Windows Update can be a pain. Rebooting for updates is one thing — but a forced reboot for updates that shut down your running applications when you’re trying to get work done? Now, that’s obnoxious. Windows Update hit rock bottom in the early years of Windows 10. Back then, lots of people I know complained […]
I’ve been a happy WordPress user for almost 20 years. Before that, I wrote HTML by hand or used content management systems such as Drupal to run my websites. WordPress was so much better that I never looked back — and ‘m far from alone. WordPress is used by 43% of all websites, including business giants such as eBay, Sony, […]
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice have aggressively targeted Big Tech, suing Meta, Google, Amazon, and Apple for antitrust violations. And it’s not doing so in a small way — it’s filed multiple law suits against Google, for example. In August, Judge Amit Mehta ruled the company violated antitrust law by actions it […]
Semiconductor rivals Intel and AMD announced the formation of an x86-processor advisory group that will try to address ever-increasing AI workloads, custom chiplets, and advances in 3D packaging and system architectures. Members of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group include Broadcom, Dell, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat. Notably missing: TSMC […]
As expected, Apple has introduced a much faster Apple Intelligence-capable iPad mini equipped with the same A17 Pro chip used in the iPhone 15 Pro series. That’s a good improvement from the A15 Bionic in the previous model, and makes for faster graphics, computation, and AI calculation. It also sets the scene for the public […]