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The vaccine rollout in the United States has been a national embarrassment. A doctor in Houston was fired for using ten doses of vaccine that would have otherwise expired and gone to waste. Local and state sign-up portals are impossible to navigate, even for tech-literate adult children trying to enroll…

Google changed the way custom searches work in Google Chrome. Now, you can no longer type your custom search keyword and press Space to quickly search. There’s an alternative, though—and a way to get the old custom search behavior back. What’s a Custom Search? Google Chrome has a search feature…

The next wave of affordably focused Motorola devices has arrived with the introduction of the Moto G10 and Moto G30. With the budget segment now more competitive than ever before, the Moto G10 and G30 are at the start of a new line for the Lenovo-owned firm. Both are set…

Over the last few years, phones have steadily grown larger and more unwieldy, with the recent Galaxy S21 Ultra being a great example. To help make your oversized phone a bit more manageable, Android 12 could be bringing a dedicated “one-handed mode” that shrinks your phone screen’s contents. As phones…

Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism. he partnership was announced before the nation’s parliament considers new laws to force digital giants to pay for news. Google and the publicly listed broadcast television, print and online…

For anyone who likes to listen to music online and enjoys services like Spotify, there’s a free Internet site called Radio Garden that’s also worth checking out. Radio Garden is basically like Google Earth, except for radio stations. Anywhere there’s a green dot on the world map, you can start…

The Facebook smartwatch could be a great way for the company to suck up people's health data Facebook reportedly wants more data on its users, and is developing a smartwatch to suck up as much health information as it can get. The Information first reported on the social network’s smartwatch…

Social media giant Facebook is working on a smartwatch with a focus on health and messaging features, reports The Information citing four people aware of the development. The Facebook smartwatch (not actual name) will run an open-source version of Google's Android software, but the company is also developing its own…

US tech giants -- such as Amazon, Google and Facebook -- pay minimal taxes abroad, despite making billions in profits. African user countries no longer want to miss out on the revenue and are discussing digital taxes. Despite the global economic crisis caused by COVID-19, US tech companies, such as…

Stadia has struggled, but pre-installing the service on Chromebooks could give it a boost. IDG / Hayden Dingman Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Google’s making a play to turn Chromebooks into gaming platforms, stating this week that new…