Month: November 2024
Yes, Google is a near-monopoly, but selling off Chrome won’t make it better
Google‘s Chrome browser is dominant; not in the way Google’s search engine is, but at 67% market share, according to Stat Counter, it sits comfortably atop competitors like Safari, Edge, and Opera, who are mostly fighting over scraps. For the US Government, which is now calling for the breakup of…
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Huge US healthcare payment network finally restored after ransomware attack
Change Healthcare’s clearinghouse services have been restored The organization suffered a huge ransomware attack in February Attack has cost it over $2 billion so far Change Healthcare has confirmed its clearinghouse services have finally been restored after the organization suffered a massive ransomware attack in February 2024. Recovery from the…
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Threads tweaks its algorithm to focus on people you follow
Meta is making a big change to Threads to show you more things from people you follow. “We are rebalancing ranking to prioritize content from people you follow, which will mean less recommended content from accounts you don’t follow and more posts from the accounts you do starting today,” Threads…
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Black Friday Apple deals 2024: The best Apple sales on iPads, AirPods, Apple Watches, MacBooks and AirTags
Between the ”Let Loose” iPad event in May, the iPhone 16 “It’s Glowtime” event in September and the Mac Week non-event in October, Apple has been busy releasing a slew of new iPads, Macs, Apple Watches, MacBooks and more for 2024. If you’ve been waiting for a good sale before…
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The best Black Friday kitchen deals on gadgets, appliances, cookware and more: Get up to 50 percent off
We’ve probably got enough foodies on the Engadget staff to start our own restaurant. While we’re not all home chefs (some of us just microwave), we all love food. So we’ve used, tested and reviewed plenty of kitchen gadgets for the site. Right now for Black Friday, some of the…
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Meta is trying to make Messenger into a video conferencing contender
Messenger has rolled out video and audio improvements for video and voice calls You can now leave voicemails on Messenger, much like on FaceTime There’s also a deeper integration with iOS that enables Siri support Meta has unveiled plans to turn Messenger into a more capable video conferencing solution as…
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