Month: May 2021
Samsung Display’s OLED panels for laptops get coveted green certification The Greenguard certification for Samsung Display's OLED panels for laptops
Samsung Display‘s OLED panels for laptops, which recently secured the SGS certification for gaming performance, has now achieved another coveted distinction. It has got UL’s Greenguard Gold Certification for low chemical emissions for their components. This, Samsung Display said, is for the first time in the industry. The panels were…
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Should I upgrade to NBN 100? NBN
More NBN deals In the ACCC’s most recent report, it was revealed that more than half of Aussies using the NBN are signed up to the NBN 50 speed tier, with less than 10% using NBN 100. The same report found that customers around the country have started flocking to…
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USB-C is about to go from 100W to 240W, enough to power beefier laptops
Soon, the majority of portable PCs won’t need to be equipped with an ugly barrel jack and a proprietary power brick to charge. The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has just announced (via CNET) that it’s more than doubling the amount of power you can send over a USB-C cable to…
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Eero 6 and Pro 6 owners are now getting Apple’s HomeKit security features
Owners of Amazon’s Eero 6 and Pro 6 routers will now be able to isolate their HomeKit IoT devices from the rest of their home network and the wider internet, thanks to a new integration with Apple’s HomeKit that’s now rolling out (via MacRumors). The new feature is coming as…
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Microsoft is making its software greener than ever Green Software Foundation
Microsoft is joining forces with Accenture, GitHub and ThoughtWorks to create a new foundation dedicated to putting sustainability and green initiatives at the core of software engineering. Software development has been front and center at the company’s Build 2021 developer conference. However, Microsoft and other companies have begun to wonder…
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Hundreds of Amazon employees call for Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy to support Palestine
More than 500 Amazon employees have signed an internal letter to Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy calling for the company to acknowledge the plight of the Palestinian people. The move comes after Israeli airstrikes devastated Palestinians in Gaza, leaving 248 people dead. Hamas and Israel have since agreed to a…
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