Apple Lays Off Staff Across Books, News App Divisions

From PC Mag: Apple is laying off some employees across its Books app and News app divisions, amounting to about 100 lost jobs in total, Bloomberg reports this week.

Some Apple engineers are losing their positions, and some working on other products and features within Apple's "Services" group are...

Ryzen 9000 performance boost now available to all Windows 11 users

From PC World: AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 series looked promising from its initial benchmarks, but the first reviews and user impressions painted a much more disappointing picture. As it turns out, AMD was testing with a bit of flawed methodology.

Fortunately, an adjustment in Windows brings those...

Tecno Unveils the Phantom Ultimate 2 Trifold Concept Phone

From CNET: Another trifold phone from a Chinese company is in our midst following the spotting of one from Huawei. But this time it's the Phantom Ultimate 2, a concept phone from Tecno that was unveiled on Tuesday. Tecno says that its concept foldable phone "reimagines the large-screen experience in...

Microsoft finally adding long-awaited features to Outlook for Windows

From PC World: In 2023, Microsoft announced that the Mail, Calendar, and People apps on Windows were officially coming to an end and would be replaced by Outlook for Windows. Those apps are still available on the Microsoft Store, but only until December 31, 2024.

From then on, we’ll only have...

Garmin's Fenix 8 Takes on Apple Watch Ultra 2 With Monthlong Battery

From CNET: Garmin's new $999 Fenix 8 smartwatch has plenty of features that sound familiar to Apple Watch Ultra 2 or Galaxy Watch Ultra owners, including a speaker, microphone and diving tools. But its battery life runs rings around these smartwatches as it can last almost a month on a single charge...

Telegram CEO Arrested Over Platform Moderation Concerns

From PC Mag: The founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram was arrested in France on Saturday after landing in the country on his private jet, multiple news outlets reported, citing unnamed sources. Pavel Durov, 39, is reportedly being detained and questioned because of an existing French...

Windows 10’s Start menu is becoming a billboard for Microsoft 365

From PC World: With the end of Windows 10 support right around the corner, Microsoft clearly sees this as an opportunity to play around with the operating system’s appearance — and push its other products.

In particular, the Redmond-based company has started experimenting with advertisements that...

Uber hit with $324 million EU fine for improper data transfer

From The Verge: Uber is facing a fine of 290 million euros ($347 million USD) after improperly transferring driver data from the EU to the US in one of the largest penalties levied under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) since its inception.

The fine was imposed by the...

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