Month: May 2024
Over 400 million Google accounts have used passkeys but our passwordless future remains elusive
Google is kicking off World Password Day by updating us on its efforts toward replacing the often hacked, guessed, and stolen form of authentication with passkeys. Their passwordless approach relies on device-based authentication instead, making logging in faster and more secure. In a blog post on Thursday, the company announced…
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VMware by Broadcom makes more concessions to cloud service provider community and customers
In response to continued negative feedback from customers and partners, Broadcom has unveiled a series of new concessions tailored to its cloud service provider community using VMware products and services. The adjustments come amidst ongoing shifts within the VMware portfolio, and aim to address concerns not only by customers but…
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Thinking About Buying a Hybrid Car? Listen Up
This week, we talk through everything there is to know about hybrids: how the different technologies work, how to keep one charged, and which cars best fit different lifestyles. Source
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The Morning After: Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google AI envy
Emails from the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google revealed how Microsoft executives were alarmed by and even envious of Google’s AI lead. In an email thread, CTO Kevin Scott wrote he was “very, very worried” about Google’s rapidly growing AI capabilities. He said he initially dismissed the company’s…
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Even YouTube’s pause screen won’t be safe from smart TV ads soon, as Google hints it’ll follow Hulu, Max and Peacock soon
If you thought YouTube’s preroll and midroll ads were already too much, then you’re going to love the next monetization strategy that it’s seemingly cooking up: pause-screen ads. This idea has already been trialed on some YouTube TV apps. As the name suggests, when you pause a video, rather than…
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New Nintendo Switch 2 rumors suggest that the console’s battery life will be ‘clocked crazy low’ in handheld mode
New rumors suggest that the Nintendo Switch 2 will have an improved performance while docked, but perhaps not so much in handheld mode. During a recent discussion on the Broken Silicon podcast between content creators Moore’s Law Is Dead and The Phawx about Nintendo’s next console, it was said that they…
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