Enlarge / Google, like most of us, has a hard time letting go of cookies. Most of us just haven’t created a complex set of APIs and brokered deals across regulation and industry to hold onto the essential essence of cookies. Getty Images reader comments 59 Google has an announcement today: It’s not going to ..
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reader comments 156 Smart TV owners have been subjected to a growing amount of ads and tracking. Ad fatigue, only worsened by a trend that sees streaming providers trying to force customers into subscriptions with commercials, is understandable. We’re at the point where someone would rather use a broken laptop dangling off a TV than ..
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. CrowdStrike reader comments 130 By Monday morning, many of the major disruptions from the flawed CrowdStrike security update late last week had cleared up. Flight delays and cancellations were no longer front-page news, and multiple Starbucks locations near ..
Enlarge / A marketing image for the Galaxy Buds3 Pro. reader comments 35 Samsung is delaying the release of the $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro in the US from July 24 to August 28, per its website. The third-generation earbuds have Samsung moving from a bean-like shape to an Apple AirPods Pro-like design, including silicone ear ..
reader comments 406 Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after a buggy update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software caused Windows-based systems to crash with a dreaded blue screen of death (BSOD) error message. We’re updating our story about the outage with new details as we ..
reader comments 86 Boundless premieres tonight, taking Vision Pro users on a hot air balloon ride in Turkey. Submerged will be Apple’s first fictional short film for Vision Pro. Users will get a glimpse into the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend. This cryptic image teases The Weeknd’s Vision Pro “experience.” The new series Elevated will tour ..
Enlarge / Ad-free Basic subscribers will be crane-kicked off the plan soon. Netflix/YouTube reader comments 172 Netflix today confirmed suspicions that it will stop letting people pay $12 per month to stream without commercials. The ad-free Basic plan was the cheapest way to watch Netflix without commercials. The plan limits users to 720p resolution and ..
reader comments 23 Apple’s next-generation operating systems are taking their next step toward release today: Apple is issuing the first public beta builds of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS 15 Sequoia, tvOS 18, and HomePod Software 18 today. Sign up for Apple’s public beta program with your Apple ID, and you’ll be able to select ..
Enlarge / An example of an 8-inch floppy disk. It’s unclear which brand disks the German Navy uses. Cromemco, CC BY-SA 4.0 reader comments 115 The German Navy is working on modernizing its Brandenburg-class F123 frigates, which means ending their reliance on 8-inch floppy disks. The F123 frigates use floppy disks for their onboard data ..
Enlarge / Analogue is launching another limited-edition version of its Pocket console, this time with an anodized aluminum body and buttons. reader comments 73 Analogue has released multiple variations of the Analogue Pocket, its Game Boy-style handheld console that can play old cartridges and game ROMs using its FPGA chip. But until now, all of ..
