Month: June 2020
A wallpaper that can crash your phone instantly – here’s how
There have been reports about Android phones facing crashes due to a wallpaper. Yes, you read it right! A wallpaper can crash your phone completely, and although it’s pretty rare it could make the device unusable until you change it in safe mode or reset it. The issue spotted by…
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Streaming services join music industry ‘blackout’ over death of George Floyd
The music industry will stage a “blackout day” today in support of protests around the alleged murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Organized by music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, the aim is to pause or shutter… Source
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AMD Big Navi graphics card may have been spotted in Linux driver ahead of possible October launch
AMD’s Big Navi graphics card – or at least what could be the incoming high-end GPU – has been spotted in a bunch of Linux patches that have just arrived, which further suggests that the card might be inbound for a potential October release. As Phoronix.com reports, AMD’s Radeon Linux…
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Former Pollen employees were asked to sign an ‘NDA masked as a severance agreement’
Pollen, the U.K.-headquartered travel and events marketplace, describes its company culture as built on principles of “freedom” and openness, including a well-publicised pay transparency policy. However, that doesn’t appear to always be the case with regards to the treatment of recently departing employees. When the word-of-mouth marketing company laid off…
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Android 11’s first beta lands early for some Pixel owners
Some Google Pixel owners have received the Android 11 Beta early, revealing yet more details about this year’s version of Android. In a tweet, Mishaal Rahman from XDA Developers said that two Pixel 4 XL users reported having received the update, revealing new details about Android 11 features like the…
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Plug pulled on Cisco Live hours before kickoff
Networking giant Cisco has postponed its Cisco Live 2020 annual event with just a few hours notice. The eleventh hour announcement concerning the first ever virtual edition of Cisco Live, which was due to commence later today, was made in light of protests across the United States, sparked by the…
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