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Windows 11 is here. As with every previous mega-update to the desktop operating system of record over the years, the new interface has been met with dissent. It’s no surprise that Twitter is full of outrage over the redesign—and, it must be admitted, some praise, too. The record will show that I’ve never been a hater of new Windows features. I even found things to like in the disastrous Windows 8 release. I was an avid Cortana user, at least while she could still do useful things like shut down the PC or control music.But a significant difference is that,…
Apple frustrated most of us with mealy-mouthed comparisons and opaque speed benchmarks when it unveiled the iPhone 13 and its A15 Bionic chip. It seems the company could have made big claims, and the fact it didn’t may be a Mac story.A spark in the darkThink back to the announcement and you may recall Apple chose not to give us solid comparison data against the A14 Bionic chip, instead offering comparisons against a previous model of the device. So we had to try to guesstimate what the real performance improvements might be.I have no idea why it chose to do so,…
Black Friday TV deals are coming up fast with the biggest sales event of the year tantalizingly close. With so many big Black Friday TV sales going on, it can be hard to know where to begin so we’re here to help you out. We’ve taken a look at the best Black Friday TV deals from 2020 and figured out what’s likely to happen in 2021. We’ve also looked at whether now is the best time to buy a new TV and what kind of price you should expect to pay as part of the Black Friday TV deals. No…
The next stable version of popular open source programming language, Python 3.10, has been released, bringing with it a host of new syntax and typing features that’ll appeal to long-time developers.Python 3.10 follows the languages’ 30th anniversary earlier this year in February 2021, and though it doesn’t have a long list of new features, the latest release includes a new type union operator to help developers write cleaner code.The developers have also polished the interpreter, in the hopes that the changes will make Python code a little easier to debug. For starters, error messages will finally point to where the…
This article originally appeared in Valid Points, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter breaking down Ethereum 2.0 and its sweeping impact on crypto markets. Subscribe to Valid Points here.October marks the beginning of the fourth quarter and perhaps an end to the crypto market’s fifth annual September Dump.More importantly, we are excited to announce the release of CoinDesk Research’s Q3 Quarterly Review, containing data-driven analysis on Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi and NFTs.While digging through the aftermath of EIP 1559, I realized that the upgrade was more multifaceted than I once understood. CoinDesk columnist Nic Carter had pointed out that EIP 1559′s design changes are…
There are so many true wireless noise-canceling headphones out there that you might think another brand won’t make a difference. Well, not when it’s a brainchild of Alex Grell – the man behind iconic Sennheiser headphone models such as the HD580 and HD800.Alex left Sennheiser in 2019 to start its own company called Grell Audio. Now, two years later, low and behold the fruits of this venture – the Grell TWS/1. And there’s a lot to like about this new product. For starters, it cost just $199. That’s right – Grell Audio is exploring a new business model that aims…
You might soon not need your hands to type in Microsoft Edge thanks to the latest update to the softwareAlongside the usual bug fixes, the latest Microsoft Edge 96.0.1032.0 Dev channel release has added a number of new features to the browser, including Microsoft Editor built in, and support for voice typing.This latter feature does pretty much as you’d expect, allowing users to use voice typing on web pages on Windows 11 in Edge. Powered by Microsoft’s own Azure Speech services, the tool has been around on Windows 10 for some time, but this marks the first time it’s been…
French hypercasual publisher Voodoo has revealed a new competition to bring the next hypercasual hit.The competition will commence on October 10th and will support studios in creating and launching a hypercasual game.The competition will grant studios the opportunity to push their ideas and prototypes into the mobile app charts.Throughout the competition, Voodoo will provide support to participants from its publishing and product teams, alongside marketing insights and livestreams to assist studios in developing their prototypes.Voodoo has stated that there is no limit on the total value of prizes given and will allow developers to submit an unlimited number of prototypes to…
If you’re patiently looking forward to the Apple deals that will launch on Black Friday, the wait ends here because you can take advantage of early Amazon Black Friday deals. These offers include AirPods deals, Apple Watch deals, and iPad deals, among more discounts for other Apple products, so there’s something for everyone who’s a fan of the iconic brand. Here’s your chance to buy Apple products ahead of the chaos of the holiday shopping season, whether as a gift for yourself or for your loved ones. It’s unclear how long these discounts will last on Amazon, so if there’s…
I’ve a missile launcher on my again, a flamethrower in my hand, a number of poison grenades and throwing knives, and a killer crocodile that assaults on demand. However as I gaze out on the Yaran navy base forward of me, I do know I am not going to make use of any of these issues. I will pull out the suppressed rifle I received on the second mission of the sport, full with the primary set of mods I made within the recreation’s tutorial, and headshot every of the troopers in flip till Far Cry 6 tells me I’ve…