Here’s what federal policymakers have been up to in the big, wide world of tech. Big Tech was once again in the hot seat on Capitol Hill last week as senators debated social media’s responsibility for taking down child pornography. Next door in the House, representatives sought more information from data brokers about what exactlyContinue reading “Congress tackled social media, cryptocurrency, and data privacy last week.”
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Gurman: Apple Testing ‘M3 Pro’ Chip for MacBook Pro With 12-Core CPU and 18-Core GPU.
Apple is testing an unreleased chip with a 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU, and 36GB of memory, according to an App Store developer log obtained by Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. He said the chip is being tested inside a future high-end MacBook Pro running the upcoming macOS 14 update, which is expected to be announced at WWDC next month. InContinue reading “Gurman: Apple Testing ‘M3 Pro’ Chip for MacBook Pro With 12-Core CPU and 18-Core GPU.”
Microsoft wants Firefox to make Bing its default search engine.
Not even by switching browsers will you be able to escape Bing. Historically, Microsoft’s Bing has always played second fiddle to Google. Chances are that if you used it, it was because you fired up a Microsoft-made browser (Internet Explorer back in the day or Edge now) and either quickly replaced it or changed itsContinue reading “Microsoft wants Firefox to make Bing its default search engine.”
Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser.
Windows borked a feature that let you change your default browser, and some users saw popups every time they opened Chrome. It’s the 1990s again for Microsoft. Microsoft issued a Windows update that broke a Chrome feature, making it harder to change your default browser and annoying Chrome users with popups. An April Windows updateContinue reading “Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser.”
Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital’s fight to recover.
It was October 2021 and the staff at Johnson Memorial Health were hoping they could finally catch their breaths. They were just coming out of a weeks-long surge of COVID hospitalizations and deaths, fueled by the Delta variant. But on Friday, October 1, at 3 a.m., the hospital CEO’s phone rang with an urgent call. “I rememberContinue reading “Cyberattacks on health care are increasing. Inside one hospital’s fight to recover.”
Western Digital’s data breach just keeps getting worse.
The storage manufacturer confirmed that unauthorized parties obtained customer data, and is still gauging what else the hackers may have stolen. Storage manufacturer Western Digital has acknowledged that a major breach earlier this year, which took out consumer cloud services for over a week, resulted in the loss of its customers’ data to unauthorized parties. InContinue reading “Western Digital’s data breach just keeps getting worse.”
Guilty of sending two- or three-word emails? Consider the carbon footprint of unnecessary messages.
Short unnecessary emails contribute as much CO2 each year as 3,334 diesel cars. Just like our environment, our digital world has a huge amount of trash. It eats into precious storage space on our smartphones, laptops and tablets and wastes energy at the same time. Earth Day is on the 22nd of April, 2023. ThereContinue reading “Guilty of sending two- or three-word emails? Consider the carbon footprint of unnecessary messages.”
Apple in iOS 17 will for the first time allow iPhone users to download apps hosted outside of its official App Store.
Apple in iOS 17 will for the first time allow iPhone users to download apps hosted outside of its official App Store Otherwise known as sideloading, the change would allow customers to download apps without needing to use the App Store, which would mean developers wouldn’t need to pay Apple’s 15 to 30 percent fees.Continue reading “Apple in iOS 17 will for the first time allow iPhone users to download apps hosted outside of its official App Store.”
Amazon begins large-scale rollout of palm print-based payments
Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm print checkout system to dozens of Whole Foods locations, marking the most significant expansion of the technology that was introduced in 2020. Amazon One allows customers to speedily check out at retail locations using only their palm prints after storing a scan of their hand via an interface at Amazon’sContinue reading “Amazon begins large-scale rollout of palm print-based payments”
Disney Plus is getting an AD tier — and getting more expensive
At today’s shareholder meeting, Disney announced that ads are coming to Disney Plus. Starting Dec. 8, a version of the Disney streaming service will be available with ads for $7.99 a month. If you’re scratching your head, doing the math, and wondering why that’s about the same as your current ad-free subscription, that’s because the ad-freeContinue reading “Disney Plus is getting an AD tier — and getting more expensive”
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