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Google abandons FLoC, introduces Topics API to replace tracking cookies
Google is walking back plans to replace third-party cookies with FLoC by instead proposing the Topics API, a new system for interest-based advertising. Topics works by pinpointing five of your interests, such as “Fitness” or “Travel & Transportation,” based on...
OnePlus 10 Pro peek reveals lots of Oppo software DNA
Curious about what it's like to use the OnePlus 10 Pro? So is everyone else outside of China since the phone launched there on Jan. 10 and the company hasn't yet given an international release date. But a new video showing off the flagship phone reveals it's...
You can easily install Windows 10 on your Mac. Here’s how
Whatever the reason is, you might need to use Windows instead of MacOS sometimes. It might be because you want to play a game that's exclusive to Windows, or you're a developer who wants to test out software on both operating systems. Fortunately for you, you don't...
Google to free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account
Google says the free ride is over for early users of the company's custom domain G Suite service. Google has long offered the ability to use Google apps on a custom domain, allowing you to have a Google email address that ends in your domain instead of "gmail.com."...
How to protect your PC from ransomware using Windows’ built-in protection
Ransomware — malware that prevents you from accessing your files unless you pay the hacker that infected your computer — has been an issue plaguing computer users and businesses for years. Given its prevalence and the fact that a ransomware infection can lead to the...
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT INTEL’S $20 BILLION BET ON OHIO — AND US MANUFACTURING
On Friday, Intel announced it would build the “largest silicon manufacturing location on the planet” here in the United States, on a 1,000-acre plot of land in New Albany, Ohio.Hours later, President Biden, Ohio governor Mike DeWine, US Secretary of Commerce Gina...
NASA captures violent flash from sun’s mini eruption
On Thursday, our sun released its pent-up energy in the form of a little magnetic bomb. It's called a solar flare, and NASA caught the whole thing on camera.Solar flares, which are sudden explosions on the sun's surface caused by strong magnetic forces, are of concern...
Saturn ‘Death Star moon’ Mimas might be hiding an internal ocean
Saturn has some famous moons, like Enceladus (a plume-spewing moon of mystery) and Titan (the intriguing target of NASA's future Dragonfly mission). But what about dainty Mimas, a moon that's mostly known for its resemblance to the Star Wars Death Star? Turns out it...
Windows 11: Do these six things right away after you finish setup
Setting up a new Windows 11 PC is pretty easy. Deceptively easy, in fact. After you click through the dialog boxes and adjust the few available settings as part of the Out of Box Experience, you end up at the Windows 11 desktop.But your work is not complete....