Month: December 2021
Microsoft wants to revolutionise copy and paste in Edge and Chrome for Windows 11
It looks like Microsoft is planning a radical overhaul of how you copy and paste in its Edge web browser in Windows 11 – and those changes could also come to Google’s rival Chrome browser as well. As Windows Latest reports, Microsoft is working with Google on a feature called…
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£120 could be added to our annual energy bills as more energy firms collapse
Last week another of the UK’s energy suppliers went bust, with Zog Energy folding and bringing the total number of collapsed firms during the current energy crisis to 25. Unfortunately, this crisis still shows no sign of letting up and it’s likely that more suppliers will follow suit over the…
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‘Halo: Infinite’ may have a grapple hook, but it’s still a grind
The best thing I can say about Halo: Infinite is that it gets better as it goes. The single-player campaign starts out as a basic first-person shooter dripping in nostalgia juice, and it ends up as a rudimentary open-world shooter swimming in sci-fi tropes, starring everyone's favorite emotionless space soldier…
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Buying an EV could get cheaper in India – here’s how
India revised the much-vaunted FAME II policy to accelerate the adoption of EVs in the country. The federal minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari recently said the cost of electric vehicles would come down over the next couple of years. Right on cue, the government’s policy think tank has brought a…
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Duolingo interprets 2021, with TikTok and Squid Game inspiring users to learn new languages
Language learning app Duolingo said its phrase of the year is “I am mentally exhausted,” which appears as part of its Japanese course and does seem to nicely sum up 2021. Like Spotify and Apple, Duolingo is giving users a look back at the year that was. Starting today, anyone…
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Sony could finally be ready to compete with Xbox Game Pass
Sony’s cooking up a competitor to Xbox Game Pass for PlayStation gamers that will reportedly combine cloud gaming, classic games, and new titles. It’s codenamed Spartacus and, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier who spoke to sources with knowledge of the plan, it will be divided into three tiers. According to…
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