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- TSMC Under U.S. Pressure As Chip Supplier For Lockheed F-35 Lightning II: Report
- Hot Take: FBI's Pressure On Apple To Unlock Legacy iPhones Is Really About Setting Precedence
- 2.5 Geeks Podcast 1/15/20: CES 2020, Ryzen 4000, Intel DG1, Concept UFO, ThinkPad X1 Fold, Windows 7 EOL
- Sony's PlayStation 5 Might Be Revealed In February: Here's The Evidence
- HP's ProBook x360 435 G7 Convertible Rocks AMD Ryzen 4000 Zen 2 APUs
- NSA-Discovered CurveBall Windows Crypto Bug Already Turned Into Proof-Of-Concept Exploit
- Microsoft Unleashes Windows 7 Full-Screen Nag Warnings Promoting Windows 10
- Beware, This Mobile Fleeceware Scam Has Ensnared 600 Million Android Users
- Mozilla Lays Off 70 Workers As Revenue Generation Programs Stall
- Taycan For A Ride? Porsche Taycan Turbo S Ranks As Least Efficient EV Per EPA
- Epic Launches Fortnite Icon Series Skins Starting With ‘Ninja’
- Microsoft Surface Pro X And Pro 7 Review: Snapdragon And x86 Experience
- Google Phone App Reportedly Adding Support For Call Recording
- Save $20 On Microsoft's Elite Series 2 Luxury Controller With This Hot Deal
- Microsoft's Chromium Edge Now Available For Windows And macOS: Download It Now
- Next-Gen Samsung Galaxy Buds Plus Rumors Tip Big Endurance Gains
- Your iPhone Can Now Be Used As A Google Security Key For 2FA
- Logitech's ERGO K860 Is An 'Uncompromising' Split-Keyboard For Ergonomic Aficionados
- President Trump Attacks Apple For Not Unlocking Smartphones Used By Criminals
- Google Plans To Phase Out Third-Party Cookies In Chrome, Here's How And Why
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All News for January 2020
Tensions with China are growing as the U.S government fears that China is attempting to spy on Americans via the myriad of electronic devices built inside the country. Recently, Washington has pressured TSMC to produce the chips that are used inside U.S. military hardware within the United States. Reports indicate...
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Here we go again, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is exerting pressure on Apple to help unlock an older iPhone model as part of a crime investigation, and just like before, there's another layer to the story. On the surface, it might seem reasonable to pressure a device maker to thwart its own...
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In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks webcast, Marco, Brittany, Chris and Dave discuss the Best of CES 2020, AMD's hot new Ryzen 4000 Mobile processors, Intel's encouraging DG1 graphics demo, Alienware's sweet new Concept UFO gaming handheld PC, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold foldable tablet PC, and what to...
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Sony and Microsoft have both been slow playing the details of each company's next-generation game console, the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox Series X, respectively. They will arrive at retail in holiday 2020 (which means November or December). But will we see a full reveal before then? It's possible, and there is...
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Last week at CES 2020, AMD launched its newest Ryzen APUs based on 7nm Zen 2 architecture. Today, Hewlett-Packard became the latest to adopt these processors into its product range with the introduction of the ProBook x360 435 G7.
The ProBook x360 435 G7 is a 13.3-inch class convertible with a Full HD resolution...
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Field of Dreams taught us, "If you build it, he will come," referring to a deceased baseball legend wandering out of a corn field in Iowa. When it comes to PC security, though, if you discover it ("it" being a vulnerability), the proof of concepts will come, and that is precisely what has happened with a "CurveBall"...
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Unless you been living under a rock, then you know that Microsoft ended official extended support for Windows 7 on Tuesday. That means that Microsoft is no longer providing product updates or security patches for the operating system -- that is unless you are a corporate customer that pays a yearly per device fee...
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Security researchers are warning of a rise in "fleeceware" scams, a relatively new term that recently entered into the lexicon of security experts. It is a growing problem in the Play Store, whereby Android users end up being charged "excessive amounts of money for apps" for failing to cancel a subscription before a...
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Mozilla has announced that it has let go of several employees via an official blog post. In the post, titled "Readying for the Future at Mozilla," Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Chairwoman and interim CEO, wrote that Mozilla has to do two things in this era including continuing to excel in its current work and innovating in...
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The hits just keep coming for the Porsche Taycan, which was unveiled as the newest and most credible threat to the Tesla Model S. When the EV was unveiled in late 2019, Porsche promised a driving range approaching 300 miles while delivering performance that would put in supercar territory.
While the latter...
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Epic Games has announced the launch of a new series of collaborations that it calls the Icon Series. Epic says that the Icon Series will bring together the artistic vision, personality, and attitude of top Fortnite creators. The Icon Series is building on previous collaborations with Marshmello and Major Lazer.
The...
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Microsoft Surface Pro X (left) and Microsoft Surface Pro 7 (right) - Similar But Very Different Beasts Microsoft's Surface Pro line of convertible tablets has long been one of the standards by which premium Windows hybrid convertibles are judged. The Surface Pro family has been around for years, but these latest...
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Call recording can be a very useful tool in a variety of situations. Unfortunately, it is currently not a feature available in the Google Phone app. However, keen-eyed developers recently dug into the code of the Google Phone app and uncovered code for call recording.
Google removed its own native call recording...
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Would you like to hear something controversial? Here goes—Microsoft's Elite Series 2 is the greatest game controller ever made! Not everyone feels that way, of course, particularly fans of Sony's DualShock design. Some may even consider the Dreamcast controller from yesteryear to be the greatest. Debate away if you...
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While Microsoft has closed one door (Windows 7), it has opened another one with respect to web browsers (Microsoft Edge). As promised, Microsoft has made available the public/stable release of its Chromium-based Edge web browser.
Microsoft first made its intentions known that it would switch to Chromium back in...
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Samsung is gearing up to launch its next-generation of truly wireless earbuds to go supplant the existing Galaxy Buds. The new product is tipped to be called the Galaxy Buds Plus, and today, some new rumors surfaced. Some fans of the Galaxy Bud line might be sad to hear that active noise cancellation reportedly isn't...
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iPhone users now have a new way to securely login to Google services thanks to a new update for the Google Smart Lock app. With the latest update, iPhone users are afforded the same capability that was enabled for Android users back in 2019, which allows them to use their smartphone for two-factor...
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Logitech today announced a new, ergonomically designed keyboard called the Ergo K860. As seen in the image above, it sports a split design to facilitate a more natural typing experience by angling the left and right main typing sections . The idea behind these types of designs is that users do not have to twist their...
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In a recent post to Twitter, President Donald Trump offered up harsh criticism on Apple's policy of refusing to "unlock phones used by killers, drug dealers, and other violent criminals," which boils down to a fundamental argument over privacy and encryption, and the iPhone maker's resistance to building a backdoor...
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Starting next month, Google will tighten the controls on its Chrome browser by limiting cross-site tracking, and within the next two years, it plans on eliminating third-party cookies from the equation. These and other steps are part of a larger initiative Google is calling "Privacy Sandbox," which entails open...
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Apple may be ready to add a "free" performance boost to its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops in a future software update according to references found in beta macOS Catalina code. The latest build of the macOS Catalina 10.15.3 beta makes reference to what Apple calls "Pro Mode", and it will apparently be user-configurable.
According to 9to5
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Another day, another leak featuring new details of the Samsung Galaxy S20 smartphone. The latest leak came in the form of a hands-on video that can be seen below. One of the big features that the leak confirms is that the display will have a 120Hz refresh rate.
The display is listed as having a 3200 x 1440...
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