iPhone called Background Sounds. It

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Here's How to Add a Background to Your Text Chats in iOS 26

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-04 03:00:03

The iOS 26 beta brings chat backgrounds to Messages, giving a visual identifier for each chat so you can easily tell if you're messaging the right person or group. It's a nice quality-of-life update that can help you distinguish whether you're texting your family chat or your family chat minus your one uncle you don't get along with. Apple released the first public beta of iOS 26 on July 24, and that beta brought a new Liquid Glass design and other new features to the iPhones of developers and

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Jitsi privacy flaw enables one-click stealth audio and video capture

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-28 14:31:16

Jitsi is an open-source web conferencing application. Jitsi also hosts a public instance, with millions of monthly active users. Attack scenario Let’s walk through an example. An attacker runs a meeting called `MiniGinger` on the public Jitsi instance meet.jit.si. When a user visits the attacker controller webpage `CuteCats.com`, in the background they are redirected to: https://meet.jit.si/MiniGinger#config.prejoinConfig.enabled=false If the user visited any other Jitsi meeting before and

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Enabling This One iPhone Feature Has Helped Me Get More Precious, Quality Sleep

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-13 20:05:03

I take sleep seriously and will honestly try anything that promises to help me get more rest. However, getting quality sleep doesn't have to involve a white noise machine or other device you have to buy with your hard-earned cash. In fact, as I discovered, it can be as simple as turning on a certain feature on your iPhone. Go figure. For the past five years, I've been getting better, longer sleep thanks to this one hidden iPhone feature. For those who also struggle with sleep and happen to have

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Your iPhone Has a White Noise Function. Here's How to Turn It On

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-19 12:00:04

Listening to natural sounds can lower stress, relieve perceived pain and foster a more positive disposition, according to research from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies suggest that white noise could help parents get their babies to sleep, adults learn words and improve learning in environments full of distractions. And if you're looking to buy a white noise machine for yourself or your child, your iPhone can function as one, saving you money on a new device. R

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Everything You Can Do in the Photoshop Mobile App

wired.com David Nield 2026-02-01 12:30:00

You know your software is a success when its name becomes a verb: You'll now commonly hear about images being photoshopped, even if the editing wasn't done with the Adobe image editor. Adobe might not like it, but the usage shows how dominant its flagship product has become. On mobile though, Photoshop hasn't achieved the same kind of ubiquity or brand recognition. We've had official Photoshop apps of various types down the years, but none of them have really translated the power and feature se

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Apple’s Invites app just added a lot more backgrounds for your events

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-24 22:57:46

Apple Invites, the new app that debuted earlier this year for organizing events, has just been updated to add a lot more background options than before. Apple’s Invites app is now up to version 1.3, with the newest addition being new background options for your events. The latest App Store release notes say: New event backgrounds help bring to life your next pool day, drinks with friends, watch party for the big game, and more! Browsing the updated app, Apple has clearly expanded the built-i

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macOS Tahoe 26 beta 2 includes toggle to restore menu bar background

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-02-27 12:03:55

Apple has added a new toggle to show the menu bar background in macOS Tahoe 26 beta 2. The option was added after beta 1 arrived with no menu bar background and no toggle to restore it. The new option is available in Settings > Menu Bar > Show menu bar background. Currently off by default, the toggle works as advertised by simply restoring the frosted layer of menu bar background across the width of your Mac display. The toggle does not affect the placement of menu bar items or text. Apple rem

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TestFlight adds managed background assets, faster macOS app installs on Apple Silicon

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2026-03-17 02:05:32

Apple’s TestFlight app for distributing pre-release software has been updated with new features and performance gains. Apple released TestFlight version 3.9 today, introducing managed background asset testing and a speed boost for beta app installation on recent Macs. Introduction of managed background assets (self-hosted assets) and Apple-hosted background assets for testing Faster installation of macOS apps on Apple Silicon Stability improvements and bug fixes Apple announced Background A

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BritCSS: Fixes CSS to use non-American English

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-11 10:15:20

BritCSS Fixes CSS to use non-bastardised spellings Permits using English (traditional) spellings for CSS properties, rather than English (simplified). Because this is implemented with a client-side script. You can use this to properise the CSS of any page. Demo on CodePen Usage To use this script, simply include it in your HTML: < script src =" https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/DeclanChidlow/BritCSS/britcss.js " > </ script > To enter debug mode: britCSS . debug ( true ) ; To stop the script

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