Month: July 2024
Android gets a handy new split-screen mode just in time for the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google has already set August 13, 2024, as the date it intends to show off new hardware, software, and likely many AI features. Now, though, a fresh report is giving us a better idea of some of the new devices’ capabilities. While we’re fully expecting the Google Pixel 9 and…
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Struggling with your broadband? A new internet speed record just hit 402Tbps – fast enough to download a 4K movie in under a millisecond
How fast an internet connection do you really want? Well, that probably varies – based on your needs, not to mention your budget for the monthly payment – but odds are you might regard 402Tbps as overkill. Yes, we didn’t mistype that – 402Tbps, as in Terabytes – and as…
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Man arrested for setting up fake flight Wi-Fi to steal fellow passenger details
A 42-year-old Australian man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for allegedly conducting ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi attacks on domestic flights and at airports in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide. The man has been accused of creating fake Wi-Fi access points to steal email and social media credentials from…
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Microsoft continues to frustrate users with ads in the operating system – this time plaguing the MSN Weather app
Microsoft has made another move to push more advertising into Windows 11, with fresh ads arriving in the stock Weather app installed by default. So, alongside the likes of the Start menu and the Settings app, now the MSN Weather app will also have ads – more intrusive efforts, too,…
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How to create PDFs on Android devices using Google Drive
It hasn’t always been that simple to create a PDF using your phone. Several years ago, when I started handling my mother’s bills, I realized I needed a quick way to scan her documents while I was at her home. Rather than drag a scanner around, I found a handy…
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Turkey rocked by second day of internet blackouts
Popular social media platforms remain restricted for a second consecutive day in central Türkiye amid ongoing anti-Syrian riots. Internet blackouts are still in place in the south of the country, too, spilling over into Syria’s borderlands. Violence against Syrian refugees erupted in the Kayseri region on Sunday as authorities arrested…
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