Microsoft installs PC Health Check on Windows 10 devices
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Now you will know you can't install Windows 11

In one of its more daft PR moves, Software King of the World Microsoft has force installed PC Health Check onto Windows 10 machines.

Zuckerberg blames Apple for poor results
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Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:18

Zuckerberg blames Apple for poor results

 
Apple’s privacy rules hurt everyone

Apple's privacy rules were "negatively affecting" Facebook, and its business, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed during its most recent earnings call.

Microsoft sees silver lining in cloud
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Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:16

Microsoft sees silver lining in cloud


Clouds are booming

Software King of the World Microsoft forecast a strong end to the calendar year thanks to its booming cloud business but said supply chain woes will continue to dog key units such as those producing its Surface laptops and Xbox gaming consoles.

Google does better than expected
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Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:14

Google does better than expected


Ad sales on the rise

Google owner Alphabet did better than the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted due to higher than expected third-quarter ad sales.

China wants a more civilised internet
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Wednesday, 27 October 2021 12:12

China wants a more civilised internet


One which pushes socialist values

China will strengthen its efforts to build a "civilised" internet with an eye on reshaping online behaviour and use it as a platform to disseminate new party theories and promote socialist values, the country's cyberspace regulator said.

Apples' antitrust woes still to arrive
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:13

Apples' antitrust woes still to arrive


US Department of Justice case about to happen

While the Tame Apple Press declared that the fruity cargo cult Apple “won” its legal battle with Epic Games, it seems that its antitrust woes have just started.

Windows XP is 20 years old
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:11

Windows XP is 20 years old


And still being used

Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014 it is still being used, despite shedloads of warnings.

Even Intel can beat Apple's M1 Max
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:10

Even Intel can beat Apple's M1 Max


Apple’s new chip is not going to be the top of the heap

While we have been saying that Apple M1 SoC Max has been hyped beyond all reason, it appears that even the Tame Apple Press is being forced to admit that it is getting its clock cleaned by Intel's 12th-generation Alder Lake mobile processors.

Linux developers are better at bug reports
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:08

Linux developers are better at bug reports


New study

An indie developer has found that while 5.8 percent of his game's buyers were playing on Linux, they generated over 38 percent of the bug reports.

Our brain works like autocorrect
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Tuesday, 26 October 2021 13:07

Our brain works like autocorrect


Which explains so much

Humans learn to speak and to read using a technique similar to autocorrect Ai according to new research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.