PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Google Settings Still Confusing After $AU130 Million Lawsuit Over How Confusing They Were
Two years ago, the Arizona Attorney General sued Google for allegedly tricking people into giving up their location data, even after they tried to turn off the company’s location data settings. Google agreed to pay $US85 million (around $130 million) to settle the lawsuit this week and fix an incorrect description of what its Location…
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Goodbye Lightning: EU Officially Demands Big Tech Use USB-C by the End of 2024
Apple is already rumoured to be adding more-standardised charging ports to future iPhones, but it now has a deadline to make the switch, at least for the EU.
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How to Set Up Focus Mode on Android and iOS
Keep distractions at bay with Android and iOS’s built-in notification snoozing capabilities.
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Donald Trump’s Disgraced Campaign Manager Seems to Have a New Gig: Pushing Big Oil’s ‘Pink Slime’
Conservative politicians, energy industry groups, Fox News, and think tanks funded by oil and gas donors have answered recent critical coverage of Texas’ power failures with full-throated condemnations of renewable energy. They inaccurately blame rising consumer prices and reduced reliability on green power sources. Beneath that loud braying, though, is a more insidious, less obviously…