Monthly Archives: September 2022

Bank of America mortgage review: Choose from a variety of home loans and receive money toward a down payment

Bank of America has branches in 36 states and Washington, DC. Bank of America; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to…

Splitgate “ending feature development” so dev can focus on new shooter in same universe

Developer 1047 Games has announced it will be “ending feature development” on its acclaimed free-to-play sci-fi shooter Splitgate in order to shift its focus to creating a new game set in the same universe. Splitgate – which has been described as “Halo meets Portal” in some quarters – made quite the splash last year. Despite…

Netflix could rush out ad-supported tier in 2022 to arrest subscriber exodus

Netflix could launch its ad-supported subscription tier available well before the end of the year, despite the company previously touting an early 2023 launch. A report from the Wall Street Journal on Friday says Netflix top brass has informed the companies who’ve bought the ads that the planned go-date is November 1. If that proves…

Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Book 2 get updated with security fixes and more

Surface Book 2 and Surface Laptop 3 were released in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Despite them being more than three years old, firmware updates are still being rolled out when required. Both the devices are getting the August 2022 firmware update, adding fixes for security vulnerabilities and other improvements. As you would expect, the latest…

EU Draft Proposals Require Phone Makers to Provide Spare Parts for 5 Years and Ensure Longer Battery Life

Smartphone manufacturers supplying the EU will be required to provide spare parts for at least five years from the date of a device’s introduction and ensure longer battery life, according to new draft proposals published by the European Commission. The Financial Times reports that the proposals would require at least 15 different component parts to…