When one of China’s biggest celebrities, Simon Gong—also known as Gong Jun—released a new music video in June 2022, it quickly attracted 15 million views on the country’s Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo. But the event also stood out for a different reason—one that only eagle-eyed fans might have noticed. The singer in the video was not…
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is bringing a new taskbar overflow feature to Windows 11, designed to make it easier to find your open apps once you run out of taskbar space. It’s perfect for power users or people who love to keep all of their apps open all the time. The new taskbar overflow is a…
Factors like latency, bandwidth, security and privacy are driving the adoption of edge computing, which aims to process data closer to where it’s being generated. Consider a temperature sensor in a shipyard or a fleet of cameras in a fulfillment center. Normally, the data from them might have to be relayed to a server for…
TikTok creator Chef Pii (@chef.pii) is the connoisseur behind a mysterious pink sauce that has taken over the Internet, seeping into both discourse and memes. The saga is as enigmatic as the so-called sauce, one that internet sleuths and users alike have put into question. So what’s going on? The pink sauce fever The TikTok…
Netflix’s new and supremely expensive blockbuster, The Gray Man, arrives on the platform tomorrow (July 15) and the critics’ reactions are in. The movie, which has cost a reported $200 million to make, is based on Mark Greaney’s book series of the same name. It follows Ryan Gosling’s CIA agent Court Gentry – aka Sierra…
If you’re looking for a new place to grab a bite to eat or get your hair done then forget turning to Google Maps – it’s time to open up Instagram. The photo and short-form-video-focused social media platform just got a new update for its maps feature that makes it even easier to find popular…
A major outage has affected Microsoft Teams, but fortunately not many users will have been too affected as it occured in the middle of the night. The video conferencing service went down at around 01.45am UTC last night (July 21) with users unable to connect or join Microsoft Teams calls. The outage also had a…
“True wireless earbuds hand-shaped for your ears only”. That is the claim of the new UE Drops, and given Ultimate Ears’ proven track record in audio, we’d happily place our hopes, dreams and a fair bit of money in the Californian brand’s capable hands. But before we get onto the sordid topic of coin (and…
APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and Cloaked Ursa, is abusing cloud storage service Google Drive to distribute malware, researchers have warned. Earlier this week, Unit 42 (the cybersecurity arm of Palo Alto Networks) discovered that the group, allegedly backed by the Russian state, was using Google Drive to facilitate two campaigns targeting diplomats and…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being escorted by US Capitol Police officers in front of the Supreme Court. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was arrested at an abortion-rights protest at the Supreme Court this week. She walked with her hands behind her back as she was being escorted by an officer. Critics accused her of faking handcuffs….