Bottom line: Heavy ads can reduce system performance and have a negative impact on both battery life and bandwidth allowances. Offending ads can include those that are actively malicious, like cryptocurrency miners, as well as genuine advertisements that are simply poorly coded or may have bugs.

Google is doing more to combat resource-intensive ads that can dampen the overall user experience.

The search giant said it is experimenting with setting limits on the resources an ad may use; should it exceed a specific threshold, the ad will be unloaded and

Bottom line: Consumer Electronics Show visitors may not have to wear themselves out walking to and from exhibitions starting next year. Elon Musk's Las Vegas Convention Center Loop project is on schedule with the twin tunnels having already been dug. The transport system should be completed by the beginning of next year.

The Boring Company has completed the excavation of the second of two tunnels under the streets of Las Vegas, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The first tube was finished back in February. The Las Vegas Convention and

Bottom line: Whether or not the offer is worth the cost of admission will be for individual users to decide. In the fine print, Razer said coupon usage is subject to the terms and conditions detailed during the redemption process on the Razer Pay app but didn’t provide any further specifics.

Razer was among several technology firms that diverted resources to help make masks and medical equipment for the struggling healthcare industry as the Covid-19 pandemic gripped the globe. Coming up with a novel way

In brief: Apple's News+ service may be getting a new format for news, where you'll be able to listen in much the same way you can listen to your favorite books on Audible. Whether or not that will become a reality depends on how much Apple is willing to compromise on its original plan to appeal to publishers.

Apple News+ showed a lot of promise for publishers

The big picture: Microsoft is taking the first step in what is likely to be a tedious process to make Windows 10 a 64-bit only product. In the grand scheme of things, this is really just a formality as all of the major desktop CPU makers stopped producing 32-bit processors long ago.

As noted in this document on the matter, beginning with Windows 10 version 2004 (the May 2020 update), Microsoft will no longer supply 32-

Bottom line: No word yet on whether or not Sony's new image sensors will find their way to consumer products although given advancements in technology like AR, you have to think someone will try their hand at it at some point.

Sony on Thursday announced two new image sensors which it claims are the first in the world to come with built-in artificial intelligence processing. Including AI processing functionality directly on the image sensor affords multiple benefits, we’re told.

Localized, or edge processing, helps to speed

Why it matters: DNS is one of the last protocols that run unencrypted on the Internet. Microsoft is trying to fix that on Windows by enabling DNS over HTTPS support. This allows DNS queries to be encrypted and protects user privacy.

Microsoft is adding support for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol for Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring. This is the highly experimental version of Windows that allows users to

Why it matters: The US has just voted to allow the FBI and other security agencies to access American citizens’ web histories without requiring a warrant. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) were trying to install privacy protections into the Patriot Act, but the amendment failed to pass by a single vote.

The Patriot act (Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism act) is a controversial piece of legislation that was made into law following the September 11 attacks.

A hot potato: Google has denied a report that claims it rolled back its diversity and inclusion initiatives to appear less anti-conservative. Several Google employees and people who recently left the company made the claims, adding that the team responsible for the programs has been reduced in size.

Yesterday, NBC reported that a number of Google workers, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they believed the reason the company was cutting its diversity programs was to protect it from criticism from conservatives.

Google did confirm that one popular diversity