When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in June, Alphabet was one of several major tech companies that attempted to extend some flexibility to its workers seeking care, including those who potentially would need to travel out of state. It likewise made the narrow decision to delete users’ location data when they visited abortion…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Nexus Mods, a popular mod database, has posted a strongly worded update about the Spider-Man Remastered patch that was created to remove Pride flags in-game. The website’s administrator, Dark0ne, has revealed that the mod was uploaded by a sock puppet under the name “Mike Hawk.” They said the fact that it was added to the…
There’s a good chance you want an external SSD you can take anywhere, whether it’s extra storage for your school projects or backup for your can’t-lose work files. Thankfully, you won’t have to pay a lot for that extra space. Amazon is selling SanDisk’s 1TB Extreme Portable SSD at a new all-time low price of…
TikTok has announced that it’s rolling out the ability to automatically post stories from its app to other social networks including Instagram and Facebook. What is TikTok and how does it work? Everything you need to know This means it’ll be easier than ever to duplicate your TikTok content over on other apps, including a…
You might not know the exact specifications of your computer. If you’ve bought a laptop or pre-built PC then the specs might not be in the forefront of your mind. Learning your specs can be handy to find out if you’re planning to install a specific app or upgrade some parts. We’ve written before about which…
Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming platform now offers up to 1440p 120fps play through a Chrome or Edge browser running on a PC. That means, depending on your subscription tier, you can get a top level PC gaming rig experience using almost any computer – regardless of its own specifications. You will need to be…
Motorola unwrapped its new phone for the US today, and in somewhat confusing fashion, it isn’t the new Razr that was just unveiled in China. Instead, we’re getting another Motorola Edge phone, though not the top tier version because we got that a few months ago. This is the Motorola Edge (2022), a close-to-high-end phone…
Nintendo will lose up to 20 percent from its Switch console boxes in order to squeeze more units into each shipment. A new report by Nikkei states the change will help Nintendo shift greater stock volumes more quickly, and also for less money. Vooks, which translated the report, calculated that Nintendo had already shrunk the…
I’ve been watching the genuinely still very good Phineas and Ferb for the first time in over a decade recently, a show that is essentially about doing absolutely everything you can on summer vacation. The absurdity of it is wonderful, but if we reduce it to just ‘doing a LOT while it’s summer,’ it’s not…
With the age of streaming, there’s a sense set-top boxes are being left behind. It used to be that a set-top box sat beneath your TV and fed channels you couldn’t get from terrestrial TV. Now they are getter smarter and evolving, offering more functionality, features and content in a one-box solution. If you are…