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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Google Agrees to Pay $AU585 Million Over Location Data Collection Accusations
Google agreed to a $US391.5 ($584.27) million dollar settlement on Monday to end a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of tricking users with location data privacy settings that didn’t actually turn off data collection. The payout, the result of a suit brought by 40 state attorneys general, marks one of the biggest privacy settlements in…
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How To Turn Your Phone Into a ‘Minimalist’ Phone to Reduce Distractions
The smartphones that we carry around with us everywhere are fantastic little devices, capable of entertaining and informing and communicating with the rest of the world — but they can be incredibly distracting too. If you’ve decided that your phone is sucking up too much of your time and attention, there are numerous ways to…
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Elon Musk’s Layoffs Cut Deep Into Twitter’s Engineering Department, Document Shows
Headlines about the massive job losses at Twitter have focused on the big numbers — half of the 7,500-strong team left without a position, trying to find employment when their contracts run out on January 3, and in the meantime feeling unwanted at headquarters in San Francisco. (Unless, of course, you’re one of the folks…
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Nailed It: Amazon Becomes the First Company Ever to Lose $1 Trillion in Stock Value
Amazon, one of the first companies to join the prestigious $US1 ($1) trillion dollar valuation club, just passed another, admittedly less desirable milestone. This week, Jeff Bezos’ Everything Store became the first publicly traded company to lose $US1 tillion in market valuation.