Continue Reading Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin

Microsoft investigating 365 Office activation gremlin

Says it’s not sure what the issue is but points at admins tweaking licensing options…

Continue Reading How long does an SSD last? It’s a tricky question to answer

How long does an SSD last? It’s a tricky question to answer

Could your old SSD’s days be numbered?…

Continue Reading Gmail is using new AI models to keep spam and scams out of your inbox

Gmail is using new AI models to keep spam and scams out of your inbox

Gmail users have reported 35% fewer scams reaching their inboxes during the first month of the 2024 holiday season…

Continue Reading Intel announces Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month

Intel announces Arrow Lake performance fix is now available — another update coming next month

Time to test…

Continue Reading Microsoft won’t let customers opt out of passkey push

Microsoft won’t let customers opt out of passkey push

Enrollment invitations will continue until security improves…

Continue Reading Microsoft is testing live translation on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs

Microsoft is testing live translation on Intel and AMD Copilot Plus PCs

After previewing Recall on Intel and AMD-powered Copilot Plus PCs, Microsoft is adding live translation, too…

Continue Reading Old PCs Into New Chromebooks: A Peek Into Google’s Lab for ChromeOS Flex

Old PCs Into New Chromebooks: A Peek Into Google’s Lab for ChromeOS Flex

ChromeOS Flex lets businesses (or anyone) turn aged PCs and Macs into ChromeOS machines for free. I toured a Google QA lab to learn more about the effort’s successes and challenges…

Continue Reading Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm’s original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom

Qualcomm says its Oryon CPU cores have 1% or less of Arm’s original technology — cores in Snapdragon X PC chips are almost entirely custom

Lawyers grill ex-Apple chip designer in Arm vs Qualcomm trial…

Continue Reading AT&T Hits Texas Man With $6,000 Bill for Using 3GB of Data

AT&T Hits Texas Man With $6,000 Bill for Using 3GB of Data

AT&T charged the customer $2 per MB of data used, but ultimately reversed the charges after the customer spent days trying to resolve the issue…

Continue Reading Ransomware Attack on Texas Health Centers Exposes 1.4M+ People

Ransomware Attack on Texas Health Centers Exposes 1.4M+ People

The Interlock ransomware gang swipes patients’ sensitive information, including medical records and personal data…

Continue Reading Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s first generally available HAMR HDDs

Seagate launches 32TB Exos M hard drive based on HAMR technology – Mozaic 3+ drives are the world’s first generally available HAMR HDDs

HAMR storage is finally here…

Continue Reading Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready

Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready

A cool mountain breeze blowing in after the new LTS kernel…