The lesson here: "Always have a backup." It's an IT mantra. It could be argued, and some would say rightfully, that anyone who loses electronically stored data is a fool for not having it backed up at least once. Equipment breaks all the time. Software glitches all the time. The simplest way to prevent losing your work is to back it up.

Adobe pushed an update for the iOS version of Lightroom that has deleted users' data. On Wednesday, some found their photos and

The big picture: Internet connections have been on the rise for years, well before Covid-19 forced millions of people to stay home and pushed web traffic to new heights. Fortunately, existing infrastructure hasn't buckled under stress but looking ahead, there's no doubt that we'll need faster connections in the future to support our increasingly digital world.

Researchers from University College London (UCL) in partnership with experts from KDDI Research and Xtera have set a new data transmission rate world record.

Working together

In brief: Apple is reportedly looking to offset the expense of adding 5G functionality to the next generation iPhone by implementing cost-cutting measures elsewhere including utilizing a less expensive battery board and perhaps even ditching the in-box headphones and charging brick.

Renowned Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a recent research note said Apple will utilize a smaller and simpler battery board in the iPhone 12 that could reduce the cost of the component by 40-50 percent compared to what was used in the iPhone 11

Editor's take: The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continues to reshape how we approach public gatherings and this is yet another example of what many are calling the new normal. In lieu of traditional fall events like haunted houses and corn mazes, it’s almost a given that we’ll see more socially distant experiences like this materialize in the coming months.

Netflix is partnering with experience provider Fever and immersive events company Secret Cinema on a Stranger Things experience that’s tailor made for the pandemic.

The Stranger

Highly anticipated: Sony has once again confirmed that the PlayStation 5 will arrive this year, adding that the console will feature "the best line-up that we've ever seen in the history of PlayStation."

While Sony constantly stated that the PS5 would launch this holiday season, the global pandemic means nothing is 100 percent these days. But in an interview with Gamesindustrybiz , Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of global marketing, Eric Lempel, alleviated those fears. "We will launch this year –

In brief: The latest development in the Epic Games vs. Apple battle has seen the former announce a Fortnite tournament taking place on August 23 with some expensive tech prizes on offer. Unsurprisingly, none of them come from Apple.

The saga began last week when Epic pushed out an update to the Android and iOS versions of Fortnite that added a new payment option. This allowed players to pay the

What just happened? The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that two years after making its first 7-nanometer chip, the company has now produced over one billion of them. That's enough silicon to cover 13 Manhattan city blocks.

TSMC notes that the figure represents the number of functional, defect-free 7nm chips that it's produced since the technology entered volume production in April 2018. With each chip packing over a billion transistors, that equals a total of one