Domestic violence app aims to help victims, including disguised emergency button

A domestic violence app aims to provide help to victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), offering everything from an encrypted diary of evidence to a way to call police without the need to speak.

To guard against the risk of abusive partners recognizing the app, it takes a number of precautions – including having no name …

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Russian invasion of Ukraine see European smartphone shipments fall, but Apple grows market share

The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine saw European smartphone shipments fall 10% year-on-year in the first quarter of the year, according to a new report today.

The global chip shortage played a role, but the latest market intelligence data said that the war was a bigger factor in the scale of the decline …

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Review: Logitech launches new MX Mechanical keyboard and refreshed MX Master 3S

Today, Logitech is expanding its popular MX peripheral series with a pair of all-new releases. Most notably is the Logitech MX Mechanical keyboard, which merges the brand’s usual compact build and premium features with mechanical switches. Then there’s the new MX Master 3S, which brings some incremental improvements to Logitech’s fan-favorite mouse. Now that these products are available for purchase, we’re taking a hands-on look at what the two latest releases have in store.

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Apple @ Work Podcast: What’s the benefit of technology in education?

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In this episode of Apple @ Work, Fraser Speirs returns to the show to talk about the role (and benefits) of technology in education.

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AirPods Pro 2 set to launch this year with Lightning for charging, Kuo says

Apple’s AirPods Pro were first released in October of 2019, and it appears we are finally nearing the release of a second-generation update. Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports today that AirPods Pro 2 are expected to enter mass production during the second half of the year, but he also has bad news for those who were hoping for a change to the charging case…

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Apple to launch 2022 Apple Watch Pride with new bands as soon as this week

Since 2018, Apple has introduced new special Apple Watch bands to celebrate Pride Month. While the company has yet to show any signs of a new Pride band coming soon, a new report from Mark Gurman suggests that there’s a new Pride version of the Apple Watch Series 7 coming as soon as this week.

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