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Google Will Pay Fine, as French Court Upholds Ruling

Google will have to pay a fine of 50 million Euros for violating user privacy and improperly obtaining permission to display personalized ads. The ruling concerns a case from January, last year.

video games

June 22, 2020

Google Will Pay Fine, as French Court Upholds Ruling

Chrome Will Use Less RAM on Windows 10

The new version of Chrome browser will use less memory. Google's programmers will use a different way of managing RAM - the so-called SegmentHeap, known from Microsoft Edge.

hardware & software

June 22, 2020

Chrome Will Use Less RAM on Windows 10

Chrome Extensions Stole User Data

More than 70 different extensions and add-ons have been found spying on and sending sensitive data of Google Chrome users, according to Reuters UK.

hardware & software

June 19, 2020

Chrome Extensions Stole User Data

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Launches Tomorrow

Tomorrow, on June 11, the fifth generation of the popular Xiaomi Mi Band will be on sale.

hardware & software

June 10, 2020

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Launches Tomorrow

Browser Earned Money Without Users Knowing

The Brave web browser generated money by swapping links typed in by users with its own.

hardware & software

June 8, 2020

Browser Earned Money Without Users Knowing

Breaking Bezos - Elon Musk Criticizes Amazon's Monopoly

Elon Musk thinks it's time to end the empire created by Jeff Bezos and break his monopolistic position.

hardware & software

June 5, 2020

Breaking Bezos - Elon Musk Criticizes Amazon's Monopoly

Google May Pay a Fine for Tracking Users

Google has been sued for $5 billion for violating the privacy of users using „incognito” mode in their web browser.

hardware & software

June 3, 2020

Google May Pay a Fine for Tracking Users

New Convenient Way to Delete Old Facebook Posts

Facebook begins releasing a tool to help manage our content. With it, we can, for example, delete our old posts.

hardware & software

June 3, 2020

New Convenient Way to Delete Old Facebook Posts

Revolt of Facebook Employees

In response to Mark Zuckerberg's assurance that he would not moderate Donald Trump's entries, Facebook employees organized a virtual protest.

hardware & software

June 2, 2020

Revolt of Facebook Employees

Scammers are Selling Anti-5G Shields

5G technology is already working in many places, although still a lot of people are afraid of it. We did not have to wait long for inventions „protecting” against 5G.

hardware & software

May 29, 2020

Scammers are Selling Anti-5G Shields

Trump Suggests He May Help Shut Down Twitter

Is there going to be a war between social media and politics? Twitter has marked Donald Trump's entries as „misleading”, Mark Zuckerberg criticizes the website's actions, and the president himself threatens to shut down „social networks that try to silence conservatives”. Things are getting interesting.

hardware & software

May 28, 2020

Trump Suggests He May Help Shut Down Twitter

T-Rex Got Competition - Edge Browser Now Offers Offline Game

We have an official competitor for Chrome's T-Rex. Microsoft Edge released Surf Game - an offline game built into the browser.

hardware & software

May 27, 2020

T-Rex Got Competition - Edge Browser Now Offers Offline Game

YouTube Automatically Censored Phrases Inconvenient for Chinese Government

Some comments that were critical of the Chinese government began to disappear from YouTube. This is all the more surprising because the service is not available in China anyway.

hardware & software

May 27, 2020

YouTube Automatically Censored Phrases Inconvenient for Chinese Government

Thanks to Google Assistant We Will Pay Using Our Voice

Google has recently been testing the ability to confirm purchases in restaurants and in app using the voice recognition function in its voice assistant.

hardware & software

May 26, 2020

Thanks to Google Assistant We Will Pay Using Our Voice

New Internet Speed Record on Regular Fibre-optic Cable

Researchers from Australia have managed to reach a connection speed of over 44 Tb/s. Most importantly, not under strict laboratory conditions.

hardware & software

May 26, 2020

New Internet Speed Record on Regular Fibre-optic Cable

Edge Chromium Will Soon Become Default Browser on Windows 10

During yesterday's Build 2020 conference Microsoft announced changes that will be introduced in the new Edge browser in the next few months. Users installing Windows 10 will automatically get an edition of the browser based on Chromium engine.

hardware & software

May 20, 2020

Edge Chromium Will Soon Become Default Browser on Windows 10

Google is a Lousy Physician, but People Are Still Asking for its Diagnosis

Recent research shows that a huge number of people seek medical advice using Google. How reliable are the various medical websites that come up in search results?

hardware & software

May 18, 2020

Google is a Lousy Physician, but People Are Still Asking for its Diagnosis

720p is Not HD Anymore - YouTube Makes Changes

YouTube has changed the resolution classification - 720p is no longer considered a High-Definition standard. Red HD letters do not appear until 1080p or better.

hardware & software

May 18, 2020

720p is Not HD Anymore - YouTube Makes Changes

Fewer Ads in Chrome and Bookmark Grouping

Google has revealed plans to introduce to Chrome a limit of resources that can be used by ads on website. This is to reduce battery consumption and transfer.

hardware & software

May 15, 2020

Fewer Ads in Chrome and Bookmark Grouping

SpaceX Presents ISS Docking Simulator

The official website of SpaceX has a simulator, which enables us to dock a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. An internet browser is enough to run it.

hardware & software

May 13, 2020

SpaceX Presents ISS Docking Simulator