Firstly, coming to the name, with the new standard, USB Promoter Group has decided to change the naming scheme and get rid of the space between the name ‘USB’ and the ‘version number’. And so the name ‘USB4’. This change in the naming scheme of the new standard follows the vision of the CEO, Brad Saunders, who wishes to establish ‘USB4’ as a brand and take the focus off of the number game....
You can listen to radio stations around the world — live! This little-known gem called Radio Garden connects to radio stations submitted by the station or the public. There’s a ton of radio stations to choose from. Let’s say you’ve moved to a new town where the local radio stations foolishly don’t carry The Kim Komando Show. Just go on the Radio Garden site and submit the call letters of the radio station you used to hear the show on and the site will take you there or add the station....
No matter where you go, you must be careful when using a public Wi-Fi network. Even your hotel’s own Wi-Fi may have hundreds of users, not all of them honest. Tap or click here to see how to safely connect to the internet on the go. It’ll be nice to get out there again but before you pack your bags, check out our 10 tips for traveling. Even the most seasoned wanderers can learn something new....
If there are still no absolute certainties, the first suspicions begin to appear. According to two antivirus companies, the origin of WannaCry may be in North Korea. The information has not yet been fully verified and confirmed, but early reviews from two of the largest antivirus companies revealed they may have found the culprit behind the creation and spread of WannaCry. According to information from Symantec and Kaspersky, the origin of WannaCry may be North Korea....
It’s believed that Google is hard at work on releasing two new HTC-made Nexus-branded smartphones. And features for the upcoming handsets keep trickling out. The latest batch of new information comes from Android Police, and outlines a pair of features that future Nexus smartphone owners will probably enjoy. The first is a double tap to the display, when it’s locked, to check up on notifications that you might have received while you weren’t near your phone — or you were just ignoring it....
The original review of the OnePlus 3 from AnandTech stirred quite a controversy because the reputed publication called the 5.5-inch Optic AMOLED display on the handset highly inaccurate and even compared it to the AMOLED panel found on the original Galaxy S. Due to the criticism that followed, OnePlus promised that they would add an sRGB mode for the display in the next OxygenOS update. While the company is yet to roll out the update, it has provided the upcoming update to the team at AnandTech....
Although space remains limited, Twitter has announced that it will double the amount of text allowed in each post, thus going to 280 characters. When launched on the market, Twitter was thought to be a social network where people could succinctly share what they thought from short texts, just like an Online SMS. With the need to adapt to the new communication requirements, this social network gradually changed its platform, starting to support images, Gifs, links, and videos....
If you’re bored, take advantage of the free stuff companies are offering now. Tap or click here for tons of freebies. Now, you may be in lockdown but that doesn’t mean you can’t see the world. In fact, you don’t even have to leave your couch. There is an amazing website that will let you see the world from the comfort of home. Check it out and it’ll feel like you’re sipping a Mai Tai on the beach in no time....
But we’ve got good news. It’s a lot easier to make changes to your Windows PC than you might think. Customizing can be a breeze. Tap or click here to learn how to change desktop icon size. If you’re looking to customize Windows without editing the registry on your own, or doing anything that might jeopardize your computer, we’ve got a tool that can take care of just about everything you might need....
To enable additional keyboards, go to Settings, personal, and language Input. Under Keyboards and Input methods, you’ll see all the keyboards currently installed on your device. The exact name of the menus varies by manufacturer. For example, on the latest HTC phones, you head to Settings, then language & keyboard. To enable a keyboard, check its box. Voila! You can now use that keyboard when typing in a text box....
If your browser isn’t regularly updated to the latest version, it won’t protect against new threats. For example, a new update to Mozilla’s Firefox patches two vulnerabilities hackers can exploit to steal your details. Read on to see why this update is so important and how you can get it. Here’s the backstory If Firefox is your preferred browser, you must update it to the latest version. Mozilla rolled out a patch earlier to fix two critical flaws that hackers can exploit....
One thing you can be sure of is that you’re getting a great deal because the mystery boxes are being offered at a discount. While the prices of the three items would regularly total $70, you will get them for 14% off and pay only $59.99. We can tell you a few other things, as well. The Tech Mystery Box is a curated collection of three tech-theme gadgets. So you might, for example, receive some delightful new audio gear that will be perfect for the warm days coming up....
The company on its blog mentioned that when a user refreshes his/her Twitter feed after some time, tweets which are ranked on top by the algorithm will appear on top in reverse-chronological order. Though, the ones that aren’t yet analysed will show up underneath as usual. It looks like right now that Twitter is currently keeping this in beta by not enabling it automatically. Users will have to turn it on manually from the settings, “Show me the best tweets first,” is what Twitter is calling it right now and it totally seems like a way for roping in more testers....
But on occasion, a severe flaw that warrants a separate and immediate release pops up. Once discovered, developers often face a race against time to patch the vulnerability before hackers exploit it. And that is precisely what happened with Apple this week. Read on to see why you must update your iPhone or iPad immediately. Here’s the backstory You would be correct if you thought Apple released a patch for iPhone and iPad just the other day....
First spotted by Android lice, the new update only brings incremental changes, despite being a whole-number release. Aside from a bolder font deeper purple background, the most obvious difference is that the four top-row menu items for arm, Clock, er, Stopwatch now have text labels below their icons (seen in the image above). Most new users likely could figure out what they meant (or quickly learned after an initial mis-tap), but labeling them doesn’t distract from the minimal interface takes all of the guesswork out of the navigation....
One of Twicca’s most interesting features is its support for a wide variety of third-party plug-ins that add functionality. Some of my favorites include UR, a link shortener on steroids; Filckr, which helps you upload images to Flickr embed the link in a tweet; the Tumblr plugin for uploading media or other files to Tumblr embedding the link in a tweet, the Image Download ugin, which lets you download save images embedded in tweets....
During November and December, Uniti picked up Telstra Velocity for AU$140 million, paid AU$9.25 million for Harbour ISP, and ended the saga to acquire Opticomm. Broken down by segment, wholesale and infrastructure contributed the lion’s share of revenue and earnings, accounting for AU$105 million in revenue, and AU$79 million in EBITDA. The company said this trend would continue as it now has a fibre-to-the-premise order book that increases to over 250,000 lines....
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is gearing up to mail out millions of checks for the first advance of the Child Tax Credit payment. The second half of their payment will be made available for those who qualify when they complete their tax filings. Tap or click here to avoid bogus payment offers. Are you still not sure if you qualify? The IRS developed a handy tool to check your eligibility, what you need and how it works....
It might sound mind-boggling to hear you can press the power button for a stress-free shutdown. But if you have a computer made in the past 10 years, it’s perfectly fine to turn your PC off this way. It doesn’t cause any issues; it simply shuts down your computer. If you were taught to never turn your PC off by pressing the power button, that’s because older computers couldn’t handle the sudden shutdown....
Yet more change is ahead for Twitter employees who were given the choice this week to be “extremely hardcore” or resign by Thursday 5pm EST. Musk wants Twitter to be an engineer-driven organisation as he aims to build what he calls Twitter 2.0. There are reports that large numbers of staff opted to quit rather than join Musk’s engineering-led plan. “Effective immediately, we are temporarily closing our office buildings and all badge access will be suspended....
