If you’re interested in running free and open-source Android applications, then you’ve probably heard of F-Droid. While its limited catalog of apps makes it far from an actual alternative to the Google Play Store, F-Droid is the only app source out there...
Contact Energy expects to have more than 95% of its New Zealand generation renewable by mid-2027 as it moves forward with plans to build new geothermal and solar-powered plants.
The company plans to apply for consent to build a 160 megawatt solar farm northwest of Auckland before the end of...
Google Chrome 64 for Android- introduced in late January - has been spotted sporting a feature where it automatically cleans up messy referral links. Now, when users share a URL with someone, they will see the primary link instead of a lengthy tracking string. The new feature works automatically...
One of the more intriguing new iOS 14 features that was announced this week is App Clips. On the surface, it just seems like an iOS version of Android’s own Instant Apps. It’s a way for you to use an app without...
There’s theory and then there’s reality. The connection between them can often be tenuous at best. In the world of electric cars, each battery pack has a battery management system that uses algorithms to monitor its overall health and operating condition. “The algorithm tells you things like if your...
And the roadmap for the transition to 10nm remains as murky as ever.
As part of Intel's fourth quarter financials release, CEO Brian Krzanich promised that chips shipping this year would include true hardware fixes for the Spectre and Meltdown attacks.
The promise to ship chips immune to the attack leaves...
Back in November, Google announced that it was acquiring Fitbit and that the deal would close sometime in 2020. The purchase was immediately scrutinized amid mounting criticism of Big Tech, and the European Union could now be “gearing up for an extended...
In partnership with Google Cloud, Google DeepMind (Google’s AI research division) is launching a tool for watermarking and identifying AI-generated images — but only images created by Google’s image-generating model.
The tool, called SynthID and available in beta for select users of Vertex AI (Google’s platform for building AI apps...
Telegram’s founder and CEO said Apple removed the company’s controversial messaging apps from the iOS App Store because of content that apparently violated Apple’s guidelines.
“We were alerted by Apple that inappropriate content was made available to our users, and both apps were taken off the App Store,” Pavel Durov...
A sealed, early copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES sold for $114,000 Friday at specialist house Heritage Auctions, setting a new record for the sale price of an individual video game.
The online auction surpassed the old...
