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Latest News - March 2017
- Judge Grants Warrant On All Google Searches In Minnesota Town For Wire Fraud Victim's Name
- Vulkan Multi-GPU Support Held Hostage By Microsoft As Windows 10-Only Affair
- Google Apologizes For Google Home ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Advertisements
- Gmail Now Uses YouTube Tech To Stream Video Attachments
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands Review - PC Gameplay And Performance
- Microsoft Surface Book 2 May Trade Detachable 2-In-1 Design For A Traditional Clamshell Chassis
- Star Trek-Themed ‘Kirk’ Ransomware Beams Down With 'Spock' Decryptor
- Samsung Galaxy S8 Leaked Again In Monolithic Jet Black Finish
- LG Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over G4 And V10 Repeated Bootloop Problems
- Nintendo Switch Production Will Double Thanks To Crushing Demand
- Microsoft Disables Windows Updates For Ryzen And Kaby Lake PCs Running Windows 7/8.1
- Alexa AI Assistant And Its Thousands Of Skills Infiltrate Apple's iPhone Via Amazon Shopping App
- Explosive U.S. Nuclear Bomb Test Footage Declassified And Uploaded For Your YouTube Viewing Pleasure
- Microsoft Debuts In-Game Chat Transcription For Windows 10 And Xbox One
- T-Mobile Sends Engineers To Dallas After Two Deaths Linked To 911 ‘Ghost Calls’
- Samsung Will Invest Nearly $7 Billion In 7nm, 10nm Chip Production
- Bosch Adopts NVIDIA DRIVE PX Xavier AI Supercomputer Platform For Self-Driving Cars
- LG G6 Customers To Receive Free Google Home AI Assistant
- Windows 10 Creators Update May Force Windows Updates Over Metered Connections
- Microsoft Office Insiders Can Now Participate In $15,000 Bug Bounty Program
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All News for March 2017
How broad can you make a search warrant? Google is currently battling one judge in Minnesota who issued a search warrant on searches potentially related to a wire fraud case.
Spire Credit Union recently notified the authorities that a customer named “Douglas” had transferred $28,500 USD from his bank account. The...
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If you are a gamer that is still getting by with Windows 8.1 or even Windows 7 as your primary operating system of choice, there are a number of storms that are brewing to rain on your parade. Yesterday, we brought you news that Microsoft is completely shutting down Windows Update for AMD Ryzen and Intel Kaby Lake PCs...
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If you own a Google Home and decided to query the device with the “My Day” feature earlier this week, chances are that you were startled to hear an advertisement play for “Beauty And The Beast”, which opens today.
Google Home users were given the usual rundown of the weather forecast, scheduled events and daily...
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Google has been making strides over the years to make its Gmail application even more versatile for its millions of users. Earlier this week, Gmail for Android gained the ability to send and receive payments via Google Wallet integration. Now, the desktop Gmail interface is able to stream video attachments straight from your browser window.
Previously,
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Ghost Recon: Wildands takes gamers back to squad-based tactical shooter country, albeit this time we’re dropping in hot, to cartel-controlled Bolivia. Our mission is to gather intel to systematically take down each cartel leader until the head of the snake is dispatched. The operation is playable solo or with three...
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So apparently Microsoft has begun mass producing its second generation Surface Book, with upstream supply chain players expecting the company to make an announcement by the end of the month or sometime in April. That is not really surprising—Microsoft has several generations of Surface Pro models under its belt, so...
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Set phasers to stun! New ransomware is making the rounds today, and it is adopting a Star Trek theme. Avast researcher Jakub Kroustek is credited with tracking down the Kirk ransomware, which wreaks havoc by encrypting your precious files and demanding payment to get those files back.
Unlike other ransomware, which...
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Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but if Apple seems a bit red in the face as of late, it's probably out of anger rather than blushing. Bear in mind that Apple has long accused rival Samsung of ripping off the look and design of its iPhone line for the company's own Galaxy devices. Now there are...
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LG is catching more heat over reported bootloop issues affecting two of its previously top-end handsets, the G4 and V10. With the matter still unresolved for many owners of both smartphones, the South Korean electronics firm now faces a class-action lawsuit that was filed in California. The suit seeks damages in an...
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It appears that Nintendo was once again caught off guard by the demand for a new game console, only this time the company is planning to amp up production in a big way. More specifically, Nintendo has told its suppliers to produce twice as many hybrid Switch consoles than originally ordered, as it has been flying off...
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When it comes to supporting legacy operating systems on new hardware, Microsoft has just unleashed the mother of all nuclear options. We already knew that Microsoft and its hardware partners — namely Intel and AMD — will not provide official support for the newest generation of PC processors on operating systems...
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Amazon’s Alexa AI voice assistant is making a run for Apple’s iOS platform, and it is doing so with its Amazon app for the iPhone and iPad. This move effectively turns your iPhone into an Echo-type device, allowing you access to the thousands of skills in Alexa’s rapidly expanding repertoire.
Accessing Alexa is...
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Explosive U.S. Nuclear Bomb Test Footage Declassified And Uploaded For Your YouTube Viewing Pleasure
These videos are sure to explode all over the Internet; they are just the bomb. In all seriousness, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) weapons physicist Greg Spriggs went through the lengthy process to have United States nuclear test footage declassified for public viewing.
The United States conducted...
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Have you ever wanted to send a message while playing an intense MMO, but did not have time to type? Microsoft has the solution for you, as the company has just released the pilot for its Game Chat Transcription feature for Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.
Game Chat Transcription features speech-to-text and...
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This situation seems like something that you could only imagine in your most intense nightmares. Imagine being in the frantic situation where you need to dial 911 due to a life-threatening emergency, but can’t actually get through. After AT&T experienced a massive 911 service outage last week, we can now sadly report...
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The word from South Korea is that Samsung plans to invest $6.98 billion (8 trillion South Korean Won) into extending its high-tech semiconductor production lines. Specifically, Samsung is looking to remain on the cutting edge by making supplemental investments into its 10-nanometer production lines while building out...
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NVIDIA may be best known as a leader in computer graphics for enthusiasts and professionals, but the company is quickly branching out into other lucrative industries like GPU-based deep learning. NVIDIA is also becoming increasingly entangled in the world of self-driving cars with its DRIVE PX platforms.
With that...
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LG has partnered with Google to promote its forthcoming G6 smartphone. Those who see fit to pick up LG's new flagship once it becomes available will receive a free Google Home, the voice-activated speaker powered by Google Assistant. In essence, those who take advantage of this promotion will score two separate devices, each one with Google
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Just a week ago, Microsoft was facing criticism for its decision to include Windows OneDrive ads within File Explorer — even for Windows 10 users that are already paying for the service. Today, Microsoft is once again fighting some pushback for a wording change that was discovered in the newest build of the upcoming...
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Microsoft is rolling out another perk to subscribers of its Office Insider program. In addition to testing out new builds and having access to features that have not yet been released to the public, Microsoft is launching a bug bounty program for Office Insiders. Through the bug bounty program, Office Insiders can...
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Building a PC from scratch can seem intimidating to anyone who has never done it before. After all, computers are capable of complex calculations, so assembling a system from a pile of pricey parts must be difficult, right? Well, no. It's actually rather easy to piece together a PC once you know where everything goes...
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As of today, Qualcomm is describing its venerable Snapdragon processor line-up and related supporting component technologies a little differently. From here on out, the mobile processor and platform bellwether is shifting from the word “processor” to “mobile platform” when referring to its Snapdragon family of chips...
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