Month: November 2023
Amazon is rumored to be planning to ditch Android on its Fire devices
Pick up an Amazon Fire TV or an Amazon Fire tablet and it comes running Fire OS, a version of Android that Amazon has extensively modded. According to the latest rumor, however, Fire OS isn’t going to be around for much longer. As per Lowpass (via Android Police), Amazon engineers…
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Rumor suggests Apple MacBook Pro OLED due in 2026, MacBook Air to follow
Apple’s MacBook Pro with OLED will turn up in 2026, to be followed by a MacBook Air, we’re told. That’s the latest rumor in a long chain of chatter pertaining to Apple’s OLED plans, and it comes from analyst Jeff Pu (of Haitong International Technology Research). MacRumors got hold of…
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Buyer beware – shoppers could lose close to a billion pounds in scams this Christmas, experts warn
Shoppers in Britain might lose up to £800m in online shopping scams this festive season, new research has warned. A report from F-Secure says scams are set to accelerate rapidly over the next two months as shoppers clamor to do their festive shopping, which could end up costing the country…
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“32% more performance”: Here’s how lithium salts could make your computer run faster, cooler — using a technique that every human being has mastered
Researchers have found that adding salt to computer systems can prevent devices from overheating and boost performance by more than 32%. A team at the City University of Hong Kong hope this passive technique, which can be used in electronics, batteries, solar cells, and buildings, relies on moisture desorption from…
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Of course Dbrand’s first novelty keycaps include a ‘fuck off’ key
Love or hate its irreverent branding, you have to give props to Dbrand for its consistency. The company best known for its range of skins and cases for consumer tech gadgets is releasing its mechanical keyboard keycaps today, and they’re remarkably on-brand. The Pyramid keycap is a pointy escape key…
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Black Friday is two weeks away – shop the 40 best deals I recommend right now
The 2023 Black Friday deals event is now just two weeks away, and while the old adage was that you could only find the very best offers on Black Friday itself, that is not the case anymore. Excellent Black Friday deals are available right now thanks to a host of…
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