Google Play Store's new 'pause' feature makes sideloading safer and easier
In an attempt to make sideloading easier, along with keeping the device safe, Google Play Store is introducing a new feature to 'pause' Play protect instead of turning it off, altogether. Read more...
2025-03-13 14:42
Intel appoints industry veteran as new CEO to right the ship of the chipmaker
Intel just appointed industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO, giving him the challenge of turning around the struggling chipmaker. Tan, a former Intel board member and longtime semiconductor leader, replaces Pat Gelsinger after his sudden departure.
2025-03-13 14:31
QNodeOS claims to be the first operating system for quantum networks, paving the way for future quantum applications
Researchers at the QIA have developed the world's first hardware-independent quantum-network operating system, supporting applications written with high-level code.
2025-03-13 13:52
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Singapore court grants bail to trio accused in $390 million Nvidia chip smuggling case
The action follows charges against three men for smuggling Nvidia chips and defrauding companies like Dell and Super Micro.
2025-03-13 13:50
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Asus rumored to launch Xbox handheld in 2025 — OEM working with Microsoft to 'unify' Windows and Xbox libraries
Sources say that Asus and Microsoft are working together to build the first Xbox handheld gaming console for launch later this year.
2025-03-13 13:25
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Nvidia says it has shipped twice as many 50-series GPUs as 40-series since launch, but it's a misleading comparison
In advance of next week's GTC and GDC trade shows, Nvidia discussed Blackwell availability, where it specifically stated that it has shipped twice as many Blackwell GPUs in the first five weeks as it did Ada GPUs for the first five weeks in 2022 — bu...
2025-03-13 13:01
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Skich launches its game-focused App Marketplace for iOS users in the EU
Since Apple allowed sideloading on iPhone and iPad in the EU through App Marketplaces, we’ve seen the rise of a few alternatives to Apple’s App Store. Now there’s another alternative app store coming, as Skich, a platform for discovering new mobi...
2025-03-13 13:00
Chinese e-tailers list Nvidia's RTX 5060, RTX 5060 Ti, priced up to equivalent of US$528
Mysterious GeForce RTX 5060 12 GB emerges as GeForce RTX 5060-series graphics cards get listed in China.
2025-03-13 12:46
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Meta Warns of FreeType Vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) With Active Exploitation Risk
Meta has warned that a security vulnerability impacting the FreeType open-source font rendering library may have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-27363, and carries a CVSS score of 8.1, indicat...
2025-03-13 12:43
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WARNING: Expiring Root Certificate May Disable Firefox Add-Ons, Security Features, and DRM Playback
Browser maker Mozilla is urging users to update their Firefox instances to the latest version to avoid facing issues with using add-ons due to the impending expiration of a root certificate. "On March 14, 2025, a root certificate used to verify signed ...
2025-03-13 12:38
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Parents shouldn’t let kids use Roblox if they are concerned, says CEO
The CEO of Roblox has responded to parental concerns about harmful content in the app by telling them they shouldn’t let their kids use it if they are worried … more…
2025-03-13 12:30
WhatsApp message threads feature spotted in development
A new WhatsApp message threads feature appears to be on the way, after it was discovered in an app beta. It follows a flurry of new features launched last month, comprising colorful chat themes, linked social media accounts, and ChatGPT support extendi...
2025-03-13 11:58
Microsoft Releases March 2025 Update To Azure Linux 3.0
Microsoft is out today with their newest monthly update to their in-house Linux distribution, Azure Linux, with all available package and security updates through this month's Patch Tuesday...
2025-03-13 11:50
Effortless observability for Django applications
Observability is critical for web operations to ensure that the application is working as expected and to identify any potential issues. However, setting up observability has traditionally been challenging because it can take hours to set up all the in...
2025-03-13 11:47
UK competition regulator wants iPhone browser competition, but Apple not allowed to win [U]
The UK competition watchdog has effectively told Apple that it must allow free and open competition between iPhone web browsers, but at the same time Safari cannot be better than its competitors. Update: The final report is now out, with no change to t...
2025-03-13 11:33
Apple commenter John Gruber launches blistering attack on ‘rotten’ Apple over Siri vaporware
John Gruber is one of the more high-profile Apple commenters, and generally takes a pretty upbeat view of the company, so it was a big surprise to see him launch a blistering attack on the iPhone maker. Referring to Apple advertising Siri features whic...
2025-03-13 11:28
What is DISMTools, and how do you get started? Windows 11 (and 10) image GUI manager explained.
DISMTools is a free and open-source GUI designed to make it easier to use the DISM command-line tool on Windows 11 (and 10), and here's how to get started.
2025-03-13 10:45