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How Your Smartphone Tracks Your Every Move—And How to Fight Back

Your smartphone is a super advanced data-collection machine, built with multiple, often invisible, ways to track and record ...
PCMag

Heading to a Protest? Lock Down Your Phone First. Here's How

Hitting the streets to make your voice heard can be dangerous. Still, it's your right, so here are our best tips to protect ...

I used 14 secret codes to unlock menus of settings on my iPhone and Android - how it works

Dial these secret short codes on your phone to unlock hidden settings, secret menus, and powerful features most users never discover.
CNET

Don't Remember Someone's Number? Here's How to Use T9 Dialing on iPhone Instead

Apple introduced T9 dialing to all iPhones when the tech giant released iOS 18 in 2024. With T9 dialing, you can call someone just by typing their name into your iPhone's Phone app. That means you don ...

Google puts Sonic as your navigation guide in Waze maps

Waze has gone full Super Sonic. Thanks to a new partnership with SEGA, the world’s fastest hedgehog can now guide your drive, ...
Digital Camera World

I'm not a landscape photographer, but I tried using my phone for landscape photography – and I’m impressed!

I’m not a landscape photographer. I’ve taken photographs of landscapes for assignments when they fit a story, but a ...

Maybe it's habit, maybe it’s control — but I always change these 7 Google Phone app settings

You can find the option in the Google Phone app settings > Call ID announcement > Announce Caller ID. From here, make sure to ...