Tag: computing
This is why Y2K24 was so much worse than the real Y2K
We stockpiled, considered building bunkers, and generally prepared for the first tech apocalypse on January 1, 2000, like it might be the end of the world. But the original Y2K came and went and was nothing compared to Y2K24. That’s what many have come to call the CrowdStrike outage that…
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After the CloudStrike global Windows outage: Are we just one bad bit of code away from disaster?
We stockpiled, considered building bunkers, and generally prepared for the first tech apocalypse on January 1, 2000, like it might be the end of the world. But the original Y2K came and went and was nothing compared to Y2K24. That’s what many have come to call the CrowdStrike outage that…
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I’ve demoed plenty of games on Apple devices – here’s why I believe the future of Mac gaming has never been brighter
As a dedicated Windows PC gamer who owns some of the best gaming PCs out there, I’ve extensively covered Apple’s recent attempts at finally capitalizing on its excellent M-series silicon and expanding its gaming platform for the best MacBooks and Macs. Progress seemed slower than molasses for a while, with…
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Experts are warning it could take ‘weeks’ to fix the global IT outage – here’s what we know
While some computers are starting to get back online after yesterday’s massive Windows outage took down numerous critical systems across the world, there’s still a lot of troubleshooting to do – and it could be weeks before everything gets back to normal, according to experts. The collapse was caused by…
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Google is about to start scrolling through all your pictures for its ‘Ask Photos’ feature
Google‘s AI-fueled Ask Photos feature, previewed at Google I/O 2024, has begun initial testing, as first shared by 9to5 Google. Ask Photos employs Google’s Gemini AI to search a user’s photo library using natural language without first organizing and tagging the image. Google hasn’t shared any release date, but it…
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Windows 11 gets pushy with another pop-up – this time for Microsoft’s backup app – and all this is getting tiresome, frankly
Windows 11 has witnessed the introduction of yet another piece of nagging designed to drive the use of another Microsoft service – but as always, this is in danger of having the opposite effect. Windows Latest flagged up a fresh move regarding Microsoft’s promotional activity: a pop-up to push the…
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