Month: January 2023
It’s official: Microsoft confirms the end of Windows 7 and 8
Audio player loading… After years of anticipation, today officially marks the end of Windows 7 and 8/8.1, Microsoft has confirmed. The aged operating systems will no longer receive Microsoft security updates from today, January 10, 2023, marking the end of their official lifespan. Anyone using the software will now be at…
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Improved voice typing in Google Docs is coming to more browsers
Google Docs’ voice-typing feature, which lets you “type” and edit text using your voice and a microphone rather than your hands and a keyboard, is getting a couple of key upgrades. First is that the feature is expanding to “most major browsers.” Currently, Google’s support page notes that it’s “only…
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HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ successfully trades hordes of monsters for emotional depth
I’ve been captivated by The Last of Us since I first played it shortly after it was released for the PS3 way back in 2013. Its ruined, dangerous but somehow beautiful post-pandemic world was compellingly rendered by developer Naughty Dog, and the tense combat driven by stealth and a need…
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HBO’s The Last of Us is a compact adaptation that puts you in the passenger seat
Though it was yet another survival video game about brute forcing your way through masses of infected enemies, The Last of Us’ focus on people’s relationships and how they evolve was a major part of why the Naughty Dog title remains such a critical darling with a passionate fanbase. As…
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NordVPN passes third no-logs audit with flying colors
Audio player loading… The time of users blindly trusting what tech companies claim without any proof is long over. Transparency is key here, especially when it comes to privacy. That’s why more and more of the best VPN providers are regularly putting their software under external scrutiny. In a continuous…
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It’s Kang’s world in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s newest trailer
As silly as Jonathan Majors’ Loki villain was, it’s been kind of hard to imagine how the actor might bring Kang the Conqueror to life in director Peyton Reed’s upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. But the movie’s latest trailer makes it crystal clear that while the Avenger Kang’s fighting…
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