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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Surprise! Fitbit’s Charge 5 Is Actually a Massive Upgrade
We already knew the Fitbit Charge 5 was getting a colour touchscreen based on early leaks, but today Fitbit announced its most popular fitness tracker is getting way more than just an upgraded screen. The Charge 5 is gaining the ability to take electrocardiograms and notify users of abnormal heart rates, features that have been…
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Apple Watch Series 7 May Be Getting a Size Bump, and I’m Upset
Until now, we haven’t heard many rumours about the Apple Watch Series 7, which we expect to launch in September. But it sounds like the next-gen Apple Watch is going to get some kind of redesign, and apparently, that means larger 41mm and 45mm displays.
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News-Illiterate Cops Order Air Hunt for ‘Antifa’ Citing Neo-Nazi Rumours That Triggered Armed Mobs
Screenshots of two rambling social media posts — one from Facebook, one from Instagram — form the sum total of the evidence police used last summer to justify an aerial surveillance operation in North California, records obtained by the nonprofit transparency group Property of the People and reporting by the Guardian show.
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Report: Giphy Lowered Its Value Ahead of Facebook Buyout to Avoid Antitrust Scrutiny
Facebook again weaselled around antitrust scrutiny in its $US400 ($555) million Giphy acquisition, according to a Bloomberg report citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. If history is any indicator, Facebook can and will do whatever it wants.