Facebook says it wants to be “black and white” in explaining to consumers about how its products work. But the latest changes to its policies for handling user data may leave many scratching their heads. The social media giant, which on Wednesday issued updates of its data policy and terms of service, isn’t changing what […]
The compact Cruze is hugely important for Chevy. In 2017, some 53 percent of Cruze buyers were new to Chevrolet, and with conquest rates that large, the Cruze’s 2019 update is all about giving a broader swath of customers more of what they want. Unfortunately, a manual transmission isn’t on that list. Yes, Steve Majoros, […]
Apple’s redesigned, modular Mac Pro aimed at professionals is set to launch in 2019, according to an update Apple recently provided to TechCrunch’s Matthew Panzarino, who took a trip to the company’s Cupertino campus. The team responsible for revamping Apple’s pro product efforts was there to provide updated details both on the Mac Pro and […]
Intel updated its patching guidance for Spectre this week, continuing the months-long process of fixing the critical security flaw. Although the company had previously said it planned to patch all affected chips, today it clarified that some product lines won’t receive updates. Most are older and, presumably, not as widely used. They include: the Bloomfield line, Clarksfield, […]
Microsoft’s newest Windows 10 “Redstone 5” test build adds new functionality to the “Sets” windows-management feature. Build 17639, which is available on April 4 to “Fast Ring” Insider testers, adds several new Sets features. Sets is a windows-management tool that allows users to group together web pages, documents, files, and apps and work with them […]
Last month, it was announced that Google was offering its resources to the US Department of Defense for Project Maven, a research initiative to develop computer vision algorithms that can analyze drone footage. In response, more than 3,100 Google employees have signed a letter urging Google CEO Sundar Pichai to reevaluate the company’s involvement, as […]
As it continues to climb out of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and overcome another round of privacy concerns, Facebook today proposed clearer versions of both its terms of service and data policy. “It’s important to show people in black and white how our products work,” the company said by way of a blog post co-authored […]
The search for extraterrestrial life is about to get serious, as the U.S. space agency announced in a statement this week. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has completed all certifications and is currently undergoing final preparations for an April 16 launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Initially slated for […]
On the whole, space is mostly empty, but the space around the Earth is anything but. Earth’s orbit is full of thousands of satellites, pieces of debris, and junk from the thousands of rocket launches over the past few decades. This presents a serious problem for future satellites: Any one of them could be randomly […]
With the consumer-level virtual reality “revolution” now two years old, it’s about time to start thinking about what the second generation of high-end headsets can improve upon. But HTC’s first true shot at the “next generation” has us thinking less about the improvements and more about the cost. HTC’s Vive Pro, launching this week, comes […]
For years, PC gamers have needed to pick a poison: Buy a desktop with the most powerful components available, or sacrifice some performance for a laptop they could take on the road. Intel’s new 6-core mobile Core i9 chip, its fastest notebook CPU ever, paves the way for 5GHz gaming laptops, making that decision a […]
It’s what’s inside that counts, right? Well, this cheesy expression doesn’t just apply to one’s character. When researchers analyze a planet’s subsurface, knowing what’s on the inside helps them study the planet’s current composition and also glimpse into its past. By studying an object’s internal makeup and activity, we can start to decode both how […]
