Month: December 2021
Microsoft to stop forcing Edge on Windows 11 users
Microsoft has changed the way Windows 11 handles switching default web browsers, thankfully, reversing an unpopular decision it made when the OS was still in pre-release testing (back in August). A fresh preview (testing) version of Windows 11 (build 22509) now lets you switch the operating system’s default browser with…
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Meet the Nvidia and AMD GPU hunters who turned battling bots into a full-time job
Last September, a bored 24-year-old from South Carolina decided to livestream the launch of Nvidia’s RTX 3080 graphics card, little knowing the GPU was about to become one of the most difficult-to-buy gadgets in the world. Now, Larry says he’s on track to pull in $100,000 a year — and…
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How to Use Your Smartphone as a Hot Spot
Learn how to use tethering to turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hub for other devices to connect to. Source
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Ofcom looks at Terahertz spectrum for terabit 6G future
Ofcom is asking for views on how to maximise the long-term value of the Terahertz (THz) spectrum, extremely high frequencies that could provide huge bandwidth for applications of the future and enable 6G networks. The Terahertz band sits at the very top of the spectrum range between 100GHz and 3THz…
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Web3 Is Silicon Valley’s Rosy Vision of the Future
This week, we imagine a new version of the web that takes the power from the platforms and puts it back into the hands of the people. Source
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Jimmy Wales is selling his first Wikipedia edit as an NFT
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is selling a non-fungible token (or NFT) based on his first edit of the free encyclopedia. Auction house Christie’s will hold a sale of the token from December 3rd to 15th, auctioning it alongside the Strawberry iMac Wales was using around Wikipedia’s launch. The funds will…
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