Apple’s much-loved MacBook Air gets even more power, a much better webcam and an unexpected price cut for 2025, making one of the very best consumer laptops even more tempting. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn…

A new, lightweight version of Pi-Hole is here. Just how easy is it to block advertising on your home network? Pi-Hole 6 appeared a few weeks ago. Since then, there have been a few small bug fixes and it's now up to version 6.0.5. The new release is lighter weight and has fewer external dependencies:…

People in over 10,000 organizations use Obsidian for work. Starting today, the Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. If Obsidian benefits your organization, you can still purchase Commercial licenses to support development. Nothing else is changing. No…

Chicago has become a hub for cryptocurrency ATMs used to launder drug proceeds and route money to sophisticated scam artists, according to experts and officials. Bitcoin, the most valuable and well-known crypto asset, got widespread attention more than a decade ago as a tool to buy drugs on…

Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images For over a decade, you couldn’t easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States. DJI’s software would automatically stop you from flying over runways, power plants, public emergencies like wildfires, and the White House. But confusingly, amidst…

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip 9 December 2024 Chris VallanceSenior Technology Reporter Google The new Willow chip Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world's fastest super computers ten septillion…

The internet is in the midst of undergoing the biggest change since its inception. It's huge. And there is no going back. The web is changing into the Zero Click Internet, and it will change everything about how you do everything. Zero Click Internet means you'll no longer click on links to find the…

Consumer and digital rights activists are calling on the US Federal Trade Commission to stop device-makers using software to reduce product functionality, bricking unloved kit, or adding surprise fees post-purchase. In an eight-page letter [PDF] to the Commission (FTC), the activists mentioned the…

Image: Microsoft Microsoft is releasing the first preview of its Recall AI feature for Copilot Plus PCs today. After a series of delays, Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now install a new build of Windows 11 that includes Recall and Click to Do — a feature that’s very similar to Google’s…

The thing is, any feed or search result is “algorithmic.” “Just show me the things posted by people I follow in reverse-chronological order” is an algorithm. “Just show me products that have this SKU” is an algorithm. “Alphabetical sort” is an algorithm. “Random sort” is an algorithm. Any process…

Dear readers, First off, hello from Substack! I am writing from andrewchen.substack.com where you’ll find me from now on. After 15+ years of writing via wordpress on andrewchen.com (and its predecessors), I’m going to try Substack. I’m long overdue, of course, led the company’s Series A in 2019. I…

Three Nasa astronauts who were taken to a Florida hospital after returning to Earth from the International Space Station two weeks ago told reporters on Friday that they were all in good health following the medical ordeal – and that the agency was “still piecing things together” about what…

In this article GOOGLMSFT Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Udit Kulshrestha and David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft took the unusual step Monday of publicly accusing longtime rival Google of running "shadow campaigns" in Europe designed to discredit the…

Today we have something a little different from Gareth Edwards, who typically chronicles the forgotten history of Silicon Valley in his column, The Crazy Ones. When the British government announced last week that it was transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to the country of…

The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Google’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market. The Department of Justice has filed court papers that say it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” that would prevent…

Companies Bytedance Ltd TikTok KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysi

European scientists are preparing to launch a space mission that has been designed to create total eclipses of the sun on demand. The robot spacecraft Proba-3 will be launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in a few weeks in a mission which will involve flying a pair of satellites in close…

Data centres as vital as NHS and power grid, government says 12 September 2024 Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor Getty Images A Google Data Centre being built in Hertfordshire Data centres in the UK are to be classified as critical national infrastructure, joining the emergency services, finance and…

HELLO, MICROSOFT? YOU THERE? “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update Microsoft said its update wouldn't install on Linux devices. It did anyway. Dan Goodin – Aug 20, 2024 8:17 pm | 216 Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images Story text Size Width * Links…

Banks, airports, TV stations, health care organizations, hotels, and countless other businesses are all facing widespread IT outages, leaving flights grounded and causing widespread disruption, after Windows machines have displayed errors worldwide. In the early hours of Friday, companies in…

Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages after a glitch triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Haven Daley/AP A technological meltdown left employees of airlines, banks, hospitals and emergency…

A wave of IT outages swept across the globe Friday morning, causing thousands of flight cancellations and stalling internal and external systems across a variety of industries including hospitals, banks, stock exchanges and other institutions, as some Microsoft-based computers ceased to work.…

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New York state took novel legislative steps on Friday to limit children’s exposure to computer algorithmic social media feeds, passing two laws to protect children from social media content and to protect their privacy. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (Safe) for Kids Act requires social media…

A technical issue at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday caused the A-class shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to appear to be down nearly 100%. Trading was halted in those shares, as wel

Starliner spacecraft sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 7, after the planned launch of the Boeing Crew Flight Test was scrubbed. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific…

Image Credits:Seattle Times/TNS / Getty Images Government & Policy FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality Devin Coldewey 10:30 AM PDT · April 25, 2024 The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote Thursday to reinstate net neutrality, which bars broadband providers from…

Image Credits:Tesla Transportation Tesla execs Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel leave as company lays off 10% Sean O'Kane 7:33 AM PDT · April 15, 2024 Two high-profile executives have departed Tesla the same day that the electric automaker laid off thousands of workers, TechCrunch has confirmed. Drew…

Elon Musk has reversed one of his most notorious decisions since taking over X, the social network better known as Twitter, and started bestowing blue ticks on the site’s most-followed users – whether they want them or not. The entrepreneur and one-time “Chief Twit” had tweeted last week that the…

ByDavey Winder, Senior Contributor. Since updating the iPhone’s operating system to iOS 17.2 in December 2023, have users of one particular official Apple app been exposing their full identity and accurate location details to passing strangers? That’s the viral claim that is being made across social…

Thousands of people lined up outside Apple Stores on Feb. 2 to see the Vision Pro’s stunning debut, but dissatisfied customers are returning their headsets this week. Why? Apple’s 14-day return period expires on Feb. 16 for day one Vision Pro users. It looks like these bros kept their receipts, from…

👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a 🔒 subscriber-only issue 🔒 of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover challenges at Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. The Pulse is a series covering insights, patterns, and trends within Big Tech and…

App developers in the European Union who choose to opt in to Apple's new business terms must pay an €0.50 "Core Technology Fee" or CTF for every app install over one million installs, a model that has the potential to bankrupt free or freemium app developers. Apple does not charge for the first one…

Some have asked me how I feel about Substack's recent decision to ban five (5) no-name Nazi newsletters and then say "see? we're doing what you asked! And you screeching leftists are making a big fuss over nothing!" I gave a quote to the Washington Post which I will just repeat here: "It’s honestly…

Exclusive Broadcom is tossing the majority of VMware's Cloud Services Providers as part of its shakeup of the virtualization titan's partner programs, say sources, leaving customers unclear who their IT supplier will be. The $61 billion purchase of VMware by Broadcom in November was swiftly followed…

Just over a year ago, we announced our intention to leave the cloud. We then shared our complete $3.2 million cloud budget for 2022, and the fact that we were going to build our own tooling rather than pay for overpriced enterprise service contracts. The mission was set! A month later, we placed an…

The U.S. government has stopped warning some social networks about foreign disinformation campaigns on their platforms, reversing a years-long approach to preventing Russia and other actors from interfering in American politics less than a year before the U.S. presidential elections, according to…

Facebook parent company Meta began handing out a new round of pink slips Wednesday, part of a months-long downsizing and restructuring effort that will trim 10,000 employees amid multiple waves of layoffs. Employees on the company’s technical teams were notified early Wednesday morning that their…

Adobe could face hefty fines related to its overly difficult and costly subscription cancellation practices due to an ongoing Federal Trade Commission Probe. On its quarterly financial call, Adobe told investors it has been cooperating with FTC staff since June 2022. The FTC believes Adobe may…