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The big picture: Dozens of European tech firms have accused Microsoft of abusing its dominant position in the industry due to how it aggressively pushes and bundles first-party services (OneDrive, Office 365, Teams etc.) with Windows. German cloud storage company, Nextcloud, has revealed that it officially asked the EU and German authorities to put a stop … Continue reading EU tech firms file formal complaint against Microsoft for bundling OneDrive with Windows
In a nutshell: Google has revealed distribution figures for its various versions of Android, and it turns out that the most popular release in use today is Android 10, which launched in 2019, though Android 11 isn’t far behind. Google used to share distribution figures for its Android releases on a monthly basis, but that stopped … Continue reading Android 10 is the most popular version of Google’s OS, but Android 11 isn’t far behind
In context: Nvidia's GauGAN technology has already shown what it's capable of, turning simple sketches into photorealistic images. Since then, we saw it being employed in Nvidia Canvas, but it seems the GPU giant is aiming at higher grounds with its AI, launching a new version capable of turning words into images. Nvidia showed its GauGAN technology for … Continue reading Nvidia’s latest AI technology transforms words into realistic images
What just happened? Have you noticed that Spotify no longer shuffles albums by default anymore? If, for some reason, this is an annoyance, blame Adele. The singer apparently requested that the platform play an album's tracks in the order artists intended, and Spotify has complied. As reported by the BBC, Adele appears to have made the request … Continue reading Spotify stops shuffling album tracks by default after Adele requests the change
What just happened? GoDaddy in a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission revealed it recently discovered unauthorized access to its managed WordPress hosting environment, resulting in the exposure of account data belonging to as many as 1.2 million customers. The Internet domain registrar and web hosting provider said the discovery was made on … Continue reading GoDaddy data breach exposed over a million customer accounts
In brief: Messenger and Instagram's parent company previously promised it would implement end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by 2022 across all of its messaging apps. However, according to Meta's head of security, it will take longer than anticipated, as it won't happen until sometime in 2023. When Meta was still called Facebook, it stated that E2EE would become available on Messenger and … Continue reading Messenger and Instagram’s encrypted messages won’t arrive until 2023
Why it matters: This week Amazon released a version of its Prime Video app on macOS, making it the first major streaming service to have a Mac app. Its functionality is similar to other versions but offers a download option for offline viewing. Starting this week, the Apple App Store page for the Amazon Prime Video … Continue reading Amazon releases Prime Video Mac app, allowing offline downloads, but not 4K
What just happened? Do you like to sing aloud to your favorite songs on Spotify but have been known to shout the line “I like big butts in a can of limes”? The good news for those who regularly mishear words is that Spotify is rolling out a real-time lyrics feature worldwide after being available in … Continue reading Spotify’s live lyrics feature rolls out globally
Why it matters: As news of a cyberattack in Hong Kong circulated this week, its effectiveness revealed a discrepancy in how Apple pushes security updates for its different operating systems. It's not surprising that the latest OS versions get security patches first, but the immediately preceding versions, still in wide use, can face months-long delays for … Continue reading Hong Kong cyberattack reveals that Apple favors latest OS versions for security updates
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