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You Probably Never Found This Wholesome Windows 95 Easter Egg
The news cycle is bleak. Easter eggs are fun. And maybe it’s the nostalgia speaking (and the recent anniversary), but Windows 95 still reigns supreme in my memory as the best operating system of all time. It’s for these three very scientific reasons that the reveal of a long-hidden Windows 95 easter egg temporarily cured my 2020-induced depression. The Easter Egg was revealed on Living Computers: ... Read more
2020-09-04 02:57:40
TCL Says Its New E Ink Colour Display Can Handle Video
Known for its tablets, TVs, and phones, TCL has this week announced a new technology, NXTPAPER, that could totally change how you think about e ink. E ink displays are known for being great to stare at for hours and perfect for reading books (and sometimes even comics), but the latest colour displays from E Ink have low resolution and slow refresh rates, making them unusable for video. TCL claims ... Read more
2020-09-04 02:56:25
iPad Air 4: New renders show an updated tablet with a Touch ID-enabled power button
The iPad Air (2019) has an arguably old-fashioned look, being lumbered with a large chin and forehead so as to accommodate a classic Apple home button. However, this feature does confer the advantage of supporting the OEM's form of fingerprint authentication, Touch ID, whereas the more expensive Pro variants have sacrified it in the name of thin bezels. Recent leaks have suggested that its succes ... Read more
2020-09-04 02:54:05
Why your next Tiger Lake laptop likely won't perform as well as all those Intel slides claim
Intel dropped a whole bunch of details on their 11th gen Tiger Lake series this week complete with detailed press releases, interviews, and performance slides. According to their own benchmark results for the Core i7-1165G7, raw multi-thread performance should rival the Ryzen 7 4700U while the integrated Xe GPU should be on par with the discrete GeForce MX350. The problem with manufacturer-provid ... Read more
2020-09-04 02:48:54
Facebook to freeze political ads before US presidential election
Facebook has announced that it will not take on any new political ads in the seven days prior to the US election on 3 November. However, the firm will still allow existing ads to continue to be promoted and targeted at different users. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed the measure in a Facebook post. He said that he was "worried" about divisions in the country potentially ... Read more
2020-09-03 20:16:23
Chrome OS 86 bringing tab search to Chromebooks and it’s awesome
Earlier this week the Stable Channel of Chrome OS 85 was released to Chromebooks. Hot on the heels of that, the Chrome OS 86 Dev Channel was updated and I’ve been using it on my daily driver. If you’re the kind of Chromebook user I am and have one or two dozen tabs open at any given time, you’re likely going to love the new tab search feature. Here’s a screenshot of it in action: Above you can s ... Read more
2020-09-03 01:54:30
Apple more valuable than the entire FTSE 100
The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge, surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UK's top share index. Apple's shares rose 4% on Tuesday, valuing it at $2.3 trillion (£1.7tn), compared to the £1.5tn value of all the companies in the FTSE 100. Apple shares fell back on Wednesday, but remained ahead of the London index at the close of trading on Wednesday. It is ... Read more
2020-09-02 20:16:41
Nvidia's new Reflex latency-busting technology aims to make you a better gamer
Nvidia is today announcing the introduction of Nvidia Reflex technology. In an attempt to put a quantifiable number on gaming PC input lag, Nvidia and its pals at monitor manufacturers are introducing screen-based technology called Reflex Latency Analyzer that is able to accurately measure system latency for the first time without specialised equipment. It's also adding per game support for a new ... Read more
2020-09-02 02:34:24
Chrome OS 85 Stable Channel arrives: Here’s what you need to know
On Tuesday, Google announced that the Chrome OS 85 Stable Channel is released, with the typical staggered rollout over the coming days. As usual, Google has highlighted some of the newest features for Chromebooks, but there’s always more in terms of experimental functionality. I’ll share what you need to know about Chrome OS 85 from the official release and cover thee additional items Google has ... Read more
2020-09-02 02:34:24
Don't download latest Windows 10 update if you own one of these popular laptops
There's a fresh Windows 10 warning out this week and ignoring it could leave your PC facing the nightmare of the dreaded blue screen of death. The new alert has been issued by the team at Lenovo who say that, after installing the August 2020 cumulative update for Windows 10 Version 2004, some ThinkPad laptops are being hit by this irritating bug. In a post on its support page Lenovo states that & ... Read more
2020-09-02 02:29:24