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Weekend poll: How often do you use contactless payments? It’s been nearly two months since thenew Google Wallet launched, either replacing or living alongside Google Pay, depending on your region. The company’s latest attempt to reinvigorate its mobile payment strategy adds tickets, IDs, and more alongside the usual debit and credit cards. It’s a move that proves just how vital contactless payments are these days, withSamsung and Apple also offering their own mobile platforms....

What Is a Lucid Air EV, How Much Do They Cost, & How Fast Are They? The Lucid Air is a technological wonder, and it’s carving its niche in the world of EVs in much the same way the original Tesla Model S did some years back. The Lucid Air hopes to set new benchmarks in its class, and they’re definitely succeeding. The Lucid features class-leading numbers in terms of range, which is just the tip of the iceberg....

What Is Deception Technology and How Does It Work? Hacking is often like rummaging through a bag without looking inside. If it’s your bag, you would know where to look and what the objects feel like. You can reach in and grab a pen in seconds, while another person may grab an eyeliner. What’s more, they may cause a ruckus in their search. They will rifle through the bag longer than you would, and the noise they make increases the chance that you’ll hear them....

Your next Samsung foldable might look even more outlandish Samsung showed off its first prototype fora foldable displayin 2011. While itsfirst commercial folding phonewouldn’t launch until 8 years later, that initial prototype was enough for people to start dreaming of the foldable phone era. Now that it’s here, two form factors are dominating the market — a clamshell design, like theGalaxy Z Flip3, and a book design,Z Fold3-style. But what if there were more?...

6 Practical Ways to Use Google Sheets Sometimes the exact software you need is already at your fingertips. It just takes a bit of tinkering and coloring outside the lines to build your own solution. While accounting may be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of spreadsheet software, there are many more possibilities beyond that. So, what are other practical ways you can use Google Sheets? Read on to find out....

Amazon Fire HD 8 review: Only slightly better Amazon’s smaller Fire tablets are known for being extremely portable and easy to navigate, but cheaper and slower than competing tablets. Just type “why are Fire tablets” into Google, and you’ll see that the auto-complete options aren’t pretty. This isn’t to say that these tablets aren’t good. They’re great for certain uses, which is why the Amazon Fire HD 10 is one of thebest Android tablets....

Amazon Halo View vs. Fitbit Inspire 2: Which one should you buy? As of April 2023, Amazon’s Halo fitness trackers are no longer on sale and the company plans to stop support for the wearables in August 2023. The following article is left in its original form, but we no longer recommend purchasing Amazon Halo products. If you’ve bought a Halo fitness tracker after April 2022, you may be eligible for a refund....

Google Messages bakes Material You theming into its account switcher Google has spent the last couple of years giving its first-party apps a makeover in line with itsMaterial Youdesign philosophy. Under this ethos, the goal is to give those apps a personal touch while maintaining visual consistency across the board. Material You’s dynamic color theming, in particular, has made its way to almost every part of the Google apps’ interfaces except for one holdout: the account switcher....

Google wants to know how you feel about Translate’s new Material You revamp Google Translatehas needed a new coat of paint for a long time. The app’s current UI was initially rolled out several years ago and is still based on Google’s original vision for Material Design from 2014. And while Google Translate has finallyreceived a redesignbased on the latestMaterial You guidelines, it was exclusive toPixel phones long enough. It seems that won’t be the case for much longer, as slowly but surely, Google has begun rolling out the newly-redesigned app to non-Pixel phones....

Google’s finally killing free legacy G Suite accounts Long ago, Google used to offer free Google Workspace (née Google Apps, née G Suite) plans for custom domains, letting anyone enjoy things like Gmail and other service integrations like Google’s single sign-on and Drive through their very own URL. Google axed that too-good dealback in 2012, but those already on it were grandfathered in. Or, they were until now. Google is killing its “G Suite legacy free edition” plan entirely later this year....

How to Add Google Analytics to a Next.js Website Data analytics is a must if you want to keep track of the number of visitors your website is getting. There are different ways you can add analytics to your project, including Google Analytics. It’s a free service and is relatively simple to set up. Learn how to add Google Analytics to your site using Next.js, a React framework for building SEO-friendly websites....

How to Block Access to Apps, Files, and Folders on Windows With AskAdmin It’s your Windows computer, so it only makes sense that you should choose what other users can access while using it. Maybe you don’t want users to use Skype or go into a certain folder with sensitive information. Perhaps, you don’t want them installing apps through the Microsoft Store. You can block access to all these things and more using an app called AskAdmin....

How to Fix the Media Player App When It Stops Working on Windows 11 With Windows 11, Microsoft replaced Groove Music with its modern and sleek-looking Media Player app, which is a significant improvement over its predecessor. However, like with any app, the new Media Player can also trouble you at times when it fails to open or work as expected. Before you give up and look for an alternative, consider applying the following fixes to resolve issues with the Media Player app in Windows 11....