From ExtremeTech: Google has set a date on when Chrome will begin automatically blocking flash ads and refusing to allow non-critical content to play by default. On September 1st, Chrome will no longer offer to play “non-essential” content. Instead, users will have to right-click on a plugin and...
From PC World: Google finally announced iOS support for Android Wear on Monday, making good on a string of rumors that have persisted since the last major Wear update and reached a crescendo last week when Huawei outed iOS support on an accidental Amazon listing. iPhone owners won’t get the full...
From Tom's Hardware: T-Mobile CEO John Legere made it known today in a blog post that the company will no longer tolerate those who "abuse" and "steal from" T-Mobile's "unlimited data" plans.
How can anyone steal data when it's supposed to be unlimited, you may ask? The core issue here is that...
From PC Mag: Any publicity is good publicity, at least for cheating site Ashley Madison.
The service has gained "hundreds of thousands" of new users in the weeks since a very public breach and dump of user data, according to parent company Avid Life Media (ALM).
"Despite having our business and...
From EETimes: Facebook helped define a low cost 100 Gbit/second optical Ethernet transceiver it expects to start deploying next year. The move is another example of ways big data centers are driving design in computers and networking.
Facebook specified a 100G transceiver using single-mode fiber it...
One thing I have noticed about elementary school is the number of hands-on projects teachers give to students. Whether they were dioramas, models, or other artwork, there were always a handful each year. As for myself, I have never been good at art, whether the visual or performance arts, yet I enjoyed the projects. I stopped playing piano when I was in grade three, and I vowed to never touch instruments again. I also recently pulled out a drawer...
From InfoWorld: Google will stop some Flash content from automatically playing starting Sept. 1, a move it decided on earlier this year to improve browser performance.
Flash, made by Adobe Systems, is still widely used for multimedia content, but security and performance issues have prompted calls...
From PC World: When HTC and Valve unveiled the SteamVR-powered Vive earlier this year, the launch date was almost as surprising as the reveal itself: The virtual reality headset will launch in time for the holidays, the companies said. That timeframe would give the Vive crucial “first to market”...
From CNET: Apple will show off its next iPhones on September 9 at an event in San Francisco.
The event will be held exactly a year after the company introduced the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling, the 6 Plus. The two phones have become Apple's best-selling devices ever and have made Apple the most...
From ComputerWorld: SK Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, announced that it plans to invest $38.9 billion to build three new semiconductor fabrication plants by 2024.
South Korea-based SK Hynix's proposed investment tops other deals by semiconductor giants, such as Intel and...
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