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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Microsoft’s Ugly Holiday Sweater Is a Hideous Ode to Minesweeper, and I Need It
I’m glad I didn’t buy anything on Black Friday this year — not because it means I can finally afford Apple’s mythical microfiber cloth, but because Microsoft just dropped a new ugly holiday sweater and I’m on the brink of spending $US75 ($106) on it.
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HBO Follows Netflix Into Free Phone Games
Continuing the bizarre streaming-platforms-now-do-free-mobile-gaming tradition recently pioneered by Netflix, HBO announced on Monday that it is partnering with Glow Up Games, a company founded by women of colour, to produce a free mobile offering based on the original hit series Insecure.
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7 Things to Know About Twitter’s New CEO
Twitter co-founder and outgoing CEO Jack Dorsey threw in the towel earlier this week, announcing he’d immediately be succeeded by former Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal. Dorsey was scant on details explaining his departure, noting only that he believed it was time for the company to move beyond its founders. News of Dorsey’s exit was leaked…
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Spotify Pulls Plug on Car View Feature, Offers Users No Alternative
If you got in your car and suddenly found that Spotify’s Car View feature had mysteriously disappeared, I’m sorry to say that no, it’s not a bug. Spotify actually announced — although “whispered” would be more accurate — that it was killing Car View more than a month ago, but it looks like it hadn’t…