Business: Tech’s “up or out” culture
Meta, parent of FB and IG, is putting some workers on a “30 day list” during which they can try to find another job in the company, or they are…
This is a very big deal: SpaceX and T-Mobile team up to use Starlink satellites
Existing T-Mobile phones should have access to text messaging capabilities in remote areas, routed via Starlink satellites. The satellites to support this capability will launch in 2023. SpaceX CEO Elon…
Short product life: why I switched from Mac to Windows-based PCs
Over the years I owned an original Mac notebook (1999 time frame), a dual processor G4 desktop, and later 2 Macbooks (first one was stolen), and then a MacPro 1,1…
The end of passwords?
Interesting ideas: Instead of a password, devices could look for your phone over Bluetooth. Source: Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard | Ars Technica
VR becomes pricey: “Prescription lens inserts for VR headsets”
As I previously noted, VR headsets are difficult to use for those who need eyesight corrective lenses, especially those who require eyeglasses. The industry’s solution for now is “prescription VR…
Good: Government sues HobbyKing over sale of illegal RC transmitters
The U.S. government Thursday filed a civil action in federal court in Portland against drone distributor HobbyKing to collect a $2.8 million fine for selling and marketing unauthorized communication devices…
“Tech” companies turn to apprenticeships
When you hear the word “tech” in the news, it almost always, as in this article, means “software”. Not sure we needed to invent a redundant term for “software”. Employers…
Apple said to intimidate Android users to adopt iPhone, via clever peer pressure propaganda
The use of green and blue to show whether a message to a user is made through iMessage or via other devices has become more than a simple convenience indicator…
Pluton security for future Windows PCs
Pluton is a security tech to be embedded inside future CPUs. A bit like moving the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) into CPU silicon – because someone figured out how to…
I switched to Microsoft Edge browser – and I like it
For a long time I used Mozilla Firefox. Firefox has noticeable impacts on the battery life of my notebook computer so I eventually switched to the Chromium-based Brave browser. Several…