Google’s Chrome web browser may have an answer for you. Google announced a plan to identify and label websites that typically load slowly by way of clear badging. Google says it may later choose to identify sites that are likely to be slow based on the user’s device and current network conditions, as well. Google […]
Apple plans to release its first augmented reality headset in 2022, followed by a smaller device a pair of AR glasses in 2023. The Information sources claim Apple held an internal presentation in October where it expected to release the AR headset (really a mixed AR/VR headset). The design would superficially resemble an Oculus Quest, […]
Realme keeps on increasing its share of the Indian smartphone market, growing shipments more than 400 percent year-on-year to take 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from IDC. That’s a big increase on the 3.1 percent recorded a year ago when the brand had only just launched, initially as a […]
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder of Basecamp, went viral yesterday after alleging that the algorithm making credit decisions for the Apple Card, backed by Goldman Sachs, is making inherently sexist decisions. The tweets have prompted the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to investigate. The latest allegations of algorithmic […]
Instagram has been testing out a change that hides the “likes” counter on posts around the world for months, but not in the US. According to Instagram head Adam Mosseri, that’s about to change. During an interview at the Wired 25 event today Mosseri explained that it will start testing the change in the US […]
Apple has always been known as one of the most privacy-focused tech giants, but no company is perfect. IT Specialist Bob Gendler on Wednesday published a Medium blog post that claims Apple’s encrypted email technology is perhaps not as encrypted as you might think. While investigating the link between macOS and Siri — particularly, the […]
This week, Netflix began notifying customers that it will no longer support Samsung smart TVs, circa 2010 and 2011, or Vizio smart TV more than four years old. It’s also dropping support for first-generation Roku boxes. The changes go into effect December 2nd. The news isn’t too surprising Netflix cannot support all hardware indefinitely but […]
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro X computer may not have taken the world by storm as a Windows-on-ARM showcase, but as iFixit’s teardown reveals, the new hardware design is groundbreaking in other respects by being far easier to repair than other Surfaces. It starts with how Microsoft has built the SSD into the Surface Pro X. […]
Visit YouTube today, you’ll see a pop-up window alerting you that the platform’s Terms of Service will be updated on December 10th. The new terms do not change the way YouTube treats your info, and YouTube isn’t changing how it uses creators’ content, but it is clarifying a few of its policies. The new terms […]
T-Mobile promised its nationwide 5G network was coming before the end of the year, and now we have a launch date: Dec. 6. The carrier announced today during a live stream dedicated to its upcoming merger with Sprint. According to CEO John Legere, 200 million customers will have access to the network on day one, […]
Yandex, is working on its own autonomous package carrier, called Yandex.Rover. Russia’s search and services giant has expanded its ambitions in the world of autonomous transportation, building on its work with self-driving cars to deploy a six-wheeled robot that adopts the popular cooler on wheels style pioneered by Starship Robotics. Its self-driving division is trialing […]
WhatsApp is giving you more ways to block people from adding you to group chats. Its updated privacy settings replace the original “nobody” option with a “my contacts except” choice that lets you prevent certain people (or all of them, if you prefer) from dragging you into a group. “WhatsApp is introducing a new setting […]
Today, Apple released a new privacy page that makes its privacy policy easier to read and understand. The new privacy page looks more like a product page than your standard screen of black and white text. The refreshed apple.com/privacy page uses just a few words to describe how each app protects your privacy. If you […]
Microsoft has made a few small tweaks to the Windows 10 search function, designed to help users get everyday info that bit quicker Search Home. The new Quick Searches feature in Search Home includes 4 new options like Weather, Top news, Today in history, and New movies. Weather gives users information on current conditions and […]
Yesterday Twitter acknowledged the “frustrating” issue, and now an update to address it is rolling out via the App Store. It’s unclear if it was supposed to be a seamless addition of new tweets that simply didn’t behave properly, but now users should be able to decide whether or not the tweet they’re looking at […]