Have your favorite Twitch gamers inspired you to start a channel of your own? Playing popular games online is a great way to make friends and interact with people who have similar interests, but the tricky part is setting it up for the first time. Unfortunately, streaming on Twitch can require a little bit of […]
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Enlarge / The Secretlab Omega (left) made a better first impression, but Anda Fnatic (right) won me over in the end. Secretlab / Anda One of the most important accessories of every home office frequently gets overlooked: the chair. With this year’s COVID-19-related social distancing and mandatory remote work, many of us are spending a […]
Enlarge Getty Images The FBI and the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security said they have detected hackers exploiting a critical Windows vulnerability against state and local governments and that in some cases the attacks are being used to breach networks used to support elections. Members of unspecific APTs—the abbreviation for advanced persistent […]
Enlarge / The promotional key art graphic Apple sent out with its announcement about its October 13, 2020, product launch event. Apple Liveblog starts in: View Liveblog At 10:00am Pacific time (1pm Eastern) on Tuesday, October 13, Apple will hold its second live event in less than a month—almost certainly to announce new iPhones this […]
When President Trump suspended a raft of visa programs in June, including temporary permits for highly technical foreign workers known as H-1B visas, he portrayed the order as a victory for the American work force. Further overhauls were in the works, he said weeks later, “so that no American worker is replaced ever again.” The […]
TAINAN, Taiwan — The United States and China are wrestling to lead the world in artificial intelligence, 5G wireless and other cutting-edge technologies. But the real wizardry that makes those advancements possible is being performed on a yam-shaped island that sits between them, geographically and politically. On Taiwan’s southern rim, inside an arena-size facility stretched […]
League of Legends Esports World Championship is a logistical adventure in the best of years, with its bringing together of teams from 12 regional leagues based around the world. 2020 is not the best of years. This year’s event, which begins Sept. 25 and will conclude with the final match on October 31, is being […]
Google’s big yearly hardware event is scheduled for September 30, and as usual, we’re expecting a big pile of products to be announced. Google has a hard time keeping anything under wraps before the event, so we’re doing a roundup of all the leaks so far. We’re expecting four products: the Pixel 5 (and Pixel […]
Enlarge / Components manufactured by ARM Holdings Plc sit inside a demonstration ARMmbed parking meter on display on the second day of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. A theme this year at the industry’s annual get-together, which runs through March 2, is the Internet of Things. Photographer: Pau […]
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology Reporter, BBC News Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic image copyrightGetty Images People around the world scrambled to work from home when the coronavirus pandemic began to take hold. While many are now being encouraged to return to the office, plenty have no plans to go back yet. It’s resulted in the creation of […]
Enlarge / The key image that goes with this month’s event. Apple Liveblog starts in: View Liveblog At 10:00am Pacific time (1pm Eastern) on Tuesday, September 15, Apple reps will take the stage—likely in an otherwise empty Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s headquarters—to announce new products. Typically at this time of year, these products are […]
By Leo KelionTechnology desk editor image copyrightHuawei Huawei has announced plans to pre-install its own Harmony operating system on its smartphones from next year. The Chinese company said it would also offer the software to other manufacturers to use as an alternative to Android. Huawei is currently the world’s second bestselling handset-maker, after a brief […]
After many years of development, Microsoft’s Surface Duo dual-screen smartphone is finally upon us. It’s a revolutionary new form factor, but like many first generation products, it’s not hard to see its blind spots. The Surface Duo 2 is apparently already in the works and code-named Zeta — so hopefully Microsoft is already working on […]
image copyrightGetty Images A Facebook engineer has quit the firm, saying they “can no longer stomach” being part of an organisation “profiting off hate”. Ashok Chandwaney is the latest employee to go public with concerns about how the company deals with hate speech. The engineer added it was “choosing to be on the wrong side […]