Month: December 2022

Computing’s big question for 2023: How many more questions can we endure?

The answers aren’t much fun either
Would you like to use Edge as your default browser?……


If You Can’t See A Solar Panel, That Doesn’t Mean It’s Not There

In the shift away from fossil fuel energy sources, there has been a huge expansion in solar power. We’ve seen solar thermal plants in the desert and photovoltaic panel farms …read more


Tim Cook Relayed Concern Over App Store Curbs To Japan Prime Minister

Apple CEO Tim Cook urged Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to consider user protections when regulating smartphone app distribution during a mid-December meeting, Nikkei is reporting, as the tech giant faces growing pressure to open up to third-par……


Turn a Webpage into a Desktop App With Gluon

Screenshot of the framework-built app, showing it running through Firefox

Electron is software for running web-written apps in the same way as native ones, and has gotten plenty of bad press for its RAM appetite around these parts. But while …read more


Microsoft’s $200 Surface Earbuds Have Seemingly Been Abandoned

Windows Central reports: The Surface Earbuds are a weird product in Microsoft’s line of Surface devices. Now over two years old, and still available to buy at a close to launch price of $160, the Surface Earbuds might be the worst “Surface” branded dev……


Barbara Walters, Trailblazing TV Journalist, Dies at 93 – CNET

Walters was the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast in the US….


Audio Old And New Meet In Perfect Harmony

There’s an uneasy meeting in the world of audio between digital and analogue. Traditional analogue audio reached a level of very high quality, but as old-style media-based audio sources have …read more


The 240Hz OLED Gaming Displays Are Coming

An anonymous reader shares a report: CES 2023 is now just days away, and there’s already a standout category that we’re particularly excited about: 240Hz OLED gaming monitors. Generally speaking, OLED panels can achieve better picture quality and a fas……


Sage Accused of ‘Strong Arm’ Tactics Over Move To Software Subscriptions

British businesses have complained about the tactics used by Sage, the UK’s largest listed tech company, to push them into accepting more expensive subscription services or have access to their existing accounting software packages switched off. From a……


Test Your Capacity for Circuit Sculpture with Flashing Lights

Have you tried your hand at circuit sculpture yet? Well, if you were waiting for the ideal first project with a great build video to go along with it, keep …read more