For everyone who I have not kept updated in my life, I have recently started a new position at a large Canadian corporation. What that really entails is that I am now working in a downtown office and I get to experience the great joys of commuting into the center of the city to witness the joys of the social issues in Calgary. All things considered, it is not that bad, and I have not yet come across any personal stories. This new role also means...
From PC Mag: For the first time, Amazon is disclosing that its data centers used a staggering 2.5 billion gallons of water globally last year, but the tech giant is spinning its water use as a win.
In a blog post, the company says its data centers are “7x more water-efficient than the industry...
From PC World: The built-in VPN feature of Mozilla’s Firefox browser, introduced just a few months ago in March, normally caps out at 50 GB of free bandwidth per month. However, the company just announced in this blog post that it will be completely removing that cap for the summer months.
Starting...
From CNET: Amazon has unveiled new changes coming to its all-purpose wall-mounted display, the 8-inch Echo Hub ($180). The Hub, focused on smart home control, now has new graphics and significantly deeper customization, Amazon announced Thursday.
During normal operation, the Echo Hub usually shows...
From PC Mag: AMD isn't taking Nvidia's recent performance projections on its new Vera CPUs lying down. After Team Green approved some Phoronix test results showing Vera beating AMD's Epyc server chips in several tests, AMD has released estimated comparisons of its next-generation Venice Epyc chips...
From PC World: Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro looked and felt fantastic when the company showed it off in April. Unfortunately, a pair of manufacturing issues has delayed first shipments by about a month, pushing delivery out closer to the end of summer.
Problems with the Laptop 13 Pro’s stellar display...
From CNET: Google's Gemini outage which prevented people who use Google apps and services for work should be over now. The company confirmed at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET on Wednesday that all affected users should be good to go in a dashboard status page.
Gemini users got an unpleasant surprise on...
From PC Mag: It appears the hottest hardware trend right now is making anything that folds. The latest company to join the trend is Logitech, which today unveiled its first foldable mouse.
The Mobi Fold is a compact, wireless peripheral designed to address the gap between professionals who own a...
From PC World: Modern smartphones are lighter, thinner, and faster than ever, but one thing they aren’t is stylish. I know because I’ve been looking for something that stands out from the sea of oblong rectangles in every phone store, and it’s been rough going.
I love the look of this slick little...
From CNET: Apple's Vision Pro hardware, which was last updated in the fall with an M5 chip, is getting new software upgrades with the latest version of VisionOS announced at WWDC. That includes Visual Intelligence, camera-aware AI, at long last. It's exactly the sort of thing Apple's expected smart...
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