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Friday March 15, 2024. 02:00 PM
This week, US lawmakers began a new push to ban TikTok. At the heart of it is a lot of confusion about what the app is and what it means.
At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsGreat switches and stabilizersTons of Fn layer toolsHot-swap socketsConsExpensiveNo programming softwareABS keycapsOur VerdictCherry’s new pre-lubed switches are great…if only the keyboard they were in was as good. You’d be better off buying...
Global meltdown turns fast food slow Technology certainly helped McDonald's process orders faster, but as soon as a computer fault hit, the burger behemoth was shuttled right back to the 90s.…
Your pets can already eat a chewable tablet for tick prevention. Now, a pill that paralyzes and kills ticks has shown positive results in a small human trial.
Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service The London Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds of people who filed complaints against...
Delays spark fears of £500K legacy support bill, plans for new financial year Updated Gloucestershire County Council has missed the go live date for its RISE with SAP move to the cloud, putting the public body at risk of incurring an additional £500,000 ($639,000) in costs ...
Passwords stored in Chrome are convenient, but they can also expose you to risk. Share your device with someone else, and they can log into any website with saved credentials. At least, they can if you haven’t enabled Chrome’s built-in protections. On Windows PCs, you can...
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros4KHz wireless polling rate The buttons are soft and have a quick debounceThe Alienware styling looks awesomeOne of the most precise mouse wheels I’ve usedWeighs just over 2 ouncesConsThe back could do with more heightThere’s no RGB lightingIt’s...
Passwords stored in Chrome are convenient, but they can also expose you to risk. Share your device with someone else, and they can log into any website with saved credentials. At least, they can if you haven’t enabled Chrome’s built-in protections. On Windows PCs, you can...
Scientists have discovered a giant volcano on Mars, as well as a possible sheet of buried glacier ice near the planet's equator. Phys.Org reports: Imaged repeatedly by orbiting spacecraft around Mars since Mariner 9 in 1971 -- but deeply eroded beyond easy recognition, the...
The Earth is in short supply of helium-3. The lunar surface may hold the answer.
Interested in learning how to fly a drone? Now is a great time to do it because this this 4K Dual-Camera Drone for Beginners with Intelligent Obstacle Avoidance is $50 off this week only. This drone has a 4K HD 90º front camera and a 120º wide-angle bottom camera, allowing...
Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow One of the more widely used Ubuntu spinoffs, non-techie friendly Zorin has put out three editions of its latest version – Zorin OS 17.1 – and there are still more to come.…
A modern browser does more than just serve up webpages. Good ones protect you from malicious sites, too. Chrome calls its take on this feature Safe Browsing — and the default version of it just got a boost. Before Thursday’s upgrade, which was announced in a Google blog...
The NIMBYs are fed up, and it's an election year The UK's Data and Digital Infrastructure Minister wants telcos to stop installing new telegraph poles.…
Whether you prefer working with a second screen or you need a monitor to display information in conference room meetings, the 13.3″ 2K Portable IPS Display Monitor is a great option. This week only, you can grab this 2K monitor for $25 off. The lightweight, versatile...
Resulting cycle of rushed repairs and recriminations did wonders for the IT/user relationship On Call Thirsty folk will tell you it's always twelve o'clock somewhere, but Friday comes but once a week and The Register marks it by offering another instalment of On Call, our...
Sheraz Sadiq reports via Oregon Public Broadcasting: An area that's nearly half the size of New Jersey in southern Oregon was recently named the world's largest dark sky sanctuary by DarkSky International. The nonprofit works to combat light pollution through advocacy and...
Reaction from channel was 'stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief' Citrix has allegedly made major changes to its partner program, and one of the consultancies briefed on the new arrangements told The Register that the when the news was delivered to a gathering of...
Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead of fighting it. Metropolises all over the world are following suit.
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