Month: December 2022
Proton’s encrypted cloud storage is going mobile
Audio player loading… Proton, the privacy-focussed company behind a hit VPN service and an e-mail provider, has brought its end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) cloud storage to iOS and Android. The announcement (opens in new tab) of the launch of Proton Drive follows the launch of the service as a web application…
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Google’s giving Pixel 7 Pro owners more control over macro mode
Google’s updating its camera app to give Pixel 7 Pro users more control over its macro mode by adding a toggle that lets them manually turn it off or on instead of having to rely on the auto mode that my colleague Allison Johnson described as “kinda unpredictable.” While the…
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The FTC is suing Microsoft to block its Activision Blizzard purchase
The FTC has filed a legal challenge to try and block Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, according to a press release from the regulator. The lawsuit was filed today after weeks of back and forth between Microsoft, Sony, and regulators over competition concerns and the future…
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Pentagon awards $9bn cloud contract to Google, Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft
Audio player loading… The Pentagon has announced it is awarding its cloud computing network contract to Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft, The wide-ranging contract will see its value total $9 billion over multiple stages until an estimated June 2028 completion date. The four companies will play a part in the…
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Amazon is adding a TikTok-like feed of shoppable content to its app
Amazon is the latest tech company to take a page out of TikTok’s playbook. The e-commerce giant announced it was launching a new feed in the Amazon app with photos and videos of items users can purchase, first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The feed, which Amazon is calling…
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Bioshock 4 isn’t dead, it just got a key lead dev from Ghost of Tsushima and Far Cry 4
Audio player loading… It’s been nine years since the last BioShock game, and with very little to go on besides confirmation it exists, unconfirmed leaks, and scarce crumbs from the devs and job listings, we finally have a new piece of concrete news. Far Cry 4 and Ghost of Tsushima…
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