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Apple has taken a tough stance against websites that track and share users' browsing history with third parties. Apple's updated privacy policy says the company will treat websites and apps that try to bypass Safari's anti-tracking feature the same as malware. In addition, Apple intends to sell in selected [...]
Netflix has offered a FreeBSD kernel-level implementation of TLS (KTLS) for testing, which allows for a significant increase in encryption performance for TCP sockets. Supports acceleration of encryption of transmitted data using TLS 1.0 and 1.2 protocols sent to the socket using the write, aio_write and sendfile functions. Key exchange at the kernel level is not supported and the connection must first [β¦]
The other day, the publishing house Electronic Arts announced a new part of the Need for Speed ββseries with the subtitle Heat. Users of the Reddit forum immediately asked the developers about loot boxes in the game, because the previous part, Payback, was heavily criticized due to intrusive microtransactions. Developers from the Ghost Games studio responded that containers will not appear in the project, but there is other paid content. In Need for Speed ββ[β¦]
Microsoft is currently testing the Chromium-based Edge browser as part of its Insider program. Almost every day new features are added there, which should ultimately make the browser fully functional. One of Microsoft's main focuses is everyone's favorite dark mode. At the same time, they want to extend it to the entire browser, and not just to individual pages. AND [β¦]
Speedrunner Katun24 completed Super Mario Odyssey in 5 hours and 24 minutes. This does not compare with the world records (less than an hour), but the distinctive feature of his passage was that he completed it blindfolded. He published the corresponding video on his YouTube channel. Dutch player Katun24 chose the most popular type of speedrun - βany% of runβ. The main goal [...]
At the presentation of the flagship smartphones Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+ last week, Samsung representatives briefly mentioned the upcoming service for streaming games from PC to smartphone. Now network sources say that the new service will be called PlayGalaxy Link, and its launch will take place in September of this year. It means, [β¦]
Sony Interactive Entertainment and the studio Other Ocean Interactive have published a video in which the developers talk about the process of creating a remake of MediEvil for the PlayStation 4. The original adventure action game MediEvil was released on the PlayStation in 1998 by the studio SCE Cambridge (now Guerrilla Cambridge). Now, more than 20 years later, the team at Other Ocean Interactive is recreating [β¦]
The Odnoklassniki social network has announced the introduction of a new way to add friends: now you can do this operation using a photo. It is noted that the new system is based on a neural network. It is claimed that such a function is the first to be implemented in a social network available on the Russian market. βNow, to add a new friend on social networks, you just need to take a photo of him. At the same time, user privacy is securely [...]
The developers of the Czech company Avast Software announced the release of an updated Secure Browser web browser, created based on the source code of the open-source Chromium project with an eye to ensuring user security when working on the global network. The new version of Avast Secure Browser, codenamed Zermatt, includes tools for optimizing the use of RAM and processor, as well as the βExtend the [β¦]
It became known that, like other technology companies with their own voice assistants, Microsoft paid contractors to transcribe voice recordings of Cortana and Skype users. Apple, Google and Facebook have temporarily suspended the practice, and Amazon allows users to prevent their own voice recordings from being transcribed. Despite potential privacy concerns, Microsoft intends to continue transcribing user voices [β¦]
When DxOMark tested the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S10+ earlier this year, it failed to beat the Huawei P20 Pro, receiving an equal final score of 109 points. Then parity happened between the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G and Huawei P30 Pro - both had 112 points. But the debut of the Galaxy Note 10+ turned the tide, and the brainchild [β¦]
Google will add a new feature to its Assistant that will allow you to assign reminders to other users, as long as those people are part of Assistant's group of trusted users. This feature is designed primarily for families - it will work through the Family Group feature - so for example, a father can send reminders to his children or spouse, and this reminder will be displayed [β¦]
