An NSO no-no — “Better than Wii U” is faint praise for underwhelming emulation performance. Sam Machkovech – Oct 27, 2021 12:08 am UTC Enlarge / We wish we had better news to report about Nintendo’s first easy-to-access N64 collection in a long time. Alas. On Monday, Nintendo released its latest collection of emulated N64…
What just happened? Mozilla’s security blog announced this week that it discovered some add-ons were acting maliciously and that it decided to block them. The company estimates some 455,000 users might be affected. The security blog mentions two specific add-ons without detailing what they do. On Monday, Mozilla said it discovered last June that some…
In brief: Apple is being sued in China over its decision to stop bundling a wall charger with every iPhone sold, which is seen as a move that’s primarily motivated by profit. While the lawsuit doesn’t resemble the high stakes litigation that usually makes the press, it has garnered extensive public support because many consumers…
Bottom line: Growing adoption rates for cloud computing services has resulted in the bottom line for two of the largest technology giants increasing by billions. Microsoft and Google have revealed robust quarterly earnings results, with Azure and Google Cloud leading the way. In its Q1 2022 financial earnings report, Microsoft reported overall revenue of $45.3…
Progress on right-to-repair — New DMCA exemption also lets users fix other types of software-enabled devices. Jon Brodkin – Oct 27, 2021 9:33 pm UTC Enlarge / Feel free to repair this PS3 disc drive. The librarian of Congress has provided a new exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that will let people repair…
Enlarge / Burkholderia pseudomallei grown on sheep blood agar for 24 hours. B. pseudomallei is a Gram-negative aerobic bacteria, and it’s the causative agent of melioidosis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed that an aromatherapy gemstone spray sold at Walmart is linked to four mysterious bacterial infections in four different states.…
Enlarge / The site of the X-ray source in the Whirlpool Galaxy. The Milky Way is full of planets, and it’s very likely that they are plentiful in other galaxies as well. But there’s a big difference between it being likely that planets exist outside of our galaxy and having evidence that they do. And…
In brief: Artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to become more prevalent in the modern era. Almost all of us rely on these technologies in some form, and GitHub programmers are certainly included in that category. Since the release of the website’s “Copilot” tool in June, nearly 30 percent of new code has been written…
Bitcoin faced a major roadblock earlier this year when China cracked down on cryptocurrency and mining operations. The situation resulted in Bitcoin losing nearly half of its value in just a couple of months but in hindsight, it proved to be more of a hiccup than a hurdle. When mining operators were forced out of…
Something to look forward to: Following months of anticipation, Intel today revealed its 12th generation Alder Lake CPUs. Set to launch next week, OEMs have begun announcing PCs that will incorporate the processor, with Dell one of the first to unveil such a system. The new XPS desktop will feature various next-gen performance technologies, as…