How to Text From Your PC Through Your Phone
Since Windows 11 made its debut in October 2021, we've seen a number of improvements and new features, the latest of which is the ability to send and receive text messages from the desktop.
This is possible thanks to a Windows 11 tool called Phone Link, which has supported Android phones for some time. With some new functionality that now covers iPhones, you can manage messages on your mobile device no matter what smartphone model you have.
It's easy to see the appeal: When you're working at you
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TOP Source: Wired 05-29-2023 Politics
Putin Scores a Win in Turkey's Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin secured a victory in Turkey's presidential election results on Sunday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to beat back a challenge from Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of the center-left Republican People's Party (CHP), winning his third five-year term since taking office in 2014. Erdogan claimed victory on Sunday, telling supporters in a speech, "I thank each member of our nation for entrusting me with the responsibility to govern this country once aga
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TOP Source: Newsweek 05-29-2023 Politics
US govt pushes spyware to other countries? Senator Wyden would like a word
The US International Trade Administration (ITA) has admitted it promotes the sale of American-approved commercial spyware to foreign governments, and won't answer questions about it, according to US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Wyden, in a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, has demanded answers about the surveillance and policing tech that ITA – a US government agency – pushes to other countries. And he wants the agency to name names when it comes to which companies' spyware is being pr
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TOP Source: The Register 05-29-2023 Society
China's social media cleanup: 1.4 million posts deleted in two-month probe
In a sweeping move, China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) has recently taken action to delete approximately 1.4 million social media posts following a rigorous two-month investigation. The probe targeted a range of issues, including the spread of misinformation, illegal profiteering, and the impersonation of state officials, Reuters reported.
The campaign, which lasted from March 10 to May 22, resulted in the closure of 67,000 social media accounts and the removal of hundreds of thousands of p
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TOP Source: Business Today 05-29-2023 Science&Technology
Interview ‘They’re afraid their AIs will come for them’: Doug Rushkoff on why tech billionaires are
It was a tough week in tech.
Protesters supporting the Hollywood writers' strike march outside an entrance to Boston University.
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The top US health official warned about the risks of social media to young people; tech billionaire Elon Musk further trashed his reputation with the disastrous Twitter launch of a presidential campaign; and senior executives at OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, called for the u
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TOP Source: The Guardian 05-29-2023 Science&Technology
New virus targets Android phone, steals call records, passwords and other sensitive data of users
A dangerous virus that has been targeting Android phones is hacking into call records of users, stealing passwords and other sensitive data. The government has issued an advisory against the new menace in town.
The government has issued an advisory against malware called 'Daam' that can infect Android phones. This malware has the ability to gain unauthorized access to various aspects of your phone, such as call records, contacts, browsing history, and even your camera. The Indian Computer Emerg
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TOP Source: Indiatoday 05-29-2023 Science&Technology
Chinese state-sponsored hackers infiltrated U.S. naval infrastructure, secretary of the Navy says
The U.S. Navy has been hit by the Chinese state-sponsored hack that Microsoft
disclosed Wednesday, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan on Thursday.
Del Toro said the U.S. Navy “has been impacted” by the cyberattacks, adding that it was “no surprise that China has been behaving in this manner, not just for the last couple years, but for decades.”
He declined to provide further detail on the incursion but suggested that the Navy had been contending with cyberattacks li
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TOP Source: CNBC 05-29-2023 Science&Technology
TikTok Shop, a rising threat to Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia
TikTok Shop is a rising threat to major e-commerce players such as Shopee and Lazada in Southeast Asia.
It comes as its parent ByteDance pushes the short video app in markets outside the U.S. and India to create alternative revenue streams.
TikTok Shop is the e-commerce marketplace of short video app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance. The shopping app enables merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell their goods to users.
In 2022, TikTok Shop expanded to six Southe
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