This week I went to the cinema to see a screening of the black and white version of Johnny mnemonic, starring Keanu Reeves. Old-timers like me may remember it as a bad mid-’90s cyberpunk movie (written by William Gibson!) about a data messenger whose brain is the storage medium, but who had to have his […]
Trailers of the week: Minecraft, Elio and Alien: Earth– BC Read More »
After installing Windows 11, version 24H2, you may have problems with some Ubisoft games. These games may become unresponsive during startup, loading, or during active gameplay. In some cases, users may receive a black screen. The affected games are: • Assassin’s Creed Valhalla • Origins of Assassin’s Creed • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey • Star Wars
Microsoft pauses Windows 11 updates for PCs with some Ubisoft games installed– BC Read More »
Elon Musk is, among many other things, now the co-chair of the currently non-existent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before he even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees who he says are emblematic of government inflation and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on
Elon Musk Directs Harassment at Individual Federal Workers– BC Read More »
For two decades, Google Search has been unstoppable. Invincible. So completely dominant that would-be competitors often couldn’t even get financing, because investors didn’t see the point in trying. But earlier this year, a judge declared that Google’s power, and the way the company wields it, was an illegal monopoly. And now the US Department of
How the Justice Department plans to break up Google and sell Chrome– BC Read More »
Good news: Black Friday came early for Sonos fans. From now until December 2, you can potentially save hundreds on a variety of Sonos products, including sound bars, smart speakers, and headphones. There’s a lot on sale, and thankfully the Sonos app is in better shape than it was a few months ago, meaning now
Sonos speakers and sound bars are up to $200 off before Black Friday– BC Read More »
SAVE $170: The TCL Class S5 75-inch 4K LED Smart TV with Fire TV is on sale at Amazon’s Black Friday event for $479.99, down from the regular price of $649.99. That’s a 26% discount. Black Friday sales have long been associated with some of the best prices of the year on TVs. And they
Best Black Friday TV deal: Save 26% on the 75-inch TCL Class S5 TV at Amazon– BC Read More »
If you know where to look, you can often get discounts on Apple’s ever-popular AirPods. Although we have yet to see any major deals on the new AirPods 4 and updated AirPods Max, both the second and third generation AirPods can often still be found at a deep discount. The same goes for the original
Okta just fixed a particularly unusual bug in its software. The digital security management company published a bug fix report on your website (as seen The edge) informing users that a technical problem in the system had been fixed that, in theory, allowed criminals to gain access to accounts. Sounds pretty normal, right? Well, here’s
Okta just fixed a very strange security bug for accounts with long usernames– BC Read More »
Microsoft is modernizing how its Windows Hello authentication, including facial and fingerprint recognition, works in Windows 11. The revamp of the Windows Hello experience is now in beta testing with Windows Insiders and includes visual changes, new iconography, and improvements in the access codes. This new UI will not only appear on the Windows 11
Now you can try Microsoft’s most modern Windows Hello user interface– BC Read More »
Topping off a busy week that saw the launch of the first Apple Intelligence features and several new Macs, Apple reported its Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results This Afternoon. The period included very early sales of the iPhone 16 line, which offered an opportunity to gauge the momentum of the company’s latest phones. The Apple Watch
iPhone sales are booming, with or without Apple Intelligence– BC Read More »
