Monthly Archives: September 2022

Mozilla urges action to unpick platform browser lock-ins

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…

Creepy ‘Attachment’ trailer introduces the world’s scariest mother-in-law

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…

AMD Ryzen 7950X CPU is already breaking records, and without exotic cooling

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 wants to kill off Dolby Atmos and Vision with free versions, but it could be too late

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…

McIntosh makes the most gorgeous Bluetooth speaker I’ve ever seen

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 has to pay walkie-talkie app $174 million for infringing on its patents, jury says

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…

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates: September 22, 2022 | Rates high as Fed announces another extra large hike

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…