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digitpatrox4 days ago
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Apple’s Latest iOS Beta Quietly Kills AI News Notifications

As someone who is inundated with emails and messages throughout the day, one of the Apple Intelligence features I was most cautiously optimistic about was Notification Summaries. The feature aims to make sorting through the pings on your Lock Screen a neater, faster experience, by grouping multiple notifications from the same app together and quickly summarizing the lot. Unfortunately, it…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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How to Schedule Custom Notifications on Windows 11

Do you want to receive custom messages or alerts at a predefined time? If so, you have various ways to schedule those notifications on your Windows 11 PC. I’ll show you your options. Using Task Scheduler to Set a Notification The easiest way to schedule tasks on Windows 11 is by using the built-in Task Scheduler utility. You tell the…
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digitpatroxDecember 20, 2024
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Bluesky now has a mentions tab in your notifications area

Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform. Speaking of replies, update 1.96 lets you easily access settings that let you control how replies on posts appear to you.…
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digitpatroxDecember 15, 2024
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Windows warns Phone Link won’t show ‘sensitive’ Android 15 notifications

Microsoft’s Phone Link app is warning that Android smartphones using the latest version of Android 15 won’t display certain “sensitive” notifications, according to a post from Mishaal Rahman spotted by Windows Central. The warning is the result of an Android 15 privacy feature that automatically categorizes notifications like those containing 2FA codes as “sensitive” and prevents third-party apps from seeing…
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digitpatroxNovember 9, 2024
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The secret to summarizing notifications on Android – Computerworld

At this point, I think it’s safe to say the current wave of “AI everything” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Let’s not sugarcoat it: The vast majority of generative-AI gobbledegook is unreliable, impractical, and more about marketing than any manner of real-world benefit for us — the (alleged) humans meant to be benefiting from it. But here and…
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digitpatroxNovember 1, 2024
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Apple Intelligence’s ‘Reduce Interruptions’ Mode Can Help You Deal With All Your Notifications

iOS 18.1 and macOS 15.1 have introduced a new Focus Mode called Reduce Interruptions, which allows you to use Apple Intelligence to decrease distractions without disabling notifications entirely. This has been a lifesaver for my workflow, since it lets me focus on writing but still shows me any urgent updates I might need to see right away. If you have…
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digitpatroxOctober 27, 2024
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Android 16 could get iPhone-like ‘ongoing’ notifications

Android 16 may come with a new “Rich Ongoing Notifications” feature that lets developers keep persistent notifications in the Android status bar, according to Android 15 beta code discovered by Android Authority’s Mishaal Rahman, who frequently dives into code to surface coming features. Right now, the code enables adding a pill-shaped icon with custom text and background color to the…
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digitpatroxOctober 4, 2024
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Over 5,000 Fake Microsoft Notifications Fueling Email Compromise Campaigns

Check Point’s Harmony Email & Collaboration team detected over 5,000 emails disguised as Microsoft product notifications, which could lead to email extortion, the cybersecurity company said on Oct. 2. The emails stand out for their polished appearance and the inclusion of legitimate links. The announcement comes as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, highlighting the ongoing risks posed by phishing attacks.…
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digitpatroxSeptember 23, 2024
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Android 15 Will Silence Old and Irrelevant Notifications

Android 15 will soon start silencing alerts older than two weeks to help prevent notification hell, especially when booting a device you haven’t used in a while. I don’t like it when old notifications pile up, increasing my anxiety levels and making it more difficult than necessary to separate the wheat from the chaff. That’s about to change in an…
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digitpatroxSeptember 12, 2024
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Google Chrome makes it easier to opt out of annoying notifications on Android

Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. It’s already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android devices; adding a simple unsubscribe button in the notification so that you can get rid of websites you didn’t mean to subscribe to, like horoscopes or weird facts about ducks (there’s…
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