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PCIe 5.0 SSDs promising up to 14GB/s of bandwidth will be ready in 2024
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Nintendo Switch total sales have officially surpassed Wii, PlayStation
Slash Gear - 3 Feb 2022 19:00
Nintendo has revealed its financial results for Q3 of its 2022 fiscal year, and with those results, the company has announced new sales figures for the Switch. Not only has the Switch joined the 100 million club – sell...
FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel's NSO Group
SecurityWeek - 3 Feb 2022 04:58
The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group's powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. It suggested its motivation was to ...
NASA delays SLS rollout for launch rehearsal
Space News - 3 Feb 2022 03:06
NASA is postponing the rollout of the first Space Launch System for a final pre-launch test by a month to give workers more time to complete vehicle preparations. The post NASA delays SLS rollout for launch rehearsal app...
New Non-Mutated Protein Linked to Dementia
Neuroscience News - 3 Feb 2022 01:17
APOE proteins were enhanced in the brains of patients with dementia, even when they did not carry the Alzheimer's associated gene.
Loki star confirms something major about season 2
BGR - 3 Feb 2022 19:21
We’ve known that Loki will have a season 2 on Disney Plus ever since the finale of the first season. Marvel confirmed it all via a sneaky post-credits scene. At that point, we knew the big cliffhangers at the end of se...
UEFI firmware vulnerabilities affecting Fujitsu, Intel and more discovered
ZDNet - 3 Feb 2022 04:31
23 "high-impact vulnerabilities" were discovered by security company Binarly.
This is how Google Maps keeps reviews accurate and relevant for you
Android Central - 3 Feb 2022 01:55
This is how Google keeps a handle on Maps reviews. What you need to know Google highlights ways that it moderates Maps reviews. Google uses machine learning to ensure that reviews are relevant and authentic. Maps also ta...
Over 100 apps that sold location data to sketchy data broker revealed
Mashable - 3 Feb 2022 01:42
The controversial data broker X-Mode bought location data from Bro, a dating app for “bi, gay, and open-minded men,” the virtual makeup app Perfect365, and the popular live streaming app Tango, along with dozens of o...
Huddle is Slack's messiest feature
Mashable - 3 Feb 2022 01:00
Nothing puts the "mess" in "messaging platform" like Slack Huddles. The popular workplace communication platform released "Huddles" in 2021 as part of a collection of tools designed to improve remote work. The feature le...
Don't Wait for a Housing Market Crash
Life Hacker - 3 Feb 2022 16:00
For prospective home buyers who weren't lucky enough to get into the game before the pandemic, the hope of a housing market crash may be the one thing to hold onto following month after month of rising prices and quick s...
The 4-Day Week Is Flawed. Workers Still Want It
Wired - 3 Feb 2022 14:00
Workers say the shortened workweek is a success, but the reality is more complicated.
NASA hopes James Webb Space Telescope will unlock secrets of 'super-Earths' and hot rocky worlds
SPACE.com - 3 Feb 2022 13:57
The observatory will focus on planets we sometimes can't find close to home.
South Korea says Apple's alternative payment plan 'lacks detail'
AppleInsider - 3 Feb 2022 13:37
South Korean regulators want better, more detailed compliance plans from both Apple and Google over opening up their App Stores to outside payment methods. Following South Korea's passing of a law requiring tech companie...
Judge dismisses proposed iPhone water resistance class action suit
AppleInsider - 3 Feb 2022 13:16
A proposed class action lawsuit claiming that Apple has made misleading claims about iPhone water resistance has been dismissed by a federal judge. The proposed lawsuit argued that Apple marketing misrepresents how resis...
Ransomware Often Hits Industrial Systems, With Significant Impact: Survey
SecurityWeek - 3 Feb 2022 13:09
Ransomware attacks in many cases hit industrial control systems (ICS) or operational technology (OT) environments, and impact is often significant, according to a report published on Thursday by IoT and industrial cybers...
Advanced GOES-T weather satellite to launch in March with instrument fix
SPACE.com - 3 Feb 2022 13:00
The NOAA weather satellite will move into the orbital position now occupied by GOES-17, which has an instrument issue.
You told us: Most of you want a new tablet this year, but Android or iPad?
Android Authority - 3 Feb 2022 12:38
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Apple's Proposal to Allow Third-Party Payment Methods in App Store 'Lacks Detail,' Says South Korean Regulatory Commission
Mac Rumors - 3 Feb 2022 12:36
Apple's plans to allow developers to use third-party alternative payments methods within their apps "lacks concrete detail," according to South Korea's Communications Commission (KCC). In August, South Korea passed a law...
CARROT Weather Gets Redesigned Maps With 3D Globe View, Forecast Layers, and More
Mac Rumors - 3 Feb 2022 12:21
CARROT Weather, the award-winning app known for its funny and sarcastic weather information, has received a major update that adds new map styles, individual radar stations, and more. Rebuilt from the ground up, the new ...