Month: July 2022
Microsoft is tweaking its Windows Insider early-access program
Audio player loading… Microsoft has made a significant change to its Insider program by splitting its group of volunteer software testers into two teams. In an update to its Beta Channel, both groups will continue to be able to test the upcoming 22H2 build of Windows 11, but the features…
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Meta removes the Oculus Quest’s most annoying requirement
Audio player loading… Starting in August, you won’t have to connect a Facebook account to use Meta’s virtual reality (VR) headsets as the company is rolling out a new account system. Meta accounts will be the new standard moving (opens in new tab) forward for new and existing users. This…
Read MoreSunny Balwani found guilty of defrauding Theranos investors and patients
Ramesh Balwani, the former business partner and romantic interest of Elizabeth Holmes, defrauded investors and patients of the blood testing company Theranos, a jury found today. Balwani, who goes by Sunny, faced 10 counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was found guilty…
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Microsoft Azure VMs now benefit from an advanced new security feature
Audio player loading… Microsoft Azure customers will now be able to create Ephemeral OS disks, a type of disc created on local virtual machine (VM) storage that is not saved to remote Azure storage. This latest feature from the cloud giant could help ensure high levels of confidentiality for data,…
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Mining the deep sea for battery materials will be dangerously noisy, study finds
The race is on to figure out how to protect the ocean abyss as deep-sea mining operations look to extract minerals like nickel, cobalt, and copper from the sea floor. But there’s one potential risk to the deep-sea environment that tends to fall under the radar. Not only will mining…
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VW is getting into the EV battery business
With supply chains still in disarray and the war in Ukraine wreaking havoc on EV battery component commodity prices, many forward-thinking automakers are scrambling to secure not only stocks of the valuable metals like cobalt, lithium and nickel that go into EV batteries, but also the means of of building…
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