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iPhone Fixes to Make if You’re the Family IT Department This Year
25Nov By adminNo Comments
Technology

iPhone Fixes to Make if You’re the Family IT Department This Year

It’s the holiday season, which means someone has got to step into the role of family IT department, whether by choice or by default. This year, it might be you. Don’t fret, this is your moment to shine. Plus, better tech can bring people closer together and keep everyone connected. Here are ways you can help your family members get more from their iPhones, even if they’re using older models.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Go Ahead, Scroll Your Smartphone This Thanksgiving
23Nov By adminNo Comments
Technology

Go Ahead, Scroll Your Smartphone This Thanksgiving

WSJ’s Life & Work team presents a holiday-season series about one secret to happiness: lower expectations of yourself and others. Up now: the family gathering. At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, English settlers and members of the Wampanoag tribe gathered in Plymouth, Mass., to celebrate the harvest. They ate venison and corn, and everyone put away their smartphones.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Go Ahead, Scroll Your Smartphone This Thanksgiving
23Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Go Ahead, Scroll Your Smartphone This Thanksgiving

WSJ’s Life & Work team presents a holiday-season series about one secret to happiness: lower expectations of yourself and others. Up now: the family gathering. At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, English settlers and members of the Wampanoag tribe gathered in Plymouth, Mass., to celebrate the harvest. They ate venison and corn, and everyone put away their smartphones.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Apple Had Better Watch Its Back in China
20Nov By adminNo Comments
Money

Apple Had Better Watch Its Back in China

Signals are finally getting stronger for the global smartphone market. Chinese handset makers like Huawei, which had been locked out of the race by U.S. sanctions, are dialing back in.That adds up to a tricky outlook for Apple in China, its second-largest revenue region after North America. Huawei’s Chinese rival Xiaomi, which reported third-quarter results Monday, is also making a renewed push in the premium segment—Apple’s bread and butter.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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SK Hynix Starts Shipping New Advanced Mobile Chips
13Nov By adminNo Comments
World

SK Hynix Starts Shipping New Advanced Mobile Chips

SK Hynix has started shipping new advanced mobile chips to Chinese smartphone maker Vivo—the latest sign of recovery in global demand for memory chips.The South Korean memory-chip maker said Monday that its up-to-date 16-gigabyte packages of low-power-double-data-rate 5 turbo chips would equip and power Vivo’s latest smartphones, the X100 and X100 Pro.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Humane Ai Pin: Former Apple Execs Launch AI Device in Bid for Post-Smartphone Future
12Nov By adminNo Comments
Technology

Humane Ai Pin: Former Apple Execs Launch AI Device in Bid for Post-Smartphone Future

A group of former Apple executives is launching a consumer device that will be among the first to use a ChatGPT-powered voice assistant, one of a number of new hardware offerings seeking to free users from the ubiquity of smartphones.On Thursday, the San Francisco-based startup Humane announced the availability of a wearable device, called the Ai Pin, which sits on a user’s chest like a Star Trek badge. The company said its main function is to access an artificial-intelligence assistant that uses ChatGPT, the hugely popular chatbot created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, primarily to understand commands.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Humane Ai Pin: Former Apple Execs Launch AI Device in Bid for Post-Smartphone Future
9Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Humane Ai Pin: Former Apple Execs Launch AI Device in Bid for Post-Smartphone Future

A group of former Apple executives is launching a consumer device that will be among the first to use a ChatGPT-powered voice assistant, one of a number of new hardware offerings seeking to free users from the ubiquity of smartphones.On Thursday, the San Francisco-based startup Humane announced the availability of a wearable device, called the Ai Pin, which sits on a user’s chest like a Star Trek badge. The company said its main function is to access an artificial-intelligence assistant that uses ChatGPT, the hugely popular chatbot created by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, primarily to understand commands.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Adidas says it may write off remaining unsold Yeezy shoes after breakup with Ye
8Nov By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Adidas says it may write off remaining unsold Yeezy shoes after breakup with Ye

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Adidas said it might have to write off the remaining 300 million euros ($320 million) worth of Yeezy shoes left unsold after it cut ties with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The company will decide in the coming weeks whether or not to do a third release of the shoes next year to generate more donations to groups fighting antisemitism. The shoe and sports clothing company, which cut ties with Ye in October 2022 after he made antisemitic remarks online, has sold 750 million euros worth of the shoes in two stages earlier this year through Adidas smartphone apps and its website. Part of the profits went to groups like the Anti-Defamation League and the Philonise & Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change, run by social justice advocate Philonise Floyd, the b...
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Never-Updaters: Why Some People Refuse to Download New iPhone and Mac Software
8Nov By adminNo Comments
Technology

Never-Updaters: Why Some People Refuse to Download New iPhone and Mac Software

Some people regularly update their phone and computer software. Others take their sweet, sweet time.Ashley Mwitanti is in the latter camp. Her iPhone 11 is behind by about two full versions of iOS. She says she’s stuck because she would need to delete a few gigabytes of data to update the device. No matter how many random pictures and screenshots she deletes, she can’t seem to free up enough space.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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