Amazon Adds Supersized Echo Show 21, Updated Echo Show 15 to Lineup

From PC Mag: Amazon is launching two new Echo Show devices: the larger Echo Show 21 and an upgraded Echo Show 15.

The Echo Show 21 has the biggest touch screen of any smart display from Amazon, making it a better option for video streaming, if that's something you like to do on Echo devices. It's...

No more frights: Microsoft Edge is getting scareware protection

From PC World: You’re on the web, minding your business—and then out of nowhere, you lose control of your screen. Pop-up windows flash warnings that your PC has been compromised or you’re being spied upon. However, if you take the remedy suggested, like downloading so-called antivirus software, you...

Microsoft's Latest Device Is a Mini PC for Cloud-Based Windows

From PC Mag: Microsoft has created a $349 device designed to run Windows in the cloud rather than on the hardware itself.

Windows 365 Link, announced at the company's Ignite event, is part of Microsoft’s latest effort to expand in the cloud PC market. In 2021, the company revealed Windows 365...

Hackers are using Facebook ads to spread fake Chrome password managers

From PC World: You probably know that you shouldn’t trust everything you see on Facebook, perhaps doubly so now that the platform seems to be about 80 percent AI-generated slop. But remember that this advice extends to advertising as well.

Facebook ads have been used by hackers — as recently as...

Amazon Music Unlimited Subscribers Can Now Listen to Audible Audiobooks

From CNET: Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers can now press play on audiobooks.

Beginning Tuesday, customers of the music streaming service in the US, UK and Canada have a new perk: Audible's catalog of more than 1 million audio titles, Amazon said in a press release. One audiobook per month is up...

LG’s first 480Hz OLED gaming monitor is $1,000

From The Verge: LG’s 27-inch OLED gaming monitor is one of the fastest models we’ve seen to date and it’s finally ready for preorder. The UltraGear 27GX790A (or GX7 for short) is priced at $999.99 and is built around a 480Hz panel from LG Display announced in early January with a 2560 x 1440...

Nvidia's Delayed Blackwell AI Chips Are Overheating in Servers

From PC Mag: Nvidia's upcoming Blackwell GPUs for AI computing may face further delays because they're prone to overheating when connected to each other on server racks, The Information reports.

The issue has reportedly been traced to the server rack Nvidia designed for Blackwell—which can connect...

Windows 11 update improves Snap Layouts usability, adds new features

From PC World: Microsoft recently noted that there won’t be any more feature releases for the test channels of Windows 11 for the remainder of 2024. But there’s still plenty of time before the new year, and the company is still playing around with new features in these coming weeks.

Just a few days...

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