Month: December 2021

UK government will invest more than £116m to drive ‘green innovation’

Audio player loading… In a government press release it has been announced that further financial backing will be on offer for businesses developing technologies that drive ‘green innovation’. This new funding follows a number of similar projects the government has announced in the last year. It will also be one…

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Vergecast: Matrix Unreal Engine 5 demo, Snap’s first AR Spectacles, and Android games coming to Windows

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Smart home company Eve plans to use Matter to move beyond Apple’s HomeKit

Eve, the makers of high-end Apple HomeKit smart home gadgets for home security, energy, and lighting, has been leading the charge for the new Matter standard for a while now, specifically, its primary protocol Thread. As one of the first device makers to release Thread-based products, Eve just announced its…

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Volvo confirms it was hit by security breach

Audio player loading… Swedish car giant Volvo has confirmed it has suffered a security breach, with internal company data thought to have been affected. In a statement, the company said that it had “become aware that one of its file repositories has been illegally accessed by a third party.” Volvo…

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Google reveals trick behind massive Chrome speed boost on Windows

Audio player loading… Google has found a way to significantly increase the performance of its Chrome browser that it says will let uses see a major speed boost. In a blog post written by Chrome developer David Bienvenu, the company claims that since implementing the changes, Chrome became 8.5% to…

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How to (hopefully) restore your Gmail account if you lose access

Losing access to your Google / Gmail account can be an incredibly frustrating and unhappy experience. When researching this article, I came across several accounts of people who had been locked out of their accounts after forgetting their passwords — and a few who had still not been able to…

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