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Unlimited free Google Meet calls will be available for a little longer than expected Google Meet deadline extended for a second time When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. At the start of the pandemic,Googleannounced it would remove the limits on its Meetvideo conferencingservice, allowing anyone with aGmailaccount to host calls of effectively unlimited duration. The idea was to help people keep in touch with family and friends during periods of lockdown, with face-to-face meetings no longer an option....

Verizon will switch off its 3G network next year Verizon says latest 2022 deadline is absolutely final When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. US networkVerizonsays it has abandoned plans to switch off its 3G network by the end of 2020 and has not confirmed a new date for the end of service. The US operator had already delayed plans to pull the plug at the end of 2019 in order to give affected customers an opportunity to make plans to move to a more modern handset....

Wi-Fi will soon be able to do a whole lot more than connect you to the internet Researcher calls for strengthening security around the new standard to prevent misuse When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. YourWi-Fi devicecould soon become a sensor that’s capable of collecting all kinds of useful information, a new project has said. The 802.11bf Task Group (TGbf) is working to leverage the ubiquitous nature of Wi-Fi to extend its use from a communications-only standard to give it enhanced sensing capabilities....

Will LG keep making Android phones? We’ll find out next week And it may impact your current LG phone When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. LGmay be set to announce its exit from the smartphone market next week, according to a new leak. We’ve hearda variety of reportsrecently that LG is looking to shut down its smartphone business, and according to this new information we’ll be hearing directly from the company early next week....

Windows 10 on ARM still fails to beat Apple M1 in leaked benchmark Does Windows stand a chance against the M1? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. We reported a few weeks back that Qualcomm is expected to launch a new version of itsARM-based Snapdragon 8cx chip forWindows 10, to compete againstApple’s M1 chip.Windows Latesthas now discovered a benchmark score for an engineering sample of this new processor on GeekBench that shows some impressive progress in multi-core performance, though these results are still dwarfed by the Apple M1 results after it destroyedARM-based CPUs in initial benchmarks....

Xbox Cloud Gaming expands with 16 must-play Xbox and Xbox 360 games There’s a new wave of titles coming to Xbox Cloud Gaming — all from past generations. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. In some very good news,Microsoft’sbackwards compatibilityand Cloud gaming efforts are synchronizing. Today, Microsoftannouncedthat 16 backwards compatible Xbox and Xbox 360 games are joining Xbox Cloud Gaming, including a host of fan-favorite titles such as Fable II, Perfect Dark Zero, and three Gears of War games....

Your iPhone has a hidden app, and here’s how you can find it Scan codes without your camera When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Generally companies aren’t in the habit of hiding apps from you because, after all, they want you to use them. But there’s anApple-madeiPhone appthat’s currently lurking on your phone, yet isn’t visible on the home screen or App Library....