Category: technology
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Update Your iPhones and iPads Now
New exploits were found in the wild, being used to target human rights activists, that could take over your phone with one click on a link in a text message or through another vector. Unlike Google’s Android, Apple was able to roll out a fix for this issue very quickly to affected devices running iOS…
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Tech Companies Don’t Hire Minorities or Promote Women
Nick Heer, whose Pixel Envy is one of the best sites in my feed reader these days, has completely dismantled any notion you might have that diversity is an issue that big tech companies are working on resolving. Heer has been looking at the stats for years and his annual report for 2016 is now…
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September 7th is Going to be a Busy Day
Now we know where Patrick Klepek went. In a post for Vice Gaming, with fellow Giant Bomb alumnus Austin Walker, Klepek confirms that the rumored variation of the Playstation 4 with improved horsepower would be announced on a very busy September 7th: Sony will reveal the first details on an upgraded PlayStation 4 at a September…
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update Out With Bash
Windows 10 has been out for a year as a free upgrade from Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Excepting some hacky workarounds the upgrade is no-longer available for free to users. Brett Howse has an article with the major changes that are available today in the Windows 10 anniversary update. The biggest feature for me…
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Building a Gaming Computer in 2016
This year I set out to replace my aging i7-2600k-based Intel gaming machine. Virtual reality games are incredibly demanding on your computer’s hardware and must reach a very high framerate or you will puke if the framerate drops while playing around in VR. They require the latest generation of processors at a minimum, and although I…