Month: February 2020
AMD solves some huge problems with its latest Radeon drivers
AMD is making big strides with its hardware, as CPU sales have dominated and even its GPUs marketshare has grown, with AMD even beating Nvidia for market share in Q4 2019. But, that increased prevalance put some of AMD’s Radeon graphics cards’ bugs in front of more users. Now, AMD…
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Google IO 2020 seems like to still be going ahead
Google I/O 2020 seems like it will still be held from May 12-14 despite the impact of coronavirus, which led to the cancellation of MWC 2020 and companies dropping out of shows like PAX East and GDC. In a tweet, The Verge executive editor Dieter Bohn confirmed that, as of…
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Who’s afraid of the novel coronavirus?
Every horror story begins with a pause, a held breath, when nobody is quite sure what to make of the unfolding situation. When’s a good time to panic? My favorites put off answering the question for as long as they can. For the last few days I’ve been thinking about…
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Ethics and VPN: the industry needs to aim higher
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are both legal to use and safe to use – perhaps the two most commonly expressed concerns by consumers looking into subscribing to a VPN. Perhaps where things can start to blur is (from public perception), whilst the use of a VPN is perfectly legal, any…
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Facebook Messenger ditches Discover, demotes chat bots
Chat bots were central to Facebook Messenger’s strategy three years ago. Now they’re being hidden from view in the app along with games and businesses. Facebook Messenger is removing the Discover tab this week as it focuses on speed and simplicity instead of broad utility like China’s WeChat. The changes…
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Facebook brings its 3D photos feature to users with single-camera phones
Facebook first showed off its 3D photos back in 2018, and shared the technical details behind it a month later. But unless you had one of a handful of phones with dual cameras back then (when they weren’t so common), you couldn’t make your own. Today an update brings 3D…
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