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Sep 20 2023

Braverman puts pressure on Meta to pause end-to-end encryption plans

7 minutes of reading / Apple, Facebook, machine learning, Meta, Microsoft, social media, Tech, Technology / By Comkex

Home secretary Suella Braverman is stepping up pressure on Meta over its plans to roll out end-to-end encrypted message services on Facebook and Instagram. The government claims that plans by the social media company to introduce encrypted messaging services will have a “catastrophic impact” on the ability of police to detect and prosecute child sexual…

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Sep 20 2023

Intel announces new Core Ultra CPU with AI processing engine coming in December

4 minutes of reading / Acer, AI, Apple, ChatGPT, Intel, iPhone, Tech / By Comkex

Intel announced its newest processors, the Intel Core Ultra series, during the Intel Innovation keynote on Tuesday, which it says will usher in the age of the “AI PC” later this year when the chip hits the market.The new Intel processors, codenamed Meteor Lake, will be the company’s first chips for the consumer market to…

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Sep 18 2023

Apple A17 Pro is a match for Intel and AMD CPUs, and this is great news for Apple M3

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Hardware, Intel, MacBook, Tech / By Comkex

Newly leaked benchmark scores for Apple’s A17 Pro system-on-chip (SoC) for smartphones reveal that it can challenge AMD and Intel’s processors in Geekbench 6.According to Apple’s A17 Pro scores in Geekbench 6’s single-core test, it scored within 10% of AMD’s Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel’s Core i9-13900K processors. The A17 Pro scored 2,914 points in…

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Sep 16 2023

Lies Of P Is More Than A Bloodborne Clone

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Meta, social media, Tech / By Comkex

In this week’s episode of The Game Informer Show, the crew breaks down our Lies of P review and discusses why the game is much more than a Bloodborne clone. Afterward, Blake talks about why he likes Armored Core VI and also why the hesitations from our cover story still ring true. Lastly, we chat about the games…

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Sep 16 2023

September 2023 Nintendo Direct, Mortal Kombat 1 Impressions

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Google, social media, Tech, Twitter / By Comkex

This week on All Things Nintendo, we react to all of the news coming out of this week’s Nintendo Direct. We talk Princess Peach: Showtime!, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Mario RPG, Splatoon 3: Side Order, and plenty of other announcements. Then, Brian and Kyle end the show talking about Mortal Kombat 1. If…

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Sep 16 2023

Number of UK contactless payments rose by 30% last year

2 minutes of reading / Apple, fintech, Tech / By Comkex

Some 17 billion contactless payments were made in the UK last year, a 30% increase on the previous year, with 87% of people using the technology at least once a month, according to the latest figures from banking industry body UK Finance. The average value of contactless payments also increased. In 2022, a total of…

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Sep 14 2023

Google, Microsoft and Mozilla push browser updates to foil zero-day

4 minutes of reading / Apple, Dropbox, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Tech / By Comkex

Google, Microsoft and Mozilla have all moved to patch a critical zero-day flaw affecting their browsers and potentially linked to the dissemination of malicious commercial spyware. The vulnerability in question has been assigned the designation CVE-2023-4863. It is a heap-based buffer overflow flaw that enables a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory write via…

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Sep 13 2023

Resident Evil 4 Remake, RE Village, And Assassin’s Creed Mirage Announced For iPhone 15 Pro

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Apple Watch, iPhone, Tech / By Comkex

Apple held a special keynote event today to reveal the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, new Apple Watches, and more. While new iPhones aren’t exactly surprising given the company’s annual cadence, what is surprising is that Apple has also announced that Resident Evil 4 (Remake), Resident Evil Village, Assassin’s Creed…

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Sep 13 2023

Unity Introduces Controversial Per-Install Fee, Several Indie Devs Respond

6 minutes of reading / Apple, social media, Tech, Twitter / By Comkex

This morning, popular game-engine creator Unity Software announced an update to its pricing and packaging plans, which will go into effect on January 1, 2024. The new pricing plan introduces a fee that activates and charges developers of high-performing games each time the title is installed by a user or player. The justification is that each…

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Sep 12 2023

The Apple 2023 Fall iPhone Event Live Blog (Starts at 10am PT/17:00 UTC)

14 minutes of reading / AirPods, Apple, Apple Watch, Hardware, iPhone, Mac Pro, machine learning, Meta, Tech / By Comkex

It’s that time of the year again – Apple’s fall iPhone event, where the Cupertino company to unveil its newest generation family of iPhones. This year’s theme is “Wonderlust,” and will be the backdrop for the launch of iOS 17 as well as what should be the iPhone 15 series. This year is widely expected…

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