Month: July 2023
Oppenheimer is an unrelenting stream of bombastic vignettes in need of a narrative chain reaction
Out of all this summer’s blockbusters that have had film buffs chomping at the bit, few (really just one, actually) have elicited hype as visceral and sustained as Universal’s Oppenheimer biopic from director Christopher Nolan. With its sizable fleet of A-listers doing mid-20th-century accent work, a complicated historical figure at…
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Google is nagging you to browse more safely using Gmail
Google has been promoting one of its biggest security initiatives across Gmail as it looks to help users stay safe from online threats. As noted by 9to5Google, users of the Gmail email app on Android and desktop have been seeing pop-ups reminding them of the company’s Enhanced Safe Browsing feature,…
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Some big changes could be coming to Microsoft Teams if the EU has its way
Microsoft Teams could soon be a bit trickier to access if a rumored high-profile probe into the company’s software bundling has its way. A months-long battle between Microsoft, Slack, and the EU appears to be approaching a conclusion that could mean major revisions to the software giant’s services, according to…
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AMD Ryzen 8000-series CPUs built on Zen 5 might beat Intel’s Arrow Lake to market
AMD Ryzen 8000-series CPUs have hit a major milestone on the way to launch, as major industry benchmarking utility AIDA64 is now able to recognize AMD’s new Zen 5 microarchitecture. The new AMD architecture popped up in FireWire’s most recent update release notes to its popular AIDA64 tool, which many…
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‘Welcome to EV dongle town’
Earlier this year, I purchased my first electric vehicle, a 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 Pro S — moonstone gray, moon roof, all-wheel drive. I knew that the car would start losing value as soon as I drove it off the dealer lot — just like the old saying goes. What I…
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Nothing Phone 2 review: An offbeat alternative to boring midrange phones
Being a smartphone startup is hard, particularly when you’re up against tech giants like Apple, Google and Samsung. But after selling more than 500,000Phone 1s last year, Nothing has returned with a sequel: the Phone 2. And while it looks similar to the previous model, it feels like Nothing is…
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