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The Microsoft beat-down of Google Chrome continues
Microsoft doesn’t want you to use Google Chrome because apparently it’s bad for your battery, and in turn your well-being; Microsoft wants you to use its own browser, Edge. Edge is good, says Microsoft. Chrome is bad, says Microsoft. Google Chrome is quite notorious for sucking your device battery juice, in spite of Google’s promise ...
Microsoft is finally letting HoloLens loose on the public with a view to the enterprise sector
Let’s face it, if you’ve not been living under a rock for the last year then you’ve probably heard about Microsoft’s augmented reality headset HoloLens. Much of the world might be entranced right now with a little AR game called Pokémon Go, but it was Microsoft’s demos of its own AR reality headset that really blew ...
New York Governor says sex offenders could be luring their prey by playing Pokémon Go
Registered New York sex offenders will not be able to join the madding masses and play the augmented reality game, now a global phenomenon in terms of online gaming, Pokémon Go. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has asked the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision to ban sex offenders from playing the game ...
This could catch on: Microsoft sued again for sneaky Windows 10 upgrade tactics
It’s happening again, not once, but twice! Microsoft is being sued for its highly questionable tactics in persuading people to upgrade to Windows 10. This follows a similar case in which a Californian business woman was awarded $10,000 earlier this year after she said her business lost money due to an upgrade to the new OS that she claimed ...
Netflix announces the arrival of the latest season of arguably the best dark-side-of-tech series ever made
Firstly, if you haven’t seen the first two seasons of Black Mirror, you should do that immediately. The previous seasons of the show, dubbed “the Twilight Zone for the digital age”, have garnered widespread acclaim from critics and the public, are available on Netflix. The streaming service just announced the U.S. version of the show will arrive October ...
Preliminary report reveals Tesla auto-pilot fan was speeding before he died
On May 7th this year an accident occurred on a Florida highway that resulted in the death of Joshua Brown, a 40-year old Ohio man. Brown’s Tesla Model S had been on auto-pilot, with initial reports stating that the collision with a Freightliner Cascadia truck-tractor was due to the automated driving systems not applying the brakes. ...
Twitter explains why it’s more relevant than people might think
You don’t have to tweet every day to use Twitter, says Twitter Inc. in a fresh marketing push designed to let us know the myriad uses of the platform. One of those uses, says Twitter, according to research the company has been conducting over the last few months, is simply to see what’s going on ...
Perfect fit: Another chance to see Mr. Robot in virtual reality
“Not gonna lie, I thought it was awesome being able to look around his apartment while he sat there dialoguing. I’ve seen enough of the 360 VR experience to not be automatically wowed by it, but having it tied in with a show I knew and loved was pretty cool.” The above comment was taken ...
A glimmer of hope for Pokémon Go fans using Windows Phone
The Pokémon Go game, turned global phenomenon, just keeps picking up speed, mesmerizing fans in now more than 30 countries, sending madding crowds this way and that in search of cutified monsters. Some fans aren’t happy though, and those people are the owners of a Windows Phone. That could all change soon, according Microsoft Portugal. ...
Microsoft warned for Windows 10 excessive user data collection: Given 3 months to shape up
Microsoft is under the gun in France, after the company was ordered by the French data protection authority to curtail its “excessive” collection of user data on the Windows 10 operating system, and at the same time stop tracking user browsing activity in order to serve targeted ads. The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés ...