The British Broadcasting Corporation, also known as the BBC, with more than 20,000 employees, asked them not to use the TikTok app on company devices unless it was somehow justified for official purposes. In particular, it is still possible to use...
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On March 19, Bitcoin’s price surpassed $28,000 for the first time since mid-June last year. In the past seven days, the cryptocurrency is up 27% in price. Currently, the cost of one bitcoin is $28,293 according to the Coindesk resource. Image...
The Apple App Store and Google Play Store are the undisputed leaders in mobile application adoption, although Android users can download content from third-party sources. Microsoft plans to break this duopoly by launching its own mobile app store...
It has been revealed that a Microsoft support agent remotely activated a licensed copy of Windows 10 Pro using a pirated copy activator. This was done to solve the problem of a client that for some reason could not activate the operating system with...
According to online sources, Microsoft is working on integrating the cryptocurrency wallet Ethereum into its Edge browser. One of the first noticed Twitter user Albacore. Image source: Bleeping Computer He posted several screenshots on his account...
Ubisoft has announced an update for Far Cry 5 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S that adds support for 60fps on current-gen consoles. Additionally, to celebrate the game’s fifth anniversary, the publisher offered a discount of up to 85% on...
An extremely nasty vulnerability has been discovered in the standard markup application on Google Pixel smartphones for quick image editing (mainly for captions on screenshots). It turned out that when editing images in PNG format, the application...
A month ago Facebook user* and Instagram* from Australia and New Zealand were given the opportunity to participate in the Meta program* Verified – we are talking about paid verification of accounts on these social networks. The tick next to...
Alphabet, which owns Google, has been sued by its investors. They allege that the company has a monopoly in the online advertising market, as a US Department of Justice investigation into the matter has already led to “Significant Loss and...
This week, bitcoin price surged to its highest level since last summer. The uptrend in the cryptocurrency price comes as some investors have been betting that the US Federal Reserve will suspend interest rate hikes. Image source: Pixabay At the time...
If you don’t have a spare drive to install the new Windows 11 Insider Preview build, Microsoft can provide you with one for free. Windows Insider Program members will receive free 8GB USB drives to use as boot drives to install the latest...
Mozilla announced this week that the Firefox Relay extension, released in 2020, will be integrated directly into the browser. Relay provides users with secure, easy-to-use email aliases and phone masking to ensure identity privacy and the ability to...
The European Commission earlier this month announced an extension of the deadline for a decision on a deal that would see Microsoft acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. However, it has now been announced that the review of this issue will...
The language learning service Duolingo has started using generative AI in the learning process. The service has a paid subscription option with two features based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 neural network. Called Duolingo Max, the new subscription...
The FBI and the US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the activities of ByteDance, whose employees used its TikTok application to spy on American journalists. Previously, the company itself admitted the fact of surveillance and...
Meta last year* Platforms invested heavily in the creation of the metaverse, and the company’s stock has lost more than half of its value. This year the head of the meta* Mark Zuckerberg announced the implementation of a new strategy called...
With the launch of the Pixel 7 smartphones, Google Photos introduced the Photo Unblur tool, which uses a neural network to sharpen images. For the time being, this function remains exclusive to the latest Google smartphones. Pixel 8 devices will...
At the end of February, Microsoft released a massive update for Windows 11 called Moment 2. The platform received many new features, but this week another small update came out that brought some noticeable problems to some users. They suddenly...
Disco Elysium lead game designer Robert Kurvitz and art director Alexander Rostov in a statement to the portal GamesIndustry.biz commented on the latest statements from studio ZA/UM. Image Source: Steam (iBigot) ZA/UM recently reported that Kurvits...
Google’s Project Zero team spoke about serious vulnerabilities that pose a threat to smartphones with Exynos modems used in the flagship Pixel 6 and 7, Samsung smartphones, Vivo and many wearable devices, mainly smartwatches. Luckily, their...
