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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Intel Cuts Pay to Cut Costs
Layoffs are ravaging the tech industry due to the wildly abstract threat posed by “the economy,” but Intel is taking a different approach. Instead of laying off thousands of its workforce, the company has seemingly decided to make sweeping pay cuts from 5% to 25%.
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A New Tracker Promises to Collect a Lot More of Your Data, Its Maker Says That’s Better For Your Privacy
Last week on Zoom, where I spend all the best moments of my life, I spoke with the chief product office of an ad tech company called Full Throttle. Amol Waishampayan said his company has a brand-new patented technique that will let companies collect even more of your data — ten times more data, he…
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Oops, I Did It Again: Apple Faces Fourth iPhone Privacy Lawsuit After Gizmodo Story
Apple is famous for breaking records, and apparently it’s just as competitive when it comes to getting sued. The company was just hit with a fourth class-action lawsuit over accusations surreptitious iPhone data collection. Three of those lawsuits were filed in January alone. Impressive.
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Clever Hacker Finds the Perfect Way to Creatively Vandalise London’s Knightrider Court
David Hasselhoff would no doubt approve of Matt Gray’s upgraded signage.