As antitrust regulators around the world dial up scrutiny of platform power, Mozilla has published a piece of research digging into the at times subtle yet always insidious ways operating systems exert influence to keep consumers locked to using their own-brand browsers rather than seeking out and switching to independent options — while simultaneously warning…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Olivia Wilde, director of psychological suspense thriller Don’t Worry Darling, appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, discussing what has arguably been the talk of the town for months: the antics and rumours surrounding the cast of the film. Colbert turned to Wilde to ask her about said rumors. As a refresher,…
Sofie Gråbøl is best known for catching murders in the dark Danish crime thriller The Killing, but in Attachment she’s the one hiding the secrets. Gabriel Bier Gislason’s horror stars Gråbøl as Chana, a religious, highly protective mother who doesn’t take too kindly to her daughter Leah’s (Ellie Kendrick’s) new girlfriend, Maja (Josephine Park). Cue…
Yes, we’re all excited about the GeForce RTX 4090. Yes, it’s going to be available in just a few weeks. Yes, it’s all but guaranteed to be an absolute monster of a GPU, taking us to new 8K gaming heights (with an appropriately ludicrous price tag). But there’s another, as-of-yet-unannounced graphics card that I’m more…
After teasing an Oculus Quest 2 update back in March, and releasing it to developers in July, Meta has finally brought improved video settings to the VR headset for everyone – and it’s everything we could have hoped for. The Oculus Quest 2’s video recording capabilities have been severely lacking since its launch. Users could…
AMD’s incoming Zen 4 flagship has already broken CPU world records using standard liquid cooling, outperforming previous records that have used exotic cooling (like liquid nitrogen or similar). The Ryzen 7950X set the records for the rankings on HWBOT, with two overclocking experts – Sampson and Blueleader – achieving four new all-time highs using just…
Google is planning to launch its own-brand equivalent to Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos 3D audio and is trying to persuade manufacturers to support it, according to a report in Protocol (via FlatpanelsHD). Protocol says that it has seen a video of Google’s presentation to hardware makers, and that the plan is known as…
To covet both heritage, legacy sound and cutting-edge wireless technology is to navigate a complicated relationship, especially when it comes to Bluetooth speakers and one-box hi-fi system solutions – see the Sonus Faber Omnia as proof that although rare, it has been achieved. On the one hand, I want the easy access to hi-res digital…
Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Photo by Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Meta has been locked in a legal fight with a walkie-talkie app company called Voxer since 2020. Voxer accused Meta of infringing its patents with Facebook Live and Instagram Live. A jury ruled in favor of Voxer Wednesday and ordered Meta to pay $174.5 million…
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 offers listed on this page. As expected, the Federal Reserve decided to enact another 75-basis-point hike to…