A few weeks ago, I was hanging out with some of my friends, when suddenly someone I did not know jumped into a conversation with me. About ten minutes later, I realize the guy just would not stop talking, even though I was clearly not interested in carrying on the discussion. When he started to go on about how the FBI wanted him because he knows some secret the American government does not want out (Seems legit -- I mean, we are in Canada), there...
From InfoWorld: Intel is expanding its lineup of SSDs with its 3D NAND chips with more affordable consumer and enterprise drives.
The 3D NAND chips have a structure that makes SSDs durable and fast but was only available in a handful of drives. The new SSDs support the NVMe protocol, which offers...
From CNET: Sprint now has an unlimited plan for people who can't get enough video on their phones.
The nation's fourth-largest carrier unveiled "Unlimited Freedom Premium," which offers the same free-for-all as its "Unlimited Freedom" option, but also throws in high-definition video. The plan costs...
From PC World: Dropbox is asking users who signed up before mid-2012 to change their passwords if they haven’t done so since then.
The cloud storage service said it was asking users to change their passwords as a preventive measure, and not because there is any indication that their accounts were...
From CNET: Google Fiber, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, has fallen "well short" of its subscriber goals and is now looking to cut costs, according to a report Thursday from The Information.
Alphabet co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have been unhappy with the rollout and costs...
From CNET: Google Fiber is live in Salt Lake City and ready to serve the internet needs of Utah's capital.
The web giant made the announcement Tuesday in a tweet that invited residents to check whether the super-high-speed Internet and TV services are available at their address and sign up for...
From InfoWorld: Virtual reality and gaming are changing the way PCs are built and driving the development of new types of memory for GPUs.
A successor to the GDDR5 memory used in most GPUs -- called GDDR6 -- will be on its way by 2018, according to a presentation by Samsung executive Jin Kim at the...
From CNET: Even as big retail chains like Target reported weak second-quarter earnings, Best Buy swooped in Tuesday with surprisingly strong numbers.
Its 0.8 percent growth for comparable sales, while modest, exceeded expectations, and online sales growth reached 23.7 percent compared to 17 percent...
From PC World: One of the clever features of Google’s Project Fi is the ability of your phone to automatically connect to open Wi-Fi networks. This can help you save some data usage and possibly give you better download speeds if you’re in an area with shaky cellular service. Google maintains a list...
From CNET: YouTube updated its design for TVs, aiming to make it easier to watch when you're sitting back on a couch with a remote in your hand.
The new looks adds carousels based on 12 categories that people like to browse -- news, gaming, sports, beauty, travel, tech and so on. The redesign also...
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