Google makes it harder for Gmail users to get scammed

Gmail is safer than ever. Photo: Jay Wennington/UnsplashIt’s Safer Internet Day 2016, and Google just announced two big changes for Gmail that will make it even more secure. Starting this week, the company will make it easier to identify unencrypted and unauthenticated emails to make life even harder for scammers. It’s often easy to tell when you’ve received a scam email — a large

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Firewatch could be the prettiest mystery you play this year

Firewatch is already raising the bar for 2016. Photo: Campo SantoIf you’ve forgotten why it’s great to be a gamer, you just have to take one look at Firewatch. The first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness is a visual masterpiece that’s being praised by just about everyone — and you can get it today on Mac, PC, Linux, and PlayStation 4. Firewatch takes you back to

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Hot android ad blocker beats Google’s ban

Samsung's browser with and without Ad Block Fast. GIF: Ad Block FastAdblock Fast, the ad-blocker designed for Samsung’s own Android browser, has returned to Google Play less than a week after it was banned. What’s more, it now supports even more Samsung devices running Android 4.0 and up. The creators of Adblock Fast partnered with Samsung to take advantage of the new content-blocking API in Samsung

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Android creator will offer free dashcams in exchange for drive data

Andy Rubin wants more eyes on the road. Photo: GoogleAndy Rubin, who co-founded Android before leaving Google in 2014, is building dashboard cameras that he wants to give away for free. But in exchange for an extra eye on the road, Rubin wants you to give up all the data your dashcam collects. Dashcams have become immensely popular in Russia, where people use them for protection against

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Get the Galaxy S7’s official wallpapers right here!

Galaxy Note 5 with a touch of S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidThe Galaxy S7 may be just a few weeks away now, but if you’re as excited about it as I am, that’s just too long. Fortunately, we can get an early taste of Samsung’s new handset now, thanks to these official Galaxy S7 wallpapers. There are 13 walls in total, and they were posted to

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Amazon is practically giving Fires and Kindles away

Maybe next sale, Amazon will pay you.Amazon’s tablets aren’t the fastest or most powerful, but they sure are affordable. As of Monday, Amazon Fire tablets and Kindles are even less expensive, thanks to deep cuts across the product line in a new Amazon Device Deals promotion. If you’ve ever been interested in checking out an Amazon Fire 7-inch tablet, now’s the

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JavaScript coding bundle teaches you all you need to know for just $29 [Deal]

049155d77c0cde9db4561e963c1df02baf99b3bb_main_hero_imageIf you’ve even pondered the concept of front-end development as a future career, drop everything and learn JavaScript. This dynamic programming language is not only the engine behind all modern browsers from Firefox to Chrome, but is widely used to build front-end development frameworks and libraries. This training starts from the basics of using JavaScript

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Sprint offers $200 off Galaxy S6, Note 5 when you trade-in your old phone

Sprint-200-offSprint is knocking $200 off the Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy Note 5 when you trade in your old (but working) smartphone. The offer reduces the price of the Galaxy S6 to just $9.76 a month, and the Note 5 to just $16.67 a month over 24 months. It can also be combined with Sprint’s

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Super curvy Galaxy S7 gets pictured for the first time

Is this the real Galaxy S7? Photo: ReviewdaoSamsung’s new Galaxy S7 has been pictured out in the wild for the first time ahead of its official unveiling later this month. The photo confirms an even curvier glass back, and a new camera sensor that comes with a significantly smaller hump. You would be forgiven for thinking this was a Galaxy Note 5, because

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Pediatric exoskeleton proposal wins top robotics prize

The Phoenix weighs just 27 pounds. Photo: Suit XSuitX, a company driven to lower the cost on bionic technology to help people walk, won a prestigious robotics competition that will help it fund a pediatric exoskeleton for children with neurological disorders. Last week started with SuitX debuting an exoskeleton for $40,000 and ended Saturday with a $1 million prize in the United Arab

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