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Lost something? Search through 91.7 million files from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s
Today, tech archivist Jason Scott announced a new website called Discmaster that lets anyone search through 91.7 million vintage computer files pulled from CD-ROM releases and floppy disks. The files include images, text documents, music, games, shareware, videos, and...
Google can now remove your identifying search results, if they’re the right kind
Google has been pushing out a tool for removing personally identifiable information—or doxxing content—from its search results. It's a notable step for a firm that has long resisted individual moderation of search content, outside of broadly harmful or...
How Google alerted Californians to an earthquake before it happened
Android phones around San Francisco’s Bay Area buzzed with an alert on Tuesday morning: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was about to hit. “You may have felt shaking,” some of the messages read. More than a million Android users saw the alert. And for some, it arrived...
Google Chrome will no longer support Windows 7 next year
Google will release the final version of Chrome for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 sometime next year. Chrome 110, which is tentatively scheduled to be released on February 7th, 2023, will be the last version that supports the two older Microsoft operating...
Zuckerberg is all in on the metaverse whether you like it or not
Toward the end of Meta’s earnings call on Wednesday discussing the company’s results for Q3 2022, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a moment to address his metaverse doubters.“Look, I get that a lot of people might disagree with this investment, but from what I can tell, I...
iPhone 15 Pro models could ditch mechanical volume and power buttons
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max could swap mechanical volume and power buttons for solid-state toggles that use haptic feedback instead. That’s according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the buttons could function like the solid-state home button first...
British hacker charged for allegedly running The Real Deal dark web market
A British hacker who brought the entire nation of Liberia offline more than seven years ago was arraigned before a US federal court today, facing new charges of access device fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The hacker, Daniel Kaye, has been accused of operating...
Student arrested for running one of Germany’s largest dark web markets
Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has arrested a 22-year-old student in Bavaria, who is suspected of being the administrator of 'Deutschland im Deep Web' (DiDW), one of the largest darknet markets in the country.The platform had already gone offline in...
Microsoft shares workaround for ongoing Outlook login issues
Microsoft is working on a fix for ongoing sign-in issues affecting some Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers and preventing them from accessing their accounts.The login problems impact users trying to sign in to Outlook using their Outlook.com accounts or those who...