Russia’s communications watchdog has requested internet giant Google to stop advertising “illegal mass events” on its YouTube video-hosting platform. Media overseer Roskomnadzor has sent a letter to Google insisting that it stop promoting “illegal mass events” on YouTube. It didn’t like that YouTube channels were using push notifications and other measures to spread information about protests, […]
Dell is Intel’s first partner to offer designs sporting the new processors. With orders shipping in September. Intel CEO Bob Swan confirmed that the chipmaker was on schedule to deliver the long awaited Ice Lake CPUs by Q4 2019, in time for holiday availability. However, it seems consumers will be able to get their hands […]
Huawei confirms that the Honor Smart TV will be the first device to use the new Harmony OS. As of the trade ban, Huawei is now finding ways to thrive without their partners in the US like Google. The Smart TV is slated only for domestic release in China so far. According to Honor president […]
YouTube just can’t seem to get out of this hole it has dug itself into. According to a Washington Post report, the video giant has let top video creators get away more lightly with problematic content than those who bring in in fewer videos. The publication spoke with 11 current and former moderators for the […]
Amazon has been testing its Scout delivery robots near its headquarters in Snohomish County, Washington, for a few months. Today, it announced that it’s expanding the program, and it’s set to start testing the robots in the Irvine, California, area on a larger scale. For those who don’t know, Scout is a small, six-wheeled vehicle […]
Apple wasn’t quite able to make its promised AirPower wireless charging pad work. It canceled the project 18 months after announcing it. Its goal was to let you charge several devices at once using a single pad. However, where Apple failed, Mophie may have succeeded. Those who were anxiously awaiting the AirPower mat might be […]
Good Better value than the TVS-673 Good NAS performance High expansion potential Great multimedia features EXT4 snapshot support Bad CPU wilts under heavy IP SAN pressure Qnap’s latest TVS-x73e family of NAS appliances are designed to offer a more economical option to the TVS-x73 products. They come with smaller amounts of starter memory and a […]
Good Very capable NAS. Much more than just networked storage Access to data via mobile devices High-speed connection via Thunderbolt2 and 10Gb Ethernet Built in digital media player for home/studio theater Basic setup was simple Bad Average user may not be able to squeeze maximum potential from the NAS The TVS-682T is powered by an […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai circulated Thursday. It would keep the agency’s current safety limits for radio frequency exposure the same as they’ve been for 23 years. Following more than six years of public input and review, the agency said the current exposure levels for cellphones, wireless towers, Wi-Fi routers and all other […]
Huawei’s long-rumored Android alternative, Hongmeng, is finally official. At Huawei Developer Conference, the company’s Consumer Business Group CEO Richard Yu surprised the audience by unveiling “Harmony OS,” which he says is faster and safer than Android. Huawei filed trademarks for Hongmeng in June, though it muddied the waters when an exec later said the OS […]
Apple is rewarding security researchers for finding security flaws in macOS. At the Black Hat conference, Apple announced that it is greatly expanding its existing bug bounty program to include macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and iCloud. It will include rewards of up to $1 million for a zero-click, full chain kernel code execution attack. Apple announced […]
A US Appeals Court gave the green light to a class-action lawsuit over Facebook’s photo-tagging suggestions. Facebook users now have the green light to sue the company over its use of facial recognition tech. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor 3-0 after Facebook tried to block […]
Google might have shut down its Trips app, but it is far from giving up on acting as your online travel broker. It has just revamped its hotel search process on its new Travel site and is now offering better price-tracking on Google Flights. If you use Google Flights to plan and purchase tickets for […]
Intel teased Project Athena at CES at the start of this year, then in May the company revealed what the program really hopes to achieve: super long battery life, fast charging and 5G all packaged neatly into ultra slim, lightweight devices. Intel unveiled the “Engineered for Mobile Performance” sticker. This tag will be affixed to […]
Apple Music has its own analytics dashboard for artists called “Apple Music for Artists”, but it has only been available as a beta for quite some time. That is finally changing today. Apple Music has announced that its analytics platform for musicians, called Apple Music for Artists, is out of beta and available for all. […]