Author: Zach_Wilson

Your IT department may one day control whether you can view your laptop screen or not — remote display permission features could become reality for business, for better or worse

Working from an office can be complicated at the best of things, and things look set to get more so with a new tool aimed at protecting screens from unwanted eyeballs of all kinds. Laptop Switchable Privacy from Rain Technology is aimed at so-called Tier 1 manufacturers like Apple, Dell,…

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Should you buy a Bluetooth turntable? The advantages and disadvantages explained

Bluetooth turntables have been getting more and more common over the last few years, so you might be wondering if it’s a good idea to buy one. For a very long time, there have been two kinds of turntable. The first kind is the all-in-one, the record player that comes…

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ICYMI: the week’s 7 biggest tech stories from the Barbie flip phone to Black Ops 6 Beta

This week Apple finally set a date for its iPhone launch (September 9 if you wanted to know), and players got their first taste of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – and you could join them. To help you get caught up to speed on these and the other…

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China is spending billions on eight national datacenter hubs

China’s “East Data West” computing project is apparently in full swing, with $6.1 billion already invested on eight datacenters across the nation, which aims to complete the project by 2025. The project was announced in February 2022 with the aim to complete eight national computing hubs and 10 national datacenter…

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Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it’s not a joke

Oprah Winfrey is taking her signature interview style to the world of AI and bringing some of the biggest names in tech and policy with her for a new TV special. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and more are all set…

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Brazil bans X: all the latest news

X reverses course on Brazil. Elon Musk’s lawyers have reportedly undercut his free-speech theatrics related to ye old Twitter’s refusal to block accounts as ordered by the country’s highest court. According to Reuters, X’s lawyers said the following in a letter addressed to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Monday: “As already…

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