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The internet was once infamously described as “a series of tubes,” and while that’s sort of true, people get a nearly infinite number of things wrong about it. Curious to know what some of those things are, HighSpeedInternet.com asked 1,000 Americans a few questions. And while 74% said they know how the internet works, only 20% got it right. Just one example: More than half (60%) thought having more Wi-Fi bars meant faster speeds (it means more signal strength). Understanding is also a little dicey when it comes to 5G, which, after the past year and a half, should come…
Several years after HMD resurrected the Nokia brand with a solid lineup of budget phones, the company is dipping its toes in the tablet market. This morning, HMD announced the Nokia T20, it’s first Android tablet in six years.The budget-friendly T20 sports the same understated aesthetic as Nokia’s smartphone lineup. Its textured aluminum frame comes in dark blue, there’s a small camera module poking out from the top-left corner with an 8MP sensor, and prominent Nokia branding in the center of the tablet.The front is dominated by a 10.4-inch, 2,000-by-1,200-pixel LCD made of strengthened glass. Typical brightness maxes out at…
It’s been a rough couple of years for a lot of people. Mac 911 has received many dozens of emails from people who have lost a child, parent, relative, or other loved one, and are locked out of accounts that contain that person’s digital footprint. These accounts may contain every picture and video they’ve ever captured, email, critical bits of family history, important legal and financial documents, and much else. Apple said during its June 2021 Worldwide Developer Conference that it would allow iCloud users to set a “Legacy Contact,” people who could be appointed by you ahead of time…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Ubisoft has announced another free-to-play spin-off for one of their major franchises, but insist it’s not a standard battle royale. Just a day after speculation that Ubisoft is planning a new free-to-play version of Far Cry, they’ve announced one for another of their franchises, in the form of Ghost Recon Frontline. The main Expedition mode involves 102 players in teams of three and according to Ubisoft it’s intended as a ‘new take on the battle royale genre’. Expedition has teams completing objectives…
The only question now is when, not if (pic: Twitter)References to remasters of the three PS2 era GTA games have been found in Rockstar’s own game launcher, as the achievement icons also leak. Rockstar Games may be the only company to make Nintendo seem open and talkative, as while there’s already ample evidence that Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Definitive Edition exists they still haven’t said a word about it. The collection is believed to include GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas and has already been rumoured multiple times and turned up on the Taiwanese age rating…
Firefox Focus, the browser with no tabs or bookmarks, mainly created for quick searches you want to keep separate from your main browser, is now getting a major redesign on iOS, reports 9to5Mac. The new version, version 38, is giving Firefox Focus a new minimal and distraction-free design. Firefox Focus version 38 on iOS gets a simple and distraction-free new lookMozilla has shared in a blog post the information about the new update the lightweight browser is getting on iOS. It now has a simple and more distraction-free design and not only that, but it also gets the ability to…
Xbox Series owners are once again faced with a massive Black Ops Cold War download as Season 6 is weighing in at more than 230GB on Series X. Season 6 of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone are kicking off later today, and for some, the latest update has already become available. The new season adds plenty of new content to the shooter, including new multiplayer maps, weapons, the finale of Black Ops Cold War Zombies, and much more. Computex 2022 is Officially Happening, In-Person Event With International Exhibitor Registration Open NowCall of Duty games are known…
Computex 2022 is happening and will be an in-person event taking place between the 24th & 27th of May, 2022. The event will take place in Taipei at the Nangang Exhibition Center and international exhibitors can register from today. Computex 2022 In-Person Event Is Officially A Go! Will Take Place Between 24th – 27th May in Taipei Press Release: COMPUTEX 2022 is set to kick off from May 24 to 27 in the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 & 2, featuring Innovative Computing, Accelerating Intelligence, Digital Resilience, Connected X-Experience, Innovations and Startups, and Sustainability. This annual tech event will…
On October 4 a technical issue took down Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, as well as many of the company’s internal systems. Now, Facebook has put out an official statement explaining the cause of the downtime, attributing it to a technical error and clarifying that no third party was involved.”Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook’s explanation reads. “This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt.””The underlying…
Headlining Google’s sustainability event this week was the announcement of a new service called Nest Renew. This free upgrade will enable a feature called Energy Shift, which aims to make small tweaks to your home’s heating and cooling to better utilize available renewable energy. Solar power waxes and wanes as the day goes by, and energy providers adjust electrical rates for time of use accordingly. Energy Shift will be able to, for example, automatically turn your heat up a little earlier in the day than it normally would in order to take advantage of abundant (and thus cheaper) solar power…