Nearly a billion PCs are still running Windows 10, and half are too old to upgrade
During the PC maker's latest earnings call, COO Jeffrey Clarke said there are around 500 million Windows machines in the wild that are too old to run Windows 11. Another half a billion are capable of running the newer operating system but haven't been upgraded yet. Both situations, Clarke notes,...
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EU strikes deal on new payment rules that force providers to refund fraud losses and reveal hidden fees
European authorities have completed the negotiation phase for the Payment Services Regulation and the Third Payment Services Directive, two new regulatory frameworks designed to improve user protection and transparency in online payments. The rules aim to harmonize and modernize how payment service providers operate across the European Union, covering payment...
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Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM
Microsoft's solution for the sluggish Windows 11 File Explorer is more of a workaround than a proper fix. To boost response times, the OS now preloads the app into system memory at every startup. The update rolled out last week as part of Windows 11 Preview Build 26220.7271 (KB5070307).
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Android's latest enterprise update shows encrypted work texts aren't as private as they look
Rich Communication Services is Google's modernization of SMS and MMS for Android. It offers read receipts, typing indicators, and end-to-end encryption, positioning it as a secure replacement for the older texting standards.
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Lara Croft and Tomb Raider earn two new entries in Guinness Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records has once again recognized Tomb Raider and its protagonist, Lara Croft. According to the British organization, the adventurer is now officially the best-selling video game heroine in the world. Croft has also appeared on more magazine covers than any other video game character.
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File Converter lets you do quick file conversions in Windows, with two clicks
File Converter is a simple utility that integrates directly into the Windows context menu, letting you convert files with a single right-click. It supports a wide range of audio, video, image, and document formats, offering outputs like MP3, MP4, GIF, WebP, PNG, and PDF.
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IPv4 scarcity triggers dispute over who controls African internet address space
Lu grew up in the Chinese fishing village of Shipu and moved from selling online game time cards in college to running an internet service firm in the Netherlands, where he learned how IP addresses underpin connectivity.
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Netflix no longer lets you cast content from your phone
Netflix has quietly posted a page on its Help Cente section explaining why people can no longer find the Cast button in the Netflix app.
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Code reveals OpenAI could be preparing to introduce ads to ChatGPT
Developer Tibor Blaho was digging into the code in a beta version of ChatGPT's Android app when he found some new lines that suggest the impending arrival of ads to the service.
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Oracle's credit risk hits a three-year high as AI spending raises funding fears
Morgan Stanley credit analysts Lindsay Tyler and David Hamburger describe several fault lines: a growing gap between spending and available funding, a balance sheet that continues to swell, and the possibility that assets built for today's AI architectures could become outdated faster than expected. They argue that these issues are...
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