Month: September 2023
What goes into designing a solar-powered Bluetooth speaker
After releasing two solar-powered pairs of headphones, you would have thought that it’d be simple for Urbanista to apply the same technology to a Bluetooth speaker. But with the Malibu, which is being shown off at IFA in Berlin ahead of its release later this month, Urbanista says it had…
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Meta may offer paid ad-free Facebook and Instagram in Europe
Meta could let users pay for Facebook and Instagram to avoid ads in their feeds, at least in Europe. The New York Times reports that Meta is considering a paid subscription to its social media products, an attempt by Meta to quell concerns by the EU around data privacy and…
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Free decryptor released for Key Group ransomware
A decryption tool for a widespread ransomware variant is now available to download for free, thanks to a group of cybersecurity researchers from the Netherlands. Experts from EclecticIQ discovered a cryptographic error in the encryptor belonging to the Key Group ransomware operator which allowed them to build a decryptor, which…
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Lenovo Yoga Book 9i review: The world isn’t ready for dual-screen laptops, but Lenovo is
Every now and then, a device comes along and challenges you to consider the viability of an entirely new product category. That’s precisely what Lenovo is doing with the Yoga Book 9i. By replacing the traditional physical keyboard with a second display, the company is rethinking what a laptop can…
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Intel is having a nightmare as Arc GPUs reportedly fail to run Starfield – at all
Intel has dropped the reputation of its Arc graphics cards down a peg (or three) with the release of Starfield, sadly, if online feedback is anything to go by (and we’re pretty sure it is). Okay, so Starfield isn’t officially out yet – or at least the full release doesn’t…
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Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie broke presale records in less than three hours
After her Eras tour shattered ticket sales records last year, now Taylor Swift is coming for the box office. The upcoming Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour concert film set a single-day sales record for AMC in just three hours after the ticket presale went live, raking in a total of…
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