PCs & Laptops: The Latest Computing News
PCs, laptops, Microsoft, Apple and everything in between. Here you’ll find all the latest computing news – from the gaming, to benchmarks to raytracing. You’ll also find stories about security, privacy, hacking and the dark web.
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Pervasive ‘Dark Patterns’ Are Fooling People Into Signing Up for Services They Don’t Want
As much as you think you have full control of you and your wallet, it’s getting increasingly difficult for anybody using an app or a website to avoid getting suckered into surrendering your money or personal information to misleading or tricky UI design.
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The Acer 12th Gen Swift 5 Is a Beautiful MacBook Alternative With a Lot of Power
The Acer 12th Gen Swift 5 is a brilliant, no-nonsense laptop that delivers some great performance in a beautiful shell.
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South Korea Hits Google, Meta With Record-Setting Fines Over Privacy Violations
The regulators say Google and Meta collected users’ personal information without their consent.
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China Accuses the NSA of Hacking a Top University to Steal Data
China claims that America’s National Security Agency used sophisticated cyber tools to hack into an elite research university on Chinese soil. The attack allegedly targeted the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an (not to be confused with a California school of the same name), which is highly ranked in the global university index for its science and…