From Tom's Hardware: Last year it was revealed that contractors around the world listened to recordings from Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri and Cortana to help train the voice assistants' speech recognition capabilities. Microsoft was sharing recordings from Skype, too, and now The Guardian has...

From ExtremeTech: Getting notifications is a good thing, but only if you want them. Too many notifications can make using a device profoundly annoying, and Google is trying to address that in a new build of Chrome. In Chrome v80, Google aims to make website notifications less distracting while still...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake today announced the TK5 RGB Gaming Keyboard, TM5 RGB and TM5 RGB Wireless Gaming Mice, these new gaming devices are made to challenge the top of the game with a whole new and ultra-modern design.

TK5 RGB Gaming Keyboard’s top plate is a streamlined curve...

From PC Mag: We still don't know much about Intel's discrete "DG1" graphics cards, even as they're set to go on sale later this year. But at CES, the company showed off a special GPU model it's been handing out to developers so they can optimize their software and games for the upcoming technology...

From ExtremeTech: If you own a microwave and use Wi-Fi, you’re probably aware that these two things don’t mesh well (pun intended). The impact of running a microwave while using Wi-Fi tends to vary depending on how much EM your microwave leaks and which frequencies your Wi-Fi network is using. If...

From ExtremeTech: Seagate had two major announcements at CES 2020 - one featuring updates to their lineup of external storage devices, and the other related to a modular storage system with the Lyve branding on it. The novelty of the modularity and data storage capacity aside, we found the hard...

From The Verge: Uber is making serious changes to its app in California in an effort to comply with the state’s groundbreaking new gig work law that makes it harder for the company to classify drivers as independent contractors.

On Wednesday, Uber emailed over 150,000 drivers and millions of...

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today announced the new Dual GeForce RTX 2070 MINI graphics card. This new GPU is specifically designed for the new Intel NUC 9 Extreme Kit and Intel NUC 9 Pro Kit, as well as other small-form-factor (SFF) solutions.

Kent Chien, Corporate Vice President and General...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake today announced a new set of gaming peripherals, TK5 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, TM5 RGB Gaming Mouse, ToughDesk 300 RGB Gaming Desk and CyberChair E500 Gaming Chair. An excellent gaming ecosystem extends beyond the custom PC and monitors is how the player...

From CNET: TikTok lets you share 15-second videos with your followers. It also could've left you vulnerable to hackers, according to security researchers. They identified a series of software flaws in the popular video app that opened the door to a range of attacks on users.

In research published...